Alpha Centauri TV serie - Wouldn't it be GREAT??

[Hydro]

The scientist in Independence Day was none other than Brent Spiner, Data of STTNG fame.

[Cybergod]

"STTNG"? Sorry me not know what you mean by that? Please elaborate...

BTW, benjicar_5 seems awfully silent...

[History Guy]

Cybergod! Hey! I love Doctor Who!

(Or at least all of them before the Sylvester McCoy era...*shudder*)

[Xzilenifo]

Halle Berry would Rock as the Cyber Girl. The resemblence is perfect!!!

But Jet Li as Yang? come on! Yang's an old man.

I always dreamed of a n alpha centauri movie, It would be of the hook, what with all the new computer graphics they could do. Although, a tv series might work better, because there is a sh*& load of stuff to cover for just one movie. A series might be able to go into more depth with the different charactures.

So, why doesn't someone get busy and write a script?

[Mr. President]

Originally posted by Cybergod
"STTNG"? Sorry me not know what you mean by that?

Star Trek: the Next Generation.

You could overcome the age difference between Yang and Jet Li with makeup and whatnot.

[Haon]

They could just use the story in the Michael Ely books, I think they would make a really good mini-series on Sci-Fi channel.

[Hydro]

Ack! PLEASE DON'T let ELY's books represent SMAC! Book 1 was OK, book 2 was good, but book 3 was so horrible I almost didn't finish the book (very few books fit in this category for me). In my opinion there were many logical flaws, and many areas that seemed to betray the SMAC story line and its characters. Just my opinion...

[Frankychan]

I really liked Book 2. Even though Chairman Yang gets captured, IMHO M. Ely really captured Yang's essence. I felt the first book was a trial run, the second was top notch, and the third ok. I feel that I just liked the third book because the Hive seemed to be in control at the end.....but sharing Planet with the Believers?!

I'd've 'bustered their monkey a**es right after the singularity gets dropped.

[PresidentMarcos]

No. How about a simple series about a squad of hovertank pilots?

[Frankychan]

Originally posted by PresidentMarcos
No. How about a simple series about a squad of hovertank pilots?

ROFLMAO. "No"? This guys has balls! I like it!

[PresidentMarcos]

Not "balls." "Stones."

[Sprayber]

Hey everyone

I like the idea of course, but I dont' think the SMAC idea could be captured in a regular TV series unless it was done like Babylon 5. (already mentioned earier in the thread by Hydro)

I'm afraid though that after the second or third season the story would degenerate a little. It's hard to take a game and turn it into a movie and do it so that it is well recieved by those that have never heard or played the game. Perhaps it can be done someday but until then we will just have to dream...

[Kirnwaffen]

I would love to see a SMAC TV series, if it were well done. I would really hate to see it turn into something like Andromeda or Mutant X, where it is hampered by cheesy special effects and the like. I don't really see a movie, as there really is just too much material to cram into a couple of hours.

[Bearcat]

How about Kamal Hasan as Pravin Lal?

Pic:

[TimeTraveler]

I also think a tv series or movie of Alpha Centauri would be a great idea, but why try to choose between one? It would be possible to make Alpha Centauri into, say, a tv series and a movie trilogy.

What I'm wondering is which faction would be shown as the good faction, or if the narration will bounce to multiple or all the factions.