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0 pointsrsynnott4y ago0 comments

... Huh. At this point I'm beginning to wonder if they're deliberately choosing the most difficult-to-adapt sci-fi. I can't see this working, at all.

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Apocryphon4y ago

Hasn’t Dune been a success so far? If so then between that and the OP we’re 0.5 to 1.

Wheel of Time will tell.

rsynnottOP4y ago

Well, Dune has been a success, after 40 years, on about the fifth try. So we should expect the _good_ Hyperion adaptation around 2060, then :)

(Though, I think Hyperion is actually a _much_ harder one to adapt than Dune, certainly into a movie. There's far too much in it.)

Apocryphon4y ago

If this feature film idea fails they can make a series.

If they’re adapting neofeudal space dark ages sci-fi now, it’s time for someone to dip into games inspired by these works. Fading Suns and Traveller, and once the studio suits get the gumption for it, Warhammer 40,000…

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Apocryphon4y ago

Hasn’t Dune been a success so far? If so then between that and the OP we’re 0.5 to 1.

Wheel of Time will tell.

rsynnottOP4y ago

Well, Dune has been a success, after 40 years, on about the fifth try. So we should expect the _good_ Hyperion adaptation around 2060, then :)

(Though, I think Hyperion is actually a _much_ harder one to adapt than Dune, certainly into a movie. There's far too much in it.)

Apocryphon4y ago

If this feature film idea fails they can make a series.

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