Out of that list, I'd sign up for a well done Dragonlance series. They could leave out a lot of (expensive) stuff and still have a great plot to work with.
I see no point in this. They already made the LOTR movies.
Thankfully.
Is the best choice, but i was hoping for a movie trilogy instead of a TV show.
Malazan will never catch the appeal of GoT.
Ever. Sorry. It's never going to fucking happen with that writing.
Sanderson will get a film made at some point in the future.
Mark my words on that.
Malazan will never catch the appeal of GoT.
Ever. Sorry. It's never going to fucking happen with that writing.
Sanderson will get a film made at some point in the future.
Mark my words on that.
I definitely agree tha Sanderson will have movies based on his books at some point. Maybe TV shows as well. Whether they're very successful is a different matter.
What's wrong with the writing in Malazan? I'm reading Gardens of the Moon at the moment and I'm loving it.
You stole my exact post word-for-word. GET OUT IF MY HEADThe Blade Itself is a lot closer to the GOT feel than any of the others. Not that a TV series would have to have that feel to succeed; I think the market would be ready for something different.
Malazan would probably suck as an adaptation, unless it was changed so much that it wouldn't be Malazan. It's probably the least budget-friendly of any of the listed candidates, and the dialogue, characters, plot complexity, and pacing would all have to be drastically changed to make a watchable TV show.
Uhhh no. Like Famassu said, GoT is not heroic fantasy at all, and it actually stood out among the fantasy genre as being more mature and intelligent than the usual fireball-throwing wizards and goblins and elves stuff.Operating in the much-ridiculed milieu of heroic fantasy, Game of Thrones had the makings of an insta-flop when it arrived in 2011.
Yeah, that's like, totally an accurate description of those novels, amirite lawl. What a clueless twit.Adapted from George RR Martin's bodice-and-chainmail-ripping novels, the series featured portentous dialogue and a cast of largely unwashed characters disembowelling one another with broadswords.
...And then he proceeds to list a bunch of high fantasy series that are heavy on magic and fantastical elements. Derp?But though TV producers have borrowed from the Game of Thrones aesthetic, they are still reluctant to follow HBO down the rabbit-hole of fantastical plots, into the rich, ridiculous world of swords and sorcery. Here are fantasy novels which, adroitly reinterpreted for television, could succeed on the scale of Game of Thrones.
...........WhaaaaaaatMagician (Raymond E Feist)
Lusty and ludicrous, Feist's 1982 novel and its sequels rival Game of Thrones for violence and sex.
Yeah, dude's a moron, no doubt about it. But to answer the actual question of what could succeed GoT, I'd say, maybe an adaptation of Gentlemen Bastards or The First Law could come close. Maybe Robin Hobb's Farseer?Umh, has the writer of this piece ever watched even a second of Game of Thrones or read more than the prologue of the first book? This is just blatantly false:
The reason why both ASOIAF & GOT have gotten such a great response from readers & tv viewers alike is because it's NOT operating in the "much-ridiculed milieu of heroic fantasy". Even the very few tropes the franchises has are often turned upside down and bastardized sideways.
Yeah. But the problem would be in adapting the flashbacks. They're quite important to the plot, but they'd have to be recurring from season to season, and with child actors that'd be difficult to pull off.I feel like this series could adapt to TV pretty well.
I'd like to see something not European based esthetically for a change
cuz anything alike will be branded(right or not) as a "GoT wanna be"
Bruh, bruh.. come one. I love Malazan but Erikson writes his books like a historical narrative that's easily lost on readers who can't follow along with the darting plot points. Timeframes are fuzzy, stories leap arcs of time, places and characters so fast that I have a hard time believing a show would keep up with it much less viewers.
Well, this is my first encounter with his writing, and while it took some getting used to, I'm having zero problems following everything by now. I keep hearing how it's supposed to be hard to follow and confusing etc, but I having experienced that at all.
Mind you, like I said, this is my first time reading Erikson, so maybe that's still to come.
Sanderson's Legion seems like it would make for a decent TV series. You wouldn't need an astronomical budget, and the premise lends itself to episodic content.
How about they stop this never gonna happen movie non-sense and take Mass Effect and turn it into a mini-series?
Yes please!!The Dark Tower... some day. Maybe. Hopefully.
Please.
And unlike ASoIaF nobody will get mad when they change books 5-7.
That would be too costly and too long, but I want it regardless.Wheel of Time Tv show please
That would actually be a pretty good adaptation. It never goes off the rails with the fantasy and it retains some very film-able drama and action.The Black Company begs for adaptation ... it's perfect for it ...
I liked the 2010 series, but I don't know if they've done a translation or even a fansub. It was soapy, but it was basically a "Hey It's That Guy" tour de force if you watch modern Chinese TV or cinema at all.Come on Romance of the Three Kingdoms HBO show
The world is ready to see your benevolence Liu Bei
They did an animated Autumn Twilight movie a few years ago and it was a farce and they abandoned all plans to do the rest of the series. They had a pretty good voice cast (Kiefer Sutherland was Raistlin), but the animation was horrible and a mix of pseudo-hand drawn stuff for the main characters and some of the worst CGI I've ever seen for dragons and draconians.
Earthsea is better than every thing on that list including GoT.
Malazan will never catch the appeal of GoT if it was adapted.
Ever. Sorry. It's never going to fucking happen with that writing.
Who the fuck wrote this insipid tripe? I notice you didn't link to the original article, but that's probably a good thing since it's like clickbait garbage.
Shannara is already being developed into a TV series, for what it's worth. They are wisely skipping the first book, though.
That would actually be a pretty good adaptation. It never goes off the rails with the fantasy and it retains some very film-able drama and action.
Come on Romance of the Three Kingdoms HBO show
The world is ready to see your benevolence Liu Bei
Yeah the great Houses are more or less mafia families.Yeah, it is worthless clickbait.
GoT is essentially a grimdark Middle Ages period piece with some magic sprinkled on top, Sopranos with Swords, etc, this is why it is so successful.
All the titles listed above will fail utterly and horribly at attracting mass audience.