# I wish they would make a movie of...

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**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")\
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**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 21, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/121 "2009-08-21T13:28:05Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> I once read an interview with Sue Grafton where she said she would NEVER allow her Kinsey Milhone books to be filmed. She had been a scriptwriter or screenwriter in Hollywood and the whole experience left a bad taste in her mouth. And that’s a shame, because since KM is 'stuck in the ‘80s’, I think some nice ‘period’ pieces could be filmed the next time '80’s nostalgia rolls around.

Slight hijack: If I had my druthers, I’d never allowed those books to be published. Or written.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/122 "2009-08-26T22:16:38Z")

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> [@CrazyChop](#):
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> This may sounds shallow, but any giant-mecha anime done the in the CG style of Transformers.

Not shallow at all. You reminded me of the short-lived, planned-then-canned live action Evangelion movie. The way those robots moved, so fluid and human-like, would translate very well to live action film, I think.

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**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/123 "2009-08-26T22:44:01Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> I once read an interview with Sue Grafton where she said she would NEVER allow her Kinsey Milhone books to be filmed. She had been a scriptwriter or screenwriter in Hollywood and the whole experience left a bad taste in her mouth. And that’s a shame, because since KM is 'stuck in the ‘80s’, I think some nice ‘period’ pieces could be filmed the next time '80’s nostalgia rolls around.

Thats a shame - but I can understand her feeling like that.

Have the Stephanie Plum books been filmed yet?

I know **Georgette Heyer** loathed the film version of The Reluctant Widow & said she wouldn’t allow the others to be filmed. I don’t know how long copyright lasts but I think some of her other books would be good made for TV films. The first ones that came to mind are Black Moth, Beauvallet & Cotillion.

Its been at least 10 years since I read it, but I remember thinking NZ author’s **Maurice Shadbolt’s** book Season of the Jew would make a great film.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-they-would-make-a-movie-of/506345/124 "2009-08-27T03:50:25Z")

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Interstellar Pig. It was one of my first sci-fi type books. Weird and kinda creepy but fun.

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