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Post by rhygar on Nov 10, 2018 23:53:02 GMT
In the Youtube video - Joe Dever: The Life of a Lone Wolf! - at 14:00 Joe Dever speaks about the abortive attempts to turn his books into films. One thing he mentions is a pitch made by some middle-ranking executive to have Lone Wolf be some sort of superhero with a Brooklyn accent. Anyone happen to know (from conversations with Joe or otherwise) what some of the other ideas were which he described as ‘some of the most pathetic ideas I’ve ever received‘ ?
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Post by Black Cat on Nov 12, 2018 15:45:41 GMT
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Post by Nym90 on Nov 12, 2018 16:49:21 GMT
While it would have brought Lone Wolf to a new audience, I'm mostly glad there was never a Lone Wolf movie. Movies and gamebooks are just such different art forms and the interactivity (which is the huge selling point of a gamebook vs. a regular book) would be completely lost.
This is also why there has never been a good movie based on a computer game.
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Post by stardragon on Dec 7, 2018 5:45:29 GMT
While it would have brought Lone Wolf to a new audience, I'm mostly glad there was never a Lone Wolf movie. Movies and gamebooks are just such different art forms and the interactivity (which is the huge selling point of a gamebook vs. a regular book) would be completely lost. This is also why there has never been a good movie based on a computer game. But there are video games that are based on good movies. |
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Post by Ofecks on Dec 7, 2018 23:23:03 GMT
The Warcraft movie did really well in China. They *LOVED* it. There's going to be a sequel, I heard, possibly only releasing there.
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Post by Zipp on Dec 12, 2018 5:42:29 GMT
While it would have brought Lone Wolf to a new audience, I'm mostly glad there was never a Lone Wolf movie. Movies and gamebooks are just such different art forms and the interactivity (which is the huge selling point of a gamebook vs. a regular book) would be completely lost. This is also why there has never been a good movie based on a computer game. But there are video games that are based on good movies. Sure, but I'd be hard pressed to name a good one. You know, for me, I don't want a Lone Wolf movie or television series for the same reason I don't want a Zelda series. These are silent protagonists who have been made our own characters through our own unique readings. I don't want someone else's take on that to be canonized. I didn't even like "Skull of Agarashi" for the same reason. |
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Post by johntfs on Dec 13, 2018 23:52:46 GMT
But there are video games that are based on good movies. Sure, but I'd be hard pressed to name a good one. I didn't even like "Skull of Agarashi" for the same reason. I didn't like Skull of Agarash because Lone Wolf came off as a lunatic twit. |
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Post by stardragon on Dec 16, 2018 8:58:28 GMT
But there are video games that are based on good movies. Sure, but I'd be hard pressed to name a good one. You know, for me, I don't want a Lone Wolf movie or television series for the same reason I don't want a Zelda series. These are silent protagonists who have been made our own characters through our own unique readings. I don't want someone else's take on that to be canonized. I didn't even like "Skull of Agarashi" for the same reason. There was an animated Zelda series back in the day. Anyway, I do see where you're coming from but I am all for fan made Lone Wolf movies or series, which you can sometimes find. |
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