# 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:** 4
**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:** [April 8, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/61 "2006-04-08T21:15:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **The Stars my Destination** Yes! I’m just rereading _The Stars My Destination_ again and was thinking the same thing. It’d the original revenge movie for nerds! 😉 I’ve said it before, but it cannot be said frequently enough: _A Canticle for Leibowitz_ should be the Next Big Trilogy. I’d also like to see some of Paul Quarrington’s better novels adapted for film. They did a pretty good job of [_Whale Music_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111687/), but the source is really not his best work. (Although it’s still one of the greatest comic novels ever written.) What I’d really like to see is a big, spectacular production of [_Civilization (And Its Part In My Downfall)_](http://bookclubs.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780394224459&view=print). It’s as funny as hell, but full of pathos – and it’s an ode to nascent Hollywood, with tons of in-jokes that will stiffen film historians. Larger than life and full of bizarre, cartoonish characters (who are nevertheless human and sympathetic,) it was meant to be a Cohen Bros. project. Please, oh _please_. It’s got bubbies, too. What’s not to like? > [@griffin1977](#): > > I read somewhere Jackson was contractly commited to make King Kong first. But now that is done he is free to make The Hobbit. Don’t we all wish. The issue is the film rights, which are jointly held by MGM/Sony and New Line. _Because_ the film is practically guaranteed to make a mint, it’s going to take an army of winged monkeys in sharp suits several years to decide how much silver exchanges hands before there’s a chance of a greenlight. It’s a ridiculous situation because Peter Jackson’s LOTR films have increased the perceived value of the property that MGM’s been sitting on all these years. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/62 "2006-04-09T17:55:30Z")
I’d like to see a film adaptation of _The Fifth Sacred Thing,_ the post-eco-apocalypse novel by the famous neopagan and ecofeminist Starhawk (Miriam Simos). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Fifth\_Sacred\_Thing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Sacred_Thing) It’s a well-paced exciting tale, with lots of action, that would adapt very well to the screen. But I’m not holding my breath. A film that glorifies witchcraft\* is just too, too radical a step for “liberal Hollywood.” It would be like the controversy over _The Last Temptation of Christ_ was **nothing.** \*Don’t tell me about _The Craft,_ that was just a supernatural thriller/teen movie. _The Fifth Sacred Thing,_ OTOH, carries **messages,** spiritual and political. It’s like a Wiccan version of _Left Behind._ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/63 "2006-04-09T17:58:30Z")
Also – when _TFST_ opens, one of the protagonists, Bird, has been in prison several years and, while amnesiac, he has been having a sexual relationship with a fellow prisoner who is a teenage boy (can’t recall his age, but definitely well under 18) – a relationship he continues (with some reluctance, at the boy’s insistence) after recovering his memory. Paging NAMBLA! I just can’t see Hollywood tackling that just yet . . . ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/64 "2006-04-09T18:57:30Z")
I’d like to see two versions of Xenophon’s _Anabasis_; One as a straight historical movie, and the other as a science fiction epic. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/65 "2006-04-09T19:00:28Z")
> [@Can Handle the Truth](#): > > I’d like to see two versions of Xenophon’s _Anabasis_; One as a straight historical movie, and the other as a science fiction epic. Or maybe a street-gang epic. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/66 "2006-04-09T19:54:42Z")
> [@Curate](#): > > I’ve been waiting for **Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime League** for about twenty years now. Thread on that: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261423](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261423) ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/67 "2006-04-10T16:11:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why not? The plot is somewhat surreal for our modern age. Super-spy genius recovers from rape by seducing her nurse, then goes off to other planet to have baby because she is unwittingingly duped into being surrogate mother… Maybe not 😉 I have another movie I’d like to see _Moby Dick_. The book itself is unreadable, but I think there’s a good story in there somewhere. I just gave up reading it after getting a third of the way through. I see why Herman Melville never sold much while he was alive. If he had concentrated on the story, instead of writing an essay about the wonders of whaling, oil production, the history of Nantucket, etc… he probably could have been a good author. The man needed an editor to slap him and say “What the hell is this crap? Cut out this nonsense and concentrate on your characters!” ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/68 "2006-04-10T16:43:16Z")
**The Stars My Destination** would be, if done properly, the greatest sci-fi movie ever made; the book is wonderfully cinematic and breakneck paced. However, my faith in Hollywood doing it right is about zip, so I’d really rather they didn’t even try. ☹ **Full Body Massage II** has my vote. Use the same actors; I’ll bet Mimi is still able to play the part. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/69 "2006-04-10T16:49:26Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > …But want I really, really want to see is a film adaptation of Heinlein’s Friday. Ain’t ever going to happen though. **Friday** has the dubious distinction of being the first book I started but didn’t finish. What a feeling of freedom to realize that I could just put it down and never pick it up again. I do agree that the man-in-woman’s body (or vice versa) theme has never been done properly. Surely there must be more possibilities in the premise than idiot slapstick or the simpleminded realization that, hey, women are people too. :dubious: ---
**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:** [April 10, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/70 "2006-04-10T17:09:11Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > **The Stars My Destination** would be, if done properly, the greatest sci-fi movie ever made; the book is wonderfully cinematic and breakneck paced. However, my faith in Hollywood doing it right is about zip, so I’d really rather they didn’t even try. ☹ The only two problems are: Gully’s time in the jaunte-proof prison and the big breakout would be hard to put across without significant changes, since it all occurs in pitch black. Maybe they’d have to change it so that prisoners were temporarily blinded?Also, people would complain that the Gully’s acceleration and super-slowmo perception during fight scenes was ripped off from _The Matrix_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/71 "2006-04-10T17:23:01Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I do agree that the man-in-woman’s body (or vice versa) theme has never been done properly. Surely there must be more possibilities in the premise than idiot slapstick or the simpleminded realization that, hey, women are people too. I think the Steve Martin comedy ‘All Of Me’ explores it pretty well. Yep, it’s a comedy, but the woman-in-a-man’s-body theme isn’t all played for laughs and isn’t all about slapstick gags, and Steve Martin won lots of praise for his portrayal of this situation. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/72 "2006-04-10T18:02:39Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > This isn’t 100% quite what the OP asked for, but it’s close. I’m really surprised that to date nobody seem to have tried to create the female equivalent of the Bond franchise. Does Laura Croft count? The movies seemed more female Bond than female Indiana Jones to me. Oh and they sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/73 "2006-04-10T18:42:42Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > I think the Steve Martin comedy ‘All Of Me’ explores it pretty well. Yep, it’s a comedy, but the woman-in-a-man’s-body theme isn’t all played for laughs and isn’t all about slapstick gags, and Steve Martin won lots of praise for his portrayal of this situation. Jeez, I’d forgotten all about that one. Must be a million years ago that I saw it, but I remember it fondly. Is it on Netflix? (toddles off to check) ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/74 "2006-04-10T18:44:24Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > The only two problems are: Gully’s time in the jaunte-proof prison and the big breakout would be hard to put across without significant changes, since it all occurs in pitch black. Maybe they’d have to change it so that prisoners were temporarily blinded?… 😃 Perhaps guards (and we the audience) could have infra-red goggles? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/75 "2006-04-10T18:52:58Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > I think the Steve Martin comedy ‘All Of Me’ explores it pretty well. Yep, it’s a comedy, but the woman-in-a-man’s-body theme isn’t all played for laughs and isn’t all about slapstick gags, and Steve Martin won lots of praise for his portrayal of this situation. Yeh . . . but a film adaptation of Heinlein’s _I Will Fear No Evil_ would be even better! I should say “could,” not “would.” We’re dealing with Hollywood, after all. Just keep Verhoeven away from the project. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/76 "2006-04-10T19:54:05Z")
When I first saw the OP, I thought it was for remakes we’re getting and don’t deserve. So what came to mind was a remake of _The Wizard of Oz_ what with the Broadway success of _Wicked_ and a new made-for-television _The Ten Commandments_. > [@Lightnin'](#): > > Gina Torres would totally kick butt as Cirocco. See, I kept seeing Sigourney Weaver as Sirocco Jones, but that was when she had just finished _Alien_. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/77 "2006-04-10T22:45:22Z")
Delia Falconer’s “Lost Thoughts of Soldiers” would be a wonderful film - with Robert Duvall and Johnny Depp as General Custer Also, someone should look at a sequel to _Speed_, only set on a boat. Imagine the possibilities! mm ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/78 "2006-04-11T01:39:59Z")
I’m waiting for a movie that takes the style of a spaghetti western flick to new heights, much like Sin City did for noir. The anime series Trigun had some ads that ran on Cartoon Network that looked very much like what I’d love to see in such a movie. Almost inhumanely twitchy fingers reaching for pistols, extremely grainy and yellow filtering of the animation, wonderful overhead shots of huge desert landscapes where all objects in the sand cast vivd shadows, steady stares between people, and not a sound throughout the commercial except that of a sqeaky windmill…until Vash pulls out his gun, cocks the hammer back, and shoots it. I want to see and hour and a half of that. Or even more. I’m sure most Sergio Leon fans would threaten me for saying this, and tie an exceptionally thick string around my neck so I don’t forget their warnings, but I wouldn’t mind seeing The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly remade, with the backdrop being WWII, or perhaps one of the Gulf Wars. How cool would it be to watch three people constantly stabbing each other in the back while looking for treasure in the Mideast, with stinger missles blowing up random buildings in the background? To see a Arabaic equivalent to Tuco? And then the western genre thrown into another part of the world? I would see it if the performances were good, and the style was dead on. I wonder how they would redo the +5 minute stand off… ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/79 "2006-04-11T01:54:57Z")
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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538/80 "2006-04-11T04:39:20Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > The plot is somewhat surreal for our modern age. > > Super-spy genius recovers from rape by seducing her nurse, then goes off to other planet to have baby because she is unwittingingly duped into being surrogate mother… > > Maybe not 😉 > > I have another movie I’d like to see _Moby Dick_. The book itself is unreadable, but I think there’s a good story in there somewhere. > > I just gave up reading it after getting a third of the way through. I see why Herman Melville never sold much while he was alive. If he had concentrated on the story, instead of writing an essay about the wonders of whaling, oil production, the history of Nantucket, etc… he probably could have been a good author. The man needed an editor to slap him and say “What the hell is this crap? Cut out this nonsense and concentrate on your characters!” It was done already, with Gregory Peck as Ahab. There’s been talk off and on of a remake, but so far, nothing doing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-movies-are-we-overdue-for/351538.md?page=5)