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austinrose7 t1_it3bviw wrote

For a long time mine was the Foundation books, but Apple actually gave that the Rings of Power treatment. I don’t really have a saga now, but I would kill for mammoth-budget series set in the worlds of Jurassic Park (more faithful to the darker novel than the movie), Terminator (this would entirely depend on nailing the showrunner, directors, and cast tho), The Abyss, and Blade Runner (I know Amazon is doing that, we’ll see how that turns out).

A couple Paul Verhoven movies like Robocop, Total Recall, and, like you said, Starship Troopers may actually lend themselves better to an extended miniseries format than a two-hour movie. To do right they would require insane budgets that only Apple and Amazon can really afford tho.

individual novels I’d love to see done right in a limited series that would require a huge budget are World War Z, Gravity’s Rainbow (Thomas Pychon), and The Island of Dr. Moreau (a proper adaptation, not whatever the hell the Brando thing is).

The Sparrow and Dark Matter also, but those are already in development at FX and Apple, respectively.

Lastly, Amazon needs to get moving on Mass Effect w/ Henry Cavill. It’ll happen one day cuz video game adaptations are pretty much guaranteed hits as long as they’re decent, but I want it soon lol.

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meowskywalker t1_it3nvet wrote

> Lastly, Amazon needs to get moving on Mass Effect w/ Henry Cavill

Why would they cast Henry Cavill when Commander Shepard is a lady?

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austinrose7 t1_it3pgux wrote

Idk but Cavill himself said he really wants to be in it as long as Amazon is planning on being faithful to the games.

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meowskywalker t1_it3q76u wrote

How can it possibly be faithful to the games when even the games aren’t faithful to the games? Entire species were genocided in my roommate’s game, while they were saved in mine. Which option do you pick? If we make it to the end of the series, what outcome will a Commander Shepard that isn’t even the same gender as in my game choose for the entire Galaxy? No matter what he chooses two thirds of players are going to see it as inaccurate.

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ColdCruise t1_it4wjn2 wrote

They'll pick a canon. They have kind of already done that.

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CommanderL4 t1_it6gqfq wrote

Honestly I would make Sheppard a twin.

one can be paragon the other can be renagade

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