I'd love if they did Dresden Files movies but the series, acc. to Butcher, is going to run 25-27 books not including spinoffs. The series is fantastic (to me & a lot of my friends anyways), but I really don't know if it would have the box office pull to run the same length in theatres as the James Bond franchise.
Ah well, we can clutch our autographed Dresden Files books & dream, I suppose. ;)
I miss looking forward to JMS working on a new project. 'Cause his plans for Wonder Woman and Superman sound..well not terrible. Dumb. Yeah thats the word...
I always figure that with JMS, you at least get a nugget of a good idea somewhere. The execution of it isn't always the best, but you can usually tell what his "ah-ha!" moment was.
That said, I really dislike the short-waist jacket they put on WW. Didn't Dazzler and Rogue already drive that look into the ground?
Actually, I think Black Canary is going to be asking for her jacket back. She's been rocking the bolero jacket since at least the 1960s, and she makes it look good. But you're right, the "bomber jacket with pushed sleeves" was the in superhero look in the early 90s -- the X-Men probably did best with it, and the Avengers were particularly awful...Captain America? Hercules? The Black Knight wearing one over his armor? Anyway, the women always wore the short version, but Rogue was the only one who kept it around more than a year or so.
I would absolutely watch any of those movie series you've proposed. The entire YA publishing industry is looking for "the next Harry Potter," and while they seem to think it's sparkly vampires, that series is already over. When I read Hat Full of Sky a couple of years ago, I immediately thought, "That's it. Right here. You can stop looking now." But aside from the existing Pratchett fans (which is a large number right there, I admit), nobody seems to have noticed.
If you're going to do Myth Adventures films, should Aahz and Chumley be CGI? I don't think I'd have a problem with that. Or you could do the whole film in traditional animation, but I'm not sure which style. Foglio is the obvious choice, and it'd be great for them to do an animated movie, but...and don't kill me for saying this...I've always kind of preferred the more "realistic" versions of the characters from the covers of the Ace paperbacks. But if a Foglio-style Myth Adventures gets us closer to a Girl Genius movie, then I'm completely 100% in favor.
When I was in college, I remember brainstorming a storyboard for an Another Fine Myth trailer. Given the success of the Shreck movies, I think someone could make a convincing pitch for the series. War unicorns? Adopted baby dragons? The Bazaar of Deva?
I dunno about CGI (although movies like How to Train your Dragon show that you can do good character design in CGI) but I have the Starblaze printings with Phil Foglio's artwork in them and I dunno if I could watch an Another Fine Myth movie without Aahz being based on Phil Foglio's rendering.
When I first read Wintersmith (my first Pratchett novel) what struck me was that he seemed to write like he was writing a movie. The scene changes and B-plots were just so dramatic and cinematic.
Ages and ages ago, Sir Terry (or Mr Pratchett, as he was then) said on alt.fan.pratchett that Dreamworks had the rights to Wee Free Men (the first Tiffany book), and had assured him they would be doing something with it just as soon as they'd finished making Shrek II. The woman who wrote Corpse Bride would be doing the script, I believe. Three Shreks later, and not a word.
You know what would be a great new direction for Wonder Woman? If a new writer came on board and didn't immediately decimate Paradise Island.
I think there are some cartoonish characters that can translate to CGI, but the Smurfs having such human-like eyes makes 'em look all creepy. At least, to me.
Courting Madness, and Other Reactionsext_88162June 30 2010, 11:37:31 UTC
Well, I looked at the image, and I'm not sure it was the tuchus that drew the flag. I think it was more the two naked folks taking a position that allows for certain activities done between two consenting adults to take place...
Now, did Pagan mean to imply that this might be going on? Maybe, who knows? I've seen people draw and write some truly suggestive and/or hurtful things unwittingly, and they were shocked when it was pointed out to them what their work suggested. Sometimes we blunder into areas we shouldn't without realizing it.
Still, having seen the image for myself, had I been manning the floor of GenCon then, I might have quibbled with having that in plain view. As this is an all ages show, I would have proactively asked that that be behind the table for review on request by people asking to see it. The last thing anyone running the show would want is a pack of complaining uncomfortable parents.
Then again, maybe it was the tush that got the TSR folk riled, and they missed the bigger picture, so to speak...
Re: Courting Madness, and Other Reactionsps238principalJuly 1 2010, 14:40:50 UTC
They did point out other covers that had scantily clad or nude figures on them that didn't get a mention (suggesting that other companies, TSR included, weren't in a position to point the finger).
I just find it almost quaint, given how far off the "what's satanic" radar role-playing games have fallen. Not just because video games and websites have come to supplant them, but that RPGs have gone so far beyond what D&D had in the "demons and devils" sections of the Monster Manual. I would have figured that White Wolf would have attracted more than a fair share of media attention when it first came out, but it seems like printing stuff, no matter how horrific, with stat tables just wasn't worth getting upset over.
Which is cool and all, though I miss having more people than my mother-in-law to worry that my soul is in jeopardy because I own books with the name "Gygax" on them somewhere. :)
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Ah well, we can clutch our autographed Dresden Files books & dream, I suppose. ;)
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That said, I really dislike the short-waist jacket they put on WW. Didn't Dazzler and Rogue already drive that look into the ground?
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If you're going to do Myth Adventures films, should Aahz and Chumley be CGI? I don't think I'd have a problem with that. Or you could do the whole film in traditional animation, but I'm not sure which style. Foglio is the obvious choice, and it'd be great for them to do an animated movie, but...and don't kill me for saying this...I've always kind of preferred the more "realistic" versions of the characters from the covers of the Ace paperbacks. But if a Foglio-style Myth Adventures gets us closer to a Girl Genius movie, then I'm completely 100% in favor.
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I dunno about CGI (although movies like How to Train your Dragon show that you can do good character design in CGI) but I have the Starblaze printings with Phil Foglio's artwork in them and I dunno if I could watch an Another Fine Myth movie without Aahz being based on Phil Foglio's rendering.
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You know what would be a great new direction for Wonder Woman? If a new writer came on board and didn't immediately decimate Paradise Island.
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...eyes the Smurfs' movie trailer...
...thinks for a moment what idiots most Hollywood execs are...
...runs screaming...
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That's about it, though.
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I think there are some cartoonish characters that can translate to CGI, but the Smurfs having such human-like eyes makes 'em look all creepy. At least, to me.
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Now, did Pagan mean to imply that this might be going on? Maybe, who knows? I've seen people draw and write some truly suggestive and/or hurtful things unwittingly, and they were shocked when it was pointed out to them what their work suggested. Sometimes we blunder into areas we shouldn't without realizing it.
Still, having seen the image for myself, had I been manning the floor of GenCon then, I might have quibbled with having that in plain view. As this is an all ages show, I would have proactively asked that that be behind the table for review on request by people asking to see it. The last thing anyone running the show would want is a pack of complaining uncomfortable parents.
Then again, maybe it was the tush that got the TSR folk riled, and they missed the bigger picture, so to speak...
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I just find it almost quaint, given how far off the "what's satanic" radar role-playing games have fallen. Not just because video games and websites have come to supplant them, but that RPGs have gone so far beyond what D&D had in the "demons and devils" sections of the Monster Manual. I would have figured that White Wolf would have attracted more than a fair share of media attention when it first came out, but it seems like printing stuff, no matter how horrific, with stat tables just wasn't worth getting upset over.
Which is cool and all, though I miss having more people than my mother-in-law to worry that my soul is in jeopardy because I own books with the name "Gygax" on them somewhere. :)
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