Sequel to Terminator Genisys. No, really. It was a bit ropey, but it had more story to come. I’d settle for a comic follow up. I feel that only when we can see what else was planned can we fairly judge it. Sadly, not to be. Thankfully Dark Fate kicked arse.
Not movies, but at least a second season of Space, Above & Beyond and a third season of The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Another huge one is some version of Episode 8 not at odds with Episode 7.
Actually, a bigger wish? Episodes 7-9 being proper sequels to the Original Trilogy; i.e., made sometime in the late 80s up through the late 90s (preferably early enough to have minimal digital effects) with Mark, Harrison, and Carrie in major roles. So rather than an EU, having real SW up on the big screen (and NOT the prequels).
That Stormbringer film Wendy Pini didn’t get made would have been a potentially great cult film material and positioned Elric to eventually push into the forefront of pop culture.
Also, a Battletech movie would have been great in the era of practical effects, something like a more focused, coherent version of Robot Jox.
A sequel to The Rocketeer.
Finally (for now), a Batman movie along the more romantic/Bondesque lines of O’Neill’s Tales of the Demon era. So, emphatically NOT all this Frank Miller edgelord malarkey about pearls bouncing around on the sidewalk. Batman as a foil to global terrorist Ras Al Ghul — as the World’s Greatest Detective.
I think I'd actually rather have a TV series based on Dredd. That would be some good TV if done right.
I'd also totally watch a Colonial Marines movie. No xenomorphs required. I think you could do a cool sci-fi action thriller with the Colonial Marines.
I'd also watch Lord of the Ring movies based on more peripheral events. The Battle of Erebor during the War of the Ring I think could make a great movie.
Manchu wrote: That Stormbringer film Wendy Pini didn’t get made would have been a potentially great cult film material and positioned Elric to eventually push into the forefront of pop culture.
Huh! Wasn't aware of that. It kinda reminds me: is there still any hope for Guillermo Del Toro's Mountains of Madness?
So, emphatically NOT all this Frank Miller edgelord malarkey about pearls bouncing around on the sidewalk. Batman as a foil to global terrorist Ras Al Ghul — as the World’s Greatest Detective.
Accurate versions of Day of the Triffids and The War of the Worlds (still disappointed with the latest BBC version, after I thought we were finally going to get one).
I always thought that Underworld would have made a great TV-series, instead of an average good descending to severely mediocre film set of films.
I’d love to see an Independence Day sequel based on the ground war in Africa; of the many, many serious errors in the sequel we got, openly teasing a film that sounds far more interesting than the one you made is right at the top of the list.
Wow, is there anyone here who didn't want a dredd sequel? (I guess the magical and infallible free market botched up as one was never made.)
There's a sf novel called "the black cloud" that I wouldn't mind seeing done as a movie or 2 part miniseies on the SFC.
Since the SFC did a well made adaptation of one of A.C. Clarke's novel's, Childhood's end" I'm wondering when they will do one of "Rendezvous with Rama".
And to expand the scope of this thread since I'm the OP and realize it should be expanded, I'll add TV series and miniseries to it by saying I would love a reboot of Blake's 7.
Even though I’ve seen it in FAOScwartz as a kid (huge toy store long since shut down) in Chicago (in 1997), I’ve been told by just about everyone that a VIDEO of Shadows of the Empire doesn’t exist. So I’d like that to be more available than “rainbow unicorn that speaks Twi’Lek” so I can watch it again. I’m not saying it had Carrie Fisher and Mark Hammill in it. I’m saying there is a SotE movie. Promo? Half hour? CGI? Dunno. But it’s out there. And it’s not just chunks of the video game.
Manchu wrote: Actually, a bigger wish? Episodes 7-9 being proper sequels to the Original Trilogy; i.e., made sometime in the late 80s up through the late 90s (preferably early enough to have minimal digital effects) with Mark, Harrison, and Carrie in major roles.
If we're doing this, then I want Firefly seasons 2-6 from 2003-2007 along with 2 or 3 movies.
Elbows wrote:I would have thoroughly enjoyed The Hobbit films had they been made in the same style/theme/quality of the LOTR films.
I second the use of a time machine to remove Guillemo Del Toro from the Hobbit project and give Peter Jackson two-years prep and no studio interference to get that project done properly. (No offence to GDT, I like his work, but it was never going to be a good fit).
nels1031 wrote:I want the Rocknrolla trilogy that Guy Ritchie supposedly envisioned for that original movie. He even teased it at the end credits.
And an Alexander the Great movie that isn't as boring as watching grass grow.
I never understood how they took one of the most interesting, dynamic and influential individuals in the whole of friggin' history and made a film soooooo dull. I mean, that takes real effort.
A series of films based on The Talented Mister Ripley and it's sequel books. There was a movie, but it was not great and the ending diverged quite a bit from the book.
Manchu wrote: What details do you remember about it?
Very little. I remember seeing Dash, Xizor and Luke in the red armor. I think I only saw a few mins, but I remember the words scrolling in classic Star Wars style.
I would sell the life of all my countrymen to see a TV series that brought to life the books B. Andreas Bull-Hansen. I am not sure if anyone here on Dakka has read his works, but the fictional universe he brought to life captured my imagination as a child and still does to this day.
A proper sequel trilogy to SW. And perhaps even a proper 'handoff to next generation' trilogy. In the meantime JJ and RJ never get anywhere near any scifi franchises. Ever.
And perhaps even a prequel trilogy produced by George Lucas, but directed by nearly anyone else.
An updated BSG series thats ultimate goal wasn't to make you hate all the characters.
Give B5: Crusade it's full run.
And for something a lot less well known... I'd love to see movies made of the books by Juliet McKenna. They're a great read, and not so long that decent movies couldn't be made for a reasonable length.
Oh man, a Dredd sequel is definitely at the top of my list.
Lots of good suggestions in here, some books that would make great movies or TV series that I'd love to see would be The Mote In God's Eye, Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained, Old Man's War, almost anything from the Culture series, anything from the Revelation Space universe, a proper Heavy Gear anime adaptation, and Brian Sanderson's Mistborn.
I desperately vote that Stormlight Archive get a TV series (but only after it finishes in like, 40 years...). Sanderson's entire style I think lends itself well to adaptation. I think the only reason he hasn't already been adapted is the cost-risk of trying.
Lesser known series called Dragon Booster that used to air on Toon Disney. Was supposed to have had a follow up series called Dragon Booster Academy but it was canceled before it was made.
There was a TV show called Whitechapel that got cancelled just as it was starting to get really interesting. I wish that never happened and we got to see it’s cliffhanger resolved.
Also, having been on a huge Star Wars binge recently, I wish of course that all of its ‘mistakes’ could be rectified. Because it’s seemingly immune to basic storytelling principles.
Aliens vs. Predators. But set in the same timeframe as the Aliens movie, not in a current day earth... I was so disapointed when AvP was announced, but they would put it in present day earth. Basically, I wanted a movie version of the AvP PC game.
Id like to see a good adaptation of the Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter was a poor implementation of the character that didn’t really follow the books.
I’d like to see it as a serial TV series, but due to how badly they botched the movie release I don’t see it happening.
Ghool wrote: Id like to see a good adaptation of the Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter was a poor implementation of the character that didn’t really follow the books.
I’d like to see it as a serial TV series, but due to how badly they botched the movie release I don’t see it happening.
That’s funny, I was thinking about this very thing only yesterday!
Stuff not mentioned though Dredd sequel should always be mentioned.
TV Shows;
Black Company by Glenn Cook
Dresden (i dont count that one season travesty) by Butcher
Elfquest
Berserk
Safehold by David Weber
Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (could be a movie trilogy)
A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles or Legends of Camelot) by Jack Whyte
Movies
I am Number 4 sequel
Jon Carter sequel
Genysis sequel
Grunts by Mary Gentle
Philosophical Strangler by Eric Flint
As soon as I saw the heading, my first thought was Dredd sequel. Movie or TV.
Second thought; give my me Mad Max: Fury Road sequel.
Third thought: I want a Button Man movie. (2000AD strip from the 90s)
Then I kept on thinking and came up with;
Strontium Dog movie.
Sinister Dexter series.
Malazan Book of the Fallen mega-epic HBO drama.
Gaunt's Ghosts movie or TV series.
A movie featuring Ray Harryhausen's skeletons as the main characters.
A GOOD Dark Tower movie or series. (I did not hate Idris Elba as Roland, and some elements of the film were fine... but overall it did not do well enough for a sequel).
A World War Z Tv series, in the documentary style - like a fake Tiger King Netflix documentary.
Frederick Pohl's Gateway, adapted to a movie.
Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, adapted as a (real) documentary.
I'd like some quality, epic-sized science fiction properties, again done with the attention to detail, quality writing/casting of the original LOTR films. We often get lots of fantasy and sci-fi films, but they're almost never taken seriously or with big budgets or strong casts.
Perhaps Dune will scratch that itch. I'd enjoy a large mecha-based franchise that wasn't a complete fething turd and that was taken seriously...something like that.
It warms my heart how many mentions Dredd has gotten in this thread. That movie was terrific, and I knew nothing about the character before even watching it. I'm honestly not even sure I ever saw the 90s Stallone version.
I'm gonna do 3 categories, 3 choices per. Here goes, in no particular order:
Films
1. Dredd sequel (like, hello)
2. Fury Road sequel
3. Heir to the Empire - this would have had to be a 90s production. It could've been amazing, certainly preferable to the prequels we got.
Videogames
1. Proper KOTOR sequel (no, the MMO does not count)
2. Freedom Fighters sequel (this was a totally boss tactical shooter from '03 that I'm sure not many people remember. It was like Red Dawn the videogame)
3. Rogue Squadron sequel (this series was so good!)
TV shows
1. Gentlemen Bastards - easily my favorite fantasy series ever, I would fething devour a TV show
2. Wheel of Time - I've only recently started reading these, I'm only on the second book. I think a TV show is actually happening though? Could be wrong
3. Revolution season 3+ - I'm probably the only person in the entire universe who actually liked this show so I understand why it was cancelled. I thought it was a lot of fun and would have loved to see where it went.
Ultraverse. I don't care HOW they do it, but I'd love to see media involving The Ultraverse. I'd also love an Ultimate Alliance style Ultraverse game.
Continuity Comics also gets a severe nod as something I'd love to see.
I'd also love a Trek movie with Captain John Harriman commanding the Enterprise B. Actually, a TV series would be more than adequate.
nels1031 wrote:I want the Rocknrolla trilogy that Guy Ritchie supposedly envisioned for that original movie. He even teased it at the end credits.
And an Alexander the Great movie that isn't as boring as watching grass grow.
Or one that doesn't botch actual facts pertinent to Alexander's exploits because they were too focused on making sure everyone knew he was bi? That'd be great. Slip in the Siege of Tyre as well as the fight with Darius on the chariot. That'd be epic.
timetowaste85 wrote: Even though I’ve seen it in FAOScwartz as a kid (huge toy store long since shut down) in Chicago (in 1997), I’ve been told by just about everyone that a VIDEO of Shadows of the Empire doesn’t exist. So I’d like that to be more available than “rainbow unicorn that speaks Twi’Lek” so I can watch it again. I’m not saying it had Carrie Fisher and Mark Hammill in it. I’m saying there is a SotE movie. Promo? Half hour? CGI? Dunno. But it’s out there. And it’s not just chunks of the video game.
What do you remember about it.
I'll ask a couple of friends who were at Lucasfilm back then (he was a graphic artist for LFL also did some design work for SotE the game at the time, too. He came up with the logo for the "black sun" crime syndicate for the game (and was stoked when they used it in S5 of the clone wars, too). If there was promo video done for it, he'd know about it.
Game of Thrones. . . redo the tail end of S7, all of S8 and give things their proper scale (ie, don't do a single episode for the battle of Winterfell, its supposed to be the BIGGEST threat and biggest fight, treat it as such)
I think John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" series would make an entertaining movie, or short series.
video game-wise, I would LOVE a Dante's Inferno sequel, and other than the weird visuals that game had, I'm not really sure why.
Ensis Ferrae wrote: Game of Thrones. . . redo the tail end of S7, all of S8 and give things their proper scale (ie, don't do a single episode for the battle of Winterfell, its supposed to be the BIGGEST threat and biggest fight, treat it as such)
That is my biggest beef with Season 8 - I think they could have kept most of the majot plot points the same and it would have been a lot better with just 2 or 3 more episodes - Daenerys arc especially would have worked a lot better if it didn't feel so abrupt.
I think I would enjoy a series of true crime mockumentaries exploring such crime questions as who shot who at the Copacabana, who is the smooth criminal and is Annie okay, what really happened to bad, bad Leroy Brown on that fateful night, and uncovering all the gruesome details on the maneater.
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Good book and quite frankly an amazing soundtrack by Joel McNeely that bought Coruscant to life. Given its collaborative effort between all the LucasFilm parties involved, Disney is asking too much for fans to just throw it aside as "it didn't happen".
Firefox Down. Love the book to bits and a brilliant sequel to not only the original novel but also Clint Eastwood's film adaptation. Its a shame we'll never see the race to recover the Fox, trapped under the lake.
Revenge of the Titans. Quite liked Clash and Wrath and was hoping for a third. Oh well.
1. A proper faithful berserk adaptation series made in 1hr film instalments. Just like the golden age arc movies.
All the bells and whistles and proper hand drawing. None of this computer generated 3d crap..
I don't care how many artists have to be enslaved and chained to their desksand worked to the ground to get this done under fear for being sacrificed to Khorne! I want it done now! (Obviously joking)
2. this one is a bit tricky - BUT I would like to see a good series about king Arthur and the round table. Bit like BBC's Merlin,. but made more gritty and with adult content (blood guts and all that GOT style good stuff but without the rampant necessary nudity)
3. A series thats an adaptation of the eagles of the empire novels. Basicaly the first scene from gladiator but as a whole mini series...
4. This one is even trickier - BUT I would like to see a simarilion lord of the rings genesis style thing. Im not sure how this would be done with having Valaar running around and doing hand on things.. a lot of the concepts would be very very hard to translate into film format from the literature.. Bu c'mon.. we all want to see Ancalagon wreck the world right?
5. In the same vein of dragons wrecking stuff. I would like to see a pre-fall valyria series culminating with the doom.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: I think I would enjoy a series of true crime mockumentaries exploring such crime questions as who shot who at the Copacabana, who is the smooth criminal and is Annie okay, what really happened to bad, bad Leroy Brown on that fateful night, and uncovering all the gruesome details on the maneater.
This has legs!
Also, I'd like to see a TV adaptation of Christopher Hinz' Paratwa saga. And a movie based off Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime. And a big budget Legion of Superheroes show, capturing the warmth and charm of the old-school Legion. And a Redshirts movie. And a show based on Peter Clines' Ex- series about superheroes and zombies.
Oh, and a sequel to Dredd (in case nobody's mentioned that yet )
2. this one is a bit tricky - BUT I would like to see a good series about king Arthur and the round table. Bit like BBC's Merlin,. but made more gritty and with adult content (blood guts and all that GOT style good stuff but without the rampant necessary nudity)
Currently reading 'The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights', by Sir James Knowles. I'm honestly surprised by how often there's a massive battle where they slaughter thousands, or a hack'n'slashfest between two knights where the ground is turned to a bloody marsh.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: I think I would enjoy a series of true crime mockumentaries exploring such crime questions as who shot who at the Copacabana, who is the smooth criminal and is Annie okay, what really happened to bad, bad Leroy Brown on that fateful night, and uncovering all the gruesome details on the maneater.
This has legs!
Also, I'd like to see a TV adaptation of Christopher Hinz' Paratwa saga. And a movie based off Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime. And a big budget Legion of Superheroes show, capturing the warmth and charm of the old-school Legion. And a Redshirts movie. And a show based on Peter Clines' Ex- series about superheroes and zombies.
Oh, and a sequel to Dredd (in case nobody's mentioned that yet )
You're about the only other person I've seen mention the Paratwa saga ... You also know of the 'Ryche. Got to see Livecrime but the once (but that was also the ONLY time I've seen them live) - liked their stuff going back to "the warning" (when I first discovered them).
You're about the only other person I've seen mention the Paratwa saga ... You also know of the 'Ryche. Got to see Livecrime but the once (but that was also the ONLY time I've seen them live) - liked their stuff going back to "the warning" (when I first discovered them).
Did you ever catch the DC comics adaptation of Gemini Blood?
Livecrime was amazing - saw it at Hammersmith back in the day. Such a shame about Mindcrime 2
As you may guess from my avatar I began loosing interest once the Shadows left and the Vorlons won
Yeah it was supposed to be no more interefence but the conditioning to see them as Divine seemed to be still in place and humanity went down a path to become them...bloody Vorlons....
Col Hammer wrote:Aliens vs. Predators. But set in the same timeframe as the Aliens movie, not in a current day earth... I was so disapointed when AvP was announced, but they would put it in present day earth. Basically, I wanted a movie version of the AvP PC game.
I'd rather see "Three World War" show up. It was pretty cool--and elements of it were used for "Predators".
Hulksmash wrote:
Dresden (i dont count that one season travesty) by Butcher
Hey, you leave that alone! It was fantastic--provided one knew that we weren't going to get adaptations of the books and that it was before Butcher had a solid 'plan' for later in the series. If you've never read about it, you should try to find some of the stuff Butcher said relating to the development & cancellation (notably Nicolas Cage going to bat for him to be put on writing S2).
Some things I'd like to see? The Orion trilogy for WHFB put into a film. It could genuinely be condensed into a single film(which IMO can't be done with a bit of the lore for Warhammer or 40k). Alternatively the Sundering would make for a hell of a dark fantasy film, especially if the Focus is placed upon Alith Anar and his shadow war.
Sho’nuff. The prequel to The Last Dragon.
Chronicles his rise from a bullied kid growing up on the mean streets of Harlem to ruthless, neo-samurai gang lord.
McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern as a series. Although a series based on the Brainship books, with a different Brain character featured each season would be cool.
I'll add another vote for a Dredd sequel. Also for a continuation of Firefly - either more series, more movies, or even an animated series, which would let them fill in some of the earlier blanks without having to get around the actors being so much older now. And would let them get Wash back in there...
The Deathgate cycle would be cool as a series, with a decent budget behind it. As would Dragonlance.
Chaos Legionnaire wrote: Sho’nuff. The prequel to The Last Dragon.
Chronicles his rise from a bullied kid growing up on the mean streets of Harlem to ruthless, neo-samurai gang lord.
So, we’d learn how he got The Glow, as well as finding out the dark truth about he wore Keds before being bullied by the kid who wore Converse...
McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern as a series. Although a series based on the Brainship books, with a different Brain character featured each season would be cool.
They'd at least have to lead with The Ship Who Sang but yeah those and the PERN series could be good.
Jericho. Not a dragged out to death Lost style but a couple more succinct seasons or even episodes to show who nuked who, why the Vietnam era Communist fighters and modern transport planes were flying over rural USA...
I'd like to see a good WH40K movie. Preferably SM or IG based but not with the "other main character is a Chaos agent all along!!!!!!" twist. Some combat, some brothers in arms, some Xenos getting squished.
And on that vein also an adaptation of Armor by John Steakley.
I'd also be keen on a TV miniseries based on Scalzi's Redshirts.
An adaptation of Cornwell's Arthurian books -- probably my favourite realistic take on the mythos, for a more fantasy orientated one one of Stephen Lawhead's tales.
Also like a proper version of the Dragonlance books -- maybe just the first 2 trilogies -- think it might be a bit much to adapt the 21,345 or so spinoff/related books. I believe Joe Manganiello is supposedly working on some version of this.
A more accurate version of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- the whole saga -- all the Bond stuff, the 1984 years right up to the Harry Potter/Columbine/Moonchild stuff.
Warhammer wise -- i 2nd the idea of a Gotrek and Felix series, I think their early adventures would be ideal for this, otherwise a big LOTR style version of the War of Vengeance/the Beard would be cool.
Bran Dawri wrote: Continue the Arrowverse Constantine series. Best show of the lot, and they cancelled it after just one season. Whyyyyy?
Because it was a different network(NBC rather than CW) that had it and they didn't really give it up. They also moved it around a bit and/or interrupted it and had some 'issues' in certain areas here in the US.
Same thing happened with Supergirl where CBS cancelled it...but they were willing to sell it on to CW.
My 20 second pitch if in an elevator with Steven Spielberg would be:
JONNY QUEST!!!!! - w/ Harrison Ford as Dr. Quest and someone like Armie Hammer as Race Bannon. Then he can take his pick of precocious pre-teens for the the two boys.
...ahem... I do expect a percentage of the profit, Mr. Spielberg...
MDSW wrote: My 20 second pitch if in an elevator with Steven Spielberg would be:
JONNY QUEST!!!!! - w/ Harrison Ford as Dr. Quest and someone like Armie Hammer as Race Bannon. Then he can take his pick of precocious pre-teens for the the two boys.
...ahem... I do expect a percentage of the profit, Mr. Spielberg...
I would watch the hell out of a Johnny Quest movie, but I'd go for Adam Baldwin for Race and Sam Rockwell as Dr. Quest.
creeping-deth87 wrote: It warms my heart how many mentions Dredd has gotten in this thread. That movie was terrific, and I knew nothing about the character before even watching it. I'm honestly not even sure I ever saw the 90s Stallone version.
I'm gonna do 3 categories, 3 choices per. Here goes, in no particular order:
Films
1. Dredd sequel (like, hello)
2. Fury Road sequel
3. Heir to the Empire - this would have had to be a 90s production. It could've been amazing, certainly preferable to the prequels we got.
Videogames
1. Proper KOTOR sequel (no, the MMO does not count)
2. Freedom Fighters sequel (this was a totally boss tactical shooter from '03 that I'm sure not many people remember. It was like Red Dawn the videogame)
3. Rogue Squadron sequel (this series was so good!)
TV shows
1. Gentlemen Bastards - easily my favorite fantasy series ever, I would fething devour a TV show
2. Wheel of Time - I've only recently started reading these, I'm only on the second book. I think a TV show is actually happening though? Could be wrong
3. Revolution season 3+ - I'm probably the only person in the entire universe who actually liked this show so I understand why it was cancelled. I thought it was a lot of fun and would have loved to see where it went.
I agree with kotor and freedom fighters. Let's be real here though. The political landscape has shifted so much a game like freedom fighters would never exist today and a sequel will never happen now.
A dredds sequel would be awesome too. I never saw fury road sadly.
A special edition of "return of the jedi" featuring a post credit scene where Annaikin, Obiwan and Yoda are on the other side of the force and Annaikin says "Gosh, I can't believe I made it to the good afterlife after all the horrible things I did as darth vader!"
Yoda says "To the good afterlife, you will go not."
Annaikin is stunned "B-but I saved Luke and ended palpatine!"
"Saving one's own son, redemption does not earn you. Many, many you murdered, justice for them comes now."
Obi wan interjects "We staged the scene with you for Luke's benefit, he wanted to see you redeemed, and after all he did we gave him that one moment of happiness. He can discover the truth later."
"But, I was wanting to see Padme again!" Annikin wails.
Obi wan laughs and morphs back to his earlier look as seen in revenge of the sith. "Ha! She's with me now, after seeing what a pathetic, whiny, weak, petulant brat you were and how easily you became a child murdering monster she never wants to see you again. Her and I have become quite close since I got here." Obi wan smiles broadly.
Yoda and ben fade away, the world darkens as Annakin wails "Padme! I'm sorry I-!" A hand clamps down on his shoulder He is spun around.
"Remember me?" The captain vader manually strangled in the opening of ANH is there. He draws back and throws a punch that sends Annakin sprawling onto the rocky ground, bleeding from the mouth. Looking up he sees all the people vader sadistically murdered (Not the imperial officers, they were evil too, so no ozzle or piett. Also not the tusken, I don't blame him for killing them after what they did.) including the jedi children, who are wielding small lightsabers.
The camera pulls back to revels the extent of the crowd as we hear a final "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOI!!!" screamed by Annakin.
Really, I never bought the redemption scene in RotJ during it's first run. Redeemed? For saving your own son from guy who just said he planned for you to be killed and replaced by him?
I believe redemption may be possible sometimes, but that was a littleto easy.
And after seeing the temple scene in RotS, HA! No way the redeemed all his evil saving luke.
Jadenim wrote: Er, isn’t that the whole point of Absolution in Christianity? Doesn’t matter what you did, so long as you say sorry before you die it’s all good.
That’s what I was taught in Church and Catholic school yes.
Jadenim wrote: Er, isn’t that the whole point of Absolution in Christianity? Doesn’t matter what you did, so long as you say sorry before you die it’s all good.
Well, I can't be a christian so I have to hope they're wrong about a few things .
We never had any indication vader regretted anything really. I mean he saved luke but protecting one's progeny is a strong biological imperative. When he realized luke had a sister and one can assume he knew from luke it was leia, I don't recall him feeling any remorse at torturing her. He saw her as another tool to use. In the end he just wanted her to know luke was right about him, again no sorrow for torturing her that we saw.
He did, I admit, tell luke "You already have." when luke said he wanted to save him. Maybe that meant he repented or somehow was pulled free from the dark side. So it could go either way.
I'm thinking if I had been murdered by vader and saw his "redemption" I'd still think "Doesn't make up for what you did to me you walking junkheap."
Jadenim wrote: Er, isn’t that the whole point of Absolution in Christianity? Doesn’t matter what you did, so long as you say sorry before you die it’s all good.
Well yeah, though that's a kind of 'Ritchie from Bottom' version.
There's human justice (or... in Star Wars, corporeal being justice?) to be answered too, but since Vader popped off soon after, watcha gonna du?
still think you could remove ghost Anakin with no negative impact
as the later storys imply that ghosting is a forgetton art only recent rediscovered by qui-jinn and presumably shared with yoda who passes it to obi, vader goes to the sith bad place and dissolves into a ragey hate spirit like previously seen sith lords
MDSW wrote: JONNY QUEST!!!!! - w/ Harrison Ford as Dr. Quest and someone like Armie Hammer as Race Bannon. Then he can take his pick of precocious pre-teens for the the two boys.
I didn't really think of this until now, but wow. Why isn't there any Quest stuff? Most shows from that time have been rebooted, remade, or adapted here or there. But not the Quest lads. Like the last time I think I saw them in anything was Mystery Incorporated, for like a ten second gang. And then Venture Bros. before that, also as a gag.
JQ had some pretty heavy racist stereotypes in it, they'd have to be careful with a new show.
They did do a brief reboot a long time ago that had a lot of really bad (I won't say the CGI stunk, but it sure put the PU in CPU. ) CGI. They made Hadji a little less ridiculous and gave him and johnny a little more attitude, and added a female character, race's daughter.
JQ can not be a thing, because the Venture Brothers killed it and buried it. There is no way you can watch Johnny Quest ad NOT think of the Venture brothers!
I would want to see Jodorowski's Dune, More Dredd, and that damn Macross movie Tobey Mcguire killed by being a dirtbag!
They keep getting close, so close to finally putting it together. Then it falls apart. Same thing happened with Locke & Key until Netflix finally picked it up.
Hulksmash wrote:
Dresden (i dont count that one season travesty) by Butcher
Hey, you leave that alone! It was fantastic--provided one knew that we weren't going to get adaptations of the books and that it was before Butcher had a solid 'plan' for later in the series. If you've never read about it, you should try to find some of the stuff Butcher said relating to the development & cancellation (notably Nicolas Cage going to bat for him to be put on writing S2).
I enjoyed what was made too, but I'd love another run at it with each book a season instead of an episode.
They are trying. But with the modern Trek showrunners it would probably be less authentic than the Stargate cartoon and more grimderp than the new Godzilla cartoon.
For those who haven't come across it, the High House is an old mansion that is also a Narnia-wardrobe-style gateway between multiple (possibly infinite) worlds, protected by a Master equipped with a bunch of magical doodads.
I could easily see a Victorian fantasy Stargate-style 'planet of the week with a progressive story' series, where the Master is missing and a group of adventurers are journeying through the house trying to find him as the House slowly breaks down around them...
1. A series of Film/TV shows about Honor Harrington.
2. A series about the Wheel of Time
3. A Series regarding John Constantine
4. more Jack Ryan (2018) tv show with John Krasinski
5. American Gods season 3
6.Firefly season 2
The thing I'm surprised has never happened is a GOOD adaptation of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. Disney did that hack job cartoon The Black Cauldron during the '80s. But that was a long time ago, and the source material is a terrific YA read. Some aspects might be *better* once you're an adult. It won Newbery awards; it's great stuff and with a few minor tweaks it'd work very well for modern audiences (already has a strong female co-lead, etc.)
But apparently Disney is still sitting on the rights. Don't get it.
Manchu wrote: I have the same kind of misgivings about del Toro’s ATMOM as I do about Jodorowosky’s Dune.
I feel differently about them.
ATMOM would have been a interesting adaptation, IMO. I suspect it would have been very much a Del Toro joint, but the basics would be recognizable. And it was a movie that could have been made.
J's Dune seems like it would have been a really trippy dumpster-fire-for-all-time that happened to have the word 'Dune' in the title. Milking kitties and weirding modules but x1000. And something that never really would have happened anyway. It endures because it was never made or needed to be made.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: I think I would enjoy a series of true crime mockumentaries exploring such crime questions as who shot who at the Copacabana, who is the smooth criminal and is Annie okay, what really happened to bad, bad Leroy Brown on that fateful night, and uncovering all the gruesome details on the maneater.
That's good...but gets better IMO if you put them all together in a single fictional universe. Kind of like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen blended with the X-Files, with a pair of detectives exploring those mysteries.
I submit that the fate of Billy Joe McAllister would be a top episode.
@ Gorgon, another go at Prydain could be decent, remember being quite baffled as wee Turnip as why they muddled it so much, thank bod we've all grown out of the kind of behaviour...
In 1975 some hollywood type thought iot would be great to have a series about an alien spy coming to earth and the government building a super robot to trackit down and stop it. After programming the robot with a lot of information about detectives it decided that it was actually sherlock holmes and called it's partner watson.
It was to be called holmes and watson and never got past the eary stages.
I want a western, but set in the Rifts universe about a glitter boy pilot drifter, who is convinced to help the townsfolk against a local cattle baron who is trying to muscle in on their territory.
It would have to be played absolutely straight. No gonzo, all the beats of a classic western.
Matt Swain wrote: In 1975 some hollywood type thought iot would be great to have a series about an alien spy coming to earth and the government building a super robot to trackit down and stop it. After programming the robot with a lot of information about detectives it decided that it was actually sherlock holmes and called it's partner watson.
It was to be called holmes and watson and never got past the eary stages.
Turnip Jedi wrote: @ Gorgon, another go at Prydain could be decent, remember being quite baffled as wee Turnip as why they muddled it so much, thank bod we've all grown out of the kind of behaviour...
Also a Transmet show could be fun
Well, this is a little spooky. Of course, ‘in development’ doesn’t mean much. Hopefully they follow the books a little closer if it happens. Disney+ probably is the right format for it.
I'd kinda like to see a godzilla movie where godzilla was designed by H.R. Giger. I mean a godzilla in the giger bio-mechanical style, not jut a Godzilla with a banana head and hoses coming out the back.
obviously can't happen now unless giger backed up his mind on some bizarre pseudo organic server. But maybe a student of his or someone just into his style could do a godzilla or another kaiju.
BTW, I'm tired of superhero and star wars movie, but if thy made this my ass would be in line to see it.
Personally my money's on doom. I think he just has stronger will than vader. Plus gauntlet blasters, being a fairly high mage as well as having ultra tech, flight ability, etc.
Jadenim wrote: Er, isn’t that the whole point of Absolution in Christianity? Doesn’t matter what you did, so long as you say sorry before you die it’s all good.
That’s what I was taught in Church and Catholic school yes.
Then you weren't paying attention. Saying sorry means nothing, it's being sorry, regretting, knowing better, wishing you had not done it and trying to make amends that matters.
Christian doesn't mean stupid.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Definitely have to echo Drankenfels (if WH Fantasy ever makes it to the screen that's my vote).
A Blakes 7 Reboot, or Special edition or something. Probably a reboot since there's a lot of filler episodes I'd want cut out.
There was talk of Dreadstar (comic by Jim Starlin) film and that could be epic.
Elric, yeah I could go for that.
I am definitely not a fan of the Dredd film, it seemed to entirely miss the humor and parody at the heart of the comic. Once you start making his deliberately over the top costume 'realistic' you're done, you missed the point.
Speaking of fascist lawman parodies, Martial Law would be a lot of fun in a guilty pleasure sort of way.
And on the sincere side, more Justice League Unlimited!
So,
What I really regret never being made is the supernatural spinoffs
Like, seriously, with the later seasons pretty much giving up on the whole "People Fighting Monsters" part of the story, with it pretty much being exclusively Angels V Demons(I have not seen the last 2 seasons so IDK if it changed) I was hoping for more of just, Monsters man.
But not of them took off
(A cop dies and goes to hell. Trouble is, there's been a jailbreak in hell, and Satan needs someone to go back, round 'em up and send them home. Dead-cop gets sent back to do the job, given a majik gun (shoot 'em between the eyes and they go home). Cue hijinks.).
I think his car is an Edsel, too. Just to rub it in.
There was talk of Dreadstar (comic by Jim Starlin) film and that could be epic.
Elric, yeah I could go for that.
Dreadstar would be awesome if it was a series of films rather than a one-off. There's too much story for just one installment.
Elric could be great or else truly terrible, depending on the director's/studio's buy-in to the concept.
Dreadstar has the most insane and absurd OOT origin EVAH.
After his parents were killed by Ice Bears, young Vanth Dreadstar (son of Sid and Marge Dreadstar) roamed the wastes until he found a cave and in the cave a sword forged from a star. So he went off and started hunting and killing Ice Bears into extinction when all of the sudden out of freaking nowhere, an evil alien empire invades and now he's like the Resistance Leader but then a wizard finds him and says he's the chosen one and leads him on a quest to find the 3 other even more chosen ones.
So after many struggles Dreadstar and the Wizard and the 3 Even More Chosen Ones fight their way to the center of the galaxy so they can blow the Infinity Horn while Dread and the Wizard fight off the Evil Empire. And that's supposed to save the galaxy from the Evil Empire. Except really it blows up the entire Milky Way Galaxy because the Wizard figured things were pretty much past saving.
Oops.
Five million years later, Dreadstar and the Wizard (who've been a suspended animation bubble) land on a world in another galaxy. Dreadstar promptly shoots the Wizard dead for lying to him and stomps off. He meets a nice lady and some cat people, gets married, settles down. Then Another Wizard comes by and says he needs Dreadstar to save this galaxy because it's caught in a destructive civil war between the Monarchy and the Church. And Dread is like, "yeah no, no more wizards, no more galaxy saving, I'm out". But then the Monarchy comes, kills all the nice cat people and Dread's wife so now he's like "You son of a bitch, I'm in".
All this happens BEFORE Dreadstar #1.
And then things get weird.
So Dreadstar is basically Double Batman Punisher Luke Skywalker Elric, Frodo.
There was talk of Dreadstar (comic by Jim Starlin) film and that could be epic.
Elric, yeah I could go for that.
Dreadstar would be awesome if it was a series of films rather than a one-off. There's too much story for just one installment.
Elric could be great or else truly terrible, depending on the director's/studio's buy-in to the concept.
Dreadstar has the most insane and absurd OOT origin EVAH.
After his parents were killed by Ice Bears, young Vanth Dreadstar (son of Sid and Marge Dreadstar) roamed the wastes until he found a cave and in the cave a sword forged from a star. So he went off and started hunting and killing Ice Bears into extinction when all of the sudden out of freaking nowhere, an evil alien empire invades and now he's like the Resistance Leader but then a wizard finds him and says he's the chosen one and leads him on a quest to find the 3 other even more chosen ones.
So after many struggles Dreadstar and the Wizard and the 3 Even More Chosen Ones fight their way to the center of the galaxy so they can blow the Infinity Horn while Dread and the Wizard fight off the Evil Empire. And that's supposed to save the galaxy from the Evil Empire. Except really it blows up the entire Milky Way Galaxy because the Wizard figured things were pretty much past saving.
Oops.
Five million years later, Dreadstar and the Wizard (who've been a suspended animation bubble) land on a world in another galaxy. Dreadstar promptly shoots the Wizard dead for lying to him and stomps off. He meets a nice lady and some cat people, gets married, settles down. Then Another Wizard comes by and says he needs Dreadstar to save this galaxy because it's caught in a destructive civil war between the Monarchy and the Church. And Dread is like, "yeah no, no more wizards, no more galaxy saving, I'm out". But then the Monarchy comes, kills all the nice cat people and Dread's wife so now he's like "You son of a bitch, I'm in".
All this happens BEFORE Dreadstar #1.
And then things get weird.
So Dreadstar is basically Double Batman Punisher Luke Skywalker Elric, Frodo.
Remember how, when Dreadstar moved from Marvel/Epic to First comics, Jim Starlin sort of ran out of either energy, enthusiasm, or ideas, and recapped the entire story for like ten pages an issue? And how he did it with terrible dot-matrix computer graphics? That was a hard slog, even for a fan like me.
I wish they'd done Roddenberry's "Assignment :Earth" series.
GR tried to run with the concept after NBC wouldn't do it and he couldn't associate with with trek anymore by making a pilot called "the questor tapes" but that only got to a pilot movie.
With James May, Clarkson, and Richard Hammond all getting up there in years, I'd love to see them sit down and do a proper racing history show. If you're familiar with their "origins of national racing colors" bit, and their Ford v Ferrari, Audi v. Lancia, the Porsche 917, and Jim Clark pieces, this is what I'm talking about. A show/series devoted to showcasing and exploring some of motorsports greatest greats.
To date, most of the documentaries I've seen on motorsport are either extremely bland but dense with content, or they are highly stylized and quite shallow in content. . . Other than the national colors thing, the former TG guys sort of manage to ride the middle, where its done in their "style", has good content, but isnt so full that it becomes boring.
My favourite IP of all time is Robotech...but I'd rather they don't touch that one. Hollywood has shown it is fundamentally incapable of producing a quality mecha-driven film. I'd prefer they remake something crappy instead, like Robotjox. I'd just hate to see my favourite IP ruined by Hollywood...so....they need to drop the rumours that pop up every 3-4 years that it's in production. Just don't, please.
Give it to the Japanese company that did the live action Space Battleship Yamato... that was quite watchable.
Cyel wrote: Sandman TV series by HBO, GoT-style, no holds barred.
A shame Netflix did the Lucypher spin-off, but not the original story!
Would need HBO levels of money as whilst I like Lucifer I suspect toning it down into spooky Sherlock was for money reasons although theyve kept just enough source material to lure in us Vertigo faithful (I was convinced Trixe was a version of Elaine for quite a while)
Still unsure if mainstream telly is up for some of the strangeness and of course the casting will be wrong whatever they do
I can dig it.
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like this makes you understand kubrick destroying all the props and sets from 2001 he could.
