#media adaptation

[chaotic-would-you-rathers]

Would You Rather...

A: Become the best in the entire world at a random thing (such as specific genres of videogames, specific sports, specific types of boardgame, specific skills such as cooking, etc) (you do not decide what, it is chosen at random)

B: Gain the power to manipulate Time at will, but it is extremley difficult to control and will take a century of enormous effort to master

C: Get an absolutley perfect adaptation (for your preferences) of a work of fiction or nonfiction of your choice in the medium of your choice, and be able to control how popular it becomes and the common opinion on it

[nicholasandriani]

Beyond Survival: Music, Cybertext, and Paratext in “The Last of Us. A Three-Part Series In a world teetering on the brink of collapse, Less than a decade ago, you might have envisioned the iconic voice of Don LaFontaine echoing in your mind upon reading such an introduction. Now, as these realities seem inevitable, we’ve lost our sense of what’s purely fictional. The Last of Us” emerges not…

[prokopetz]

If the second twelve episodes of the Dungeon Meshi anime keep the same pace as the first, they'll take us up to chapter 56. While I don't think it's likely this is the plan, imagine that's actually where episode 24 caps off, then the series doesn't get renewed. We get a flashback to how Chilchuck met his ex-wife and that's the end of the show.

[egophiliac]

ENG PLAYERS I BESEECH YOU

I have been informed that you guys are getting part 4 of episode 7 tomorrow, which means we are FINALLY going to get the official romanization of Revaan's name, somebody please tell me because I need to know what it is.

like, yes, it's probably just Revan/Levan, but look, I'm sitting here with my finger over the button of all these Laverne and Shirley jokes and just waiting for the opportunity to deploy them --

[k-wame]

best summary of this film ive ever read

[spooksicl-e]

old boy but /aff

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Gaslighter? I hardly know her!

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[nikooo-whathehell]

(it’s not for nothing that the zone is addressed as a woman)

that's kinda specific meme I made for myself and one and a half people who are as insane as me to understand da meme

[bedupolker]

I don't know if you ever read any of the redwall series, but with how good your art style is you could do a graphic novel in that world and do it amazing justice.

I'm sure it's a great series but when I was in the target demographic age, rats were my favorite animal, and younger-me just couldn't get over that anti-rat propaganda. Older me just doesn't enjoy "sentient fantasy race is always inherently evil" as a trope.

[soratsuart]

I find it incredibly funny seeing some fans complain that the movie wasn't "lore accurate" as if FNAF has ever been consistent with its lore, like

Wow, the movie changes a lot of stuff and is not accurate to what we thought we knew? *looks at The Silver Eyes trilogy* I can't believe that, how horrible *looks at The Silver Eyes trilogy* Who would've thought they'd change stuff that makes us doubt what we know about the series *looks at the fourth fucking closet*

[connabeth]

[this-potato]

Anime:

Comic:

Netflix adaptation:

[meltedmush]

Keep making the Binghorse. We gotta ward off people from entering this fandom. We need to keep it pure. I fr don't want this fandom to become famous. I'm scared that there will be toxic fans left and right.

HAHA I absolutely understand the sentiment. I feel a bit contradictory since I want more people to appreciate SVSSS, but the at the same time I like small tight knit communities and I personally can’t handle large fandoms whatsoever. 😭

Although I do feel as though describing the SVSSS as pure is very funny for how lawless this fandom is. But behavior wise, it is definitely a very positive and supportive space!! I haven’t met anyone or seen anything unpleasant since I’ve entered the fandom. Albeit, it’s only been a few months since I’ve started interacting with the fandom, and over half a year since I first read SVSSS, so I have no clue what horror stories the SVSSS fandom has. (I honestly haven’t interacted with that many SVSSS fans tbh…. Even though I want to.)

In addition, funny enough, I feel as though the book almost acts as its own barrier of entry. SVSSS isn’t the type of book you can read once unless you’re good at reading against the grain and noticing all the nuances and subtext. I know the first time I read SVSSS, SVSSS disturbed and confused me so badly. I talked to a few other people who read SVSSS once, who said that LBH and SQQ’s relationship felt like Stockholm syndrome. But people who’ve read SVSSS several times will know, that is not the case, and that SQQ is an INSANELY UNRELIABLE narrator.

I honestly find it funny how effective Binghorse or all the other skin creatures is at filtering toxic fans.😂

There’s always a general reaction to the skin creatures: “Omg, cute!!”, “wtf, but I like it”, “wtf”. Or getting blocked, or death threats. (I haven’t received any…? I don’t think…? One message I received is definitely debatable since I can’t tell if it’s sarcastic or not….😭)

But regardless, I’ll definitely keep drawing Binghorse!!! It’s actually really enjoyable!

[prokopetz]

I feel like how dumb Gawain ends up looking in screen adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight depends entirely on how hard the costume designer goes on the titular Knight. Like, there's a definite point beyond which you've gotta be like, dude, look at him – of course he's gonna get back up.

[ducklooney]

More media leaks and believe it or not the original plans for Ducktales 2017. Yes, the original plan was for Ducktales to be based more on the Carl Barks and Don Rosa comics, with Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck as the main characters. Especially the last poster by Joe Pitt, who was also one of the animators for Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder and Mickey Mouse Cartoons. These are designs from other animators, but there are more links to the OG Ducktales and the comics than to Ducktales 2017. Yes, Disney later rejected the ideas from Joe Pitt and then gave them to other people.

What do you think about all this? These are the original designs for Donald, Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby, Miss Quackfaster, Gyro and Gizmoduck.

Still as a fan of the Donald Duck comics, I regret that they didn't adopt the original ideas for the Ducktales reboot to be more close to the comic book material, but again this is just my opinion.

[detective-media]

I saw a video essay recently that was about Psych being a good adaptation of Sherlock (even if it wasn’t trying to be one). I totally agree with that take, but I would like to mention a few things that I really like about it compared to some other Sherlock adaptations.

It tells us pretty clearly why Shawn is a “consultant”. The reason he is doing all of this is put plainly in the very first episode. It also tells us very clearly why he is not a detective or putting his smarts to use elsewhere. This is something I feel is very often neglected when it comes to the mystery genre, and Sherlock adaptations in particular.

There is almost always a good reason why Shawn knows the things that he does. Shawn has a very particular set of skills that make him good as a detective, both innate and honed by his father’s teaching. He also has a lot of obscure knowledge, both from pop culture and from having a ton of different jobs due to getting bored quickly.

Gus does fulfill the role of Shawn’s best friend/talking board, but he is also very different from most “Watson” type characters. For one, Gus and Shawn are explicitly best friends from childhood, and it shows. They do wacky things together outside of solving mysteries. They have inside jokes. They practically know what the other is thinking. Most Watson type characters are pushed to the background, there to be amazed at Sherlock’s amazing deductive abilities and offer perhaps a kernel of wisdom at best. Gus is often exasperated at Shawn’s crime solving, and in the beginning he very much thought of it as a hobby. Gus is a coward, and funds basically everything that they do. He loves Shawn, and isn’t afraid to call him out when he goes off the rails.

I love Psych because it feels like I’m watching actual characters, instead of an homage to a character plus some background characters.