sunday's not-challenge
I'M SORRY .
I realize I should have posted this way earlier because I am on such a different time zone from you. Therefore, some of you might only get this on Monday. It's early Sunday for me, but... *sigh*
Well. Apologies over with, onto this week's non-challenge.
What book(s) would you absolutely never want made into movies, and why?
For me I think ( Read more... )
1. The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne Valente
If they tried to turn this book (and its sequel) into films I would die. The problem is I think that the format at once lends this for a visual mediums while at the same time it undermines the intricacy of how the stories are weaved together, possibly to the level that it would remove the impact. The reader should feel like their tangled, falling into story after story and I'm afraid that a film wouldn't do it justice at all.
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
I know they're making a videogame based on this book (or so was the rumor I spied on one of my many gaming feeds). My reaction is a huge arm-wavy flailing rejection of the entire concept of taking the things Card showed us of Ender and trying to adapt them to a source where we have to be outside his head at all. Just say no!
Actually, a lot of my YA novels apply here because I'm so afraid of the loss of voice from the narrator, which is usually why I love the books. I would put Philip Reeve on this list except that if it came down to it I would love to see a Larklight film even if there were a chance for them to bungle it.
I loved this question! :D Also, a bonus for you: lots of recs. XD
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THIS WAS SORT OF MY EVIL PLAN ALL ALONG, HOW DID YOU KNOW, NAY, HOW DID YOU DO IT? X.X
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