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Omega

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September 24, 2024, 06:47:34 AM
Quote from: Wrath of God on September 18, 2024, 03:44:17 PMHonestly I'm more willing to pick apart decent original properties than shitty adaptations.

Heres the big secret.

Several of those horrible adaptations were actually just the title and characters slapped on a script for something else. I Robot being one of the more glaring ones. That was a totally unrelated script for a robot themed murder mystery more in common with the Caves of Steel books than I Robot.

GeekyBugle

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September 24, 2024, 11:58:51 AM
Quote from: Omega on September 24, 2024, 06:47:34 AM
Quote from: Wrath of God on September 18, 2024, 03:44:17 PMHonestly I'm more willing to pick apart decent original properties than shitty adaptations.

Heres the big secret.

Several of those horrible adaptations were actually just the title and characters slapped on a script for something else. I Robot being one of the more glaring ones. That was a totally unrelated script for a robot themed murder mystery more in common with the Caves of Steel books than I Robot.


Or the Joker, this isn't even a secret, the director himself has said so, he wanted to make the movie and had to dress it as The Joker to get the green light and the money.
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Lurkndog

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September 27, 2024, 08:51:23 AM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on August 30, 2024, 02:47:10 PM
Quote from: Trond on August 30, 2024, 11:21:15 AMI know some people who really like the Disney live action version of the Jungle Book. (I barely remember it, apart from Shere Khan looking pretty cool)  I think it might have been the success of that one that gave Disney the bright idea to spew out one live action remake after another.

  It might have been the Cinderella film by Kenneth Branagh, which I've also heard good things about from people whose judgment I trust. It came out in 2015, with The Jungle Book following the next year, so it might have been a one-two punch ... but they launched Beauty and the Beast the year after that, so I think they'd already decided to try the "reanimate the corpse" model. :)
There were also successful Broadway adaptations of The Lion King and other properties that may have helped to get the juggernaut jogging. 

Omega

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November 09, 2024, 08:33:58 AM
Usually when moving down from movie to stage things improve. Not always.

It is when things go the other direction that we tend to see some messes. The live action Cats movie being a recent one and theres been a few others.
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