Honor Harrington TV series

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:22:14 -0800, "garv" <sgarvida3.RemoveThis@comcast.net>
wrote:

 >It will never happen because it would be way to expensive. You would need
 >Bill Gates to bankroll it. Then they would put it on about 9 on Fridays
 >when their demographics are out at the bars and parties.

Bugger that. Let's choose the actress who'll take the role of Honor
Harrington. Who would you pick?

Personally, I'd pick a young woman who wouldn't mind being typecast
for the next decade, if they're going to do one season per book.


Cheers,
Alex.
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Alex Buell wrote:
 >
 > Let's choose the actress who'll take the role of Honor
 > Harrington. Who would you pick?

Someone not aging.

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:07:45 -0600, in article
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"Jeffrey MacHott" wrote:

 > garv wrote:

  > > It will never happen because it would be way to expensive. You would need
  > > Bill Gates to bankroll it. Then they would put it on about 9 on Fridays
  > > when their demographics are out at the bars and parties.

 > How do you figure? Other sci-fi tv shows have come around and done
 > rather well (for example, Babylon 5) No reason this show couldn't as
 > well. They'd have to change a few things for TV though, such as
 > compressing distances (Yaknow, where 50,000KMs looks like a couple miles
 > on screen)

SF TV is no longer in fashion. B5 was over and done with 7 years ago,
and all recent efforts to create something new in the same Universe have
fallen fairly quickly - the more recent they've been the sooner they've
failed (most recently before even a pilot was produced). Look how even
Star Trek, the most successful franchise ever, failed to sustain it's most
recent spin-off. The 90s was the decade of modern SF. This is the decade
of cop dramas. I don't see any decent SF getting off the ground any time
soon.

TV couldn't do the Honor writings justice anyway. All the nuances that
come across in the written word would largely get lost, ruined by (as
you say) visual distance compression and other things. It'd all become
technobabble of the moment, as it invariably does in the Trekniverse.
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alex.buell RemoveThis @munted.org.uk "Alex Buell" wrote:

 > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:22:14 -0800, "garv" <sgarvida3 RemoveThis @comcast.net>
 > wrote:

  > >It will never happen because it would be way to expensive. You would need
  > >Bill Gates to bankroll it. Then they would put it on about 9 on Fridays
  > >when their demographics are out at the bars and parties.

 > Bugger that. Let's choose the actress who'll take the role of Honor
 > Harrington. Who would you pick?

For appearances sake, Lucy Liu, or better still the woman from Martial
Law - Sammo's niece or whatever relation she's supposed to be.
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Raj Rijhwani wrote:
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 > alex.buell RemoveThis @munted.org.uk "Alex Buell" wrote:
  > >
  > > Let's choose the actress who'll take the role of Honor
  > > Harrington. Who would you pick?
 >
 > For appearances sake, Lucy Liu

Too old! One major feature ist the extremly youthful appearence of all
3rd-generation prolong characters.

Full-CGI will rule!

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In article <20050405.0043.6807snz.TakeThisOut@rijhwani.org>, raj.TakeThisOut@rijhwani.org
says...
 > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:07:45 -0600, in article
 > <obH2e.62770$le4.29747@fed1read04> Raguleader.TakeThisOut@netzero.net
 > "Jeffrey MacHott" wrote:
  > > How do you figure? Other sci-fi tv shows have come around and done
  > > rather well
 >
 > SF TV is no longer in fashion.

Um?

Lets list the recent SF/F shows shall we -
Alias, Lost, Dead Like Me, Veronica Mars, Joan of Arcadia, Stargate SG1,
Farscape, Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Numb3rs, Point
Pleasant, Andromeda, Carnivale... And thats just the output of North
America!

Taking into account imports we get a slew of fantastic Japanese produce.
(They know how to produce animated SF. Catch 'Full Metal Alchemist' if
you can!)

And of course, the return of Dr.Who from the BBC.

SF TV is no longer in fashion? You gota be kidding me.

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On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 02:01:25 +0100 (BST), raj.DeleteThis@rijhwani.org (Raj
Rijhwani) wrote:

 >On Sunday, in article
 > <71q051tmgj3ro0ccjooqgpkmuqvck5o5p8.DeleteThis@4ax.com>
 > alex.buell.DeleteThis@munted.org.uk "Alex Buell" wrote:

  >> Let's choose the actress who'll take the role of Honor
  >> Harrington. Who would you pick?
 >
 >For appearances sake, Lucy Liu, or better still the woman from Martial
 >Law - Sammo's niece or whatever relation she's supposed to be.

Kelly Hu. Most recently seen in TV's "The Librarian: Quest for the
Spear" as Serpent Brotherhood Member, in "X2" as Yuriko
Oyama/Deathstrike, in "Cradle 2 the Grave" as Sona, and in "The
Scorpion King" as Cassandra. Another movie, "The Underclassman", is
due this year.






Jeanne Hedge

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John Barberio wrote:
 > In article <20050405.0043.6807snz RemoveThis @rijhwani.org>, raj RemoveThis @rijhwani.org
 > says...
 >
  >>On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:07:45 -0600, in article
  >> <obH2e.62770$le4.29747@fed1read04> Raguleader RemoveThis @netzero.net
  >> "Jeffrey MacHott" wrote:
  >>
   >>>How do you figure? Other sci-fi tv shows have come around and done
   >>>rather well
  >>
  >>SF TV is no longer in fashion.
 >
 >
 > Um?
 >
 > Lets list the recent SF/F shows shall we -
 > Alias, Lost, Dead Like Me, Veronica Mars, Joan of Arcadia, Stargate SG1,
 > Farscape, Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Numb3rs, Point
 > Pleasant, Andromeda, Carnivale... And thats just the output of North
 > America!
 >
 > Taking into account imports we get a slew of fantastic Japanese produce.
 > (They know how to produce animated SF. Catch 'Full Metal Alchemist' if
 > you can!)
 >
 > And of course, the return of Dr.Who from the BBC.
 >
 > SF TV is no longer in fashion? You gota be kidding me.
 >
 > - John

Read somewhere that CSI had won some sci-fi awards too. Apparantly not
all the stuff they use to solve crimes has exactly been invented yet.

Now, an anime of Honor Harrington would be freaking sweet, and it'd fix
a lot of the problems with age of the actors, especially since Honor
ages at a much different speed than some of her peers. Characters that
she meets on Grayson in Honor of the Queen when they were in their late
20's and early 30s are going grey by the 9th or 10th books, while she is
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Jeanne Hedge <jhedge.DeleteThis@rcn.com> Spaketh Thusly:

 >On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 02:01:25 +0100 (BST), raj.DeleteThis@rijhwani.org (Raj
 >Rijhwani) wrote:
 >
  >>On Sunday, in article
  >> <71q051tmgj3ro0ccjooqgpkmuqvck5o5p8.DeleteThis@4ax.com>
  >> alex.buell.DeleteThis@munted.org.uk "Alex Buell" wrote:
 >
   >>> Let's choose the actress who'll take the role of Honor
   >>> Harrington. Who would you pick?
  >>
  >>For appearances sake, Lucy Liu, or better still the woman from Martial
  >>Law - Sammo's niece or whatever relation she's supposed to be.
 >
 >Kelly Hu. Most recently seen in TV's "The Librarian: Quest for the
 >Spear" as Serpent Brotherhood Member, in "X2" as Yuriko
 >Oyama/Deathstrike, in "Cradle 2 the Grave" as Sona, and in "The
 >Scorpion King" as Cassandra. Another movie, "The Underclassman", is
 >due this year.
Hmmmm I'm not so sure... she'd be excellent (if she can handle the part
acting-wise), you can almost see HH in this pic
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.alex-in-wonderland.com/GirlsWithGuns/Pictures/H/Text/KellyHu.html" target="_blank">http://www.alex-in-wonderland.com/GirlsWithGuns/Pictures/H/Text/KellyHu.html</a>
Imagine if that was her antique .45? (I must admit I don't see HH in those
shorts either!)
I'm not disagreeing with this selection, as she's the closest I've seen so
far, just not "it". Perhaps someone will see an unknown in some likely place
and say Aha!

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