Rambling, rumbling to a point--a Science Fiction movie I want to see.

[therrin]

A few days ago, essentialsaltes linked to an article 8 Science Fiction and Fantasy novels that should be movies.  The entry got me thinking about stories I would like to see on the big screen (or even as a tv series).

For me, that's a difficult question.  I read far too many short stories and far too few novels to be able to think of things that achieve those

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[aaronjv]

Remember: obscure things no one has ever heard of yet are good. Go back in time, or find something that was popular but has since fallen long out of favor. I don't have the money for the big stuff.

[therrin]

Truthfully, I thought a 1970s Hugo Winner that I hadn't seen or heard anything else about (well, until I googled at which point that theory fell apart) was obscure. I guess it makes sense that someone would have optioned all of the Hugos over the years, just for practicality purposes if they had enough money.

[aaronjv]

Just FYI, studios have people on staff that read every book released by a major publisher and often scoop up the rights (and do nothing with them...which is why you have to wait about ten years or more to see if the rights have been returned to the author/publisher) . Any comic book that wins an award (Eisner), or gets a good review from a "hip" source has agents sniffing.

I know someone who works for Fox whose job it is to go to the big YA book sale/release convention (In Italy, she says) and just grab stuff to forward on to development. She gets paid big bucks to do this.

Kinda scary if you think about it.

[therrin]

Very disturbing when you think about it. I wonder if you were doing that woman's job and actually believed in what you were doing at the beginning, if years of buying works to be shelved would grind you down?

Part of me wants to know though (as other than the grinding part, it sounds awesome) how does one get a job like that?

[aaronjv]

No, she enjoys it. She loves reading books, YA in particular, so it's a dream job.

You get that by putting up with years of shit and abuse from executives in the movies industry. And dishing out your own shit to others.

[therrin]

Again, her job sounds fairly awesome. Getting paid to select the good published work from the dross? Getting paid to read? Sure!

Total aside: any comment on the Killers song referencing Hunter S. Thompson? Various interpretations claim the video is all about his suicide. /shrug.

[aaronjv]

Total aside: any comment on the Killers song referencing Hunter S. Thompson?
No comment.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[therrin]

http://www.astrodispatch.com/2008/10/31/are-we-human-or-are-we-dancer/

The lyrics:

http://music.spreadit.org/the-killers-are-we-humanthe-killers-human-lyrics/

The music video/song (the video is pretty blah/wtf?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6r4KT8-VX0

[aaronjv]

Meh. Can't watch/listen to it, don't see the HST reference, don't care if there is.

But thanks for thinking of me.