# Now that we've got advanced CGI they should make... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037 "2009-11-26T15:56:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 26, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/1 "2009-11-26T15:56:06Z")
This thread was inspired by my reading that James Cameron had wanted to make **Avatar** ten years ago, but the graphics technology just wasn’t up to it at the time. I then had a brainstorm for a remake that absolutely cries out to made in CGI: They should remake- \ **Fantastic Planet**. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/2 "2009-11-26T16:14:41Z")
_Ringworld_. They could do justice to the Ringworld, Nessus and Speaker-to-Animals. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/3 "2009-11-26T16:20:36Z")
The War Against the Chtorr. Lots of weird plants, lots of weird animals, lots of impressive military hardware, and the odd nuclear explosion. I’d watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/4 "2009-11-26T16:59:24Z")
I reckon a fully-CGI discworld would be good fun. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/5 "2009-11-26T18:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Ringworld. They could do justice to the Ringworld, Nessus and Speaker-to-Animals. I’ve said it before about this, and I think that this is the only book about which I’ll ever say it: _Ringworld_ would be an amazing movie, if they just ignore the plot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cleveland_Steamer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/6 "2009-11-26T18:21:40Z")
CGI environments still look fake. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/7 "2009-11-26T18:39:01Z")
My first instinct when having this discussion with friends is to say _The Clash of the Titans_, but now that it’s becoming a reality I’m a little sad. In retrospect, any new CGI version of this movie would be hard pressed to overwhelm the nostalgia I feel for the cheesy Harryhausenness of the original. I would, however, like to finally see an epic trilogy( ala LOTR) of _The Dragonlance Chronicles_. I’ld also love to see a movie based on the _Grimjack_ comics, so long as somewhere in the movie there is a obscenely bombastic rendering of the concert in Ragnarock and Roll issue. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/8 "2009-11-26T19:20:17Z")
I want to see **A River Runs Through It** done right, with mecha and universe-shredding singularities. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/9 "2009-11-26T19:24:02Z")
They are going to do _Fantastic Planet_: > **[Fantastic Planet | Drama, Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822808/)** > > IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movie and TV shows. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming... ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/10 "2009-11-26T19:30:33Z")
There’s a remake of Fantastic Voyage in development, supposedly scheduled for 2010, and that’s the one I’d love to see. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/11 "2009-11-26T19:33:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve said it before about this, and I think that this is the only book about which I’ll ever say it: _Ringworld_ would be an amazing movie, if they just ignore the plot. All Rishathra All The Time? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/12 "2009-11-26T19:42:42Z")
No, that wasn’t until the sequels. I mean, just the whole grandeur and splendor of this huge, made thing. With an epic classical score. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/13 "2009-11-26T19:52:13Z")
A sequel to Tommy Boy. You know Spade would do it! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/14 "2009-11-26T20:44:45Z")
The cut-out animation is the best thing about _Fantastic Planet_, man. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bb73d2/32.png) [@Evil\_Jon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Jon)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/15 "2009-11-26T21:22:28Z")
A **Warhammer 40,000** universe movie would rock. Like a Horus Heresy trilogy or something. Space Marines, deamons, Primarchs, aliens, it would be bad ass. (They are making a full cgi 40k movie about Ultramarines but I want a big budget, live action one.) ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/16 "2009-11-26T21:49:47Z")
[quote=“Musky\_Moon, post:7, topic:519037”] I would, however, like to finally see an epic trilogy( ala LOTR) of _The Dragonlance Chronicles_.QUOTE] This. This is my favorite fantasy series ever, including LOTR. I’m actually kind of glad they’ve held off because it’s only now that the CGI is good enough to pull off an entire war of dragons. I hope they do it within my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/17 "2009-11-26T21:54:37Z")
They’ve already done individual dragons, and a few thousand dragons onscreen at once would have to be a lot easier than an individual dragon. You don’t need individual detail, just realistic flock behavior, and you could do that by modeling them as boids. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/18 "2009-11-26T22:25:24Z")
> [@Evil\_Jon](#): > > A **Warhammer 40,000** universe movie would rock. Like a Horus Heresy trilogy or something. Space Marines, deamons, Primarchs, aliens, it would be bad ass. > > (They are making a full cgi 40k movie about Ultramarines but I want a big budget, live action one.) I’m with you 100%. Two words: Armoured Company. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/19 "2009-11-27T03:33:53Z")
_John Carter of Mars_ series ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037/20 "2009-11-27T03:53:52Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > _John Carter of Mars_ series You may already know this, but they are currently working on a Live Action version of this directed by Andrew Stanton (pixar) and written by Himself and Michael Chabon (the good Spiderman movie). Note: It is produced by Pixar and Disney but it IS a live action movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-weve-got-advanced-cgi-they-should-make/519037.md?page=2)