The Snowman Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Book series that would be difficult to adapt onto tv/film?The big one for me would be the Bartimaeus Quadrilogy by Jonathan Stroud. This series had me totally encompassed and after reading the original trilogy (a prequel was made 2-3 years later) I literally couldn't pick up another book for close to 6 months because of how much I was invested in the books. Anyway back to my original point of this post. This series is magnificent but if it we're to be made into a TV show or film I would be quite nervous as to how it would turn out. A major problem is the introduction of footnotes from the main character, who happens to be a demon, it is in the footnotes where a lot of background information comes in and not to mention a huge amount of snarky humour. Another book series which I started reading in my early teens was the Inheritence cycle (Eragon). Now the moviw made from the first book titled Eragon was quite terrible. Looking back at the series it isn't exactly an easy one to adapt due to the long sequences of.....growing up, essentially. If they had followed the original plot of the book in Eragon it may have been a different thing but essentially the next two books consist of lots of learning and not until the last book does the pace quicken up frenetically. I think one major problem for this series that it reads like a 12-14 year olds book but still has descriptive blood and gore. I would like to see this series make a successful jump onto the screen, I’m just not overly sure which setting (tv or fim) would suit it better.So how would book series such as Eragon and Bartimaeus be adapted onto the small or big screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 derrida's of grammatology is probably unfilmable, but the quasi-sequels/prequels/interquels, writing and difference and speech and phenomena, would be good mini-series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Snowman Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 I'll check them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 So how would book series such as Eragon and Bartimaeus be adapted onto the small or big screen?Well, first you throw the source material in the trashEDIT: Also, apparently this exists already: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449010/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 derrida's of grammatology is probably unfilmable, but the quasi-sequels/prequels/interquels, writing and difference and speech and phenomena, would be good mini-series.Bazinga! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Snowman Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Well, first you throw the source material in the trashEDIT: Also, apparently this exists already: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449010/Well yes I said it does in the OP. I should’ve said how it could be made into something that’s not shit.Eragon has been made into a film while the rights to Bartimaeus have been bought…by Summit I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Well yes I said it does in the OP. I should’ve said how it could be made into something that’s not shit.Pretty difficult, given the poor quality of the source material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Well yes I said it does in the OP. I should’ve said how it could be made into something that’s not shit.Apple, tree, etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Another book series which I started reading in my early teens was the Inheritence cycle (Eragon). Now the moviw made from the first book titled Eragon was quite terrible. Looking back at the series it isn't exactly an easy one to adapt due to the long sequences of.....growing up, essentially. If they had followed the original plot of the book in Eragon it may have been a different thing but essentially the next two books consist of lots of learning and not until the last book does the pace quicken up frenetically. I think one major problem for this series that it reads like a 12-14 year olds book but still has descriptive blood and gore. I would like to see this series make a successful jump onto the screen, I’m just not overly sure which setting (tv or fim) would suit it better.They did make a quite successful trilogy of the story - though the third film in it is considered by far the weakest one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Snowman Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Pretty difficult, given the poor quality of the source material.I think it would work if they aged it up a bit and made it not so kid-ish but unlikely to be given another go. Have you read the Bartimaeus Trilogy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Snowman Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 They did make a quite successful trilogy of the story - though the third film in it is considered by far the weakest one.Do you mean 3rd book? Also there's 4 books. Originally a trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 You could make a good movie about the dictionary. Heck, But seriously? One Hundred Years of Solitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I'm sort of convinced Vellum is unfilmable but Love Actually gives me hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Do you mean 3rd book? Also there's 4 books. Originally a trilogyNo, I mean 3rd movie...Return of the Jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I think it would work if they aged it up a bit and made it not so kid-ish but unlikely to be given another go. Have you read the Bartimaeus Trilogy?I was talking about Eragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzanth Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 derrida's of grammatology is probably unfilmable, but the quasi-sequels/prequels/interquels, writing and difference and speech and phenomena, would be good mini-series.Personally, I would like to see them make a miniseries out of Lacan's Écrits. Its got everything you need in a good popcorn flick: Imagination, Desire, Sex, and even bloody murder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Bartimeus is perfectly filmable. I don't think the footnotes are essential to the story but even if some information must come from there, a voiceover, while always a risky proposition, could do nicely.I want to see someone try to film Vellum. Just for the giggles.The Book of the New Sun - there's been films with unreliable narrators before, obviously - Memento, Badlands, one which I shall not spoil - but in this particular instance I can't see how you'd translate it to screen without making the teasing inconsistencies and clues either clangingly obvious or impossible to see at all. Also a lot of the joy of it is in little asides or in stories within stories which let the prose sing.The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. Way too much of it is based around concepts that work in the abstract but would be impossible to give visual form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 This is my favorite film adaptation of the first Eragon book: http://imdb.com/title/tt0076759/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victarious Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 xD so Eragon's similar to Star Wars? Don't think I ever watched it.. certainly never read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armidil0 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I feel like it's much better to adapt things into animation, where you can introduce peoples thoughts easily, and control their looks and aging to keep truer to the story. But you also have to have the right type of animation. Can't throw everything into anime and call it a day, somethings need to be drawn in more detail, and somethings need a different brightness to the coloring sometimes. Somethings would work with 3-d animation, though I prefer 2-d done well over a 3-d done well. Mainly it has to have really good voice actors, and fantastic editors.ETA: Though I understand a lot of people aren't into animation, I think it's a lot better than throwing in cheap CGI out of people hands, ect whenever something supernatural happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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