#screen adaptation

[lvthkllr]

I’m gonna get controversial and say that it’s actually not important that you read the book before watching the show because Jacob, Connor, & Hudson are doing such a good job at conveying the internal thoughts and motivations for these characters; it’s all available to you as a viewer onscreen

However, it is important that you interact with the fandom; get whatever context you’re missing from the fandom because these people know this text, they’ve studied it, they’ve been inspired by it, they love it, they want new fans to enjoy these characters and stories more than anyone else

[brian-in-finance]

The Irish Mail

With production to begin next year at the earliest, Ms Chambers said casting is still 'wide open. But she put forward some fantastic Irish actresses' she thinks could fit the bill.

'Saoirse Ronan, Caitríona Balfe, Elaine Cassidy... there's so many women of that stature.

'Everybody now knows about Grace O'Malley, and I would imagine they would all jump at the chance to bring their own distinct talent to that.

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Remember… O’Malley's story will finally be told on screen (it may yet be a film, a TV series or both), with Oscar nominee Kirsten Sheridan on board to direct a Wild Atlantic Pictures production.

[destialpal]

I have this habit of trying to cast whatever it is I’m reading for a hypothetical screen adaptation literally no matter what it is I will find a way. Well for aftg i really struggle bc I’ll see someone who I think could potentially “play” Neil and then I google and they’re fucking 5’10”

The blessing and the curse of Nora choosing our main dudes to be 5’3” and 5 foot even like what on earth

[silentoverthink]

It’s frustrating when some TV and film creators adapt a book thinking they understand it better than the author. They change characters, cut key scenes, or add things that weren’t in the original. As a result, the story’s heart and soul get lost.

Of course, not all adaptations are bad—some update the story while staying true to the book’s core. But too often, the original message disappears.

And then they sell it as "based on the book", although only the title remains. I wish good stories were respected, not rewritten.

[acourtofquestions]

I imagine Celaena finally seeing the sun after a year in Endovier must’ve looked a lot like this…

…The utter joy to see the sky & marveling at the world. The wonder of it still managing to light up the eyes of someone who has seen the very worst of it. It’s no wonder both Chaol & Dorian fell in love with her … how could you not love that?

[ladyjune]

Begging Hollywood to stop adapting books I like to screen

[vizrecon]

[lerry-hazel]

No good old book is safe from modern television :-(

I guess it’s my problem that, talented and handsome as he is, David Tennant on his own is not enough to keep me invested;

but to me 2021 adaptation of “Around The World in 80 Days” feels like someone read the acclaimed masterpiece of adventure literature and concluded they could probably force-feed it to modern audience – if they changed pretty much everything about it,

starting with replacing the famously unperturbable leading character with an angsty helpless idiot prone to random bouts of misplaced overconfidence.

Basically, Jules Verne’s world is full of wonder and delight that generous progress has suddenly brought within our reach;

 Ashley Pharoah’s world is full of cruelty, injustice and heinousness, and – regardless of beautiful landscapes and phony happy ending – doesn’t seem worthy to leave the comfort of your home for.

Also featuring, tedious side-quests rendered useless by the very nature of the narrative, and glaring plotholes preemptively inexcusable by the fact of not existing in the book.  

They didn’t even have an elephant, heh