WoT Film - good idea/bad idea?

[Loz1703]

Mmmm I love the series as a film im not sure maybe a massively long tv series but then the story is complex would they get it all in....where would they find a nigh on 7 foot tall young man to look like Rand?

[Cydon]

Originally Posted by Loz1703

Mmmm I love the series as a film im not sure maybe a massively long tv series but then the story is complex would they get it all in....where would they find a nigh on 7 foot tall young man to look like Rand?

Anything is possible in the movies these days...

[Revelation]

LoL, WoT as a movie. No the only thing that would work is WoT as a soap opera.

Think about it. What other medium revels in such petty drama as the braid pulling, skirt smoothing, lace admiring, trivial bickering of Wot?

[Loz1703]

No not a soap opera...bbc would turn it into something like eastenders! Cant have that.

[power to the J]

I've been a firm disbeliever in the possibility of this ever being made into a single movie, but I read a script that is (while incomplete) seems to be pretty good. Am I allowed to post the link here?

P.s. Sorry to bring back such an old thread.

[jackokent]

With all that braid pullying the female actors would need some pretty hefty wigs.

I think it has the potential to be even more boring than the books... and that would take some doing for me.

So saying because of that I'm sure they'll do it eventually. The endless sequal potential will be just too appealing for Hollywood.

[Talysia]

Originally Posted by jackokent

With all that braid pullying the female actors would need some pretty hefty wigs.

Lol! This gave me much needed laugh, Jack!

I know what you mean, though. The sequel potential of a book series like this in movie form would be ever-so-tempting for Hollywood, I would think. Not necessarily a good idea, though.

[power to the J]

It depends on who would do the movie. If they had the cash to make it (special effects and actors). Also, don't you think it would make WoT seem faster? Eh...I dont know, I think it'd be kinda cool to see it on the big screen.

[Non]

I would never suggest making a film out of the Dragon Reborn series or Conan series. Whenever books are made into movies a lot of the content is cut + when one is reading a book, they use their mind to visualize the situation and characters. In a film, they would ruin anyone's individual perception of the books. A book-made-movie would put a stain on the good series.

+ with all the drama going on in the towers (not action), the movie would itself be boring.

[power to the J]

Originally Posted by Non

I would never suggest making a film out of the Dragon Reborn series or Conan series. A book-made-movie would put a stain on the good series.

+ with all the drama going on in the towers (not action), the movie would itself be boring.

There are series that can be made into good movies, just not many. The Tower stuff wouldn't be boring, just sophisticated, and I think that there is pleanty of action going on in the WoT story besides the Tower stuff. It would even out nicely.

Whenever books are made into movies a lot of the content is cut

Would this be a bad thing? I can't count how mnay times people have complained about the legnth of the books (myself included) and a movie would cut out the internal thoughts about hating the opposite sex, what style of clothing was popular, and what a stick of bread on a table looked like. It would make the WoT seem more action-packed, and make it into an action-filled movie.

I think that the only way that they could realistically translate this, however, would be to make the movies out of the first three, although 4&5 are my favorites... Unless they made 7&8 into one movie and.... eh... this is tougher than I thought!

Anyway, I think that no matter what this should wait until the final book is released and has been for several years.