Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 He's in the extended edition, actually. But the extended edition's surprisingly difficult to get... I've seen the extended editions multiple times, and there is no Bombadil that I've ever seen. Either way, I'm scared by the adaptation. If they get the right people to develop the script and the right actors a la Marvel... it could be awesome. If they half-chull it expecting peopel to show up for any dystopian superhero film just because... I'm also scared that this will take a ton of time away from Brandon's writing and we'll all end up embittered in the vein of Martin fans... "geez why has it taken him 5 years to write the next SA book? He just spends all his time working on the Steelheart movies." I guess to be fair to Martin, he was having a hard time writing the next SOIAF books even before HBO came along. Ok, I'm less scared of the second, but as there is precedent for both 1) studios ruining movie adaptations of good/decent books, and 2) authors going off the writing rails when their stuff starts getting movie/tv releases... both are scary! 1
Blackhoof Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Well Steelheart is already in a lovely and short movie format. Not much cutting should be necessary And Tom Bombadil was confusing and ultimately pointless in the books imo, and would have been moreso in the movies. And he isn't in the extended edition btw. Had an extended edition marathon a weekend or so ago so I'd know 6
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 I've seen the extended editions multiple times, and there is no Bombadil that I've ever seen. Either way, I'm scared by the adaptation. If they get the right people to develop the script and the right actors a la Marvel... it could be awesome. If they half-chull it expecting peopel to show up for any dystopian superhero film just because... I'm also scared that this will take a ton of time away from Brandon's writing and we'll all end up embittered in the vein of Martin fans... "geez why has it taken him 5 years to write the next SA book? He just spends all his time working on the Steelheart movies." I guess to be fair to Martin, he was having a hard time writing the next SOIAF books even before HBO came along. Ok, I'm less scared of the second, but as there is precedent for both 1) studios ruining movie adaptations of good/decent books, and 2) authors going off the writing rails when their stuff starts getting movie/tv releases... both are scary! To be entirely honest, I'm not all that worried about these things. Should the adaptation turn out bad... well the only thing we'd really lose would be the money to go and watch the movie and I guess the chance at a potentially better movie adaptation, which we never going to have a guarantee for, so while it won't be nice it's not going to suddenly turn the books bad. As for Brandon spending to much time on other stuff to write. I don't think that will ever happen. Not only does Brandon have to much dedication and passion for his craft, I'd also say there's a pretty good chance that not moving his stories forward and instead just retreating his old stuff might make him go insane. 1
Blaze1616 he/him Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 As for Brandon spending to much time on other stuff to write. I don't think that will ever happen. Not only does Brandon have to much dedication and passion for his craft, I'd also say there's a pretty good chance that not moving his stories forward and instead just retreating his old stuff might make him go insane. There's also the fact that Brandon admits to having no knowledge of script writing, and as such wants to leave it to the more skilled individuals. So really, his time will simply be taken by answering questions, which he currently does for us *looks at AMA thread* so I don't think his time commitments will change much.
king of nowhere Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 apparently, big movie studios will buy filming rights for almost any succesful book that comes out. very few of those get turned into actual movies. I suppose it's a matter of costs, actually making the movie is vey exxpensive and so you buy filming rights around and then sit quietly and decide what projects put forward. It's quite a common decision-making process, really. At least, I know that's the same thing that NASA does to decide which instruments will be on board of a space probe: they ask for ideas, they get hundreds of ideas, then they fund a few dozen of those until they get more detailed projects, then they choose some of them for an even more extensive revision, and finally they pick the half-dozen instruments that they actually can fit oonto the probe and start building them. Or maybe they scrap the project because of cost overruns. I don't know much about the movie industry, but I suppose it's similar. They start a wagonload of projects, but they only carry through a handful. To me, it seems an incredibly inefficient and dispersive way of conducting business, but if so many succesful organizations use it, maybe it has its perks. 2
Winds Alight she/her Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Ever since I read Steelheart I thought it could make a great movie. This is exciting news! ... Now I really should hurry and go read Firefight. 2
WayneSpren he/him Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I'm super excited for this But if they whitewash the characters I'm not going to be happy. At all. But that's with any Sanderson movie, really. A huge part of both Sanderson books and recent Marvel comics alike is the fact that almost every character has some big character flaw. It makes the books interesting. For example, imagine Steelheart as a good person. Imagine Kelsier without him wanting to kill all the nobles. Imagine a Sazed who didn't make us go "huh??" when we found out he was the Hero of Ages. In contrast, Superman is kind of boring. He's basically perfect. Which is why... DAWN OF JUSTICE WILL BE AWESOME!! "Did they at least expand on Nightwielder's to make up for the changes?" "Not exactly... and he isn't asian anymore." "Slontznuckles!" Slontznuckles??? ...I'm going to say that to people and see how they react to it. 1
AndrewStirlingMacDonald he/him Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Before panicking, let us remember that no film can ruin a book. The worst it can do is fail to do justice to its source material. In general, I prefer a picture that takes some liberties. If it is a beat-for-beat replica of an already-amazing story that already exists, why does it exist?That said, I really hope that it happens. If nothing else, it will exponentially increase Brandon's readership. 3
Blaze1616 he/him Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 That said, I really hope that it happens. If nothing else, it will exponentially increase Brandon's readership. We hope it will grow readership. If there's one thing the Maze Runner movie taught me, it's that a sub-par movie based on a book garners no publicity (let's just say the movie came and went and I never heard a peep about it or the book, for that matter).
Left he/him Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 We hope it will grow readership. If there's one thing the Maze Runner movie taught me, it's that a sub-par movie based on a book garners no publicity (let's just say the movie came and went and I never heard a peep about it or the book, for that matter). Really? It was quite the opposite for me, similarly with the *gags* divergent trilogy.
Blaze1616 he/him Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Really? It was quite the opposite for me, similarly with the *gags* divergent trilogy. Divergent developed quite the hype, but not Maze Runner. Probably due to Divergent being in March, when there is no competition, unlike Maze Runner.
WeiryWriter he/him Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 We hope it will grow readership. If there's one thing the Maze Runner movie taught me, it's that a sub-par movie based on a book garners no publicity (let's just say the movie came and went and I never heard a peep about it or the book, for that matter). There are worse things than being a repeat of the Maze Runner, given that it made 10 times its budget worldwide.
Blaze1616 he/him Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 There are worse things than being a repeat of the Maze Runner, given that it made 10 times its budget worldwide. My point was more for garnering interest in the book, not how well the movie itself did, though I still did not realize it did so well. I guess my area simply didn't care? Even my Maze Runner friends didn't geek about it. Though it does show the majority of the money coming from foreign, $102 million domestically is still nothing to scoff at.
vietnamabc Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Despite the hype, looking back at stuff like Ender's Game, I'm really scared that they might ruin a perfect chance for adaptation.
Delightful Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Despite the hype, looking back at stuff like Ender's Game, I'm really scared that they might ruin a perfect chance for adaptation.I quite liked the Enders game adaption. I guess a part of it comes down to personal taste, and whetherthe exact bits you enjoy make it into the film. But they're unlikely to cut out half the story so.....Here's to hoping they don't mess it up too badly. :/
vietnamabc Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 I quite liked the Enders game adaption. I guess a part of it comes down to personal taste, and whetherthe exact bits you enjoy make it into the film. But they're unlikely to cut out half the story so.....Here's to hoping they don't mess it up too badly. :/ Well the actor really nails the character's trait but the ending just ruin everything for me, too many story cut make the film barely understandable to people who hadn't read the book.
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