#movie adaption

[tallysgreatestfan]

Lovely teaser featuring a really cute Tally/Shay moment yesterday for their birthday!

Can't believe I only saw it now

[alpaca-clouds]

Something I will never understand...

Kinda based on what I wrote yesterday about the entire diferentiation...

You know, something I am never going to understand is the people, who will get super angry over any sort of adaption of whatever media they like. Putting Trevor in here, because I currently see it the most with Castlevania, but I might as well have put in here a gif of Lord of the Rings, the Witcher and what not. Because it is always the same. People, who have gotten to know a fandom through one form of media and then will spend so much effort into... hating any sort of adaption.

Heck, Witcher might be the best example, given that there are book fans hating on either games and Netflix series - and game fans hating the series. And... Probably also series fans who hate the games. And... I don't know.

And quite frankly, I don't get it. Because even if whatever adaption does not do it for you... So what? It did not take away from whatever the original medium you liked was. That medium did not vanish. The Witcher books did not vanish because of either adaption. Heck, contrary, they finally got translations into languages they did not get translated into before. The Castlevania games did not vanish because of the TV series. Same goes basically for any adaption. Chances are in fact quite good that a lot more people got into the original medium through the adaption - and that because of that the original medium was made more accessible to more people.

But guess what: People are gonna think twice about whether they actually want to engage with whatever the original medium was, when they got into the fandom through an adaption and all the fans of whatever original medium do is bash the adaption that made people fall in love with the franchise.

Sure, I get that at times it is frustrating when the adaption has more fans than the original medium and all you want is some fanwork and what not for the original medium.

Heck, Witcher is one of those cases for me. I read those books as a teenager and they mean the world to me. And it is not even as if I dislike any of the adaptions (well, except maybe the first game with its stupid "sexy card collection game" and what not), but I also will very firmly remain in the camp of "neither adaption quite gets the book and what it went for". And I absolutely have experienced people trying to argue something about that world and those characters... who have not read the books or even engaged with what theming there is in the games and series. But I... just ignore it.

I will watch the series as its own thing. And will play at least the second and third game on their own merrit. But yes, the books are my favorite. But... I do not spend time with hating on that stuff.

Heck, I could go on and on for hours about how I disliked what the MCU did with certain storylines frome the comics. But I don't (at least not unless someone asks me about it). Because it is just an absolute waste of time. I can rage about it, sure, but it will not change the way Disney is gonna produce those movies. All it would do is sour the mood for everyone else. The comics are still there. I can still read them. I do not need to watch Iron Man 3 or Avengers 2.

And sure... there are times, when I really get annoyed with adaptions. For example if they white wash and what not. Or just are plain bad (*coughs*Artemis Fowl*coughs*)... But why waste my time thinking and raging about something I do not like - rather than engaging with a thing I actually do like?

Maybe I am just too old for this kinda stuff. I don't know.

Kinda reminds me though of some of my old fandoms. Like Digimon or Pokémon, where with each new itaration people are gonna be up in arms about how much they hate the new thing and how much better old thing was. Going so far to just constantly attack folks who like new thing. Especially new fans, who find their way into the fandom through this.

And it is like... Yeah, you guys do a great job discouraging people from engaging with your fandom. Top. Amazing. Couldn't do it better.

I mean, sure, to me the Witcher games or the Witcher Netflix show will never reach the greatness of the books. But... to others they do. And that is fine. It is fine.

Because I know that telling those people: "You will actually never understand the greatness of the Witcher, because you like those silly games" will not get anyone to actually read or like the books.

[pulpsandcomics2]

Return of the Jedi     (Random House, May 1983)

[kainekron]

I tried to sleep then I got a notification and it was basically Daniel Green yelling about Henry Cavill being now free to act in a mistborn adaptation either as kel (hell no) or the lord ruler so that's a fun thing to sleep on

[jellyfishfem]

Okay, I’ll say it

We need a Little Nightmares movie

[booksofdelight]

New Lord of the Rings Movie Announced for 2026

Warner Bros. announces a new The Lord of the Rings movie.

The Lord of the Rings movies are making a return as Warner Bros. has decided to release a new live-action movie series. Peter Jackson, the director of the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be partnering with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to make the new movies. The first one is set to release in 2026 and will focus on Gollum. The project is currently in the early stages of script…

[skull-pun]

God is dead and we killed him

[chloesimaginationthings]

Abby went into the pit and made a FNAF friend..

[belghast]

Of Harvests That Are Dark

Of Harvests That Are Dark - Yesterday I went on a journey... from hearing about the movie Dark Harvest to reading the short novella, and finally watching the movie

Friends… I have been on a bit of an adventure. The other day I saw some commentary from a friend talking about the movie Dark Harvest that came out earlier this month. The poster for it seems rather compelling and being a huge fan of Children of the Corn it piqued my interest. This was released as a rental on streaming platforms and got a live screening at the Alamo Drafthouse. So in another…

[kwistowee]

BRANDON LEE as ERIC DRAVEN THE CROW (1994)

[dumbpizzabread]

I just finished reading the the perks of being a wallflower and the book was great so I watched the movie adaption

What on gods green earth was that?

They missed out on half the book?

All the family dinners, Charlie's and Mary Elisabeths dates, the ab0rti0n, THE CRYING

Dude cried ONCE in the movie but 1000 times in the book

I dont see them even smoke a SINGLE cigarette

The fact that he calls Bill MR ANDERSON

THE POEM!

I could go on forever, really

[prokopetz]

The fascinating thing about these two adaptations is that they're both equally horny for the doctor, but, like, in diametrically opposite ways.

[paintedcrows]

Holiday Classics

Been thinking about Ford watching the 70s Animated Lord of the Rings Movies... (companion comic to this post!)

[mourningmaybells]

so-called "tragedy enjoyer" reads the exorcist and suddenly feels heartbreak instead of catharsis or vindication over seeing a character who was always gonna die in the worst way possible die

[jjadmanii]

film adaptations are all fun and games until ppl start watching the movie without reading the book,,then it just becomes the 10th circle of dante’s hell

[jackklinemybeloved]

[…]

Percy’s warning to fellow half-bloods in the audience, across different mediums.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2005) The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (2017) Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Teaser (2023)