#Adaptive-network

[commodorez]

Oldschool, yet anachronistic networking practices.

[mwagneto]

i just need the general population of tumblr to know that the CW of destiel fame is doing a sherlock holmes adaptation and despite being a certified expert i genuinely cannot tell if they're queerbaiting Holmes/Watson or actually going for it and i can't decide which one would be funnier

[danidoodles124]

did some adventure time characters in my style :)

close ups below 👇

[rosewind2007]

I loved Sherlock Holmes in the original books, which I first read in the 1970s

My Doctor (in my heart) will always truly be Tom Baker

Loki was one of my favourite (not technically a god) gods some three decades before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was even a thing

I argued as a child about whether Darth Vader could have a redemption arc

I read and re-read my 1990s copy of Good Omens until it fell apart

I am OLD, and damnit—if they do make Murderbot into a TV series I will welcome newcomers to the fandom with arms wide open: because they’ll have very bit as much right to be in it as anyone else

[ofspacecrafts]

Back to reiterate my opinion that Will Trent is a good show but a bad adaptation.

[mysticdragon3md3]

[letrune]

How I would adapt House of Leaves to television

A miniseries with three segments:

The Navidson Record. It is this found-footage-esque horror of the weird house itself.

Zampanò's comments and reenactment of the Navidson Record.

Johnny's vlogs and reenacted events and stuff that happened to him.

As the episodes go on, these three parts shift between each other. As in the book, more and more screentime is taken over by the third one, eventually forming a meta-arc.

An entire episode that starts with the Navidson Record, interjected by Johnny's in-the-corner commentary, which eventually turns out to be longer than the actual footage of the Navidson Record in the story itself.

Screen next to screen, with multiple different arcs going on at the same time.

Will Navidson says a sentence, cut to Zampanó's reenactment of the same scene being different, which stops mid-sentence to Johnny's comments, which then turns into a short story, then we DON'T finish the second layer of reenactments.

Maybe even a fourth layer on top, a "making-of", which starts straight enough, but turns out to be a fictionalised version of the very series itself.

But that is just my take. Maybe others got better ideas. I mean, there is a reason why Mark Z. Danielewski doesn't let us into this house.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

The Social Network (2010, David Fincher)

29/08/2024

[doubledaybooks]

"drop the THE... it's cleaner"

[sminny-wew]

Idk if this is a super hot take or not, but given that Battle Network already has more of a completed story compared to other Mega Man series, I'd be perfectly content with never getting a new mainline MMBN game if we instead got a new animated adaptation that stuck closer to the game canon (and included Network Transmission, Battle Chip Challenge, and both mobile games) than NT Warrior did

I know the odds of Capcom even doing something like this are low but god dAMMIT I NEED TO HEAR THE WORDS "SAITO-NIISAN" SPOKEN OUT LOUD AGAIN PLEASE MY CROPS ARE DYING

[s10127470]

Disrespectful Adaptations (Continued)

So picking where we last left off, upon hearing about The CW Powerpuff Girls series, pretty much everyone went....

For starters, this was literally announced a year after the last reboot had ended.

So this was WAY too soon to do.

And there's also the fact that the show would be on THE CW!

The CW is generally regarded as the bottom of the barrel of television.

Well, scripted television.

Apart from a few shows like Supernatural, The 100, The Vampire Diaries, iZombie, Everybody Hates Chris, and Superman and Lois, just about everything else The CW has made has either been at best, mediocre and painfully average, or at worse, so God-forsakenly awful, that it'll make you wish television was never even invented.

From some of the worst writing you'll ever see on television, to pretty obvious shoe-string budgets.

And not helping the show's case was its premise.

The show would see The Powerpuff Girls as 20-somethings left disillusioned by their childhood and now having to reunite in order to save Townsville from a new threat.

From that description alone, this show seemed like it was gonna be yet another gritty and realistic adaptation of a beloved classic property.

Which at that point, people were already tired of seeing.

Not helping was that The CW was home to one of the most well-known entries of that trope.

However, one of the most surprising aspects of this upcoming show was that it actually got a blessing and support from the creator of the OG series himself, Craig McCracken.

I forgot to mention this last time, but while he wasn't very vocal about it, Craig HATED the 2016 reboot for how transparently profit-driven it was.

Though you're probably wondering why he didn't come back to serve as the showrunner for the reboot.

Well that's because he was wrapping up production on his latest show at the time, Wander Over Yonder, over at Disney.

And even with that, he probably didn't want to join the crew because once again, he knew how cyncially-driven the reboot was.

And even if he was onboard for the series, I feel like he wouldn't even have much say in anything.

The reboot generally feels like it was more driven by the higher-ups at Cartoon Network rather than the actual crew.

But back on topic, Craig surprisingly gave his blessing to the upcoming show.

He said that it would've been different enough to not taint the original series.

And you can kinda see where he's coming from.

One of the MANY flaws of the 2016 reboot was that it had a bit of an identity crisis.

It was clearly trying to still be like the OG series, but that failed miserably due to how much they half-assed just about everything that made it so great!

But everything changed when in May of 2021, almost an entire year after the CW series was announced, the script of the pilot was leaked online.

And reaction it got was something to behold.....

People's expectations for this series were already not very high, given everything I just said, but this pilot script was the definition of.....

One thing that was a surprise to people was that the script wasn't really all too gritty as they were expecting.

It was actually going for a more comedic and campy tone.

And like almost everything The CW does, it failed miserably at it.

The "humor" is the epitome of modern movie/TV show humor.

Where everyone is constantly quippy and being quirky.

Because literally everyone wants to be the next Joss Whedon.

Which like, why would you?

And the writing was just the purest form of ass.

Just like many of The CW's shows, the script reeked off trying WAY too hard to relate and be hip with the young adult audience it was obviously aiming for.

You can so tell this was written by a bunch of out-of-touch, middle-aged/old white people.....

But where the writing really falls is with the drama and conflict.

The entire conflict of the pilot and eventual series is The Girls having to confront their childhood, as they never got to have a proper one due to Professor Utonium exploiting them.

And not in that way thankfully!

Two things to note here.

This is completely antithetical to the original cartoon. While yes, The Girls did fight crime all the time, they still got to be normal kids! They went to school, they had friends, and they had a bedtime!

This just reeks of pretentiousness. You know those particular fans/viewers? The ones who think EVERY piece of media needs to be as logical and realistic as possible and have themes? Yeah this script is FUMING with that! Like, who the hell asked to see the exploration of complex emotions and childhood trauma in the fucking Powerpuff Girls of all things?! I swear. The people who wrote this would probably unironically say the "you need a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" phrase. And if I ever met those people, I would give them a swirlie.

But the worst aspect of the script is the characterization.

The Girls themselves don't feel or act like the ones from the original series.

Bubbles especially, given how she's now a washed-up TV star desperately trying to relive the glory days of her childhood.

And the other characters aren't much better.

What they did to Professor Utonium where should be qualified as a crime.

They took easily one of the best fathers in cartoon history, and made him into a total piece of shit!

He exploited his own daughters for the sake of profit and started creating more monsters for them to fight after he accidentally drained their trust funds, which they were suppose to receive on their 25th birthday!

And you know how I emphasized that The Professor didn't exploit the Girls in the way most of you were probably thinking?

Well, that was because of the unfortunate first name he was given for this show.....

Ms. Bellum was just.....there.

And Mojo Jojo literally gets killed off and the main villain is now his son, Jojo, who becomes the new mayor of Townsville.

Whatever happened to The Mayor we know? I don't know. I don't think even they explain it.

Now with all that being said, this adaptation is already sounding pretty disrespectful to the original.

But what truly makes this adaptation disrespectful is one particular line…..

When talking about how The Professor exploited them, The Girls mentioned one of the merchandising they got was a cartoon, which totally WHITEWASHED them.

Somebody wrote that.

An actual human being wrote that.

The moment I heard that line, I lowkey wanted to crash out.

It’s no surprise that a lot of live-action adaptations of beloved IPs then to have a track record of carrying this sense of contempt and embarrassment for their source material.

Because as we all know, nothing that isn’t live-action is worthy of any sort of respect.

But this may be the first time I’ve heard an adaptation just….flat out say it.

The fact they claim the original series whitewashed them is not only insanely insulting, but makes no goddamn sense!

It came out almost 23 years before this adaptation did.

It only applies to two of the three girls!

Plus they’re straight up saying THEY’RE the real Powerpuff Girls, which just REEKS of ego.

But the worst part about this line is just how insulting it is to Craig and the many talented people who worked on the original.

Like, imagine how Craig must’ve felt reading that line.

Not only putting down the original series and saying they’re the true versions of the characters, but also lowkey calling him and everyone who worked on that show racist.

Seriously, whoever came up with the line needs to get drag out into the street and shot.

I’m certain Craig was like goddamn Homelander after he watched that movie after reading the script.

And that appears to be the case given that in 2022, it would announced that The Powerpuff Girls would not only be getting ANOTHER damn reboot, but this time with Craig coming back to helm it!

I think it’s safe to say the reason why is because he’s so damn sick of seeing his creation continually being mishandled.

And like, can you blame him?

But anyway, the near-universal scorn the leaked script rightfully got resulted in The CW announcing that they would be rewriting it.

And this was a surprise to many.

The CW has like, no standards whatsoever!

Why do you think we had seven seasons of this?!

So the fact that the script was so bad that even The CW believed it needed a rewrite, is genuinely telling!

But after that announcement, news on the series would be radio silent for the next two years.

As a result of this, many people speculated that the series was cancelled.

And those speculations would be confirmed when in the summer of 2023, it was announced that The CW Powerpuff Girls series was indeed, cancelled.

And everyone reacted the way you would probably expected:

And so, people moved on as the planned series was no longer coming out.

But as I'm sure many of you already know, discussion on the series would re-emerge when unexpectedly last month, the trailer for the series was leaked online, revealing the series was gonna be titled "Powerpuff".

As you would expect, people thought it was shit.

All the writing woes that were present in the script were all there.

But most people didn't expect the trailer to look as bad as it was.

As I mentioned before, The CW are known for working on shoe-string budgets.

And as a result, their effects leave much to be desired.

I mean, have you seen The Flash?

But even by The CW's lousy standards, the effects on Powerpuff were pretty abysmal.

Especially the flying and use of powers.

Like, people were saying that the trailer looked like a skit made by CollegeHumor and even SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!

And if my project was ever compared to Saturday Night Live in any sort of capacity, I'd probably kill myself.

The only good thing about the trailer was the fact that they got Tom Kenny to reprise his role as The Narrator.

Though I feel really bad for Tom, because I can only imagine his embarrassment with the lines he had to say.....

But that's it!

Let me know what you guys thought about this two-parter!

And let me know if there's any other disrespectful adaptations I missed.

I may make a part 2 to this.

But until then.....

[4giorno]

oh my lord, eddies texas arc isnt done yet

[inferusrf]

Tempted to look into upgrading to a newer laptop instead of just fixing the network adapter, but it's probably not in my budget

[threetrollsandadryad]

Logged onto tumblr on my work computer out of starvation for Posts

[fideidefenswhore]

Why did any nobles support KofA in the annulment? I can get priests, bishops siding with her if thinking her case was right, but what do courtiers get out of it? If it's loyalty, shouldn't loyalty to Henry come first as king? And his argument was he needs a son to stop civil war, so what's theirs? "Accept you had no son, we'll just see what happens next and hope there's no problems"? A lot of these people were Yorks, which is sus, so I'm starting to think, were they actually planning something, waiting for a chance? By supporting her, are they trying to say to Henry "Look, we support your daughter! We swear we won't do anything when you're dead!" and maybe meaning it, maybe not?

Well, this was complex, and there were different turning points for different people. As I've mentioned before, initially, Reginald Pole and Thomas More, for example (and there are probably more examples, more people that felt this way, but these are the figures of most significance), at least 'cosmetically' (I mean...Reginald Pole actually travelled to argue Henry's side, so...I think his apologists lean into 'cosmetically' pretty far, but that's just an aside) supported HVIII in the Great Matter. However, once it became clear that the matter of succession was to became inextricably linked to the separation from papal primacy, they withdrew their support.

I think also, there was a pretty strong court faction supporting the Boleyns up through Blackfriars, because many believed it was a foregone conclusion in HVIII's favour. After all, Campeggio did travel with the document attesting to his authority to annul after the trial, and he showed this to Wolsey and HVIII. Once it ended in stalemate, however...well, the future suddenly looked more uncertain and less stable. Many defected, hedging their bets that this would maybe end in COA's favour after all (and, ultimately it did, but by the point it did so it was rather a hollow victory).

Speaking of that 'hollow victory', 1529-1534 was such a nebulous time for COA, Princess Mary, and their partie(s), because the Pope did not declare either for or against the marriage until, what was it, March 1534? And had this been declared before all the Parliamentary Acts separating England from papal power it might have had more effect, but as it was, by the point it was finally declared, the decision had no legal authority in England, regardless (but was 'moral' or 'religious' authority to many).

And then, even those that might've believed the marriage to COA had been legitimately annulled by the Church of England, still believed Princess Mary was bona fides, since this was generally the principle applied to such cases elsewhere in Europe. So, we have Princess Mary, considered the heir to the throne of England by much of Catholic Europe, considered bona fides even by many of those not strictly belonging to that group...but it's treasonous at worst, and risky at best, to assert the latter, and yeah, not politic to remind Henry of the former.

Where does that lead us? Well, the awkward part of Chapuys' legacy as Mary's champion is that he sends dispatches to Charles V swearing up and down that many English subjects don't even consider HVIII to be strictly legitimate, arguing himself to this effect; he pulls out the rumored Eleanor Talbot marriage used to delegitimize the children of EW & EIV in the reign of Richard III as if it is some sort of trump card. Of course, again, the awkward continuity of this line of reasoning is that if there are significant problems to the legitimacy of HVIII, then by extension, there are for Princess Mary's as well. And here comes the solution, as it were: Reginald Pole, as the 'legitimate Plantagenet heir', can wed Princess Mary, and they can overthrow HVIII. Chapuys swears that COA is onboard with the former part of this plan, swears that many of her party and Mary's are, as well, and remains silent about whether or not COA is onboard with the latter part.

Does this sound too early, too much like the Exeter Conspiracy? Well, this conspiracy is part of the accusations of 1538- for many that were of Princess Mary's faction, but it's actually bruited by Chapuys incredibly early, like either 1533 or 1534, if memory serves.

(I think there was a rumor that the plan was also to wed Mary to the Courtenay heir at one time also, which is rather ironic considering what happens with all that much later...)

By 1536, COA dies, so there's sort of a correlating lateral move with this faction... AB is still not recognised as Queen by the Pope, by the majority of Catholic Europe (Chapuys speaks of members of this faction, including Princess Mary herself, being 'jealous' of the reverence he made to AB in April 1536, I think this was more like a [quite reasonable] fear, tbh, as by acknowleding her, Charles V was, too), by some English subjects, as well. Henry still needs an heir, but nothing would, or should stop him from marrying another woman, and reinstating Mary into the succession...and how could this be advantageous for them? Again, we have to remember that a woman ruling England alone is, at this point, unprecedented. There's a much more secure future, in their minds, of Mary wed to either one of the Plantagent line, or some Catholic prince, and inheriting the throne married once Henry dies. I'm not entirely sure this faction originally intended Jane Seymour to be Queen (obviously, the Seymours would have had more of a vested interest in this eventuating); more likely is that at the outset, they planned to use Henry's affection for her to secure what they wanted. Actually, most of the risk was on her, according to Chapuys' reports: it was Jane that they asked to speak the controversial 'truth' ('how detested the marriage was by all the people'), and only then that 'well-placed' nobles of this faction would swear to the same.

However, as soon as their real controversial 'truth' emerges (Mary is bona fides, Mary should be reinstated into the succession) by the woman they've chosen as its figurehead, it's viciously shot down by HVIII, and many of them find themselves under suspicion and interrogation, dismissed from the Privy Council, some even arrested, although shortly thereafter released. You can read these interrogations yourself in the state papers, and chart the trajectory of all of Mary's party fleeing the ship they've built and throwing their fellow conspirators under its hull. Some will survive (like Francis Bryan) by continuing to do so at the expense of their former allies, but many are going to find themselves arrested and executed in connection with the former conspiracy in two years' time.

[alicepao13]

Just saying, if Citytv was to do me a solid and renew Hudson and Rex on my birthday...

I would still not like them because I'm not that easily bought and that's not nearly enough to make me see them in a good light.