Mar 24, 2010 |
This one’s a really simple idea: a film adaptation of the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison.
The books are science fiction comedy/action/adventure stories about a witty and charming con artist in the distant future, who is himself conned into working for an intergalactic law enforcement authority – the Special Corps, whose entire method is to send a thief to catch a thief.
The main character, ‘Slippery’ Jim di Griz is the eponymous rat, whose attempts to catch the bad guy, escape his new ’employers’ (and the alternative of incarceration) – as well as his explosive interactions with his fellow criminals and his love interest – the even more sociopathic Angelina – would make for a fantastic, fast-paced action/comedy film.
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Mar 22, 2010 |
Photo by rockcreek
I don’t own a television set, and while I do watch the odd show, it’s usually at a rate of about one or two programmes per week, give or take – and never on any particular schedule.*
If I have a bit of downtime, and my brain isn’t up to much, I’ll head to iPlayer for a panel show comedy of some kind, or a light and fluffy documentary programme like that Wonders of the Solar System thing I enjoyed half an hour of over the weekend.
But I love great television. Especially well-written television. I’m a huge Joss Whedon fan, I’m blown away by pretty much anything that Jane Espenson turns her hand to (with the possible exception of Andy Barker, PI) and I think Aaron Sorkin‘s a bit of a genius. I think the medium is capable of some fantastic long-arc storytelling, and some of it is easily the equal of some of the best cinema out there. Often it’s even better.
My problem is one of time. But I have an idea that provides me with a very simple solution to that…
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