# If you could make the movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-the-movie/89190>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 23, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-the-movie/89190 "2001-10-23T22:54:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-the-movie/89190/41 "2001-10-27T16:29:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kilt-wearin’ man \*  
> \*\*Liam Neeson, Angus MacFayden, Russel Crowe, Ewan MacGregor…Sean Bean… \*\*

I would definitely enjoy this movie. 😃

Not sure what I’d do – maybe a really good film version of _The Tempest,_ because there isn’t one, and you can never have too many Shakespeare movies. (OK, _I_ can never have too many Shakespeare movies. ;))

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-the-movie/89190/42 "2001-10-27T21:38:28Z")

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I would like to pursuade Michael Crichton to collaborate on a sequel to _Andromeda Strain_. In which it turns out that Andromeda isn’t really a microbe, it’s a nanomachine- one programmed to do something special if it ever found the right environment.

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-the-movie/89190/43 "2001-10-28T05:51:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by The Red Menace \*  
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> Another idea that’s been kicking around in my head lately; wouldn’t a movie of **Half-Life** (the computer game) be really really cool? I’d almost rather go for that than The Stand. \*\*

Valve Software is considering doing just that. There was a short promotional film made for Half-Life, but it was so bad it was never distributed. Now they apparently want to make a real movie. Any game site will probably have this info, but it’s probably most enjoyable at [http://www.somethingawful.com](http://www.somethingawful.com) (check the news from 10/27/01).

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**Author:** ![Bossk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@Bossk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bossk)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-the-movie/89190/44 "2001-10-28T07:55:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by drgonzo \*  
> \*\*I´d most likely go for an adaptation of Stephen King´s Dark Tower books.  
> With a slightly younger Clint Eastwood starring as Roland of Gilead, the Gunslinger.
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I always thought James Remar was born to play that role.

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