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Dagnammit - I thought it was going to be a video version, but it's just audio. As a John Wyndham fan, I reckon it's about time there was a film version of The

Dagnammit - I thought it was going to be a video version, but it's just audio. As a John Wyndham fan, I reckon it's about time there was a film version of The Kraken Wakes.

johntfella 3y ago
it would be pretty cool to see netflix or amazon pick up the various forgotten stories of Wyndham, hell even some HP Lovecraft. Lately I've been buying up vintage books and vinyls to give to nephew as he enters the age of discovery so to speak. what I linked I just thought was too neat not to share. hope others enjoy it as much as I did.
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- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  The Chrysalids would be another choice of mine to be filmed - a post-apocalyptic coming of age drama. I'm a big Lovecraft fan and have tried to watch as many of the video versions as possible, but most of the adaptations turn out to be fairly rubbish. Color Out of Space was good fun though. I think the best Lovecraftian films are not directly related and I'd recommend AM1200 as an excellent short that gives a really good Lovecraftian feel.
Flow 3y ago
There's a game based on The Kraken Wakes, released early 2023. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100380/The_Kraken_Wakes/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100380/The_Kraken_Wakes/
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  Shame it doesn't look to have SteamDeck support or hasn't been tested for that.
olddustytrail 3y ago
I recently watched Chocky on youtube. I kind of forgot that 80s children's TV in the UK had no problems being disturbing. Mind you, we also had Jim'll Fix It so a bit of horror wasn't the worst.
- Gordonjcp 3y ago
  There was a *phenomenal* series called How To Be Cool in the mid-80s, written by Philip Pullman, about a rather disturbing group called The National Cool Board (a play on words from The National Coal Board), profoundly weird shit. Unfortunately it had Gary Glitter in it playing a fairly major character so unless someone dumps a ropey old VHS of it onto Youtube it's never going to be seen outside of Granada Television's deepest murkiest vaults.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  There's a couple of follow on series, Chocky's Children and Chocky's Challenge.
dcminter 3y ago
Couldn't agree more - make the central characters TV reporters instead of radio, tweak it a bit, and bob's your uncle a parable about global warming. Though I'd love to see it done as a faithful alternate history/retro-futurism thing too.
Gordonjcp 3y ago
You own a bunch of high-def video cameras already. Go make it.
MrVandemar 3y ago
I always find the special effects are better on the audio-only versions.

Dagnammit - I thought it was going to be a video version, but it's just audio. As a John Wyndham fan, I reckon it's about time there was a film version of The Kraken Wakes.

johntfella 3y ago

it would be pretty cool to see netflix or amazon pick up the various forgotten stories of Wyndham, hell even some HP Lovecraft. Lately I've been buying up vintage books and vinyls to give to nephew as he enters the age of discovery so to speak. what I linked I just thought was too neat not to share. hope others enjoy it as much as I did.

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ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
The Chrysalids would be another choice of mine to be filmed - a post-apocalyptic coming of age drama. I'm a big Lovecraft fan and have tried to watch as many of the video versions as possible, but most of the adaptations turn out to be fairly rubbish. Color Out of Space was good fun though. I think the best Lovecraftian films are not directly related and I'd recommend AM1200 as an excellent short that gives a really good Lovecraftian feel.

Flow 3y ago

There's a game based on The Kraken Wakes, released early 2023. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100380/The_Kraken_Wakes/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100380/The_Kraken_Wakes/

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
Shame it doesn't look to have SteamDeck support or hasn't been tested for that.

olddustytrail 3y ago

I recently watched Chocky on youtube. I kind of forgot that 80s children's TV in the UK had no problems being disturbing. Mind you, we also had Jim'll Fix It so a bit of horror wasn't the worst.

Gordonjcp 3y ago
There was a *phenomenal* series called How To Be Cool in the mid-80s, written by Philip Pullman, about a rather disturbing group called The National Cool Board (a play on words from The National Coal Board), profoundly weird shit. Unfortunately it had Gary Glitter in it playing a fairly major character so unless someone dumps a ropey old VHS of it onto Youtube it's never going to be seen outside of Granada Television's deepest murkiest vaults.
ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
There's a couple of follow on series, Chocky's Children and Chocky's Challenge.

dcminter 3y ago

Couldn't agree more - make the central characters TV reporters instead of radio, tweak it a bit, and bob's your uncle a parable about global warming. Though I'd love to see it done as a faithful alternate history/retro-futurism thing too.

Gordonjcp 3y ago

You own a bunch of high-def video cameras already. Go make it.

MrVandemar 3y ago

I always find the special effects are better on the audio-only versions.