# What other movies are we overdue for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538 "2006-04-06T05:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/21 "2006-04-07T23:12:05Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > I would love to see a movie made from one or more of Mervyn Peake’s **Gormenghast** novels. They’re not easy to read, but within them, I think, lurks the material for a great movie. It would be interesting to see what Tim Burton or Terry Gilliam might do with them, although I fear that they (especially Gilliam) would produce a movie that was marvelous to look at, at the expense of a coherent storyline. There was a [Gormenghast](http://imdb.com/title/tt0197154/) miniseries. It wasn’t bad, but it suffered from a lack of budget. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/22 "2006-04-07T23:13:05Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > I would love to see a movie made from one or more of Mervyn Peake’s **Gormenghast** novels. They’re not easy to read, but within them, I think, lurks the material for a great movie. It would be interesting to see what Tim Burton or Terry Gilliam might do with them, although I fear that they (especially Gilliam) would produce a movie that was marvelous to look at, at the expense of a coherent storyline. I thought someone had done at least the first one on PBS…? It was a couple of years ago, if I’m remembering correctly. **Billy Budd** : Somebody needs to remake this with a better pace, better editing, with actors who don’t mumble or speak in a monotone, and with a director who isn’t bored to death. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/23 "2006-04-07T23:16:26Z")
I would love to see the Dragonlance trilogy. I can’t figure out whether the success of LotR helps or hurts the chances of it ever being made. I’d also like to see Frank M. Robinson’s Dark Beyond the Stars get out of development hell. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/24 "2006-04-07T23:26:56Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > There was a [Gormenghast](http://imdb.com/title/tt0197154/) miniseries. It wasn’t bad, but it suffered from a lack of budget. Hmm. I did not know that. I’m going to have to look into it. I’d still like to see a big budget, big screen movie, though. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/25 "2006-04-07T23:41:20Z")
I think I’ve mentioned in these forums before… IMHO **The James Brown Story** would, if done properly, be friggin’ fantastic. We might have to wait until Mr. Brown dances off to the big Apollo Theatre in the sky before it can be done. For revisitations… The further adventures of Captain Willard from **Apocalypse Now**. What became of him after the “one last mission”? My guess is something like **Taxi Driver** Also with regards to the OP… the King Arthur story was also (besides the Monty Python version) done justice in **Excalibur** ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/26 "2006-04-08T00:05:40Z")
Another vote for \*\*The Moon is a Harsh Mistress \*\* here. Although it isn’t exactly “overdue,” I wouldn’t say no to an **Angel** (TV show) movie, assuming they could get around the fact that the show sucked in the last two seasons AND the fact that there was a bloodbath at the end… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/27 "2006-04-08T00:17:31Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I would dearly love to see a sequel to **The Princess Bride** , but only if William Goldman writes the screenplay. Changes in the cast would be OK (obviously, Fezzik will need to be recast), but Goldman is a must. He’s not getting any younger, so I hope this happens soon. Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath, especially after trying to slog through the ‘Buttercup’s baby’ excerpt in the later editions of Princess Bride, the book. It’s always a little hard to tell what’s really going on through Billy’s layers of lies and deceptions when he starts talking about Morgenstern, but I get the impression that he really did sit down to write a full sequel, found it tough going, that his heart wasn’t in it and didn’t like what he’d been able to write. I don’t much like it either. _sighs_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/28 "2006-04-08T02:38:17Z")
I still hope for _Good Burger II_ ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/29 "2006-04-08T02:41:59Z")
I’d like to see a film version of Haruki Murakami’s _Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World_, directed by either David Fincher or Kiyoshi Kurosawa. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/30 "2006-04-08T03:16:45Z")
> [@The Long Road](#): > > I still hope for _Good Burger II_ I’m hoping for a _Blues Brothers 2007_. ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/31 "2006-04-08T03:28:25Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > I’d like to see a film version of Haruki Murakami’s _Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World_, directed by either David Fincher or Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Wow. That would be very cool **if** it could somehow show the ‘pragmatic surrealism’ of the book without alienating the audience. Or something. In other news: I recently saw this phrase in the Pit and thought - “That sooo needs to be a porn movie!” - **Partisan Wankfest** ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/32 "2006-04-08T03:35:34Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > I would love to see the Dragonlance trilogy. I can’t figure out whether the success of LotR helps or hurts the chances of it ever being made. > . I’m right there with you, buddy. I think the LoTR movies would help its chances to get made (directors/screenwriters now have proof that fantasy movies CAN make tons of money) but hurt its chances in theatres, since everyone will do nothing but compare them to LoTR, and odds are, it wouldn’t have as great a director, producer, or actors. But seeing a _really_ well done aerial battle with HUNDREDS of dragons, spitting flame, lighting bolts, and jets of acid everywhere would be so freakin’ cool. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/33 "2006-04-08T03:40:42Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > Also with regards to the OP… the King Arthur story was also (besides the Monty Python version) done justice in **Excalibur** Is this a whoosh? You are aware that Roman-Celtic warlords didn’t eat dinner or have sex while wearing chromed plate armor, right? :rolleyes: When the Gaea trilogy gets made into movies, Peter Jackson has to direct–I absolutely insist! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/34 "2006-04-08T03:43:57Z")
I’d LOVE to see a movie series (or mini-series on, say the SF channel) based on the Honor Harrington book series. I think it would totally kick ass. For that matter, I would love to see a movie series/mini-series either on the 1632 books or on the Hymn Before Battle series about the Posleen wars. I think that, if done right, any of these could become instance SF classics. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Curate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/35 "2006-04-08T03:50:25Z")
I’ve been waiting for **Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime League** for about twenty years now. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/36 "2006-04-08T03:57:25Z")
I’d like to see Asimov’s original _Foundation_ Trilogy done as a sunday night series on HBO. I think a lot of the individual chapter vignettes would break down easily into episodes. There couldn’t be a lot of regular cast members but that would give the series a chance to showcase a lot of guest stars _ala_ Twilight Zone. The character of Hari Seldon, the one character who recurs throughout the series via hologram, should be played by Morgan Freeman. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/37 "2006-04-08T03:59:03Z")
Books I’d like to see at long last filmed: [King of the Jews](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393309592/102-5408454-2383309?v=glance&n=283155) by Leslie Epstein- a novel based on Chaim Rumkowski and the Lodz ghetto (though both names and some details are changed) that if well done would be a great conversation starter (was this man for the best or for the worst for “his” people?) _Confederacy of Dunces_ but **ONLY** if it is true to the book (I’m talking almost Fundamentalist in adaptation); when it was announced Will Ferrell would play Ignatius I stole and sacrificed livestock and farm animals every night for three months to Fortuna before it died. A real epic about the silent film era. A real epic (with great battle scenes) about the American Revolution (not [Lethal Musket](http://imdb.com/title/tt0187393/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9cGF0cmlvdHxmdD0xfG14PTIwfGxtPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=37;fm=1) but one with a good plot and good history) An epic about Lewis & Clark (which I hoped they’d have for the bicentennial of the expedition- things like Sacagawea’s reunion with her brother [or the fact she was one of two child brides won by her husband], Indian chiefs begging [York](http://www.state.nd.us/hist/lewisclark/images/york.jpg) to sleep with their wives, the first ever vote by a black man and women in an election on U.S. soil, etc., all writes itself). ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/38 "2006-04-08T04:00:21Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’d like to see Asimov’s original Foundation Trilogy done as a sunday night series on HBO. I think a lot of the individual chapter vignettes would break down easily into episodes. There couldn’t be a lot of regular cast members but that would give the series a chance to showcase a lot of guest stars ala Twilight Zone. The character of Hari Seldon, the one character who recurs throughout the series via hologram, should be played by Morgan Freeman. Oh, most definitely! It would be a great series, and Morgan Freeman would be PERFECT! -XT ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/39 "2006-04-08T04:04:57Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > My votes: > > **Sandman** : with Johnny Depp as Dream, Rachel Weisz as Death, Eric Bana as Destruction, Linda Hunt as Despair, Patrick Stewart as Destiny, Drew Barrymore as Delirium and an unknown adrogynous beauty as Desire (plus Rene Auberjunois as the librarian Lucien, Brendan Gleeson and Ethan Supplee as Cain/Abel, etc.) I think it could be a really cerebral blockbuster, though it may have to be animated. Marry me and run away with me to the Casbah! The idea of a **Watchmen** movie was being batted about in an earlier thread; it wouldn’t be a big blockbuster, but if only it fell into the hands of a good director… Also, an actually halfway _decent_ **Hellblazer / Constantine** movie, and **Lucifer** and **Fables**. Moving on from comics: what about the **Artemis Fowl** series? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/40 "2006-04-08T04:26:03Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > I think we’re overdue for a movie about a federal agent who is transporting a witness on a plane which is infested by snakes. Maybe they could call it _The Plane With A Lot Of Snakes On It_, or _Flying Snakes_, or maybe _Flight 121_. No Ben Afflack, and definitely not Colin Farrell; they’re way too overexposed. We should have a black man; they could get Wesley Snipes to star, but I think he already did an airplane movie or a few. Lawrence Fishburn is getting a little too old, and Chris Tucker is way too annoying to be constrained to an airplane. Maybe Samual L. Jackson is free? > > I still can’t figure out what to call it, though… > > Stranger How about “A Plane full of Snakes”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538.md?page=3)