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CaptainCox
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 Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 18:51 Post subject: Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy Headed to the Big Screen |
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| Quote: | | Ex-New Line Cinema founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne have moved on to become producers and they've just set up their first project. The two will produce an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation, an epic sci-fi story that was first published in 1951. Asimov actually wrote a complete series of Foundation books, however Shaye and Lynne only plan to adapt the first book for now and if successful, potentially finish off a trilogy like they did with Lord of the Rings. The complexity and scope of the story has been problematic for other producers, however these two are confident that they'll put something worthy together. Shaye explains "this is not a script you can knock out in six months." Certainly true! |
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Wow this could be as big as Lord of the Rings...if they pull it off that is.
Read The Foundation series (and there is more then 3 books) many times over. If done properly this could be truly epic!. |
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 19:13 Post subject: |
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Visually it will be a spectacle but there is no way they could translate each of those epic tomes into a film that captures the story in its intricacy. If they stay faithful to the books then they will lose most of their audience who will be expecting a flash-bang adventure. And to be honest, fans of the books shouldn't expect an exact translation because it's a different medium.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 19:18 Post subject: |
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I would imagine something like "I Robot", That was WAY altered (compared to the novel) in order to appeal to a bigger audience. But as you said, if they stay to true to the books, I guess it could turn out as a snooze feast for most ppl.
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Ankh
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 23:00 Post subject: |
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What the...this IS great news..but imo ditch all books apart from the first one.
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Aug 2008 05:11 Post subject: |
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Please, leave his works in the books - the last time anyone filmed a movie it became "I Robot"... a big freakshow of product placements (even the title ffs).
I also think fisk should be unbanned.
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Nov 2014 19:13 Post subject: |
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Now it's coming to HBO with Jonathan Nolan adapting the first three books...
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69445
| chiv wrote: | | don't quote me on that |
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Ankh
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Nov 2014 21:00 Post subject: |
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Holy shit!!!!! FINALLY!!!
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Nov 2014 21:19 Post subject: |
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Good to see HBO finally doing sci-fi projects, I've been anticipating this for a while now
Westworld and Foundation, so it begins! Good chance to finally get some hard sci-fi again (I haven't seen Interstellar yet)
Would also be nice to see something from a non-Nolan, though, they can't be the only ones. What are the Stargate guys doing? Some crappy and cheap network shows probably.
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Nov 2014 21:35 Post subject: |
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It's HBO so it could be great 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Nov 2014 23:32 Post subject: |
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Sounds great indeed, HBO is to be trusted. 
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CaptainCox 
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Morphineus
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Nov 2014 19:00 Post subject: |
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Don't fuck this up HBO, tho I'm already glad it's HBO less chance of fucking up than SyFy for instance. 
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Nov 2014 19:08 Post subject: ***** |
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Nov 2014 20:49 Post subject: |
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Awesome. Between Foundation and Bad Robot's new Westworld series, HBO is starting to look interesting to me.
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