The remake to Escape To Witch Mountain was frankly crap
Movies that never were... Or things you wish were movies.
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As much as I love Jurassic Park and The Lost World, I'd love to see them remake them a little closer to the books. Jeff Goldblum would still have to be Ian Malcolm, of course! 
A few scenes would probably make the movies hard-Rs, though, like the baby-eating compy scene and the Jurassic Park worker coming to Costa Rica after being mauled by raptors. (Not to mention Eddie Carr's death scene in The Lost World, which was pretty gruesome)
A few scenes would probably make the movies hard-Rs, though, like the baby-eating compy scene and the Jurassic Park worker coming to Costa Rica after being mauled by raptors. (Not to mention Eddie Carr's death scene in The Lost World, which was pretty gruesome)
I know this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I much prefer the movies we got to the books. Something about the way the story is structured and the characters are written didn't quite work in the books for me.As much as I love Jurassic Park and The Lost World, I'd love to see them remake them a little closer to the books. Jeff Goldblum would still have to be Ian Malcolm, of course!
Over the years I've thought that 'I Am Legend' was better suited as a 2-3 night TV mini-series than as a movie.
All three of the adaptations gloss over or, in the case of 'The Omega Man', forget the creatures are vampires. I would like to see true intelligent vampires, like Ben Cortman, depicted on the screen.
The other thing I've never really cared for is how well Neville is coping with being the last known person on Earth.
Vincent Price has his scene where he breaks down watching home movies, Chartlon Heston has his 'there are no phones ringing' moment, and Will Smith loses it when he had to put down his dog. Other than that, they're all handling the situation fairly well.
I would much rather have Neville starting out on the brink of madness, having just lost his wife, daughter and neighbors, then slowly working his way to some semblance of humanity.
Also, ditch the idea that Neville is a scientist working on a cure. Take him back to his middle income, blue collar, factory worker roots and have him struggle to come up a solution.
All three of the adaptations gloss over or, in the case of 'The Omega Man', forget the creatures are vampires. I would like to see true intelligent vampires, like Ben Cortman, depicted on the screen.
The other thing I've never really cared for is how well Neville is coping with being the last known person on Earth.
Vincent Price has his scene where he breaks down watching home movies, Chartlon Heston has his 'there are no phones ringing' moment, and Will Smith loses it when he had to put down his dog. Other than that, they're all handling the situation fairly well.
I would much rather have Neville starting out on the brink of madness, having just lost his wife, daughter and neighbors, then slowly working his way to some semblance of humanity.
Also, ditch the idea that Neville is a scientist working on a cure. Take him back to his middle income, blue collar, factory worker roots and have him struggle to come up a solution.
Extinction was a way better movie then it had a right to be. I enjoyed the hell out of that movie.
I vote for "The Left Hand of Darkness". I've wanted to see that as a movie for a long time.
That'd be good. Always Coming Home would make an interesting project as well. You ever see the adaptation PBS did of her The Lathe of Heaven back around 1980 or so? It was PBS, so not a big-budget deal, but more than up for it with the way it really captured the spirit of her writing.
Here it is on youtube:
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In both I am Legend and The Omega Man, Neville is both a soldier and a scientist. He falls back on the regimens of both disciplines. Having routines helps to provide a sense of normalcy and a stabilizing force.
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