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Well, any anti-magic should do it. I would think any force effect that prevents a touch attack, at least in some cases (like blight) or anything that would increase a Will save in others (Evil Eye). I would definitely rule that anything requiring a Will save would also need line of sight, area-effect spells too. Touch attacks proabably would already have line of sight but I think if you need touch you don't need to include that (and you could have edge cases where someone invisible gets touched by a lucky witch, for example).

Marvel Comics from the 80s:

Stuff I like: Contest of Champions, Spiderman mini-series (Kraven, Venom), X-Men (Brood aliens, Days of Future Past which I hope they don't mess up, sentinels, Hellfire Club), Dr Strange, Iron Fist, Secret Wars, Mutant Massacre, Scourge.

They are actually working on a Dr. Strange movie apparently, a friend in Hollywood says they're looking at actors, directors, etc. There was a TV movie in like the early 80's (maybe even late 70's) but it was horrifically off-canon as far as the comics went. Definitely in the "not-worthy of the source material" column.

Did someone mention comics?

Quasar

As far as the rest
I'd like to see Icerigger by Allen Dean Foster
There's Ringworld by Larry Niven
And Foundation.
The great thing about all three is there are sequels so you can make more movies!

I have to agree on a really bad movie: Battlefield Earth. I think the writers thought the book was too thick and threw it out the window and made their own version. I'm still trying to wash my brain of that horror.

Oh...and Battlefield Earth, yeah that one was so bad it was unintentionally hillarious. I remember taking a date to it and we couldn't stop laughing the whole time.

Did someone mention comics?

Quasar

As far as the rest
I'd like to see Icerigger by Allen Dean Foster
There's Ringworld by Larry Niven
And Foundation.
The great thing about all three is there are sequels so you can make more movies!

I have to agree on a really bad movie: Battlefield Earth. I think the writers thought the book was too thick and threw it out the window and made their own version. I'm still trying to wash my brain of that horror.

I actually think Ringworld would be too hard to make into a movie (although I LOVE all the books and Niven's my favorite sci-fi author). I think I'd pick World of Ptavvs, Protector or Mote in God's Eye for a Niven film, less about the characters thinking and more about the characters doing, which I think translates better to film. Mote in God's Eye would be especially good I think, since it already has a bit of noire mystery to it.

Which novels do you think would make awesome movies.....

"Elric of Melniboné" (or the whole series really) would make a good movie, mostly action, some brooding, not a lot of thought bubbles (that's difficult to write for the screen) possibly with someone like Kit Harrington in the lead role, as would "Hollow Lands"/ "Dancers at the End of Time"/ "End of All Songs" (although they'd never do it) but you could get SUPER creative with the CGI on that one! Both are series by Michael Moorcock.

"The Man Who Never Missed"/Matador series by Steve Perry.

Which novels got turn into movies and your asking 'WHY' did they do that??? There are so many better books out there!!

"Starship Troopers", it wasn't so much that I hated the movie and it didn't actually follow the novel at all, but there's so much better Heinlein out there. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" would be a great film or TV series for instance with an "Oz"-like cast.

Which good novels got turned into very poor movies.

Definitely "Battlefield Earth", not loving "The Hobbit" so far, though I liked LOTR well enough.