#Books To Screen Adaptations
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Carrie is fat in the book. Learning that completely blew me.
The use of pigs blood makes so much more sense. The reason she was bullied so relentlesly, even though she does nothing to nobody, makes so much more sense. The relationship with her mother makes so much more sense.
I know they aren't going to, but I wish they would cast someone fat in this new Carrie adaptation. From the articles I've seen, they are already speculating which skinny actress it's going to be.
How many times can they tell the story the same exact way? The answer: endlessly.
I don't know what's worse the total erasure of fat people in movies or the only story we get to see ourselves in are the love yourself fatty movies.
#carrie white#carrie stephen king#stephen king#mike flanagan#their all gonna laugh at you#fat erasure#fatphobia#book to screen#book adaptation#novel adaptation#carrie 2013#carrie 2002#sissy spacek#chloe grace moretz#angela bettis#love yourself#carrie the musical
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This might be a hot take, but I actually like that Percy figured out Luke was the traitor at the last minute. There were A LOT of clues that would’ve been hard to ignore, and he ignored them for as long as he could. And it’s clear that even after accusing Luke, he’s still surprised and heartbroken at Luke’s confirmation of his suspicions. He was holding out hope, guys!!
Also, the Betrayal Scene flows better as an exchange of dialogue and a swordfight than it did, in the books, as a monologue and a scorpion sting. This also leaves a bigger impact on the viewers and characters because it’s more emotional.
#I disagree with some of the other examples of the kids immediately knowing something is a trap but THIS ISNT ONE OF THEM.#like I knew they were going to change that scene a lot because it just wouldn’t have translated well to screen.#plus Annabeth not being there in the book was a total missed opportunity.#I’m curious if anyone else has recently reread tlt and agrees with me about this#percy jackson and the olympians#pjo#percy jackson#luke castellan#pjo tv show#pjo spoilers#pjo tv series#pjo tv adaptation#pjo season 1#pjo disney+#Pjo ep 8#Pjo 1x08#the prophecy comes true
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pride & prejudice: from book to movie
#pride and prejudice#jane austen#pride and prejudice quotes#p&p2005#austenedit#perioddrama#perioddramaedit#perioddramasource#keira knightley#matthew macfadyen#mr darcy#elizabeth bennet#elizabeth x darcy#rain scene#dialogue comparison#book to screen#adaptation#pride and prejudice 2005#LOVEEE DOING COMPARISONS#need to get the 95 version#fave#anna attempts photoshop#literally made a mistake omg... I fixed it#AHHH#1k+#2k
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also sorry but i'm not sold on "they only have 8 episodes" as a defense for why the show is falling flat as both a show and an adaptation. 8 episodes is roughly 5 hours. that's 3 hours more than most movies lol. that should be plenty of time to adapt all the most important things, they're just not using their screen time as well as they could be. sorry i don't think it should actually be this hard to fit the essential core of the lightning thief's story and characters into 5 hours. the movie and musical were both 2 hours give or take and they still did certain things better. skill issue
#'they can't fit EVERYTHING in!' yeah because they're adding in random shit they just made up or have taken from later books lmao#they could easily be prioritising their screen time better#pjo tv crit#pjo show crit#pjo#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo adaptation#pjo show#pjo tv show#pjo series
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I don’t understand why tumblr isn’t absolutely drooling over lockwood and co it’s everything that tumblr should love?????? it’s got ghosts and swords??? cozy British vibes?? ANGST THROUGH THE ROOF???? the best slowburn since pride and prejudice?? the “you can kill me just don’t touch her” trope is EVERYWHERE???
PLEASE I am beGGING YOU go binge it!!!
#lockwood and co#this show is the best book to screen adaptation I’ve ever seen#locklyle#lucy and lockwood#george karim
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(this isn't a question about the best p&p adaptation ever, it is simply which you prefer OUT OF THESE TWO OPTIONS since they are the two most commonly talked about and compared!!)
#i didn't really talk about it when i watched it because i know the 1995 version is precious and beloved to many people (which i respect)#but i personally think it just doesn't hold a candle to the 2005 version#i know it's more directly book accurate but for me that's not a priority in an adaptation#if i want to spend several hours on a book accurate experience i'll just listen to the audiobook#so for me if it's a screen adaptation then visuals are key and 2005 is so beautiful whereas 1995 isn't particularly special in that regard#i also prefer the casting personally in terms of chemistry and on screen presence but i acknowledge that's partly just because we're usuall#attached to whichever cast we're first familiar with#anyway none of this is to actually dunk on the miniseries of course and it goes without saying that all p&p is good p&p!#just curious what the split is (and wanted to separate the options for only seeing one since i imagine more people have seen 2005)#polls
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Is it just me, or is the writing of the new Percy Jackson show kind of brilliant? Especially when you compare it to the original books.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the books a lot, and I'm not trying to tear them down. But the actual structure of the books involves a lot of the kids just sort of bumbling from one greek myth to another.
As you get Percy's POV a lot of the fun of those scenes is figuring out which greek myth is playing out - but in the show they recognise this right off the bat, which allows them to dive a little deeper.
So instead of spending time figuring out that Aunty Em is Medusa, they immediately make the connection and instead the story focuses on whether or not Medusa is actually a villain.
And the amount of characterization they've built into each monster encounter is *chefs kiss* they've made them all so personal to our trio of heroes.
I've rarely seen a book-to-screen adaption that succeeded in adding to the depth of the original story like this and I'm so here for it!
#Also seeing Grover take on Ares was soooo good#Or watching Percy and Annabeths growing trust in how they handled the chair-trap#Like these kids are not just stumbling around and getting lucky they're MAKING CHOICES and I'm here for it#Also very glad to see that Rick Riordan is so involved with the writing of the show#And I get that there are some changes and if you wanted a 1:1 adaption you might be dissatisfied#but personally I think trying to adapt book to screen as a 1:1 never works and the screen version always suffers.#pjo#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#percy jackson series
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Fallen 1x01
#fallen#fallen 2024#fallen tv series#lucinda price#daniel grigori#luce x daniel#daniel x luce#jessica alexander#gijs blom#lauren kate#tv edits#tv gifs#tvfilm#tv shows#tv series#film gifs#book adaptation#book to screen adaptation#bookblr#daily series#otpsource
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🌸🕶 sketch page :)
I draw so much dead romans art on my other blog I straight up forgot how shirt collars worked and had to spend a few days re learning the muscle memory for it lmao
anyway. I miss. them…..I think it may be time for a rewatch of the Abyss movie….
⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / tip jar!
#heihua#I’m trying to pin down how they look in my mind when I’m thinking about the books and not a specific screen adaption#we are. getting close. I think#dmbj
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NOBODY TALK TO ME 😭✋️
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ironically reflecting the stories' philosophical differences movie arwen & movie chani are both given onscreen agency that they did not have in the books by playing precisely inverse narrative roles that are yet equally integral to the externalization of plot and theme in their respective films in this essay i will
#listen to me listeeeeeeeen#i was already having revelations abt lotr and then dune happened. mashallah i love when romantic relationships are adapted to screen#with unparalleled narrative and thematic Genius#arwen takes the role of book aragorns certainty while chani takes the role of book pauls conflict. by the way#phil.txt#dune#lord of the rings#chani kynes#arwen undomiel#chani x paul#arwen x aragorn
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it actually pisses me off how common it is for book-to-screen adaptations to just completely disrespect their source material in increasingly ridiculous ways. whitewashing wuthering heights. erasing the queerness of dorian gray. the thing about classics is that they remain relevant in society for a reason: their stories can be interpreted in so many different ways, and they resonate with people in other places and other times. but instead of getting really interesting interpretations of these stories that at once remain true to their source material AND explore the themes in new perspectives, we just keep getting adaptations that remove everything of importance from the story and try to pander to the widest audience possible. but wuthering heights isn't wuthering heights if heathcliff is white. dorian gray isn't dorian gray if it isn't queer. the story does not become more relatable or likable when you remove the social issues, especially considering that these social issues are still extremely present and visible in the world right now. all you're doing is taking a beloved story and turning it into soulless garbage for money. but i guess that's what 90% of hollywood is right now anyway
#there are a few good book to screen adaptations happening of course but this is specifically about wuthering heights rn#because i'm still mad. obligatory disclaimer there is nuance i am not exploring at present etc etc#talking to strangers#wuthering heights#this is okay to rb currently but don't make me turn off reblogs by being ugly in my notes btw
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also one fun thing that the book does is that it initially presents aziraphale and crowley as these supposed enemies turned casual allies, like they weren't really feeling the whole enemies gig (mostly because they're very lazy) and much preferred going to restaurants together from time to time. and you accept that as the extent of their relationship more or less until aziraphale gets agnes' book of prophecies and it's noted that crowley suddenly feels very lonely when he's left by the angel. and you're like okay so there is something there. and then it turns out crowley is not only willing to go into a burning bookshop for aziraphale, he's distraught by his loss. and then it hits you that oh, the demon cares for the angel very very deeply actually. it changes how you view all of their previous and future interactions
the tv show, of course, is unable to do that because of tennant and sheen's a/c mooning over each other since day one so it would be kinda hard to sell them as just coworkers, but it also chooses to expand on their personal history and give them additional conflict re: their respective sides
both are great approaches, i'm just really fond of how the book takes you for a ride a little bit
#for how much s1 of the tv show is the most direct adaptation of a book to exist#i really like that they took the time to expand on crowley and aziraphale like that even if it meant their screen versions ended up being#different from book versions#and literally none of the other characters got this treatment 😭😭😭 which is great for me but also sometimes i feel bad for adam#they had to cut his rival gang to make space for a/c being homosexual together. sad#gomens#good omens
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EMMA. (2020): from book to screen
#emma.#emma 2020#autumn de wilde#anya taylor joy#johnny flynn#dialogue comparison#regencyedit#perioddramaedit#period drama#perioddramasource#jane austen#austenedit#literature#litedit#bookedit#book to screen#adaptation#emma woodhouse#george knightley#emma x knightley#anna attempts photoshop#1k+#2k
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An official silm adaption would cut the whole Thangorodrim incident, and give fingon a wife and son
#They would also cut Aredhel#They would cut carnistir and ambarussar#Possibly condense celegorm and Curufin— three sons for three silmarils! And give maglor curufin’s role in beren and Lúthien#for LITERALLY NO GOOD REASON#Plus give Galadriel a shitton of scenes ‘she’s the connecting link’ my ass she does jackshit in the book#They would cut angrod and aegnor#And cut finarfin#They would beef Turgon and his descendants up SO much with dramatic elenwe death scenes (this one I can take)#They would give Dior hella rep and villainies Maedhros so so much#Like seriously everyone would hate Maedhros be like ‘he’s so cold hearted’ etc.#They wouldn’t bring huor and hurin to gondolin#They would also cut beleg#He’s not technically necessary to the storyline#They might even cut the leap of beren#HERE A LITTLE SNIP#THERE A LITTLE CUT#Oh god#silmarillion#silm#silm screen adaption#Silm adaption#maedhros#fingon
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Smackdown Pen vs Reel Chapter Nine: Red, White & Royal Blue Continues to Be the Perfect Political Romance We Didn't Know We Needed
Content Warning: Red, White & Royal Blue contains discussions of homophobia, family drama played out in public and in private, brief discussions of racism and xenophobia, and trauma related to abandonment and familial death. It’s also a romcom but the angst was angsting. Reader/viewer discretion is advised. Spoilers for Red, White & Royal Blue ahead! At long last! Due to 2023’s entertainment…
#adaptation pass or fail#adult romance#book adaptation#book reviews#book to screen#book-review#books#casey mcquiston#comedy#enemies to lovers#family drama#lgbt+#lgbt+ movie#lgbt+ novel#new adult#new adult romance#red white & royal blue#rivals to lovers#romance#romantic comedy#romantic drama#romcom#social commentary
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