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oldbury
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:10 am


Ok so after reading a module outline for my degree it got me wondering. What books would folk like to see turned into films/tv series/mini-series and why? Are there any books you'd be horrified to see cross over?
PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:15 pm


Well, a lot of the books that have crossed over have being romantic in nature. Some of better quality than others... rolleyes

Moreover, for my English high school class I remember watching a film version of "1984," which was terrible! And thinking about it "1984" is a horrible choice for film adaptation because the entire book is just Wilson's thoughts. There is little character interaction, some memories have no sense of time (which is of course part of the authors point, but hard to illustrate in film) and Wilson's own thoughts are generally repetitive except for some small detail in each retelling of them. Another book that I think you would encounter the same problems is "Notes from the Underground."

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oldbury
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:12 pm


Yeah I get entirely what you mean. A decent crossover show on British tv at the moment is called "Lost in Austen" basically a modern girl trades places with Elizabeth Bennet and inadvertantly changes the course of then novel. So each week she tries to keep things on track etc etc with the occasional hiccup of making things worse in some way.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:29 pm


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Sounds interesting, I love "what if" alterations...specially modern cross overs to different eras. If anything if allows you to compare differences in the smallest details that you sometimes do not even think about. I think I shall try to look for it on the internet...since I do not live in England.

lizzy033
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Invincible Cydonian Creep

PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:04 pm


This is exactly what we're doing in English!

I'd like to see Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones, made in to a movie. But I don't know how well that would work.

Did you know, on another note, that there's a new film adaptation of Jane Eyre in the works...starring Ellen Page as Jane. Hmmm.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:21 pm


No thanks for informing us! Although I must admit I've gone off Jane Eyre recently (we've been doing it in one of my college modules) and it's sort of ruined the novel for me.

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