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[-] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago

The show runner insisted on telling "their version of the story".

Which... let's put it like this:

If you're making a TV series about a book series written by a world famous author, and you think you can do a variation / "your take" on the story, because you think you're just that great of a writer, artist, director, etc., then you better actually be on his level.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Say, for example, Kubrick and The Shining or Ridley Scott and Blade Runner or Jackson and The Lord of the Rings, as opposed to Shyamalan and The Last Airbender or Jackson and The Hobbit.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 25 points 2 weeks ago

The Hobbit wasn't Jackson's fault. The studio was going to make the movies in that time frame with or without Peter Jackson, so he chose to helm the crashing ship.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's true, that wasn't an entirely fair comparison, but I was thinking about disastrous adaptations, and that one sprang to mind.

[-] Glemek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

And without him they were threatening to have the production leave NZ, which would've put a bunch of his friends out of the job.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't know that detail. What a mensch.

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