Yes, but PETER JACKSON! I CHOOSE YOU!!!JimB said:
Seriously, I've been waiting for the Dragon Chronicles to be turned into a movie for like 25 years
TMNT Director Brings Terry Brooks' Shannara to MTV
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Seriously, I've been waiting for the Dragon Chronicles to be turned into a movie for like 25 years
Efrit_ said:
This was my first thought when I read this article. My second was "What took so long?" And my third "Why start on the 2nd book?" I recall reading the Sword of Shannara long ago in my early years. Not long after that I sought out the other books. That didn't happen when I read the Hobbit. Not saying Hobbit is a bad book, but stand alone it's solid and didn't make me look for more. That aside I feel it has some promise, but there are so many things that can go wrong. Like many state GoT has the sex and violence to carry it through. If that's the standard people expect the viewers will be lacking. I'll give it a try none the less.
Aye, I didn't know it was intended as parody until way later, but as a friend of mine put it. "Doesn't' matter if it's parody or straight, it's still bad."Lieju said:
The only way to salvage it would be to give it to HBO..."Wow, this plot is really paper th-hooooly shit tits!"
It was a parody?NortherWolf said:
Because I recall reading stuff from the writer, in some of the forewords, I think, and that didn't get across at all(or were those parody too, because I recall some of the stuff being really dumb and self-congratulatory.). I didn't even think it was meant as a reconstruction.
I recall The Elenium being more like that, and I liked it much more.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, it was Elenium and related stuff I really liked. I did read all the Belgariad-related stuff but I wasn't as into it. Also my friend and I called the main character 'Margariini'. (Which is 'margarine' in Finnish because we forgot his name at one point and recalled it was something like that. Also he was as interesting of a protagonist as a box of margarine.)
They're starting with Elfstones? Don't get me wrong, that doesn't sound bad to me at all (it's what I did, and Sword is basically just Lord of the Rings, three times shorter and with all the Norse mythology replaced with Celtic), it's just a strange choice. I don't watch Game of Thrones or read A Song of Ice and Fire, but I'm given to believe the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara would be a closer choice in tone.
...actually, no, a closer choice in tone would be The Knight and the Word series, but I hate remembering those books.
Still, I confess myself to be curious. And I could definitely see that work
...actually, if they're trying to cash in on Game of Thrones, I think the Elenium would probably be a better fit.
...actually, no, a closer choice in tone would be The Knight and the Word series, but I hate remembering those books.
Still, I confess myself to be curious. And I could definitely see that work
I think Joss Whedon's too busy, at the moment.Vorlayn said:
...actually, if they're trying to cash in on Game of Thrones, I think the Elenium would probably be a better fit.
I wish someone would adapt some of Michelle West's stuff. 
I never really got into Shannara. I tried, but it just didn't speak to me.
I never really got into Shannara. I tried, but it just didn't speak to me.
With the characters being filled with teenage drama and angst. I mean yeah they kinda are a bit in the books(But this is kinda a given with what they have to deal with) I just worry they'll go over the top or do it just to 'appeal to a larger audience' or some bull.Signa said:
Side note, I'd like to see Heritage series done. Just to answer the question of, "Who would play Walker Boh".
Magical Kingdom for sale/sold would prolly be a better choice given the average intellect level of most MTV viewers.
On a more serious note the Shannara books are pretty bog standard fantasy with only the one twist of it being a fantasy world that develops after WW3. Not sure if it would measure up to Martins much more mature works in term of bringing interesting intrigue and sex appeal. The main thing the series does have is pretty good wars.
On a more serious note the Shannara books are pretty bog standard fantasy with only the one twist of it being a fantasy world that develops after WW3. Not sure if it would measure up to Martins much more mature works in term of bringing interesting intrigue and sex appeal. The main thing the series does have is pretty good wars.
I wouldn't really call the Shannara series standard fantasy, considering how brooks manages to turn standard conventions on their head and how his tales have characters that feel real and not superficial. Alongside that, I wouldn't call Martins works more mature, just focused on a different aspect of fantasy that is often touched upon in Shannara as well. For example, voyage of the jerle shannara has the elven kingdom eldest prince purposely send his younger brother off to die, and in future books, many other people are spurned or mistreated by their kin. Yes, Sword was far more Tolkien, but that is the reason why they are starting with elf stones.
I think the fears of the show being sexed up are misplaced. The Shannara series only exists because Terry Brooks wanted to create his own Middle Earth, and the people who are attracted to the series are the people who are fans of that kind of storytelling. Betraying it would be betraying the audience they want to attract.
Then again, Man of Steel, so what do I know.
Then again, Man of Steel, so what do I know.
Damn, I remember reading the Shannara books years and years ago and now I can't really remember much of anything... except a flying ship, some ranger folks, shadow... creatures? a tower or something to rescue someone? an ancient yet crazy advanced robot city? Oh, i seem to remember likening the magic in the series to either genetic manipulation or something of the ancient advanced civilization (that collapsed?), but that's probably very wrong. So very very long ago, I don't think I still have the books anymore.
Hopefully it doesn't go like Legend of the Seeker... god what a disappointing mess that was. Although the books went to shit in the last few anyways with political messages or something.
Hopefully it doesn't go like Legend of the Seeker... god what a disappointing mess that was. Although the books went to shit in the last few anyways with political messages or something.
I don't know that Shannara works as a series. If you were going to do it as an anthology maybe, but each tale is too enclosed to have them connected well in TV land. Yet each individual tale is too rigid in terms of narrative structure to draw it out effectively, imo.
I guess time will tell. Anything can be good if you nail the characters and get decent people to play them (something I kind of doubt with MTV but you never know).
I guess time will tell. Anything can be good if you nail the characters and get decent people to play them (something I kind of doubt with MTV but you never know).
This is most interesting. Will have to watch for this one when it comes out. I'll give most any fantasy series a go, particularly those based on novels from my preferred literary genre.
Now if only someone would make a series out of JJ Fallon's books, I'd be happy!
Now if only someone would make a series out of JJ Fallon's books, I'd be happy!