On Dec 13, 7:22 am, Doug Freyburger  wrote:   
   > Kathryn Huxtable wrote:   
   > > While I would certainly go see a movie production of the series, it   
   > > just seems a bit odd as a project to do. I have a hard time believing   
   > > that anyone raised after about 1980 could get into them.   
   > Space operas tend to do well as movies.   
   The ones we remember do.  And outside Trek & Wars... I can't remember   
   a recent space opera that did well, beside Avatar (if you count that)   
   and it was successful because of new effects (3D).   
   Chronicles of Riddick, Serenity were both in the "break even" zone,   
   give or take.   
   > Few expected Star Wars to do well.   
   And it was successful because of new effects.   
   > Alien turned into a franchise with less plot potential than Star   
   > Wars.   
   SF horror more than Space Opera.  It had 1 alien, 1 dead planet, 1   
   derelict and 1 active spaceship and 7 cast members.  Space opera needs   
   many, many more of all those things.  That costs.   
   > Lensman is the best known and richest of the space opera series   
   > in print after the TV and movie franchises.   
   And TV and movie franchises aren't guarantees of success.   
   Space opera is expensive and even then it can easily look cheap.   
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