Comment Imperial Earth is the way to go (Score 1) 266
Really, I don't think Rendezvous with Rama is such a good book and I don't see a good movie out of it. I'll guess we'll have Morgan Freeman in Perera's role and a Brad Pitt / di Caprio / whoever looks good on a magazine starring as the guy with the 'aerial bicycle' (can't remember the name of the caracter now), or something equally dull.
And 2001 - A great movie by a great director, but somehow disappointing compared to the book, which is far easier to understand and has incredible parts (such as when HAL go crazy kills the crew) that were changed in the movie (for worse imho).
Anyway, the Clarke book I'd like to see on film is Imperial Earth. I is not the usual action-packed sci-fi, but perhaps the time would be right now after Soderbergh's Solaris. And it wouldn't take a ridiculous amount of technical means to make it believeable, unlike Rama.
And while I'm at it, when will someone in Hollywood decide to remake BladeRunner, making it closer to PKD's book? Or PKD's The Man in The High Castle? Or Asimov's Foundation trilogy (got to employ those people after LoTR pt3 comes out)? Discuss.
And 2001 - A great movie by a great director, but somehow disappointing compared to the book, which is far easier to understand and has incredible parts (such as when HAL go crazy kills the crew) that were changed in the movie (for worse imho).
Anyway, the Clarke book I'd like to see on film is Imperial Earth. I is not the usual action-packed sci-fi, but perhaps the time would be right now after Soderbergh's Solaris. And it wouldn't take a ridiculous amount of technical means to make it believeable, unlike Rama.
And while I'm at it, when will someone in Hollywood decide to remake BladeRunner, making it closer to PKD's book? Or PKD's The Man in The High Castle? Or Asimov's Foundation trilogy (got to employ those people after LoTR pt3 comes out)? Discuss.
