Perfect Casting, part 2

[Bluebeard]

Animated would be perfect!

I see a TV Show on HBO, though as well.

[godlessgoth]

Very true. You can do a lot more with animation than you can with live-action/CGI, and it costs less.

Sounds good.

[tiny[but]fierce]

Sounds good.

plus, we wouldn't be eternally bitching about the actors and how they DON'T look like the characters, lol. It wouldn't matter, and we wouldn't lose our minds over it. Mwahaha.

[MoSeS]

Something about live action seems to make it the pinnacle of adaptation.

Most things seem to get adapted to live action and rarely vice versa.

For example anime usually comes first then a live action, not an anime based off a live action film.

Video games are sometimes adapted to film. In reverse games based off movies usually suck.

Animation also appeals to a much narrower crowd.

[Jaeh]

mrm, animation would be really good. the effects of what harry does would look great in it, too.

and James Marsters can voice. xD

but anyway, we could just make it into some sort of serious-type animation.

or what about kinda like those final fantasy animated type stuff..

[sjmcc13]

...and James Marsters can voice. xD...

So all that needs to be done is animate the books and overlay his readings (with the descriptions removed)

[Fox]

Something about live action seems to make it the pinnacle of adaptation.

Most things seem to get adapted to live action and rarely vice versa.

For example anime usually comes first then a live action, not an anime based off a live action film.

Video games are sometimes adapted to film. In reverse games based off movies usually suck.

Animation also appeals to a much narrower crowd.

Video games that get made into movies tend to suck, and movie-based video games usually suck as well.  So far the crossing over rarely works in either direction (with some exceptions).

I think Highlander was adapted to an anime.  And I heard recently that Supernatural is getting an anime adaptation as well.
Plus there are tons of movies that have been adapted into American Cartoons (though not always clearly related to the original film):
Ghost Busters
Clerks
Godzilla
The Mummy
The Mighty Ducks
Robocop
Star Wars (a couple of 'em)
Teen Wolf
Police Academy
Beetlejuice
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
The Wizard of Oz
Back to the Future
Dumb and Dumber
The Mask
Men in Black
King Kong

among others.

(sorry, once I got onto Wikipedia I got a little carried away.     )

[Jaeh]

So all that needs to be done is animate the books and overlay his readings (with the descriptions removed)

I'd like mini narrations like they did in the tv show :p

[sjmcc13]

I think Highlander was adapted to an anime.

THere is an anime movie, but there is also THIS...

The Wizard of Oz

This one does not really count as a movie being adapted, it is more of a novel series being adapted.

I'd like mini narrations like they did in the tv show :p

Some parts would need to be left, as they would work as narration.

[tiny[but]fierce]

And I heard recently that Supernatural is getting an anime adaptation as well.

It is, and it looks completely badass!! And bonus, Jared and Jensen are reprising their roles for the character's voices. At least for the first season.

[Jaeh]

Some parts would need to be left, as they would work as narration.

Building was on fire and it wasn't my fault is a personal favorite.

[tiny[but]fierce]

Building was on fire and it wasn't my fault is a personal favorite.

Mine too! (Of course, I'm biased, since Blood Rites was the first Dresden book I read.)

I can seriously imagine this, just as easily as I did while reading the book.

Black screen. Then you hear "Harry's" voice: "The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault."
BAM! Animated flames start eating at the black screen, dissolving it until animated Harry bursts through the middle of it all, booking it through the school with an armful of Puppies In A Box as Baby!Mouse yips indignantly at flying, napalm-flaming-poo-flinging monkeys chase them.

[jbigelow22]

Great opening of a movie!

[MoSeS]

Nicolas Cage should play Harry Dresden.

[Jaeh]

Nicolas Cage should play Harry Dresden.

i dunno if you're kidding, but it's not such a bad idea. but... well he's too oldddd.