That would be a thing! I believe that if done right, it could be an amazing addition to the cinematic universe. Feanor, in particular, is a character that could be explored in depth, given his complex motivations and tragic fate. Would be also cool to see Fingolfin battling Morgoth, I have always tried to imagine the look of the scene.

I'd love to read Last Epoch's story in a book. I think it could make a good story. Especially the part we don't have yet.

I was expecting Circe to be closer to Xena, but instead I felt like all we got was a pathetic Diana. It was something where I kept reading b/c the writing was good - but no. It was pretty forgettable. Circe wasn't much of a heroine, imho.

If someone told me 'only men can understand BNW' I would just assume they are a misogynist

Ooooh, I’m putting that one on my list, thanks! I absolutely loved The King Must Die by Mary Renault. It’s based on the idea that if the story of the Minotaur was an exaggerated story based on a kernel of truth, what might that kernel be.

I would have loved to see John Varley's Titan trilogy of books adapted to the screen with Sigourney Weaver playing Cirrocco Jones.

Maybe Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series.

I think that both are too ambitious for today's filmmakers that just reboot new crap out of old crap.

I’ve said this before concerning what I believed to be cultural appropriation or something akin to it. I’ve also said similar things about a book that depicts elements of colonisation and native peoples.

In both instances though I was the one who was being criticised and invalidated for having come into those books with a different perspective/experience.

I think so long as this topic can be discussed civility it’s fine. But I also think there’s nothing wrong with saying, look, you’re not from this experience so the flags are going right over your head.

I wish Deadhouse Gates (from Malazan) was a movie. Mainly the Chain of Dogs storyline would be peak cinema.

And I wish Dark Crystal franchise and HBOs The Wire was novelised.

The Silmarillion as a universe like Marvel. So many different fantastic stories. Fëanor alone would be a fantastic film.

Thing I Like Is Objectively Good

Thing I Dislike Is Objectively Bad

I Am A Very Smart Person

A theoretical physicist.

That’s usually the case with me. Sometimes, a theoretical mathematician.

As a political scientist, I see a lot of people say really ignorant things that make me want to smack them with an intro to comparative politics textbook.

There are loads of movies that are as good as most books you will find, and I usually like them because they are like movies and not books. I usually sour on a movie pretty quickly if the only thing to recommend to it is it’s dialogue.

It's truly amazing how he can take such terrible books and turn them into such wonderful films and stories.

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After reading The Passenger (set in Louisiana), I now more than ever want a True Detective novel. Preferably by Cormac McCarthy.

All of Ghibli's adaptations of Jones's books are vastly superior.

Jessica Jones feels made to be a noir book, but I'm not sure I *wish* it were a book.

This is a tricky one. You've got me thinking.

Ah, fair enough! The closing paragraph made it all worthwhile though, huh?

As in how much I cried, yes. It was happy but sad.

Completely agree! I thought it was so much more interesting.

There's one quote by Terence, some Roman guy, that I like.

>I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me

Obviously him being an old Roman guy doesn't mean he is inherently correct, but that its still relatively known after all this time should at least signal that many people do agree with it.

I also generally dislike the idea that many people seem to have where they gain the ability to draw massive insights into someone's character simply by looking at what books that person likes. Ie, if you like X book, or X kind of books, or books by X author, then you must have this personality or trait. What you're talking about seems to be going the other way, that if you don't have a certain trait you won't be able to properly like a book, and I'd say its equally nonsense.

Of course I usually just see this online, the people who would be making these comments aren't really the people I'd be talking a lot with in real life. So I'm not really scared of any backlash because I don't care what anyone thinks of /u/atramikadelia, although I would probably be a bit hesitant in some circumstances. Especially if someone likes a book that I disliked, I might be a little more willing to praise a book they hated.

The last of us (games), Horizon zero dawn, and Final Fantasy VIII are all games that I would love to be able to have in book format.

The Nevernight, Babel, The Poppy War, This is how you lose the time war, are book I would love to see on screen, possibles as movies or movies series.

Warrior Nun, Good Girls, and A League of their own are the first 3 cancelled shows that come to mind and I would like to be able to read as books so I can read how the hell they were supposed to end.

There’s been a retelling of it published already—

Neon Gods

And some people in the Hellenistic Pagan community are obsessed with Hades and Persephone, and view Hades as this super heroic husband cause of the thing with her mom.

Exactly! The OP already gets that people like different things. That's why they're here asking the follow-up questions 'I just want to know about the opinions of others...why are people interested in it...I'm just curious because of course people can read whatever they want.'

We could be having the same discussion about a restaurant, fashion, or video games. "I didn't like it, but a lot of people do. What am I missing here?"

They are completely different. I would say the Miyazaki film was loosely inspired by the book, whereas the book is heavily influenced by myths and fairy tales. I saw the movie before I read the book and love them for completely different reasons and was shocked by how the movie is nothing like the book. I'm going to reread them once I figure out which kindle account I have them on.