GOTG Means a "Farscape" Film Can NEVER Get Made Now

[Fist McStrongpunch]

And Flash Gordon has them both beat.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Which cast am I talking about there?

The Micronauts


Fun fact: Bugg from The Micronauts was actually in early drafts of TGOTG script.

Ha! Of topic, but... from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronauts#Film:

In November 2009, Hasbro announced that director J.J. Abrams was negotiating to produce a film based on the Micronauts.[6] In a March 2013 IGN interview, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick said they were working on a screenplay and the film was on Paramount's list of possible productions.[7]
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6. ^ Jakester (2009-11-06). "J.J. Abrams producing Micronauts movie". Corona Coming Attractions. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
7. ^ "Screenwriters Give Update on J.J. Abrams' Micronauts Movie". IGN. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.

 

[Blamo]

I wonder if there was anyone in 1977 watching Star Wars and lamenting how impossible a Star Trek movie had just become.

I recently heard (I think on Mission Log) that Paramount was apparently hesitant to greenlight Star Trek TMP for a while because they thought people wouldn't go see yet another space opera movie so shortly after Star Wars. But that was the 70s. I don't think anyone in Hollywood thinks like that anymore.

If anything they'll be more likely to jump on the bandwagon.

 

[JD]

Not that I care as FS lost its way for me around the second season but think about it;

Roguish guy from Earth who quips in pithy post-modern sayings

Blue and green women distinguished by their colours

Funny little alien who wise cracks

Big hulking guy who is a warrior/brute


Which cast am I talking about there?

Show a FS movie today to a kid who's just sen GOTG and they're going to say it's a cheap GOTG knock off!

I bet the cast of FS are going to be PISSED OFF when they go to the cinema this weekend to see this blockbuster and think,

"Fuck! That COULD'VE been us!!!"


And that's why there'll never be a FS film now.

Completely disagree.

I don't know... "There is already a similar movie" doesn't seem to be an argument that ever stops Hollywood studio people from making a movie. On the contrary, quite often that seems to be the main reason FOR making certain movies.

This on the other hand, I agree with. It's not a coincidence that we suddenly got Divergent, The Maze Runner, and The Giver just a few years after The Hunger Games came out. Or that we got City of Bones, and Vampire Academy just a few years after Twilight.
If you want to see something made into a movie, then the best way for that to happen is for something similar to come out and be a huge hit.