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Steve Jordan · 3rd August 2007, 04:52 PM

I only hope that, if Childhood's End is ever made into a movie, that it's not being spearheaded by anyone in Hollywood. The last time American producers tried to make Childhood's End, we ended up with V. (And I don't mean V for Vendetta!)

Well, okay, I suppose a few Hollywood types could do it, if they really set their mind to it. I liked Spielberg's War of the Worlds, for example, and he proved that he could be very faithful to the spirit of the original story (as opposed to the fifties movie, which was very different). The catch is, would Hollywood willingly bankroll a story that doesn't have space battles, Klingons with ray guns, and exploding planets?

Childhood's End has shockingly familiar aliens, awe-inspiring scale, exactly one failed kidnapping attempt, and an Earth that (well, why spoil it?)... more like 2001 than Star Wars. Sell that to Paramount.

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Steve Jordan from the Right Brane Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 390	Re: Childhood's End I only hope that, if Childhood's End is ever made into a movie, that it's not being spearheaded by anyone in Hollywood. The last time American producers tried to make Childhood's End, we ended up with V. (And I don't mean V for Vendetta!) Well, okay, I suppose a few Hollywood types could do it, if they really set their mind to it. I liked Spielberg's War of the Worlds, for example, and he proved that he could be very faithful to the spirit of the original story (as opposed to the fifties movie, which was very different). The catch is, would Hollywood willingly bankroll a story that doesn't have space battles, Klingons with ray guns, and exploding planets? Childhood's End has shockingly familiar aliens, awe-inspiring scale, exactly one failed kidnapping attempt, and an Earth that (well, why spoil it?)... more like 2001 than Star Wars. Sell that to Paramount.