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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoIf someone’s makin’ a Niven movie, they’re doin’ Ringworld. But the Integral Trees would make a better spectacle on the big screen.
minus-squarehitstun@fedia.ioOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago If someone’s makin’ a Niven movie, they’re doin’ Ringworld. Wouldn’t that just be Halo, lol I don’t follow sci-fi novels, but it seems this Larry Niven guy has a knack for well-realized worlds in interesting situations. They’re good thought experiments. If a movie is made of one of his novels, they had better get the physics perfect.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoNiven didn’t even get the physics perfect. He had to write a sequel to Ringworld because of how many fans pointed out how it wasn’t stable.
If someone’s makin’ a Niven movie, they’re doin’ Ringworld.
But the Integral Trees would make a better spectacle on the big screen.
Wouldn’t that just be Halo, lol
I don’t follow sci-fi novels, but it seems this Larry Niven guy has a knack for well-realized worlds in interesting situations. They’re good thought experiments. If a movie is made of one of his novels, they had better get the physics perfect.
Niven didn’t even get the physics perfect. He had to write a sequel to Ringworld because of how many fans pointed out how it wasn’t stable.