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Scifi Channel to Make Ringworld Miniseries

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

Snaller writes "The Sci Fi Channel has listed its programming for the upcomming year, it includes the Farscape miniseries already mentioned by Slashdot, it also includes a miniseries based the legendary scifi story by Larry Niven: Ringworld. In the far future 4 travelers crash on a ring around a sun in a distant system. Shall be interesting to see how they depict the Puppeteers."

3 of 431 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sweet! by KlomDark · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ender's game is already being made into a movie by the same people as XMen2! :)

  2. Glad they waited! by CleverNickName · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's about time some one makes this.

    I've been hoping for this movie since I read the book in 1989.

    I'm glad they waited until now, though, because I'm old enough to actually be in it.

    Well, old enough to audition for it, anyway.

  3. Other Good Quotes by Valdrax · · Score: 4, Informative

    My personal favorite is:

    Louis Wu, I found your challenge verbose. In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.
    --Speaker-to-Animals, "Ringworld"

    Other good quotes (almost all of which belong to Speaker-to-Animals/Chmee):

    If you can heat some bourbon, I can drink it. If you cannot heat it, I can still drink it.
    --Speaker-to-Animals, "Ringworld"

    Exercise is wonderful. I could sit and watch it all day.
    --Louis Wu, "Ringworld"

    A docile kzin. You sought to produce a docile kzin, Nessus. If you think you have produced a docile kzin, come and rejoin us.
    --Speaker-to-Animals, "Ringworld'

    It does not disturb me to play a god. It disturbs me to play a god badly.
    --Speaker-to-Animals, "Ringworld"

    To kidnap a kzin is probably a mistake.
    --Chmeee, "The Ringworld Engineers"

    Scars are like memories. We do not have them removed.
    --Chmeee, "The Ringworld Engineers"

    Hindmost: The easy way to find out is to accelerate until something happens.
    Louis: I do not believe I heard a Pierson's puppeteer say that.
    --"The Ringworld Engineers"

    Chmeee: With such a weapon I could boil the Earth to vapor.
    Louis Wu: Shut up.
    Chmeee: It was a natural thought, Louis.
    --"The Ringworld Engineers"

    Chmeee: Furthermore, they [kzinti] of the Map of Earth have fulfilled an ancient daydream of my people.
    Louis: Oh?
    Chmeee: Conquering Earth, you idiot.
    --"The Ringworld Engineers"

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