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darkcrow
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 25 Nov 2005 : 23:47:42
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Lately I have seen alot of fantasy books made into Movies. After reading many of these Forgotten Realms novels, I yearn to see them brought to life. If YOU had to choose only one novel to be made into a movie, which one would you choose?
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Shadovar
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 01:41:37
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| Most certainly would be the Last Mythal Trilogy, the novels in this trilogy are excellently written and can serve as the script for the movie itself. It would be good to see Sarya Dladrageth and her Fey'ri "live". Even the YoRD is not bad a suggested choice too. |
We have fostered trust, recruited loyalty, and gathered the faithful. We have trained thousands. Our legions can cover the land, fill the sky and travel through the darkness. We can hunt any and all that would deny our heritage. Now is our time, now is the time of the Dark Reign(Rain) of the Empire of Shadows.
- High Prince Telemont Tanthul, Lord Shadow
In a speech given to the citizens of Shade Enclave
At the celebration of the Shinantra Battle victory when he revealed that he was THE Lord Shadow of legend. |
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Magus Rages
Acolyte
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 02:11:08
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| Uh-huh, Last Mythal would be a good one, I say the RAS Hunter Blades trilogy or Erevis Cale Trilogy would be a better recommendation. I wonder how would the Shadovar appear on the big screen. |
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darkcrow
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 02:23:37
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| The Hunter's Blade yes. I sure would like to see all of the Drizzt books on film. You know, The War of the Spider Queen would be a pretty messed up movie. There would be evil to the right of you, evil to the left of you. Would be pretty neat to watch though. |
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Rory
Seeker
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 03:42:46
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| I always thought Dragonlance's Chronicles would be more marektable then any FR's novel but I would love The City of Ravens on the big screen. |
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Paec_djinn
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 10:37:20
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| War of the Spider Queen will definitely make a good movie. That has my vote followed by the Sembia series. |
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 16:15:03
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My vote would be to Icewind Dale - already lends itself to moviedom. And if not that, I wouldn't mind seeing something about Cormyr, or even the Azure Bonds.
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 17:30:47
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I'd go with Indiana Jones and the Lost Library of Cormanthyr |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 21:26:36
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| None. As I've said many, many times, I'd rather have a new story rather than a rehash of an existing one. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 22:31:12
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
None. As I've said many, many times, I'd rather have a new story rather than a rehash of an existing one.
I sorta kinda agree. :) But if a movie was made out of an existing story, I'd still see it. |
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jebeddo
Seeker
Canada
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Posted - 26 Nov 2005 : 22:44:59
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| I've always thought RAS's Homeland would be interesting on the big screen, perhaps Exile, too. The only problem is how to solve all the language barriers in Sojourn (to have everyone speak English? To have Drizzt speak in Drow with subtitles? Either way, making the final book of the Dark Elf Trilogy is ineffective.) Plus, Drizzt is easy to sell, just look at all his rabid fan-girls! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 00:42:53
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
None. As I've said many, many times, I'd rather have a new story rather than a rehash of an existing one.
While I do entirely agree with that, there's just something about the notion of a film based on Spellfire that I find most intriguing...
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 02:04:03
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
None. As I've said many, many times, I'd rather have a new story rather than a rehash of an existing one.
While I do entirely agree with that, there's just something about the notion of a film based on Spellfire that I find most intriguing...
Shandril's clothes getting burned off of her on a regular basis? Don't let Lady Kazandra hear you say such things. Wait, it was me who said it, guess you're okay then |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 02:12:36
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Shandril's clothes getting burned off of her on a regular basis? Don't let Lady Kazandra hear you say such things. Wait, it was me who said it, guess you're okay then
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36803 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 03:02:41
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Originally posted by jebeddo
I've always thought RAS's Homeland would be interesting on the big screen, perhaps Exile, too. The only problem is how to solve all the language barriers in Sojourn (to have everyone speak English? To have Drizzt speak in Drow with subtitles? Either way, making the final book of the Dark Elf Trilogy is ineffective.) Plus, Drizzt is easy to sell, just look at all his rabid fan-girls!
I think a bigger problem with any of the Drizzt books is this: how do you show an entire race of dark-skinned people as being utterly evil to the core, without being branded as racist?
There are people who will protest any perceived slight in a most vociferous manner. As an example, even though the movie is not out yet, there have been protests over the casting of Silas in The Da Vinci Code. Even though the character in the novel was an albino, there are people that have protested the casting of an albino person to play that part.
Back to Drizzt: there's no way you can show that he's an exceptional member of his race without going into why he's so special. And the moment the rest of his race is seen on the screen, people are going to start screaming in protest. We gamers may know better, but we are not the majority of the movie-going public. If we were, the first D&D movie would have been a smash hit. |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 11:59:31
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If we were, the first D&D movie would have been a smash hit.
The first D&D movie was... crappy, however. So uhm. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 13:29:52
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| Yes, but you'd had to have seen it to find that out - and if the gamers were in the majority, a [b]lot[/i] of people would have gone to see the movie to make sure that it was, in fact, abysmally awful. |
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Drakul
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 16:14:46
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 27 Nov 2005 : 16:16:57
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| Eh, movie wouldn't work, I don't think, for the CQ. A mini-series, maybe, considering the episodic nature of the villains. |
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Beezy
Learned Scribe
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 05:14:52
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Rory
Seeker
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 07:06:59
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
None. As I've said many, many times, I'd rather have a new story rather than a rehash of an existing one.
I would agree with you if there were 20 or 30 FR's novels but there are closer to 200 give or take. The chances of a new story trumping one of the best of the bunch are slim and none. Like it was said above we had a new story in the D&D movie and well you know. |
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Rory
Seeker
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 07:11:39
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by jebeddo
I've always thought RAS's Homeland would be interesting on the big screen, perhaps Exile, too. The only problem is how to solve all the language barriers in Sojourn (to have everyone speak English? To have Drizzt speak in Drow with subtitles? Either way, making the final book of the Dark Elf Trilogy is ineffective.) Plus, Drizzt is easy to sell, just look at all his rabid fan-girls!
I think a bigger problem with any of the Drizzt books is this: how do you show an entire race of dark-skinned people as being utterly evil to the core, without being branded as racist?
There are people who will protest any perceived slight in a most vociferous manner. As an example, even though the movie is not out yet, there have been protests over the casting of Silas in The Da Vinci Code. Even though the character in the novel was an albino, there are people that have protested the casting of an albino person to play that part.
Back to Drizzt: there's no way you can show that he's an exceptional member of his race without going into why he's so special. And the moment the rest of his race is seen on the screen, people are going to start screaming in protest. We gamers may know better, but we are not the majority of the movie-going public. If we were, the first D&D movie would have been a smash hit.
I dont think that would be a problem. Drow if done right are too cool to protest although I have heard a one black person say that they should be white  because they dont get any sun. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 11:34:13
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Originally posted by Rory
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by jebeddo
I've always thought RAS's Homeland would be interesting on the big screen, perhaps Exile, too. The only problem is how to solve all the language barriers in Sojourn (to have everyone speak English? To have Drizzt speak in Drow with subtitles? Either way, making the final book of the Dark Elf Trilogy is ineffective.) Plus, Drizzt is easy to sell, just look at all his rabid fan-girls!
I think a bigger problem with any of the Drizzt books is this: how do you show an entire race of dark-skinned people as being utterly evil to the core, without being branded as racist?
There are people who will protest any perceived slight in a most vociferous manner. As an example, even though the movie is not out yet, there have been protests over the casting of Silas in The Da Vinci Code. Even though the character in the novel was an albino, there are people that have protested the casting of an albino person to play that part.
Back to Drizzt: there's no way you can show that he's an exceptional member of his race without going into why he's so special. And the moment the rest of his race is seen on the screen, people are going to start screaming in protest. We gamers may know better, but we are not the majority of the movie-going public. If we were, the first D&D movie would have been a smash hit.
I dont think that would be a problem. Drow if done right are too cool to protest although I have heard a one black person say that they should be white because they dont get any sun.
Coolness has nothing to do with it. Any perceived slight is going to get people up in arms -- and this one more than most. Heck, in addition to the albino example given above, people protested "ethnic stereotypes" in Phantom Menace. If people are going to decide that some alien is a mockery of a particular ethnicity, then there's no way you could pull off a Drizzt movie without protest. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36803 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 11:36:33
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Originally posted by Rory
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
None. As I've said many, many times, I'd rather have a new story rather than a rehash of an existing one.
I would agree with you if there were 20 or 30 FR's novels but there are closer to 200 give or take. The chances of a new story trumping one of the best of the bunch are slim and none. Like it was said above we had a new story in the D&D movie and well you know.
Yeah, but we get new stories set in the Realms all the time, and many of them prove quite successful. As I've said before, even Drizzt was a new character, once.
There's thousands of untold Realms stories. Why not do one of them? Just because another new story, set in no specific setting, failed to grab people, it doesn't mean that a new Realms tale would do the same. |
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Belthor
Seeker
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 18:44:35
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| Well, as much as I would love to see Drizzt onscreen, Wooly might be right about all the ramifications. All this PC blows. I think that they should do Lady of Poisons. EVERYONE likes unicorns, right? |
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 19:00:45
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Actually, they should do Forsaken House - if only to see who they would cast as Sarya Dlardrageth!
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 19:03:35
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Well, if I were making a decision on adapting an FR book to movies, I'd choose one that shows the look and feel of the Realms yet retains a focus on a small group of characters so as not to overwhelm viewers with many many characters.
Thus, of books that work in this vein (without requiring too much D&D or FR knowledge ahead of time), the only two that immediately leap to mind are ELFSHADOW and THE WYVERN'S SPUR (and maybe THE CRYSTAL SHARD).
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Thelonius
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 20:55:47
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| I agree to your choise Master Schend, Elfshadow is one of the pillars of the Forgotten Realms and The Wyvern's Spur one of the most entertaining ones. |
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 28 Nov 2005 : 21:09:16
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I think I am still just looking at it from a marketing perspective. I think the Drizzt novels would be the easiest to get as most of them make the NY Times Best Sellers. And a lot of people are familiar with them.
As for the creativity - a great many books would be decent movies. But I would go for the Crystal Shard (the trilogy even) or the Azure Bonds.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 29 Nov 2005 : 00:07:39
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Well, if I were making a decision on adapting an FR book to movies, I'd choose one that shows the look and feel of the Realms yet retains a focus on a small group of characters so as not to overwhelm viewers with many many characters.
Thus, of books that work in this vein (without requiring too much D&D or FR knowledge ahead of time), the only two that immediately leap to mind are ELFSHADOW and THE WYVERN'S SPUR (and maybe THE CRYSTAL SHARD).
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That's essentially what I was thinking with my suggestion of Spellfire earlier. It introduced many of the aspects of the Realms -- in terms of locations, groups, and peoples -- that will later become major elements of the world as time progresses.
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Which novel would you like made into a movie
