Ranger's Apprentice Book Club discussion

Any thoughts?

What the heck do you mean? I'm excited, and I sure do hope they won't butcher the story like the Lightning thief movie did.

It was actually pretty good by itself but it nose dived when it came to following the story

I'm not sure whether to be appalled or ecstatic...

They've only signed the contract, but fantasy novels usually have large and ready audiences...I'm pretty sure its true.

I think so too except for I heard rumors of budget cuts so now I'm not sure. What I do know is that the people who made Lightning Thief and Eragon are making Ranger's Apprentice so don't get too excited it probably will flop!

Dios Mio. Now I'm sad. Both of those were horrid remakes of books. The movies on their own were fine, but with how they stuck to the books they were supposed to be representing was atrocious.

I agree with Cassies first line. Dios mio! Why do those people keep making movies? They screwed the whole thing up for those two movies and I LOVED the books!

I've never even read the Eragon books and I was disappointed by the movie... The Lightning thief was fine by itself, but they killed the story. Killed until it was DEAD.

Just read that the producers and whatnot want a 2014 release date. Not sure how I feel about that...

Typical... Cassie where did you get the movie info?

the RA Facebook page.

thats cool

Oh... I don't have a facebook, but I should get one.

I didn't either. I don't even remember how I found it lol.

How did you find out about it

No 99.9%

I'm with y'all; no Facebook for me

Come ON, why couldn't we get like Peter Jackson or someone on it??

I know Peter Jackson should really direct this movie because the Lord Of the Rings movies follow the book really well and Jackson takes the epic meter to a 10 on a scale of 1-5 when it comes to things like battle scenes.

Peter Jackson is pretty much the best director of all time!! 8D

Yes, that's his job...(not PERCY Jackson, if that's what you're thinking :P)

XD

As Paris said he's the one who directed LOTR and did a freaking amazing job of it

I recently learned that they are going to go through with it. Flanagan has little to do with the moviemaking but he has a preference for two actors that he wants to be Halt and I think... Arald?... I think?

Tipy911 wrote: "I recently learned that they are going to go through with it. Flanagan has little to do with the moviemaking but he has a preference for two actors that he wants to be Halt and I think... Arald?...."

I'm glad they're going through with it, but let's cross our fingers and hope we get at least a decent movie.

What actor would play Will?

Actually, the movie by itself was corny and had some poor acting also the books were more violent than the movie, but on topic THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR OVER THREE YEAR they have made an RA movie and are looking for a release date in the near future

Benjamin wrote: "Actually, the movie by itself was corny and had some poor acting also the books were more violent than the movie, but on topic THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR OVER THREE YEAR they have made an RA movie a..."

What book are you talking about?

On second thought, I don't know if a Lord of The Rings movie type-feel would be fitting for RA. LOTR is very broad in scope and dark. RA is very good, don't get me wrong, but in my opinion it is very different than Lord of the Rings.

A Ranger's Apprentice movie I think would have to be adventurous and somewhat foreboding, but with some instances of humor, much like the books. Maybe a little gritty, but I don't want it to take itself too seriously. Slap on some nice visuals and decent acting and I'll gladly pay to see it.

I was talking about Percy Jackson

Yes in response to Paris

Here's an idea: What if they made a TV show out of RA? It makes sense, given that there are so many books in the series (which could turn out bad in a movie, if the writers/director decide to "condense" the books into a few films). I think they could easily give each book a few episodes to a season. Also, making it a TV show gives the producers a good chance to change what the audience doesn't like after the release of the first episode.

Yah it does