Books you would dearly love with all your heart to be made into movies.

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Faster With Feeling Jan 23, 2024 @ 7:24pm

I have three I have loved since I was a child...... I know a movie they would probably ♥♥♥♥ up the story but my choices for book to movie are

Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (primary author)

The Crysalids by John Wyndham

On The Flipside by Nicholas Fisk

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Sherasonni Jan 24, 2024 @ 8:46am

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:
Every Roald Dahl adaptation.

I've been wanting his biographies to be made into movies ('Boy' and 'Going Solo') for a long time. I think his experiences made him into a creative novelist.

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Rio Jan 24, 2024 @ 8:47am

I never want books i loved made into movies. They risk getting dumbed down and made woke.

I intentionally avoid remakes of childhood shows I watched as a kid, that are remade in current year. I'm always dissapointed.

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sleeps Jan 24, 2024 @ 8:47am

that one bloody edgy western book

but i guess some books are meant to be made as a book i guess

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Abaddon the Despoiler Jan 24, 2024 @ 8:55am

Good books are usually ruined by movies.

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WhiteKnight77 Jan 24, 2024 @ 9:35am

Originally posted by MinionJoe:
Until the pendulum swings firmly away from ESG/DEI, I don't want to see any of my favorite books made into movies.

See what I stated about one of my favorite Clancy books.

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Rumpelcrutchskin Jan 24, 2024 @ 9:47am

Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.
Warner Bros. and Bradley Cooper are already planning to make it happen, just don`t f it up please.

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steven1mac Jan 24, 2024 @ 9:50am

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

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Chaosolous Jan 24, 2024 @ 9:53am

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary!

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steven1mac Jan 24, 2024 @ 9:57am

Originally posted by Chaosolous:
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary!

Is it going to be narrated by Morgan Freeman?

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Morkonan Jan 24, 2024 @ 9:58am

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.
Warner Bros. and Bradley Cooper are already planning to make it happen, just don`t f it up please.

I've never understood why anyone liked that first book... I just couldn't see it. That's cool if you liked it, but I just feel its overhyped. /shrug? Maybe the movie will open my eyes or something.

Originally posted by steven1mac:
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Already on the way, IIRC.

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Chaosolous Jan 24, 2024 @ 10:00am

Originally posted by steven1mac:
Originally posted by Chaosolous:
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary!
Is it going to be narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Nah, Gilbert Gottfried.

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MinionJoe Jan 24, 2024 @ 10:01am

Originally posted by Chaosolous:
Originally posted by steven1mac:
Is it going to be narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Nah, Gilbert Gottfried.

Too bad you'll get Amy Schumer instead.

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Rio Jan 24, 2024 @ 10:08am

Originally posted by MinionJoe:
Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Nah, Gilbert Gottfried.
Too bad you'll get Amy Schumer instead.

Thats like ordering a steak and being brought a rusty nail. And all the nail can talk about is its oxidation.

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Rumpelcrutchskin Jan 24, 2024 @ 10:12am

Originally posted by Morkonan:
Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.
Warner Bros. and Bradley Cooper are already planning to make it happen, just don`t f it up please.

I've never understood why anyone liked that first book... I just couldn't see it. That's cool if you liked it, but I just feel its overhyped. /shrug? Maybe the movie will open my eyes or something.

You will get it in 20 years when AI Singularity happens.