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Chronicles of Amber TV series in the making

Started by Soylent Green, July 20, 2016, 04:28:19 PM

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finarvyn

#15
July 22, 2016, 07:35:51 AM
I'm a huge fan of Amber, so this excites me quite a bit. I'm not sure if they will do a "good" job or if their images will match the images in my head, but I've long feared that the Amber franchise is fading away and this TV series would seem to be a way to reverse that trend. Looking forward to seeing what they can put together! :)
Marv / Finarvyn
Kingmaker of Amber
I'm pretty much responsible for the S&W WB rules.
Amber Diceless Player since 1993
OD&D Player since 1975

DavetheLost

#16
July 22, 2016, 08:28:09 AM
Maybe we will see an Amber RPG published by a company people actually want to do business with.

JesterRaiin

#17
July 22, 2016, 12:38:42 PM
Come on guys.

Corwin. Who should be cast as Corwin? ;)

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daniel_ream

#18
July 22, 2016, 01:59:50 PM
Once upon a time I'd have suggested Bruce Campbell.  He has the look and the sardonic mien, but he's gotten way too old.  Remember, for all the scions of Amber you need someone who can pass as "mid-thirties".  I don't know enough young actors.
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crkrueger

#19
July 22, 2016, 02:15:57 PM
Actors still in their 30s, hmm.  Most of the usual Amber suspects are in their 40s.  Here's a list of 30's

Lot of guys there that could play an amazing piehole.
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daniel_ream

#20
July 22, 2016, 02:21:11 PM
I was actually just thinking Andrew Garfield for Random. (My first choice was Denis Leary XD )
D&D is becoming Self-Referential.  It is no longer Setting Referential, where it takes references outside of itself. It is becoming like Ouroboros in its self-gleaning for tropes, no longer attached, let alone needing outside context.
~ Opaopajr

DavetheLost

#21
July 22, 2016, 05:48:57 PM
Damn it! Now I have to reread the Chronicles of Amber and try to find my copy of Amber Diceless RPG. Oh, my life is constant suffering.

remial

#22
July 22, 2016, 10:01:47 PM
I could see Matthew Gray Gubler as Random pretty easily...
Sean Bean as Oberon?

finarvyn

#23
July 23, 2016, 09:52:17 AM
My daughter has gotten me watching MTV's Teen Wolf show and they have actors in their late 20's who are playing teenagers. I suspect that this would be the kind of approach they would take for an Amber series -- they need folks who won't show real aging for several years, and they want folks who won't cost them a lot to cast. (Probably not as young as in TW, but you get the idea.)

I would love to see someone like Sean Bean as Oberon, but I suspect he would be too high-priced and we'll wind up with a cast of unknowns. When I watch Walking Dead I hardly ever see an actor I recognize from anywhere else...
Marv / Finarvyn
Kingmaker of Amber
I'm pretty much responsible for the S&W WB rules.
Amber Diceless Player since 1993
OD&D Player since 1975

DavetheLost

#24
July 23, 2016, 10:27:20 AM
A cast of unknowns could be good. Look at Tim Burton's Batman and tell me you don't see the villain as "Jack Nicholson in makeup".  Unknowns carry less baggage with them.

daniel_ream

#25
July 23, 2016, 10:52:13 AM
Quote from: remial;909555Sean Bean as Oberon?

Well, Ganelon.  I don't think we ever see Oberon as Oberon at any point in the Corwin chronicles.
D&D is becoming Self-Referential.  It is no longer Setting Referential, where it takes references outside of itself. It is becoming like Ouroboros in its self-gleaning for tropes, no longer attached, let alone needing outside context.
~ Opaopajr

JesterRaiin

#26
July 23, 2016, 01:23:39 PM
Quote from: daniel_ream;909600Well, Ganelon.  I don't think we ever see Oberon as Oberon at any point in the Corwin chronicles.

In "9 Princes" Corwin studies Oberon's Trump card and exchanges a few words with him. Depending on how the director would approach that, it's a possibility for Oberon's presentation.

And heck, Sean Bean would be great as Oberon.

I'd also want to see Johnny Deep as Random. :D

And Kim Kold as Gerard. :cool:
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finarvyn

#27
July 23, 2016, 02:57:13 PM
Quote from: JesterRaiin;909608In "9 Princes" Corwin studies Oberon's Trump card and exchanges a few words with him. Depending on how the director would approach that, it's a possibility for Oberon's presentation.
I agree. With the perspective of all ten novels to draw from, I can see a director trying to use foreshadow and blending together events from book to book instead of a straight linear retelling of the story. Who knows which characters might appear in which places in the series storyline.
Marv / Finarvyn
Kingmaker of Amber
I'm pretty much responsible for the S&W WB rules.
Amber Diceless Player since 1993
OD&D Player since 1975

Thondor

#28
July 23, 2016, 10:23:23 PM
Colour me very interested.

Also makes me want to run another Amber game -- only ever ran the one. Man I love those books. Got some audio recordings of the first five I should dig up, maybe I can find a way to listen to them on the drive to GenCon.

One has to wonder just how psychedelic they'll make some of the walking through shadow. From a story point, the most interesting thing may be that we get to see events from multiple perspectives. I suspect it will be fairly linear, there's enough stuff going on that making it too blended might be deemed "confusing"" but you never know.

As for Kirkman being involved . . . I've never been interested in Walking Dead, but I enjoy my monthly dose of Invincible.

daniel_ream

#29
July 24, 2016, 01:11:25 PM
Quote from: Thondor;909636From a story point, the most interesting thing may be that we get to see events from multiple perspectives.

I think this could make or break the show.  Much of what makes Amber what it is is the First Person Unreliable Narrator.
D&D is becoming Self-Referential.  It is no longer Setting Referential, where it takes references outside of itself. It is becoming like Ouroboros in its self-gleaning for tropes, no longer attached, let alone needing outside context.
~ Opaopajr
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