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This is a normal post Oh christ, really? :((((

(dribble, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 16:53, Reply)
This is a normal post What other excellent sci-fi series can get fucked up by a glossy, shallow TV adaptation and the inevitable godawful fanbase that accompanies it?
Omg did you see Marvel's "Person In The High Castle" last night? That was really good, wasn't it? I proper loved the bit where Captain America came smashing thru and punched Hitler.
 (dribble, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 16:58, Reply)
This is a normal post The Laundry Files must be overdue for a ruining, surely

(dribble, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 17:00, Reply)
This is a normal post E.E.Doc Smiths Lensman Series might work
The books themselves were so shallow, hammy, and utterly pulpy sci-fi that a glossy shallow TV adaptation might end up being better than the books.

Obviously with Robert Downey Jr as the lead.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 17:25, Reply)
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I really must get around to reading those. They sound gloriously bonkers.

Edit: found the first two as part of a kindle bundle for 69p. That'll do.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 17:47, Reply)
This is a normal post "Our velocity is faster than the speed of light
looks like Einstien was wrong!"

And so on.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 1:17, Reply)
This is a normal post There was an anime version of Lensman
I was dead into the books when I was younger, so I jumped at the chance to see an animated version. Manga released it on VHS. Even then it was shallow as hell and ignored 90% of the novel's content, but it was fun.

Terrible american dub here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-td8Jp0hJVA

For extra bonus nostalgia points, the first time I saw a clip of the anime, it was being used as a 'aren't the Japanese mental' clip on the Clive James show.
 (SimianKid internet faffer, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 9:18, Reply)
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I should really give that a go
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 20:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Ringworld probably has the potential to make a decent serial.
By which I mean 6-8 hour long episodes, not being dragged out over three series.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 22:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Might have to be a pornhub exclusive though.
And might fall foul of various anti-bestiality laws.

I think Niven writes in a very tv/movie friendly way though. E.g. the opening of Ringworld Engineers reads like an awesome kung-fu/action movie.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 14:54, Reply)
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Footfall would make a pretty good film, if the basic plot hadn't already been filmed like 20-30 times now.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 17:07, Reply)