▲ 84 ▼ Which books have the worst video adaptation? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by abbadon420@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it's definitely the Dark Tower, but the Golden Compas was also a huge letdown.
[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (4 children) I've heard nothing but bad things about Amazon Prime's "Wheel of Time" adaptation. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine taking a beloved classic fantasy series and handing the material off to the CW for adaptation and you've got the gist of Amazon's WoT series. It's pretty, it's vapid and there's a whole pile of extra teenage soap opera drama thrown into season 1 for no real reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same thing that happened with the Shannara TV show. MTV wanted a kid friendly fantasy romance competitor to GoT, so they butchered a series that's basically none of those things. They also started with book 2 for whatever reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I imagine they couldn’t get the rights to The Lord of the Rings in order to adapt book 1 of Shannara. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago What? No it's totally different, our Gandalf is named Allanon and he's a Druid, not a Wizard. Druids get a d8. And the Warlock Lord's Skull Bearers are definitely not Nazgul, they fly with wings not horses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Drusas@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first episode was enough for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've hate-watched all of it. It's not good, some things are wrenching departures the books, but there's also been parts of it they adapted well I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think anyone who has never read the books would enjoy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I watched the first season, loved it, read the books, watched the show again and was a bit disappointed by some of the changes. I’ll watch the whole series though and think of it as a different turn of the wheel. It’s a decent series imho it just isn’t a one to one translation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago yeah I find I can enjoy it if I just try not to think about the series. The big issue is the way gender worked in the universe (fictional universe for anyone who is going to get triggered) with magic. By having her search for boys and girls it discounts a pretty large plot point later. Not sure how they are going to deal with it when it comes up other than gloss over it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorque@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago How far did they take the teen drama aspect of it? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I almost hear nothing good about the books themselves these days. Everyone liked them when I first got into them... 😥 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Braid tugging and poorly written female characters aside, a very large number of the interpersonal problems in those books could be solved in anybody ever talked to each other. The nobody ever trusts anybody or talks about an issue gets kind of irritating. Even if he was going for realism it is pretty over the top. Kind of like how a large number of Seinfeld episodes would be over in five minutes if they had cell phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rokk@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I actually find one of the interesting parts of the books being the kind of way that misinformation can spread across the country. Like a character does one thing and that action gets attributed to a whole bunch of different people by different characters. But yea, I'm on book 9 now and definitely a bit frustrated with nobody just talking about things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I really like the second season. And did like the book series. I think a TV show has to move faster, it's an adaptation not a recreation. So it's a different story but it works. Not the first season, that was not good but the next one I enjoyed so much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine taking a beloved classic fantasy series and handing the material off to the CW for adaptation and you've got the gist of Amazon's WoT series. It's pretty, it's vapid and there's a whole pile of extra teenage soap opera drama thrown into season 1 for no real reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same thing that happened with the Shannara TV show. MTV wanted a kid friendly fantasy romance competitor to GoT, so they butchered a series that's basically none of those things. They also started with book 2 for whatever reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I imagine they couldn’t get the rights to The Lord of the Rings in order to adapt book 1 of Shannara. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago What? No it's totally different, our Gandalf is named Allanon and he's a Druid, not a Wizard. Druids get a d8. And the Warlock Lord's Skull Bearers are definitely not Nazgul, they fly with wings not horses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same thing that happened with the Shannara TV show. MTV wanted a kid friendly fantasy romance competitor to GoT, so they butchered a series that's basically none of those things. They also started with book 2 for whatever reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I imagine they couldn’t get the rights to The Lord of the Rings in order to adapt book 1 of Shannara. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago What? No it's totally different, our Gandalf is named Allanon and he's a Druid, not a Wizard. Druids get a d8. And the Warlock Lord's Skull Bearers are definitely not Nazgul, they fly with wings not horses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I imagine they couldn’t get the rights to The Lord of the Rings in order to adapt book 1 of Shannara. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago What? No it's totally different, our Gandalf is named Allanon and he's a Druid, not a Wizard. Druids get a d8. And the Warlock Lord's Skull Bearers are definitely not Nazgul, they fly with wings not horses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago What? No it's totally different, our Gandalf is named Allanon and he's a Druid, not a Wizard. Druids get a d8. And the Warlock Lord's Skull Bearers are definitely not Nazgul, they fly with wings not horses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drusas@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first episode was enough for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've hate-watched all of it. It's not good, some things are wrenching departures the books, but there's also been parts of it they adapted well I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think anyone who has never read the books would enjoy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I watched the first season, loved it, read the books, watched the show again and was a bit disappointed by some of the changes. I’ll watch the whole series though and think of it as a different turn of the wheel. It’s a decent series imho it just isn’t a one to one translation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago yeah I find I can enjoy it if I just try not to think about the series. The big issue is the way gender worked in the universe (fictional universe for anyone who is going to get triggered) with magic. By having her search for boys and girls it discounts a pretty large plot point later. Not sure how they are going to deal with it when it comes up other than gloss over it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorque@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago How far did they take the teen drama aspect of it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've hate-watched all of it. It's not good, some things are wrenching departures the books, but there's also been parts of it they adapted well I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think anyone who has never read the books would enjoy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I watched the first season, loved it, read the books, watched the show again and was a bit disappointed by some of the changes. I’ll watch the whole series though and think of it as a different turn of the wheel. It’s a decent series imho it just isn’t a one to one translation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago yeah I find I can enjoy it if I just try not to think about the series. The big issue is the way gender worked in the universe (fictional universe for anyone who is going to get triggered) with magic. By having her search for boys and girls it discounts a pretty large plot point later. Not sure how they are going to deal with it when it comes up other than gloss over it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorque@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago How far did they take the teen drama aspect of it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think anyone who has never read the books would enjoy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I watched the first season, loved it, read the books, watched the show again and was a bit disappointed by some of the changes. I’ll watch the whole series though and think of it as a different turn of the wheel. It’s a decent series imho it just isn’t a one to one translation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago yeah I find I can enjoy it if I just try not to think about the series. The big issue is the way gender worked in the universe (fictional universe for anyone who is going to get triggered) with magic. By having her search for boys and girls it discounts a pretty large plot point later. Not sure how they are going to deal with it when it comes up other than gloss over it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teft@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I watched the first season, loved it, read the books, watched the show again and was a bit disappointed by some of the changes. I’ll watch the whole series though and think of it as a different turn of the wheel. It’s a decent series imho it just isn’t a one to one translation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago yeah I find I can enjoy it if I just try not to think about the series. The big issue is the way gender worked in the universe (fictional universe for anyone who is going to get triggered) with magic. By having her search for boys and girls it discounts a pretty large plot point later. Not sure how they are going to deal with it when it comes up other than gloss over it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago yeah I find I can enjoy it if I just try not to think about the series. The big issue is the way gender worked in the universe (fictional universe for anyone who is going to get triggered) with magic. By having her search for boys and girls it discounts a pretty large plot point later. Not sure how they are going to deal with it when it comes up other than gloss over it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorque@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago How far did they take the teen drama aspect of it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I almost hear nothing good about the books themselves these days. Everyone liked them when I first got into them... 😥 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Braid tugging and poorly written female characters aside, a very large number of the interpersonal problems in those books could be solved in anybody ever talked to each other. The nobody ever trusts anybody or talks about an issue gets kind of irritating. Even if he was going for realism it is pretty over the top. Kind of like how a large number of Seinfeld episodes would be over in five minutes if they had cell phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rokk@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I actually find one of the interesting parts of the books being the kind of way that misinformation can spread across the country. Like a character does one thing and that action gets attributed to a whole bunch of different people by different characters. But yea, I'm on book 9 now and definitely a bit frustrated with nobody just talking about things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Braid tugging and poorly written female characters aside, a very large number of the interpersonal problems in those books could be solved in anybody ever talked to each other. The nobody ever trusts anybody or talks about an issue gets kind of irritating. Even if he was going for realism it is pretty over the top. Kind of like how a large number of Seinfeld episodes would be over in five minutes if they had cell phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rokk@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I actually find one of the interesting parts of the books being the kind of way that misinformation can spread across the country. Like a character does one thing and that action gets attributed to a whole bunch of different people by different characters. But yea, I'm on book 9 now and definitely a bit frustrated with nobody just talking about things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rokk@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I actually find one of the interesting parts of the books being the kind of way that misinformation can spread across the country. Like a character does one thing and that action gets attributed to a whole bunch of different people by different characters. But yea, I'm on book 9 now and definitely a bit frustrated with nobody just talking about things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I really like the second season. And did like the book series. I think a TV show has to move faster, it's an adaptation not a recreation. So it's a different story but it works. Not the first season, that was not good but the next one I enjoyed so much. permalink fedilink source parent