#of the novels that aren't exactly riveting and wouldn't make good tv | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

arckhaic · 1 year

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idk what im saying but i just think hating on a piece of media bc it's been made into a different form ( specifically book into a movie / show / play / etc ) is so limiting ... like ur not any better bc you hold the opinion that the book is better than show and picking it apart to show the differences only the proves the point that they're Two Different Pieces of Media ... interpretations aren't inherently bad they're just different

you can enjoy them both

#this is specifically about the wheel of time #i love the series dont get it twisted now i LOVE the books #i've read it twice i have like 4 copies of the first book #it's a hoot #it's also an INCREDIBLE SLOG to get thru #and that's one of the NOTABLE things about this series is that it is hard to get thru #i skipped book 10 my first go round #just the entire fucking book i skipped it #do u want an ENTIRE season of perrin going: ): it's so cold where's my girl ):#and then not dO ANYTHING for an ENTIRE sEASON ?#no u have expectations of a movie/show to entertain u and there are parts #of the novels that aren't exactly riveting and wouldn't make good tv #on top of that ... there is queer rep in the show and the issues concerning rigid gender roles is sorta flipped about iirc #as much as they could be for hollywood ig BUT THE POINT IS the story is told in another way #not the story is completely done away with or trashed #does that make it perfect?? no ... but it makes it fun #having a tv show or movie is GREAT for me to introduce someone to a series i love so then i could go #“if you liked that wait until u read the book bc it goes deeper”#bc u CAN DO THAT IN A NOVEL! NOT A SHOW!#IT'S A HIGHLIGHT REEL! AT THE MOST!#this also goes for foundation and dune .... both books i LOVE and movie/shows that i ENJOY very much #a side by side scene by scene copy from book to page would take more money it would take 400 years to produce and it would be boring #plus i personally love to see how characters are remade and how they do the cool things in the book but differently

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