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| Lady of Autumn Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lincolnshire
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| Which book would make the best film? This was inspired by the 'Dragon Riders' thread, but I thought it might be worth asking anyway. Which one of the Pern books would make the best film? I think that Dragonflight would be the best choice, as it explains the situation perfectly, but I've heard some say that Dragonsdawn would be a better choice, as it shows the origins of the dragons. As for who should play who, well, I don't mind - as long as they don't deviate too much from the books. |
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| Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hampshire
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? The White Dragon. Orphan boy rescues "runt" dragon at last moment, they grow up together, crisis hits Pern, dragons unique "runtiness" proves to be the only solution: What a perfect script! ![]() |
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| resident pedantissimo Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Switzerland
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? Not dragonsdawn; you only get the dragons in the final chapters, most of it's standard disaster movie. Either the "Dragonflight" trilogy, or, if you want one book (=one film) Moreta. But they'd get it wrong, anyway. And you'll never get a cinema to go "between". |
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| Transmural Feline Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Finland
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? I agree, Moreta would be best. But they'll get it wrong anyway no matter what. Still, when and if they do make a Pern movie, I'll probably go and see it anyway. |
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| McCaffrey Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2005
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? Moreta probably translates easiest to film; the story is told in a compact amount of time and doesn't need a lot of narration to tell the back story (ie the plague is pretty self-explanatory; the missing Weyrs and lack of belief in Threadfall is not). For books outside of the Pern series, I think Freedom or Talent might translate well to film. And the basis of the Ship Who Sang books would be great for a tv series (with no need to necessarily film the actual books). |
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| Transmural Feline Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Finland
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? Yes, I agree, both Freedom and Talent could translate well to film, although sadly Freedom is left with so many unfinished plots that it hurts just to think about it. The Talents could also make for pretty good TV, although they latter books are quite confusing, because they contain so many characters. The Crystal Singer books would make some interesting movies too, especially the first two. |
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| The Wicked Sword Maiden Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia, Western Australia
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? I think Dragon Flight would make the best film. There is more than enough action, and with todays technology the dragons should look really good. |
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| Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: McEarth
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? Copy-n-paste Quote:
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| The Cat Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malaysia
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? I'd choose the Menolly books. They'd make a good set of movies and they are ones I'd like to see done actually. Dragons and the dragon lizards. And Menolly is a great character along with Piemur and you'd get to see how the whole Harper Hall worked. |
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| Gwahir Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hampshire
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? I agree with the White Dragon, it's always been my favourite - but there's a lot happens in it and I can imagine a studio turning into a 'boy's film' (all chases and adrenaline) missing out half the story and leaving people bemused - as they did with Eragon, which was a great book but dreadful film. And which surely accepted Anne McCaffrey as the last word on all things Dragon! |
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| Rider of golden Darith ;) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oklahoma
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| Re: Which book would make the best film? i believe they should start with Dragonflight. come on, the whole series started with this one book, so obviously, the movies should do the same. It's fool proof, and yes i am a fan of the white dragon(it was my first read). |
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