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    Movie/TV Fantasy Wishlist

    Here's a question - What movies/TV programs would you love to see made that (that currently don't seem likely to be made)?

    Movies:

    Master & Commander sequel(s) - or mini series. Took me two sittings to appreciate the film so I'd love to see another one. Been years though and it doesn't seem likely.

    Quigley Down Under sequel. Not sure how many of you saw this one or heard of it but it was an early 90's Tom Selleck western, set in Australia, with a small cult following. Fun film. Probably a product of the era and thus unrepeatable. Still, the character(s) are solid enough that it would be great to see the Quigley name revived.

    TV:
    Count of Monte Cristo mini series - the book is long and takes a little getting used to if you've not read much from Dumas or that period but once you're in it's incredible. Great book. Not only did the movie not really do it justice (as movies rarely can) but the director completely changed the ending. Drove me bonkers. Anyway, with all the intricacies and character development The Count of Monte Cristo would be far better to suited to a mini-series format, would love too see it done.

    The Saga of Erik the Viking - mini-series please! Loved the Terry Jones book during my last year in primary school. Feels like a classic sort of greek myth/tale but set in the viking world. Would love to see that turned into a mini-series. A movie could work but when I really enjoy a book it's rare that a movie can do it justice.

    Anime fans - I'll just throw out that I'm well and truly on the "Animate the Jinchu Arc!" bandwagon. Rurouni Kenshin is probably my favourite anime of all time and also just a great story. Would love to see them finish of the anime with a proper third season.

    Almost Mentioned But Might Be Being Made:
    Pirates of the Caribbean reboot. This one is sort of in the works. Pirates 5 is, according to Orlando Bloom, going to be a "soft reboot". I won't hold my breath on that, especially since Keira Knightley has excluded herself from future films. However, if they do manage it then.... - The first one was a brilliant movie but after that they went downhill (or should that be sunk?). Felt to me like the success of the first one left the writers/director with a sense of entitlement to indulge whatever bizarre whims or ideas they had, instead of being more critical and ensuring a finer, better product, at least in terms of story. Feels like they, quite literally, lost the plot.
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    Re: Movie/TV Fantasy Wishlist

    The short answer is too many...

    As far as T.V shows go I'd love to see Firefly make a comeback, or perhaps even a couple more Serenity movies. Another season of The Wire even though they wrapped it up absolutely brilliantly or a follow up to The Sarah Connor Chronicles would be a massive coup de grace as well. The thing I want to see made most of all though is a Dark Tower mini-series based on the books by Stephen King, it would make Game of Thrones a mere (delicious and well made) trifle by comparison. Somebody out there has the rights too, it's just been in development hell ever since they were purchased

    As for movies there aren't quite as many I can think of off the top of my head as most of the properties I used to think deserved a movie or sequel have either had them already or I've been proven wrong about.... Yes another GOOD Aliens movie would be incredible but will probably never happen, likewise with the Terminator franchise. Another Ghostbusters movie would ruin it, another Blues Brothers movie minus Belushi is already a well proven bad idea... One thing I would like to see that I'm sure many would argue has been done to death is an up to date re-telling of the battle of Britain or of 617 Squadrons exploits during the war though. Employ the same visual effects team as they used on Red Tails and you're on to a winner there in my opinion.

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    Re: Movie/TV Fantasy Wishlist

    Quote Originally Posted by Knoxville View Post
    The short answer is too many...

    As far as T.V shows go I'd love to see Firefly make a comeback, or perhaps even a couple more Serenity movies. Another season of The Wire even though they wrapped it up absolutely brilliantly or a follow up to The Sarah Connor Chronicles would be a massive coup de grace as well. The thing I want to see made most of all though is a Dark Tower mini-series based on the books by Stephen King, it would make Game of Thrones a mere (delicious and well made) trifle by comparison. Somebody out there has the rights too, it's just been in development hell ever since they were purchased

    As for movies there aren't quite as many I can think of off the top of my head as most of the properties I used to think deserved a movie or sequel have either had them already or I've been proven wrong about.... Yes another GOOD Aliens movie would be incredible but will probably never happen, likewise with the Terminator franchise. Another Ghostbusters movie would ruin it, another Blues Brothers movie minus Belushi is already a well proven bad idea... One thing I would like to see that I'm sure many would argue has been done to death is an up to date re-telling of the battle of Britain or of 617 Squadrons exploits during the war though. Employ the same visual effects team as they used on Red Tails and you're on to a winner there in my opinion.
    Battle of Britain - definitely! Good one.

    As for Terminator, another one is already in the pipeline. Having said that, you did say "good", so it likely won't count. At this point someone needs to see if Skynet can't be persuaded to change targets and send a Terminator back to eliminate whoever decided to milk the franchise to death.
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    Re: Movie/TV Fantasy Wishlist

    Two book series I'd love to see done, 1 as an Anime, the other properly redone either as a TV series or as a cartoon along the lines of Afro Samurai.

    Both are from the same author, Jim Butcher. The first being the Alera CHronicles (I can only see this ever being made as an anime, a US cartoon would not do it justice), the other series being the Dresden novels (Think detecive noir novel meets fantasy action. Dresden was done as a TV series but it was utter ****e, barely even linked to the books)

    A new Alien movie would be nice, but with the amount of rebooted stuff coming out and how dire the reboots have been over the past few years have been, I wouldn't put my hopes up (though the success of the game might play a good role in getting a decent film out). Been seeing things like Fantastic 4 getting ANOTHER reboot, and apparently Ghostbusters is getting a reboot with an all female cast (WTF?!?)

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