OT- Honour Harrington movie

[Renegade 13]

Sounds like the woman for me Haven't checked the pics mind you.

[El_Phil]

She is indeed easy on the eye, which is never a bad thing.

Starhawk, me old matey, cynicism is good for the soul. It's also normally always right with the advantage that when you are wrong it's normally a nice change.

Case in point: Serenity. A series of joy that was cancelled and a movie that just broke even. It'll be a brave movie exec who makes a sequel. Compare with, say, Lethal Weapon 4. One of the most derivate, predictable films ever made and the only thing stopping part 5 is Mel Gibson has gone barking mad and is making films in Mayan about ancient Mexico.

Hell Rocky VI is in the can and Rambo 4 is on it's way. No brain formulaic movies make money, as do their sequels.

That ain't being negative, it's fact.

[Kamog]

She looks good!!

The nice thing about Lethal Weapon 4 was that Jet Li was in it, though he was a bad guy in that movie.

[Siirenias]

Hmmm...ya think Uma Therman might do a good Honor?

I personally don't have enough faith in today's producers to get it "quite right". In addition, the visuals of a Honorverse battle looks a little like Farscape. It's really not too exciting unless you can empathise with the crew and really feel the tech.

Plus...there is an intimidating amount of non-visual description in the books, and I just know some guy in script writing is going to want to make some of it visible, if only to boost ratings beyond the DW buffs. On the other hand, the series DW did with Steve White, including Shiva Option, is PERFECT for movies. Plus, there's baby eating. The critics will eat it up, or suffer Arachnid domination.

[Randallw]

Shiva Option would have to be a trilogy. The war went for years, and there are 5 Worlds which must be defended to glass.

[Makinus]

Donpt worry about a tall actress for Honor, as long she is a good actress....

See Wolverine, the actor in the movies is not as short as the comics portrait wolverine, but he was perfect to the character.... in fact, one of the best comic/movie renditions to date...

In fact, i found the actors that did professor X and Magneto also perfect... in the bad side, cyclops and storm were bad... Jean Gray was so so...

[Siirenias]

And don't forget the guy who played Frodo. Apparently, he's taller in real life. The real thing is you have to find someone with as strong a personality as Honor, and I think Makeup can supplement the appearance fine enough. Plus, it would allow for a market of Manticoran and Grayson uniforms. I want a Grayson one.

I'd bet that the Shiva Option trilogy would be better in theares than the Lord of the Rings was. Probably just as long, too.

[PvK]

El_Phil said:
She is indeed easy on the eye, which is never a bad thing.

Starhawk, me old matey, cynicism is good for the soul. It's also normally always right with the advantage that when you are wrong it's normally a nice change.

Case in point: Serenity. A series of joy that was cancelled and a movie that just broke even. It'll be a brave movie exec who makes a sequel. Compare with, say, Lethal Weapon 4. One of the most derivate, predictable films ever made and the only thing stopping part 5 is Mel Gibson has gone barking mad and is making films in Mayan about ancient Mexico.

Hell Rocky VI is in the can and Rambo 4 is on it's way. No brain formulaic movies make money, as do their sequels.

That ain't being negative, it's fact.

If you say so, but please consider:

* Is there any reason why even derivative sequels _have_ to be so badly made, either for games or for films? Surely with the huge budgets invested, someone could invest some more taste, talent, or other qualities? Do the _have_ to be so bad to make money? Wouldn't they make more money if they were better derivative sequels than they generally are?

* Just because some crappy business practice makes money, doesn't mean I or you or anyone _has_ to care, purchase, or pay any attention to the crappy products. For example, we're still here playing Space Empires IV, a _good_ sequel, and I never even bothered with MOO3, a crappy sequel, or most other low-gameplay megacorp releases, or most Hollywood (i.e. crappy) films.

* By paying for, paying attention to, and mentioning acceptance of such crappy practices, one becomes part of the problem.

PvK

[Siirenias]

PvK has a point. And also, you're more likely to keep your audience and possibly grow it by making a respectable series of movies. Sort of like star wars, only not overbearingly shiney to the point of sacraficing content. Sort of like Harry Potter who, despite my own reservations, is a pretty good example of how to continue a sustainable movie franchise.

[Starhawk]

Yah know who would make a good Honor Harrington

http://www.perfectpeople.net/picpage.php3/cpid=83531

Awwwww China


Seriously from what I've seen she's an okay actress and she's fairly tall AND she fits the "good looking Asian/Caucasian" mix that HH would require