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Outlander movie?
Sorry, still playing catch up here (slowly 
) so only just stumbled across this thread.
Not sure if I'd want to see a film made of either one of the books or the series. Themes are so intertwined and complex between the various books that alot would have to be left out to fit the film timeframe, even just for the first book. It would be cut to the very basics. Me, I'd rather keep it all in my imagination if/when I read the books again.
Yes, the news of that scriptwriter is a bit worrying. Neither scripts were great. Also wonder if the producers - as in Braveheart - would happily cast an actor who'd put on the worst Scottish accent? ~shudders~ Not forgetting that the accent was unsuitable anyway, at least in BH...
Bless her, she must get so much mail about it all, with everyone having different ideas.
) so only just stumbled across this thread.Not sure if I'd want to see a film made of either one of the books or the series. Themes are so intertwined and complex between the various books that alot would have to be left out to fit the film timeframe, even just for the first book. It would be cut to the very basics. Me, I'd rather keep it all in my imagination if/when I read the books again.
Yes, the news of that scriptwriter is a bit worrying. Neither scripts were great. Also wonder if the producers - as in Braveheart - would happily cast an actor who'd put on the worst Scottish accent? ~shudders~ Not forgetting that the accent was unsuitable anyway, at least in BH...
Bless her, she must get so much mail about it all, with everyone having different ideas.
I'm on the side of PLEASE don't attempt this - you'll ruin it 
On the other hand, I remember several mini-series based on books I adored whose casting horrified me at the time but turned out relatively okay in the end:
Shogun: I soooo wanted Robert Redford & they gave me Richard Chamberlain?
Winds of War & War & Remembrance: Robert Mitchum??? Ali McGraw? Puh-leez!
On the other hand, I remember several mini-series based on books I adored whose casting horrified me at the time but turned out relatively okay in the end:
Shogun: I soooo wanted Robert Redford & they gave me Richard Chamberlain?
Winds of War & War & Remembrance: Robert Mitchum??? Ali McGraw? Puh-leez!
Joan
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm