# I wish they would make a movie of... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345 "2009-08-13T22:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/41 "2009-08-14T18:19:48Z")
Fredric Brown’s **Arena**. Done straight, for once **The Stars my Destination** (which has a killer cinematic opening) or **The Demolished Man** Frederick Forsyth’s **The Devil’s Alternative** **A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court**. I’ve seen the other “versions”. They all completely change things, and not one of them _feels_ like Twain. Something by Heinlein without screwing it up. **The Moon is a Harsh Mistress** , maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/42 "2009-08-14T18:20:38Z")
I would never start a sentence with “I wish they would make a movie of…”, but it occurs to me that Watership Down could look a hell of a lot better if Pixar had done it. I would feel terrible if they tried to make or market it as cute-n-funny-bunny-movie, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/43 "2009-08-14T18:20:40Z")
Yeah. And I thought Judd Nelson was an inspired idea. Haller is savvy but not sleazy, a hustler but not an ambulance chaser. Nelson could totally have pulled that off. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/44 "2009-08-14T18:21:58Z")
I occasionally amuse myself by trying to cast _Good Omens_ in my head. I always see Rufus Sewell as Crowley. I think Jim Parsons could pull of Newt as well. Its fun to imagne what actors could play the horsemen as well. I am sure if a movie ever got made, I would be disappointed, though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/45 "2009-08-14T18:32:54Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Yeah. And I thought Judd Nelson was an inspired idea. Haller is savvy but not sleazy, a hustler but not an ambulance chaser. Nelson could totally have pulled that off. Thanks. I actually put a little thought into that one. Unlike my original casting of Blake as Bosch, which came to me in a flash about 20 pages into _The Black Echo_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/46 "2009-08-14T18:38:37Z")
Stephen King’s _Rose Madder_, starring Demi, Ashton & Bruce. Ed McBain’s Deaf Man mysteries, starring Leonardo. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/47 "2009-08-14T21:04:04Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > The Simpsons, but live action. When they got serious about making a movie, they considered doing this. In they end they realied it would suck, infuriate the fans and kill the show. But it sorta almost happened. 😉 For now I’ve generally had it with literary adaptations for the screen. For a historical event, I’d like to see an adaptation of the Lizzie Borden mystery. When I read John Corrado’s SD staff report about it years ago, I thought it would make a very good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/48 "2009-08-14T21:29:08Z")
Still waiting for them to put _ **The Alienist** _ to film. Unfortunately, that one is stuck in limbo. I’ve always wanted to see _ **Dragonlance** _ done in live action. After LotR I figured there was a legitimate shot, then that craptastic animated version arrived. It probably killed any chance of seeing it done in the epic fashion it deserves. Finally, I would enjoy seeing Agent Pendergast on screen. That horrible _ **Relic** _ movie got it all wrong and took out the most interesting character. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/49 "2009-08-14T21:42:54Z")
I would love to see Margaret Weis’s Star of the Guardian series become a movie or miniseries. Unfotunantely, I think many people would see space knights and laser swords and just dismiss it as a Star Wars knock off. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/50 "2009-08-14T21:43:00Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > Finally, I would enjoy seeing Agent Pendergast on screen. That horrible _ **Relic** _ movie got it all wrong and took out the most interesting character. Oh, yes! _Cabinet of Curiosities_ would be loads of fun. I’d like to see _Flanders_, by Patricia Anthony made into a movie. Compelling characters, lots of action, a horrific moral epiphany and a ghostly subplot plunked right down in the middle of the Great War. What more could you want? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/51 "2009-08-14T22:33:49Z")
The internet is bursting with theories on who should play the alluring Agent Pendergast. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/52 "2009-08-14T23:01:05Z")
I always thought “Battlefield Earth” would make a good movie. Be careful what you wish for folks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/53 "2009-08-14T23:57:17Z")
**Outlander**. I have trouble casting Jaime, but I thought Gerard Butler would make a great Dougal and Kate Beckinsale as Claire ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/54 "2009-08-14T23:58:18Z")
Great literature it ain’t, but **The Stainless Steel Rat** is a hell of an entertaining read, and would make a fantastic {and box-office friendly: “it’s like Bond meets Oceans 11, only in space”} SF caper movie for George Clooney and Angelina Jolie, with a nice cameo for Sean Connery: British comic 2000AD did a fantastic and very faithful adaption many years ago which could pretty much serve a storyboard and shooting script. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/55 "2009-08-15T00:04:22Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > David Weber’s “Honor Harrington” series. Would make awesome space opera movies!!! > Angelina Jolie as the lead, I’m thinking. No fucking way, she is NOT an Angelina Jolie type. She is described as fairly plain, almond eyed and it says nothing about a blowfish puffy lip mouth. If anything, one of the half asian kung fu movie chicks [or maybe Lucy Lieu at the oddest.] Her mother is almost pure chinese/terran asian genetically and her father is almost pure anglo. She is also a ‘genie’ as Arthur Harrington’s family line were genetically modified for settling an extra terrestrial planet. She was the ‘ugly duckling’ growing up because of being third generation extended life so she matured slowly enough that at the age of 45-50 in the books she looked like she was in her early 20s. Id love the Miles Vorkosigan series, but Lois McMaster Bujold upon reading a proposed treatment for one of her books has categorically refused to allow it to be made into a movie [honestly, the barrayaran space navy members building fires in teh corridors of a strange ship to cook food?!] ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/56 "2009-08-15T00:08:50Z")
> [@drillrod](#): > > F. Paul Wilson’s \*\*Repairman Jack \*\*series, especially the first one, **The Tomb** , should make a fine movie, if it ever gets out of development hell. oooo I love that series! That would be great. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/57 "2009-08-15T01:56:45Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > Great literature it ain’t, but **The Stainless Steel Rat** is a hell of an entertaining read, and would make a fantastic {and box-office friendly: “it’s like Bond meets Oceans 11, only in space”} SF caper movie for George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Wow! Yes! I’ve always thought it would work as a film. And they’d be perfect! She already, suspiciously, has the same name. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/58 "2009-08-15T07:09:43Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wow! Yes! I’ve always thought it would work as a film. And they’d be perfect! She already, suspiciously, has the same name. That is, until they had the rugrats. pun intended ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/59 "2009-08-15T07:28:30Z")
**The Mote in God’s Eye** by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Those little bastards could be pretty scary in CGI. **Ringworld** could be spectacular. **Tunnel in the Sky** was always a favorite Heinlein book. I think a biopic of Tesla would be amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/60 "2009-08-15T09:10:05Z")
I can’t stand Angelina Jolie. She can’t act; all she does is play Angelina Jolie. The only movie she should be in is a porn film with me as her co-star. Movies “they” should make: Epic war film of the Thirty Years’ War. Bio-pic of William the Silent. Movie adaptation of Samuel Delany’s _Hogg._ Movie about Baron Ungern von Sternberg. Epic war movie about War of the Roses and King Edward IV. Bio-pic of Russian anarchist Nestor Makhno. Film about the Byzantine emperors Phocas and Michael I (the Amorian.) Film adaptation of _A Man in Full_ by Tom Wolfe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345.md?page=4)