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ITT: Books that are begging for movie adaptations

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ITT: Books that are begging for movie adaptations
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>>80190695
I know who Locke Lamora's real alter ego is - Lelouch Lamperouge
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>>80190695
No its not, none of them are, stop
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Mein Kampf
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>>80190695
Why would they? Movie adaptations are always inferior because cinema is the worst artform.
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none of them
literature is the inferior artform
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I am listening to the audio book right now after reading it awhile ago.
Didnt know Jean was pronounced Jean.
Thought it was JEEN. good voice actor though
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>>80193497
Zis x1000
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>>80194280
what it's je-an?
not jean? like the pants?
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>>80195704
ok yea this needs to be adapted, exception that proves the rule
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>>80195943
nah
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>>80190695
Who would you cast as Locke?
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>>80196046

I think it'd be pretty k i n e m a t i c
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>>80196083
no-one it should never be filmed, but if you have to, that kid from Breaking Bad, never saw the show but the kid drug dealer, name escapes me atm
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>>80196086
I think you should leave good writing where it belongs, on a page, but go ahead ruin your fav story why not
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>>80195704
Too much animal violence, but otherwise would be incredible.
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>>80190695
It's just a pity they went downhill.
It was fine the first time their heist got derailed, but I'd like to see them actually go through a plan and have normal problems to deal with without getting fucked over out of the blue.

>>80194280
The guy is particularly great as Father Chains.
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>>80190695
Did Scott Lynch ever recover from getting JUSTed? I read this and Red Seas, was wondering if he'd ever round the series off to a satisfactory end.

Speaking of fantasy series with satisfactory endings I highly recommend this gem and the books that follow.
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Anything by Neal Stephenson, his books feel very movie scriptish.
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King of Shadows:
- Shakespeare
- Time travel
- Plague
- Orphaned children
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>>80193520
Cinema literary combines tons of artforms into one master artform
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>>80196151
Aaron Paul
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I heard some time ago that Jonah Nolan was working on the adaptation, in the form of a mini series (the best format for this imo)

pls no monkey paw
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