Question of the Day, October 17, 2010

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Question of the Day, October 17, 2010



Going off of yesterday's question - which fantasy novel series would you like to see turned into a TV show?

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[Discon]

I voted Discworld, but I'd love to see Stephen King's The Dark Tower series turned into a television series.

 

[Cousin_IT]

a few Discworlds have already been made into TV miniseries/feature length episodes. Were surprisingly good too.

 

[LazerFX]

Discworld already has been made into several TV Series

 

[sunburst]

Since Discworld and LotR have both been done reasonably well before, I voted Wheel of Time. The Dark Tower series would probably make a better show but I think I'd get more entertainment out of complaining about everything they did to RUIN WoT FOREVER!

 

[i am not god]

Hell yes to Discworld. And it hasn't been made into any series', there has just been some one and two part specials of the books made. A new one would be better focusing on a new character that meets or happens to find themselves in the events of the discworld. Or Death, following him around would be pretty good.

 

[Metal Brother]

None, None, NONE!!!

If there is any book series that is well-loved enough for us to want more, it is well-loved enough to not want it bastardized as a TV series. What they've done with the existing Discworld TV movies is ok, and what they're doing with the Game of Thrones miniseries on HBO looks promising, but a regular TV series? No thank you!

 

[Blue Musician]

The Bartimaeus Trilogy.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

The Vlad Taltos saga. Seriously, TV Series need a good cast of memorable recurring characters, and that series has plenty. Plus the books are set up perfectly for a TV series; short little adventures linked together by an intriguing, but not overly important overarching plot.

 

[Disaster Button]

Darren Shan's Demonata.

 

[CitySquirrel]

I feel that discworld would be hard to make as great as a tv series.

I voted for WoT because, really, the way it is written lends itself to the episodic format.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Darren Shan's Demonata.

This. I also recommend reading Darren Shan's Vampire Series aswell, if you haven't read that. That should be a TV series too!

 

[Good_Morning_Marlowe]

I'd have to go Temeraire. A series that was 50% Sharpe and 50% erm... something with dragons gets my vote. Although if it was a series it'd probably end up with really dodgy CGI.

 

[Digikid]

Again....HALO!!!

Halo ROCKS!!!!

 

[Corran_the_Jedi]

Majipoor Chronicles by Robert Silverberg would work pretty well for a TV series

 

[Mr Thin]

Hrmm...

Well, I'm gonna have to go with A, C, D & E.

Discworld, The Wheel of Time, A Song of Ice & Fire, and Magician?

...I can't possibly pick between those.

 

[Jedamethis]

The Bartimaeus Trilogy.

Darren Shan's Demonata.

I second these two.

Why did you have to put Discoworld at the top? I clicked it instantly without looking at the others >.<

 

[Serperoth]

War Of The Spider Queen

And The Dark Tower would be very much awesome.