My vote goes for Larry Niven's entire Ringworld series of Novels. Possibly Anne McCaffery's Dragonrider's of Pern.

i'd like a scary version of through the looking glass, maybe alice could bite the head off the teapot mouse too.

Any of Ann McCafferys books would be great.

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I'd rather see live human actors. there is an increasingly wide disconnect between CG animators and real-world experience IMVHO. I don't wanna see the visions of some guy who has sat in front of a computer monitor since he was 10 yrs old, as opposed to the vision of somebody who has actually gone out into the world, done things (good, bad or ugly), and experienced life in all its extremes.

Oh yeah, definitely the first Dragonriders of Pern Trilogy! Not totally CG, but the dragons (obviously) and other non terrestrial creatures. The weyr itself, and the various holds and so forth. At least as long as it was rated R and was not kiddified. Readers know what I mean..... >:)

Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, Piers Anthony's Xanth series (only the earlier ones IMHO) come to mind...  there's so much wonderful fiction that would be best suited to being brought to life via CGI...  things of a fantastic / fantasy nature that either wouldn't be able to be pulled of using traditional (live action) film making or the things of the fantastic / fantasy nature that may not mesh well with live action (real actors) etc.  Granted there have been many instances of CGI & live action being used together (Gollum in LOTR) but sometimes a complete one or the other would be good.  CGI for filmaking is fantastic as an artist can completely create the world for the film and not have to fall into the conventions of the real world ( physical set design and manufacturing etc) so I personally would love to see some ALL CGI films, tv whatever regardless of whether they're aimed at children (see the Shrek thread from last week) or at older audiences (Final Fantasy VII Advent Children) or whatever comes up!

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i meant to mention the FFVII film!! 'cause i do luv that film, and the spirits within one too, i would luv to see more FF films more than anything, i don't think i even blink when one is on,
 
there was a reel over at CGSociety when FFXII (i think) was coming out, and it was simple stunning and would be awesome if that was made into a full lenth film, the only thing that disappointed me about that reel was that it ended.

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Heh! There's always someone to poo poo an idea. It doesn't totally have to be CGI but the two I mentioned would definately benefit from the CGI technology. Issac Asimov's I-Robot was a good example!

Having recently watched Eragon (good enough film, but didn't set my life on fire), one series of books came to mind that I'd love to see as a franchise - though it would require a lot of work, on all levels. Has anyone else read David Edding's series, The Belgariad (and it's sequel, The Malloreon)? As classic fantasy sequences go, it would make one hell of a movie-going experience.

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if done right yes.. but not the Belgariad / Malloroean... skip straight to the Sparhawk books...

The Elenium/Tamuli series, you mean? Meh, I'm not sure... I always had a preference for the earlier stories and world setting. What impressed me with Edding's work, though, when reading The Rivan Codex, was that he'd approached the whole thing in a similar way to Lucas writing the original Star Wars trilogy. For the scant few out there who might not know, Lucas based the story arc of the trilogy on the work of Joseph Campbell, an esteemed anthropologist who made a comparative study of mythology throughout the world. One of his masterworks was The Hero of 1000 Faces, which basically claimed that all hero myths could be distilled down to one story - the character archetypes and plot beats in all western legends mapped out exactly the same. Lucas took that theory, and mapped out his own space opera using the same journey - and thus a classic film trilogy was born.

What Eddings did was to write, in the late 20th century, a new version of the medieval romances of 12-14th century France. The main difference between him and Lucas is that, rather than relying on some other guy's research to give him the plot outline, Eddings used his expertise as an English professor to discover the 'rules' of the Romance for himself. The main differences between Garion's adventures and Sparhawk's is that the former begin ab ovo (from the egg - meaning at hte beginning of the story), whilst the latter start in media res - in the middle of the action. For me, I think the problem with the latter was that, having read the first two series, seeing the same person write according to the same rules with a completely new, but very familiar set of character archetypes felt a little... well... famliiar.

I still enjoyed the books, though.

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well looking at them, they are the same story.

the Belgariad / Mallorean = quest for object then quest to defeat Propechy (over 10 books not counting the Codex or Polgara / Belgarath)

the Elenium / Tamuli = Quest for Object the Quest to Defeat a God (over Six books)

the Redemption of Anthalus - same again.. but in 1 book...

to me, the Characters of Sparhawk, Kalten, Kurick, Belvier, Ulath and Tyiran are much better writen...

That was my first pick too, The Belgariad. Years ago, my friends and I used to play at casting the characters. I missed the Redemption of Anthalus (off to Amazon I go). But my problem with the Sparhawk series was that they may have been more developed, but I agree with JontheCelt, they still felt like more developed characters I'd seen in the first series.

I'd like to see the Pern series as well. Did anyone read C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy? I'd love to see that one developed.

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Brust's Dragaeran series... Though it would be a challenge to capture the dynamics between Vlad and Loiosh.

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Ron L hubbard's "Mission Earth."  Funny and would work well as CG

Frank Herbert's three combined books, "Dosadi Experiment, Jesus Incident and Lazarus Effect.  The begining, the middle and the end.

Did they ever do the Mars series?

Jules Verne's classics.

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Since no one has mentioned it, my choice would be the Discworld series. I don't care if it's CG, live or done with sock puppets, but seeing that amazingly rich (and funny) world brought to life would definitely make my century...

Michael Moorcock's Elric, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian Trilogy, Jack Vance's Dying Earth tales, especially the Cugel the Clever stories are great fantasy that I would love to see.  In the sci-fi genre the Lensman series by E.E. "doc" Smith, the World of Tiers by Philip Jose Farmer, DeathWorld by Harry Harrison, any Jack Vance space story, The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton and the Gil Hamilton tales of Larry Niven.

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We're getting "American McGee's Alice" next year.  Is that close enough?  It probably won't be completely CG, but I can't really picture them accomplishing it exclusively through practicals.

Then there is Jack Chalker's series The Soul Rider.

Dangit, I was gonna bring up Pratchett..;)
Hmm..I'm currently going through an 'alternative History thing', current book (I'm reading) is '1633', by Flint and Weber. Anything along those lines, like anything by Harry Turtledove, some Drake (the Forge, The Hammer, etc).

Heck, I'd be happy if they'd just bring Star Trek back (or do the last 3 Star Wars)..;) Though there is a Star Trek movie on the way..

Liked the Belgariad...you mean there's more to that series? hmm....gelflings...;)

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Daughter of the Empire/Servant of the Empire/Mistress of the Empire, by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurtz
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As for Belgariad/Malloreon versus Elenium/Tamuli, my preference is Belgariad/Malloreon. The characters are less archetypal, and the growing up of Garion in the Belgariad adds a lot to the story IMO.

And the Landover series by Terry Brooks (Magic Kingdom for sale - sold! / The Black Unicorn / Wizard at large) wouldbe nice candidates too. Light-hearted fantasy.

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Star wars Darth Bane: Path of destruction by Drew Karpyshyn would make an awesome movie.

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Wow.  I'm surprised there are so may Belgariad fans around here.  I was always a bit embarassed about having liked that series so much.

But I was going to vote for seriously low-brow material.  I'd like to see the '66 Batman series revisited with a treatment which stays loyal to the style and characterization of the TV show, but perhaps makes things a bit more serious.  I'd say add a little Denny O'Neil to the Bob Kane/Gardner Fox silver-age-iness, except Denny absosmurfly hates the Batman Fambly.  I think it would be nifty to see something like that done in CG.  A fan CG film treatment of some of the stories at the Batgirl Bat Trap Homepage! would be neato.  Like the original show, it would have the potential to be so bad it could be good....

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I originally got into this cause I'd like some of the old time actors turned into CG characters John Wayne or June Allison ect...  John Wane fighting in Afganistan :) lol

The Dragon Rider series is just beggin to get made. Even the Riverwold series would be cool, if done right.
And we're still waiting for Peter Jackson to make the original Hobbit (for the matching set).

But the number one film that I'd love to see remade is called "The Fantastic Planet", In the original french it's called "Savage Planet".
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue105/classic.html

Now THIS movie could be stunning if done in CG.

how about....
Doc Savage,  The Ripping Friends,   Adam Strange (yes, the comic book),   The Adventures of Jerry Cornelious (as done by Moebius),    Mac.... ooops, The Scottish Play,   The Lensmen Saga,    The Worms of the Earth (Robert E Howard's Bran Mac Morn),   just for starters
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I thought hey did do a RiverWorld mini series on SCIFI channel. Not CG though.

Clive Barker's Books of Blood & anything by Lovecraft that hasn't already been ruined by overeager & clueless film makers.

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wish they could but Scarlet did'nt do well enough :( (mainly due to moronic scheduling by the channels that showed it)

i would like to see Nive's Ringworld made into a CG Movie, John Carter of Mars, and a combination of the books When Worlds Collide and After Worlds Collide. (Nothing 
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Quote - Since no one has mentioned it, my choice would be the Discworld series. I don't care if it's CG, live or done with sock puppets, but seeing that amazingly rich (and funny) world brought to life would definitely make my century...

Well, Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters have been done as standard animation. Any of the night watch books would translate well to film. My personal pick would have to be Small Gods, although I don't think there is anything especially in that one that would require CGI.

so far there's been:

Soul Music (Cosgrove Hall Animation)
Wyrd Sisters (Cosgrove Hall again)
Hogfather (Sky1 Live Action)

and I think some of the Johnny and Gnomes have been done...

Quote - I'd rather see live human actors. there is an increasingly wide disconnect between CG animators and real-world experience IMVHO. I don't wanna see the visions of some guy who has sat in front of a computer monitor since he was 10 yrs old, as opposed to the vision of somebody who has actually gone out into the world, done things (good, bad or ugly), and experienced life in all its extremes.

There's a lot of CGI backlash out there. I like it myself, but it's like anything else (writing, acting, directing) there's some good and some bad. Frankly, the best CGI stuff, and there's lots of it, you don't even recognize as CGI.

It's great for establishing an environment as compared to the old school matte painting which required the camera to stay fixed to make the illusion work. With CGI, you can move around.

Cosgrove Hall (I think) did a really good adaptation of Truckers a few years ago, they never did get round to doing the other books in the series which is a real shame.

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The two that came to my mind, cause I just don't see how they could make a usable live version are...

Robert Asprin's  M.Y.T.H. Inc. series

Piers Anthony's Xanth series

Rumor mill has it that the Xanth series is seriously being looked at for a future film, but, for those that know the books...I'm sorry, there ain't no way they could make a live version and make it good.

Oooo I vote for M.Y.T.H. Inc too! Hilarious!

The covers of the Eddings books had a vibe I really liked and would look stunning in a movie - the actual stories didn't match very closely though IIRC, though I was a fan back inthe 80's. 

One cover featured a kind of river/waterway/canal thing built up over a forested landscape with a big ship travelling along it...awesome - but not in the actual book.

I'd like to see an SF movie totally devoted to the work of Chris Foss - just grab all his coolest paintings as a starting point and write a story around them, heheh.

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Only Anthony I remember liking is the 'Incarnations of Immortality' series..but that's me..;)
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Jack L.Chalker's The Well of Souls to start, then move onto the others in the series... Thats a series that would almost have to be predominately CG, and made int he mini-series format as the Sci-Fi channel did wth Dune. Maybe live action for the scenes in the "real universe, then switching to a CG look after going thru the Well, which is computer generated after all. Then they could follow up with the other books. Would LOVE to see a CG Mavra Chang, both before and after Obie!!!

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Dragonrider's or any of her stuff. Killshandra would be a great character as well. I don't see anything wrong with more CG, the better they get at it the better I like it. Of course I saw Gryphon and laughed til I rolled off the couch. Was curious if that was the Sixus gryphon....anyone know?
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Now yer talkin!!!!  This one gets my vote, the whole Foundation series in sequels would kick butt!
That or "The Gods Themselves"

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The Foundations series. Even the last in the series that wern't writen by him.

In a very loose way the first 2 books have been done. Bicentennial Man and IRobot have allready been made.
Man I just can't remember the name of the 3rd book in the series just before the Trilogy.The story line where the robots get the telepathic ability.

Asimov!  You've got it, wolf359.  But only if they could refrain from Hollywood-izing it.  I don't have a great deal of faith in the industry's ability to remain faithful to source material.  I mean, LOTR left out Tom Bombadil.  Jeepers.  I shudder to consider what they might omit/alter/add when treating Foundation....

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Ok, so they left out Tom (which I agree, was a shame), but given the amount of story they DID pack in, and how long it took to watch it all (I'm thinking the complete director's cut versions, not just the original cinema releases), then how long do you think it would have run for if they'd put EVERYTHING in?

Plus, I'm not sure you can call Peter Jackson a 'hollywood-iser'. Given his land of origins and his maverick background, I think he's pretty clear of that particular setniment.

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*"Plus, I'm not sure you can call Peter Jackson a 'hollywood-iser'."
*True.  I was unclear.  I guess my point is that even a remarkably faithful treatment still inevitably makes changes.  The omission of Tom wasn't so bad, but I think of the ways that Philip K. Dick and Asimov have been distorted in films (not to mention the various Batman treatments...), and I end up without much faith in seeing a decent treatment of a beloved story or character.  Which is why I wish a serious fan film could be undertaken for things like this....  If only!

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Part of the problem of adapting a novel for fiml is that you have to leave bits out. A novel, even a reasonably lightweight one, would easily crack the three-hour running time which most people seem to get numb bums at. So parts have to be removed. And when you do that, there will always be some area of the fan-base who cry, "Hey, that was my favourite bit! You've completely destroyed the soul of the book/series!" Screenwriters and directors just have to learn to develop hard shells to deal with these comments.

As to the Philip K Dick stories - whilst I think that certain liberties have been taken regarding the story arc (and characterisation, and so many other things) in films based on his work, the one thing I have always found is that the world-setting has always been almost completely immersive. PKD films always seem to attract directors who have a 'thing' for creating believable worlds - Scott's future LA, for example, or Verhoeven's use of the media to create a setting that feels complete. As such, I've always found them entertaining films - even Paycheck!

I'm not sure you can really pass comment on the handling of the Batman franchise. Whilst some of the films have been utter stinkers (B&R, anyone?), the interpretations of the character have been fine. After all, in the 70-odd years of his career, the comic book version has evolved and adapted in all sorts of way, and has been drawn (and written) in a vast number of styles. I loved the Burton films - but I do think that Nolan managed to knock them into a cocked hat!

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After seeing "A Scanner Darkly", I am convinced that you don't need a big budget and lots of CGI for most PKD novels. Most of his books have only one or two little bits of tech, or are in claustriphobic environments (interior of a spaceship). I actually felt that "A Scanner Darkly" was truer to the author than Bladerunner, Total Recall etc.

I would love someone to do a live action version of Ubik, which is my favorite PKD novel.

As to CG movies -- almost anything (other than the cut-ups) by William S. Burroughs would be good. Another good one which would practicaly have to be CG is Asimov's "The Gods Themselves",with its aliens. I'd also like to see Abott's "Flatland".

I thought Scanner was the most CG-heavy of the PKD films so far, since the whole thing was digitally rotoscoped to give it its characteristic look. OR are you saying that the look was unneccesary, and didn't need to have been used to convey a true vision of PKD's work?

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Big fan of Beldin, here.  I admire his style.

one scene I'd love to see, animated, acted whatever..

Feldegast just stopping the fight in Torak's throne room by jugging... sumersaulting into the air and landing as Beldin and the balls becoming Fireballs....

that scene made me a real fan of Beldin :)

Something giant, something that conveys the "vastness of space and time." The Star Wars universe was very small and cozy, kinda like a Western . . . yes, there's a giant desert out there, but there's only one saloon in town.

The only film which ever really made me feel that was the original "Alien". Being a kid, seeing that in 1979 or so . . . wow. Scared the heck out of us, but the sense of mystery was even better than the scare factor.

Two books that have the "vibe" to them:

"Rendezvous with Rama" -- Strangely, Arthur C. Clarke hasn't been filmed since 2001 (though "Independance Day" did owe something to "Childhood's End")

Gregory Benford-- "Against the Sea of Suns" would be a good example, though there are many more.

Dragonlance novels, GG Kay's Fionavar Trilogy and umm The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen Donaldson.  I added a quote below about Mirror of Her Dreams. :) -DR

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Now, in a culture where women are little more than the playthings of powerful men, in a castle honeycombed with secret passages and clever traps, in a kingdom threatened from without and within by enemies able to appear and vanish out of thin air, Terisa must become more than the pale reflection of a person. For the way back to Earth is closed to her. And the enemies of Mordant will stop at nothing to see her dead."

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Uh........Bleak House by Charles Dickens.......?  War and Peace?  I wonder how well a CG version of Pride & Prejudice would go over?

I would like to see Phantastes by George MacDonald in CG.  For those who don't know, George MacDonald was the forerunner of writers like Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.  MacDonald's work heavily influenced both men.  Tolkien might have been the father of modern fantasy -- but MacDonald was the grandfather.

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*"Rendezvous with Rama" -- Strangely, Arthur C. Clarke hasn't been filmed since 2001 (though "Independance Day" did owe something to "Childhood's End")

uh uh there was 2010. *

I would like a live action "Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove", a children's movie of Sabriel by Garth Nix, and a CGI version of Neuromancer by William Gibson

Philip Jose Farmer's " A Barnstormer in OZ "

OK, so most of his books could be done in CG. LOL.

I'm going to take this to a new level of childishness, but I for one would love to see a Thunder Cats CGI movie :).

If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards...checkmate!

Any novel by William Gibson, but especially Idoru, which is about a virtual pop music star followed by a rabid bunch of cyberfans linked through a Second Life-type community, although I understand someone may be developing an anime version. Gibson's most recent novel, Pattern Recognition (a bestseller), is apparently being made into a movie. Gibson is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. Bono and The Edge are big fans. Some of you may know Gibson as the author of Neuromancer (another good topic for a CG movie, it was the first novel to win all three major science fiction book awards). I think it was as visionary as any novel published in the last 25 years. In their 1990 novel The Difference Engine, he and Bruce Sterling helped popularize the "steampunk" idea -- advanced science mixed with 19th-century design and mentality. The theme has made its way into a number of Poser props, costumes and figures as well as the actual name of a Poser vendor. SS

I just read Terry Pratchetts "Bromeliad Trilogy".  I would LOOOOVE to see this in 3d!

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'Truckers' was done by Cosgrove Hall in the 90's, as a stop motion animation. Whether there were plans at the time to also make 'Diggers' and 'Wings', I don't know, but they certainly never surfaced. Still, if you can find copies of the original one, they're well worth a watch, Connie.

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Moorcock's DANCERS AT THE END OF TIME books. Witty, stylish, tons of opportunities for some wild visuals.

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I didn't know that! I'm finding some info on it... very cool :)
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IMHO Michael Moorecock's "Jewel In The Skull" series warrant a great CG film.

I also second beryld's call for Frank Herbert's "The Jesus Incident."

Finally, I'd love to see a CG adaptation of Marvel Comics' Adam Warlock series. That'd really float my boat.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Wow.  I'm surprised there are so may Belgariad fans around here.  I was always a bit embarassed about having liked that series so much.

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one scene I'd love to see, animated, acted whatever..

Feldegast just stopping the fight in Torak's throne room by jugging... sumersaulting into the air and landing as Beldin and the balls becoming Fireballs....

that scene made me a real fan of Beldin :)

Oh I'd love to see the Belgariad brought to life. But the whole connection between the Belgariad and the Mallorean was addressed by the Mallorean itself. : )  

Its feels like the same, because it was supposed to be the same because the original Prophecy became broken, and thus repeated itself until it could be set on course, which could only be accomplished by one aspect of the Prophecy overcoming the other. : )

It's not the Belgariad feeling like the Malloreon that was the problem... it was the Elenium/Tamuli feling like the Belgariad/Malloreon... :)

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I just found "Truckers" the movie. Very cool looking! I love Terry Pratchett's works. Can't wait to watch this!

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Jeff Noon's Vurt and Pollen.

I'll second the suggestion of Niven's Ringworld, with the exception of the Ringworld Throne, which I thought was complete pants.  Protector would have to be done, to make sense of Ringworld Engineers.

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Quote - Any novel by William Gibson, but especially Idoru, which is about a virtual pop music star followed by a rabid bunch of cyberfans linked through a Second Life-type community, although I understand someone may be developing an anime version. Gibson's most recent novel, Pattern Recognition (a bestseller), is apparently being made into a movie. Gibson is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. Bono and The Edge are big fans. Some of you may know Gibson as the author of Neuromancer (another good topic for a CG movie, it was the first novel to win all three major science fiction book awards). I think it was as visionary as any novel published in the last 25 years. In their 1990 novel The Difference Engine, he and Bruce Sterling helped popularize the "steampunk" idea -- advanced science mixed with 19th-century design and mentality. The theme has made its way into a number of Poser props, costumes and figures as well as the actual name of a Poser vendor. SS

 

Much as I like Gibson's work, I shied away from mentioning it.  Remeber Johnny Mnemonic? Bleah.

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I think Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is still the best example of how to make a CGI movie (rather than a movie with CGI effects). You can't get away from the human actors. CGI sets are getting much more common. CGI characters, animated and lip-synced to real actors, are even getting into TV. How about The Atrocity Archive?