TGIF is hosted by Ginger at GReads. Each Friday Ginger poses a question for us to share our thoughts on. If you'd like to participate, head on over to her awesome blog and link up!
This week's topic:
Books to Television: Which books would you love to see made into a TV series or movie?
This question should be easy, right? Wrong! There are so many movie and television adaptations of books and sometimes Hollywood just does not do the book justice. Major parts of story lines get the axe or the characters don't fit the image that I have conjured up in my head. Therefore, choosing a series that I've read and loved and KNOWING it would be butchered in some way is pretty dang difficult.
If I had absolute faith and trust in a production company, I suppose here are some of my choices:
My Fantasy pick: The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, & The Darkest Road
This is a work I would probably trust in the hands of Peter Jackson and the WETA Workshop to produce. It is very much like the Lord of the Rings, an amazing work of fantasy. I love this series SO hard. In one word it is truly EPIC.
My Adult pick: The Lady Julia series by Deanna Raybourn
Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Sanctuary, Silent on the Moor, The Dark Road to Darjeeling, & The Dark Enquiry
Victorian London murder mystery series, sassy main leading lady, dashing and mysterious leading man, this would TOTALLY deliver on the screen! The costumes would be gorgeous and the locales would be breathtaking: London, the Scottish moors, & India.
My YA picks:
Shade series by Jeri Smith-Ready
Shade, Shift, & Shine (due out in 2012)
I am sure my fellow members of #TeamKilt are with me on this one and I'm sure Logan's fans would be too! A big concern I would have is the CGI treatment of ghosts. It would be interesting to see how Hollywood would handle them. The series may not be completed yet but it has easily become one of my favorite series. If you haven't read this series, you should.
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy by Jenny Han
The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You, & We'll Always Have Summer
Who wouldn't want to see Belly & the Fischer boys on screen? A young girl that is learning to navigate womanhood, love, romance, & growing up and two gorgeous boys that she has to choose between. I would definitely love this one.
What would you like to see on screen?
This question should be easy, right? Wrong! There are so many movie and television adaptations of books and sometimes Hollywood just does not do the book justice. Major parts of story lines get the axe or the characters don't fit the image that I have conjured up in my head. Therefore, choosing a series that I've read and loved and KNOWING it would be butchered in some way is pretty dang difficult.
If I had absolute faith and trust in a production company, I suppose here are some of my choices:
The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, & The Darkest Road
This is a work I would probably trust in the hands of Peter Jackson and the WETA Workshop to produce. It is very much like the Lord of the Rings, an amazing work of fantasy. I love this series SO hard. In one word it is truly EPIC.
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| The second in the series is my favorite and the book that introduced me to Lady Julia |
Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Sanctuary, Silent on the Moor, The Dark Road to Darjeeling, & The Dark Enquiry
Victorian London murder mystery series, sassy main leading lady, dashing and mysterious leading man, this would TOTALLY deliver on the screen! The costumes would be gorgeous and the locales would be breathtaking: London, the Scottish moors, & India.
My YA picks: Shade series by Jeri Smith-Ready
Shade, Shift, & Shine (due out in 2012)
I am sure my fellow members of #TeamKilt are with me on this one and I'm sure Logan's fans would be too! A big concern I would have is the CGI treatment of ghosts. It would be interesting to see how Hollywood would handle them. The series may not be completed yet but it has easily become one of my favorite series. If you haven't read this series, you should.
The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You, & We'll Always Have Summer
Who wouldn't want to see Belly & the Fischer boys on screen? A young girl that is learning to navigate womanhood, love, romance, & growing up and two gorgeous boys that she has to choose between. I would definitely love this one.
What would you like to see on screen?
Great choices! Have a great TGIF Marissa!
ReplyDeleteI love how we both picked the Shade & Summer series :-) Two of my faves!! I would totally tune in to those shows every week.
ReplyDeleteThe Summer Series is for sure one of my favorites!! I still have not read the last book though!! I am putting it off because I am not ready for it to be over! Great choice!
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