How an Animorphs TV show and Movie should be done-REDUX

[yeerklover]

I'd be on board with SOME type of Animorphs movie. I just would not be ok with one or two fans taking artistic lisence. I would love to see the books done into a movie exactly as they were, minus all the KASU's.

[Phoenix004]

I have no problem with animation, I just don't think that an animated series would suit Animorphs. And I have plenty of imagination thank you.

Why go through all the touble of setting up a false identity for Ax just so that he could go to school with them? It's a dangerous security risk as he could accidentally let something slip, not to mention that he would quickly become bored with a human education system which is greatly inferior to his own.

And yeerlover, you actually like the idea of turning Animorphs battles into a cartoon style fights with no blood? Why not just add in POW, ZAP, BAM and other effects on screen everytime they hit anything? 

[Yorick Brown]

And I have plenty of imagination thank you.

Sorry. Typo. I meant to write 'animation.'

Why go through all the touble of setting up a false identity for Ax just so that he could go to school with them? It's a dangerous security risk as he could accidentally let something slip, not to mention that he would quickly become bored with a human education system which is greatly inferior to his own.

I guess people would be wondering what Ax is doing all day in the forest when he could be learning human history and english with his friends.

And yeerlover, you actually like the idea of turning Animorphs battles into a cartoon style fights with no blood? Why not just add in POW, ZAP, BAM and other effects on screen everytime they hit anything?

There's plenty of blood in today's TV. Just not the level of gore that you'd see in a European slahser flick.

[yeerklover]

I didn't say I'd like it, but I would like to see a tv series of some kind. And I just don't see how you could show a wolf or bear ripping teeth into a hork-bajir and spilling blood.

[Phoenix004]

I'm not saying we should see guts spilling out or limbs being torn off, but a little blood to make it realistic just makes sense.

History would be one of the few classes Ax might find interesting, the rest of it would be pointless and laughable by Ax's point of view. They'd have to make sure he didn't ace every test he took and try to keep him from talking to anyone as he's hardly ready to mix with other people on a daily basis. Also, he can learn about earth history from books and television.

[yeerklover]

gotcha. I'd like to see some blood and realism too, but I just can't remember seeing blood in many of the cartoons I watched in my younger days.

[Phoenix004]

I agree, which is one of the reasons I don't think the TV show should be a cartoon.

[wotw2112]

However, tobias being a nothlit serves some important purposes in the storyline (a warning about the two hour limit, a physical representation of the risks they take every time they morph, etc).

Actually, Tobias isn't stuck as a hawk BUT I'm keeping the two-hour limit.

The limit is perfect for tensions-filled scenes. The audience will be thinking 'Will they make it out before the clock is up?'

In the first movie, I'm gonna use the time limit to make the audience worry about a captured Rachel in cat morph.

I understand that but my point (which I didn't make too well) was that without someone actually getting trapped it will get real old real fast.  Oh they almost got caught! Again!  Just like the last 7 times!  I was just trying to say it would lose some of its bang.

And if Crayak doesn't exist, then why is the Ellimist limited by rules? If there is no Crayak to oppose him, he could do anything he wanted!

Crayak may exist, Yorick just doesn't want to talk about him/feature him.  That would keep the structure in line without needing crayak personal appearances. 

I would love to see the books done into a movie exactly as they were, minus all the KASU's.

Impossible.

[Yorick Brown]

Crayak may exist, Yorick just doesn't want to talk about him/feature him.

Yes. Not featured. That's what I mean. For example, I guess Tobias MAY still be Elfangor's son but because we'll never get around to that storyline, we might as well just make him a regular orphan and don't even bother hinting otherwise.

[Phoenix004]

That makes a little more sense. You should have said that to begin with instead of simply saying that there was no Crayak and that Tobias was not Elfangor's son.

And I'm sure yeerklover is aware that it would be impossible to do all the books as movies, but we are speaking hypothetically here.

[beachbeagle]

This is an opinion thread. The title should be "How I THINK and Animorphs movie should be done" because your implying with the title that this is the way to go forget what everyone else thinks. People come into the thread wanting to scream at you and then it gets worse because everyone has their own views on how it should be done, and you're eliminating major plot points of the series. Honestly, it's not Animorphs when you do that. This is like the more recent Harry Potter movies where they have to slice and dice the books so much that they really suck (personal opinion) only worse because at least those keep the essential plot parts in.

[Yorick Brown]

I love the "Harry Potter" books and their adaptations. They're good adaptations given that the most critics are only capable of whining about is that every little detail isn't kept despite the fact that the movie would be seven hours long and hurt the quality of the film.

I'm eliminating major plot points of a multiple book series because I'm trying to adapt it into a completely different medium where these storylines simply could not work.

[Yorick Brown]

No way could Ax easily ace history and esp. english class. Same with PE.

What do you think of my idea for adapting the chronicles?

Do you like my episode listing?

[wotw2112]

I love the "Harry Potter" books and their adaptations. They're good adaptations given that the most critics are capable of whining about is that every little detail isn't kept despite the fact that the movie would be seven hours long and hurt the quality of the film.

I'm eliminating major plot points of a multiple book series because I'm trying to adapt it into a completely different medium where these storylines simply could not work.

I again must agree.  The adaptation were fine (in my opinion for those of you who are touchy about wording) with the exception of the 4th movie which just sucked.

There's always something lost in translation book to movie. 

If you had to scale bits back which would you cut out Phoenix? (just for discussion)

[wotw2112]

I like the idea of the Pemalite chronicles...a good opportunity to stretch your imagination...