The original post: /r/television by /u/IndomitusAethian on 2025-06-22 15:01:33.
Finished rereading the whole series. My mind is still blown at the scale, scope, themes, scenery, complexity.
I know this adaption was (is?) in some sort of development hell but I was thinking:
4 books.
2 seasons per book.
10 episodes per season.
HBO-style treatment.
Just imagine.
The scope. The scale. The complexity.
These four books are some of my favorite of all time, and given we got Foundation, Three Body Problem, Wheel of Time, the upcoming Harry Potter (!?) etc. - set aside the actual debatable quality - would this actually be doable these days?
How would you go about it?
Just imagine what would
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the Shrike look on the big screen? and its various battles?
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the Valley of the Time Tombs?
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Farcasters, the process of farcasting, the Fatline, WorldWeb worlds, Tau Ceti Center,
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that crazy house with rooms where doors are farcasters to another world?
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The Ousters?
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God’s Grove and the whole Templar scenery? Treeships?
…look with a proper, big-budget treatment?
Ahhhh, a man can dream…
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