# What animated version of a live action film would you like to see made? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113 "2019-07-15T05:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/1 "2019-07-15T05:18:03Z")
Disney has released live action versions of their animated films over the years, most recently with Aladdin. And they making live action versions of The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. So what if Disney and the other major studios decided to do the opposite? What animated version of a live action film would you like to see made? My first thought would be Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Or maybe a Star Trek movie(I am actually disappointed they haven’t done more animated Star Trek projectst.) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/2 "2019-07-15T05:45:04Z")
There was a great _Tron_ animated TV series I would have liked to see more of. That seems perfectly suited for animation. An animated _Labyrinth_ might work too. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/3 "2019-07-15T05:49:14Z")
Wagner’s _Ring_ cycle. Am dead serious. Really good vocal performances plus all the idealized fantasy world that animation can provide. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/4 "2019-07-15T05:52:32Z")
So far as _Star Wars_, [_Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures_](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXsbMnnbPpLUYMYgMQ703Tlr8R3OZ5vEa) has been doing little snippets from all of the movies in animated form. Link goes to that collection. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/5 "2019-07-15T07:30:43Z")
Hm. An anime-style _Leon_, with the original cast providing the voices. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/6 "2019-07-15T13:58:47Z")
If you got Aardman Animations to remake The Silence of the Lambs, I might even watch it. j ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/7 "2019-07-15T14:02:12Z")
Speaking of rings, I’d like to see an animated version of the Silmarillion, at least the parts with epic battles and godlike beings. I don’t think live action could do it justice (but would be able to for the parts that mainly concern humans.) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/8 "2019-07-15T14:12:38Z")
The lines between “animated” and “live action” are getting rather blurred, nowadays. Like, that “live action” _Lion King_ is still going to be almost entirely animated, just using a different style of animation. Something like the Silmarillion wouldn’t work any better as Pixar-style animation (or, even more, _Avatar_-style animation) than it would in true live action, but would require a very abstract “painted” style. If Miyazaki said that he was doing it, I’d trust him to get it right (though I don’t think even any of his films are quite the style that would be needed), but I think he’s the only modern animation-maker I’d trust with it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/9 "2019-07-15T14:19:04Z")
_Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins_ would have worked much better as anime. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/10 "2019-07-15T14:31:45Z")
What would be the point of an animated film, considering how good CGI is getting? The main reason I would see would be to give a particular style of “feel” to the film. Along those lines, I could see a good animated version of _the Thief of Baghdad_ or some other “Arabian Nights” story. Or someone could animate _Alice in Wonderland_ completely in the style of John Tenniel’s illustrations. I’ve seen snippets of this sort of thing, but not the whole story (Richard Williams, who animated _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_, did something similar, animating _a Christmas Carol_ entirely in the style of the original illustrations, in a TV movie produced by Chuck Jones.) I think you could do Jules Verne’s stories in distinctive animation styles. The Czech film **Vynález zkázy** , released in English as **The Fabulous World of Jules Verne** was done entirely in the style of the original engravings for Verne, but I don’t think you need to limit yourself to black-and-white engravings. I could see colorful yet stylized interpretations of _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_ and other Verne books. How about _Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight_? That’s a good story that hasn’t been adapted very well yet. I wouldn’t even mind if they did hyper-realistic CGI, a la Zemeckis’ _Beowulf_, although it might be fun to see it done in the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts, or even the Bayeux Tapestry. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/11 "2019-07-15T14:37:26Z")
I think an animated One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest would be worthy. Show it from Bromden’s perspective, like the book, with lively and colorful paranoid hallucinations. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/12 "2019-07-15T15:46:00Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Wagner’s _Ring_ cycle. > > Am dead serious. Really good vocal performances plus all the idealized fantasy world that animation can provide. Do it in the style of Marvel Comics’ “Tales of Asgard” stories. _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ _Macbeth_. Live-action films have difficulty with the scene where the witches summon the three apparitions. _47 Ronin_, done in the style of Edo Period paintings. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/13 "2019-07-15T16:04:48Z")
_My Dinner with Andre_ done in the style of Bill Plympton. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/14 "2019-07-15T22:09:15Z")
Django Unchained ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/15 "2019-07-15T22:22:08Z")
_Superman_, the 1978 film, as done by Disney. Or _Debbie Does Dallas_. Also as done by Disney. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/16 "2019-07-15T22:27:40Z")
_Dune,_ done by Studio Ghibli. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/17 "2019-07-15T22:50:32Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > If you got Aardman Animations to remake The Silence of the Lambs, I might even watch it. > > j I want to see Hannibal Lecter escaping in the Wrong Trousers. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/18 "2019-07-15T23:39:37Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Wagner’s _Ring_ cycle. > > Am dead serious. Really good vocal performances plus all the idealized fantasy world that animation can provide. [This trailer is never going to be made into an actual movie, and now you can feel sad about that forever.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMFBNyyDXQ) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/19 "2019-07-16T01:09:05Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [This trailer is never going to be made into an actual movie, and now you can feel sad about that forever.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMFBNyyDXQ) My god, that was spectacular. What music can compete for transcendence with the opening scene of **Das Rheingold?**. Even when it’s weirdly paired with **Siegfried?** ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animated-version-of-a-live-action-film-would-you-like-to-see-made/837113/20 "2019-07-16T03:30:14Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > If you got Aardman Animations to remake The Silence of the Lambs, I might even watch it. > > j “Has Shep stopped crying, Clarice?” “Fft,fft,fft.fft.fft!”