how long would the movies take if they where true to the books 100% - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 01-17-2009, 10:47 AM

Oh Gormenghast was wonderful...must try and get the DVD.. but I think I have most of das Heimat on tape.. the one with the musicians anyway...

The Might · 01-17-2009, 07:46 PM

I have always hoped for an animated series, because you still have all the fantastic effects you would need with a lot less difficulty. Would love it if Pixar did it, then again I would not expect of them to want to keep it true to the book...

I was thinking on episode is one chapter of the book, that way you get an entire series together.

thewichtking · 01-19-2009, 02:41 PM

I was thinking on episode is one chapter of the book, that way you get an entire series together.[/QUOTE]

i like that idea

Rumil · 01-20-2009, 05:54 PM

How long before the tech is there to sample all the film images and CGI everyone to your hearts content on your home computer, 5 years? 10 years? 8th Age?

Morthoron · 01-20-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumil

How long before the tech is there to sample all the film images and CGI everyone to your hearts content on your home computer, 5 years? 10 years? 8th Age?

I don't know, but the current CGI work like in Beowulf was downright creepy as far as the faces of the main characters. I couldn't watch it for the same reason I disliked Polar Express -- the abominable reconfiguring of facial features.

MaultheStoor · 02-12-2009, 08:14 AM

I don't think you can make a movie that perfectly imitates the book. I mean, think about it....everyone interprets and imagines the scenes of the book in different ways, and a movie can only be interpreted in one way....

01-17-2009, 10:47 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Oh Gormenghast was wonderful...must try and get the DVD.. but I think I have most of das Heimat on tape.. the one with the musicians anyway... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-17-2009, 07:46 PM	#2
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I have always hoped for an animated series, because you still have all the fantastic effects you would need with a lot less difficulty. Would love it if Pixar did it, then again I would not expect of them to want to keep it true to the book... I was thinking on episode is one chapter of the book, that way you get an entire series together. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-20-2009, 05:54 PM	#4
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	How long before the tech is there to sample all the film images and CGI everyone to your hearts content on your home computer, 5 years? 10 years? 8th Age? __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

02-12-2009, 08:14 AM	#6
MaultheStoor Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The cave under the Misty Mountains. Just take a wrong turn in the goblin's tunnels. Posts: 34	I don't think you can make a movie that perfectly imitates the book. I mean, think about it....everyone interprets and imagines the scenes of the book in different ways, and a movie can only be interpreted in one way.... __________________ Leave now, and never come back! Gollum, Gollum! See? You made him mad.

01-19-2009, 02:41 PM	#3
thewichtking Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 42	I was thinking on episode is one chapter of the book, that way you get an entire series together.[/QUOTE] i like that idea