The Best Movies Adapted From Books/Novels

 The best Movies adapted from Books and Novels
JOHN CARTER
John Carter is a science fiction movie that tells a story about the adventures of John Carter on Mars.It's based on the book"A Princess of Mars"(Available for free download on Wattpad). The book dwells in details on John carter's experiences on mars(Barsoom), where he fights the fearless and emotionless four-armed giant warriors called 'Tharks' and where he later falls in love with the Princess of Helium"Dejah Thoris". John Carter dies several times in the book as opposed to the movie, and He is said to have lived many years without aging a day.There is a second sequel to Book called "Gods of Mars", where Carter fights with flesh eating Mars gods called 'Therns' (also available for free download on wattpad)
The Movie John Carter is directed/written by Andrew Stanton whose previous works include: Finding Nemo (2003) and WALL-E (2008).

 BOURNE
The Bourne movies are a series of action/thriller spy movies based on the character Jason Bourne,who's a former CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss. The Movies are based on the Bourne Novels written by Robert Ludlum. All of the 3 Ludlum novels were adapted to movies, each featuring Matt Damon as the Jason Bourne character. The first Bourne Novel "Bourne identity" is Available for free download on wattpad. The Bourne movies include: The Bourne Identity (2002),  The Bourne Supremacy (2004),The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and  The Bourne Legacy (2012).
Other Stars who were considered to take the role of Jason Bourne include:Russell Crowe and Sylvester Stallone.

THE HUNGER GAMES
The Hunger Games is a science fiction film directed by Gary Ross and is based on the novel by the same name written by Suzanne Collins. The Movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Donald Sutherland. According to the Hunger games producers, the last book Mockingjay, will be broken into Two movies.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of films based on The Chronicles of Narnia novels written by C. S. Lewis. ...so far 3 novels have been adapted to movies, they include: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Prince Caspian(2008) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). The movies are Set in the fictional realm of Narnia which is a fantasy world of magic with mythical creatures and talking animals.Books (yet to be adapted to movies) include;The Silver Chair (1953),The Horse and His Boy (1954),The Magician's Nephew (1955) and The Last Battle (1956).

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Its about a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on  his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.The Sherlock Holmes books include: The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes 1927,The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,. The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow.(Some of the books are available for free download on wattpad and 4share.com)
The Movies stars Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr.Watson.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA
The Twilight Saga is a series of five fantasy films based on the four Twilight series novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer.The Twilight saga series was adapted from the Novel "Twilight" which is a vampire-romance novel written by Stephenie Meyer.The novel is followed by other Meyer Twilight books_ New Moon,Twilight Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, which were all adapted to movies with Breaking Dawn Being Broken into  2parts.All the Twilight Movies star the teenage hearthrob Robert Pattinson as Edward and his lover(Now separated) Kristen Stewart _who is well Known for her unreadable pale face and coy lips.{In recent news, Kristen's parents are filing for divorce after 27 years of marriage}
 
Other Top movies based on books include: The Notebook, Lord of the Rings, Merlin/King arthur movies,The silence of the lambs, Bond  007 movies, No country for oldmen, Scarface, The GODFATHER,3.10 to YUMA, Children of Men, The Thing, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.

[Information sources: Wikipedia and Imdb ]

The Best Tv Shows Of The 90's You Should Rewatch

Part1:The Best Tv Shows of  the 90's KBC Generation,_Tv Shows you were probably addicted to But now forgot about.

Robocop
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox.Used to air on KBC in the 90's and was undoubtedly the most popular family Tv show then.
Plot
Its set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally murdered and subsequently revived by the malevolent mega-corporation OCP as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop".....
 Robocop :The movie  is set to be released in 2013.
Movie Plot>> In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him....
Will be directed by José Padilha
Written by Michael Miner
Starring: Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman

The Flash

The Flash is a 1990 American television series which used to air on KBC in the early or mid 90's(not very sure)), it starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash (Created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert), and co-starred Amanda Pays.The series was developed from the DC Comics characters.Executive producers Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo became the writers of the Flash comic book series beginning with The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #1 (2007)
Plot
The series' pilot episode features an accident in which Central City Police forensic scientist Barry Allen's crime lab is struck by lightning. Allen's electrified body is flung into and shatters a cabinet of chemicals, which are both electrified and forced to interact with each other and with his physiology when they come into physical contact with his body. He soon discovers, with the help of S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Tina McGee, that the accident has changed his body's metabolism and as a result he has gained the ability to move at superhuman speed...

THE CROW
The Crow _probably the best Action scifi Tv show to ever grace the Kenyan Tv Stations,  is a 1994 American action film directed by Alex Proyas, and also written by David J. Schow and John Shirley, and was starring Brandon Lee.It was Brandon Lee's final film appearance before his death on March 31, 1993. It was a based on the 1989 comic book of the same name by James O'Barr.In the Late 90's KBC Tv aired The Crow Show till the episode where Brandon Lee met his death. It was speculated by viewers(Myself then a teenager) that the death of The Crow was as a result of the paranormal activities displayed in the show.
While filming the last sets of the show,  Lee was fatally wounded when a dummy bullet, which had lodged in one of the prop guns, was shot into his abdomen by a blank cartridge accidentally.(I still don't believe that..The Crow was not your normal Tv show).After sustaining the '"accidental??" gunshot wound,he was taken to an area hospital, where he later died.  [Sound tracks to The Crow Tv show include songs from the Rock band Rage against the machine(RATM), who's lead guitarist _Tom Morrello, is a nephew of the 1st president of Kenya_Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.

PASIONS
Pasions is one of the Best Romance Tv shows to air on Kenyan Tv Stations. Its an American Soap about the lives and loves, the various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of a town called Harmony. Storylines center around the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families — the African American,Caucasian Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds — as well as the supernatural including town witch Tabitha Lenox. Passions debuted in 1999 with major fanfare. Creator Reilly had been credited for a large surge in the ratings for the Tv Show Days of our Lives years before, thanks to innovative storylines[ like that of heroine Dr. Marlena Evans being possessed by Satan that drew new viewers] ...In the early days of the show, Passions heroine Sheridan Crane is identified as a close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales.Sheridan recalls speaking to Diana on the phone immediately prior to the 1997 car accident which took the Princess' life..
[Personally this still ought to be my favourite Tv soap.>>Used to air on KBC back in 2002(If i recall correctly)_ 30 mins episodes aired at 12.30 pm and a repeat at 6.30 pm every weekday.]

GARGOYLES
Gargoyles is arguably the Best Toon Tv show to ever air on the Kenyan screens.Its an American animated series created by Greg Weisman, produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997.Gargoyles is known for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs,melodrama and Shakespearean themes which were heavily employed throughout the series.The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as Gargoyles that turn into stone during the day.It focuses on a clan led by Goliath _in the year 994, the clan lives in a castle in medieval Scotland alongside humans, until many of them are killed by betrayal and the remainder are magically frozen into stone....A millennium later, in 1994, a billionaire (David Xanatos) buys the Gargoyles' castle and has it reconstructed atop his New York City skyscraper thus awakening the remaining 6 Gargoyles.....It used to air on KBC back in 1994 on Tuesdays at 4.15pm (correct me if am wrong) ..Ought to be the best Toon ever #Mytake

 Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a top Comedy Tv show about a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, on the "English Riviera"  which focuses around tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese), his bossy wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), a comparatively normal chambermaid Polly (Booth), and hapless Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs) ...and their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests.It was voted by industry professionals as the best British television series of all time.[Totally concur].The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom also starred in the show.  (Used to air on KBC back then before it went off air)

Kindly, Anyone with access to any of these Tv Shows (Own, For sale or know a place i can get them) Contact me at rkangwana@yahoo.com.

[Information sources: Wikipedia, Imdb and Personal experiences]