"A filmmaker doesn’t owe any measure of faithfulness to the author or the author’s fans, but to his or her own artistic voice."
This is a very interesting take. I'm curious, how do you feel about the "In Name Only" criticism? Basically, it's when an adaptation is so different from the source material that people say the only commonality between the two works is that they share the same name. For example, there is an anime called Romeo X Juliet that is VERY different from the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet.
It’s just my opinion and it doesn’t mean I don’t get angry when I feel like an adaptation is completely botched. I’ve been disappointed many times. I don’t like the feeling of the ole bait and switch where I go into something with expectations due to the name or what it’s based on, only to find that it doesn’t resemble the thing I was expecting. But the creator(s) still took the time and spent the money to make it and I’m just a consumer, so if I feel passionate enough I can channel that into writing my own script or creating a version that suits me. Or wait for someone else to do it better. But lashing out at creators or dragging their work isn’t the answer, I think.
"A filmmaker doesn’t owe any measure of faithfulness to the author or the author’s fans, but to his or her own artistic voice."
This is a very interesting take. I'm curious, how do you feel about the "In Name Only" criticism? Basically, it's when an adaptation is so different from the source material that people say the only commonality between the two works is that they share the same name. For example, there is an anime called Romeo X Juliet that is VERY different from the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet.
It’s just my opinion and it doesn’t mean I don’t get angry when I feel like an adaptation is completely botched. I’ve been disappointed many times. I don’t like the feeling of the ole bait and switch where I go into something with expectations due to the name or what it’s based on, only to find that it doesn’t resemble the thing I was expecting. But the creator(s) still took the time and spent the money to make it and I’m just a consumer, so if I feel passionate enough I can channel that into writing my own script or creating a version that suits me. Or wait for someone else to do it better. But lashing out at creators or dragging their work isn’t the answer, I think.