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... would you want them to stick to the book version pretty closely? Or do you like to see different interpretations of the canon?

I was pretty happy with the weird universe they created out of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon when making Hannibal. It's nothing like the book at all and I am strangely a-okay!

I think it can be really interesting to see different takes on the canon, actually.

Generally, I don't mind adaptations altering material to optimize it for a specific medium. A book generally has too much to fit into a single movie, so I don't mind it being reworked a little to fit the format.

But "interpretation" is a little different. I think the "interpretation" should be the as close to the spirit of the original as possible. I think the characters and themes should be honored and portrayed with integrity to the original versions, even if the plot itself and therefore dialogue, etc. has to be changed.

IDK, what about stuff like Shakespeare?

ayrt

That's fair, I wasn't thinking of classic stuff. I really enjoy shake-ups of stories that everyone already knows well.

I guess it depends on what I love about the book. If I love the time period it's set in and they make a modern version then I might not be as interested. Sometimes if the same thing gets multiple adaptations I get a bit burned out on it. I watched Sherlock but still haven't been arsed to watch Elementary, for example.

I would love to see a very canon Downbelow Station, though i get that the book is pretty long, and a lot of it wouldn't really work for a movie, so - Very Canon Tv Series, *including* everything that Signy Mallory did.

Perfect timing, as the Artemis Fowl trailer was released.

It looks different than the books, some changes are for the better like more ladies, and some aren't, like Holly....being white.....

We'll see.

I'd only enjoy another Tolkien adaption if it was a lot more faithful to the books. I mean, I love the LOTR movies (Hobbit not so much), but every time I rewatch, I notice more things that just aren't the same as the books. I'm not sure I even want another adaption, but if there is one (I know the Amazon tv series, not sure if that is even going to be a straight up adaption, though), it needs to be more faithful.

There were a few books I loved as a tween/teen, and I'd still love to see them adapted, but re-reading them now I realize how WHITE the cast is. There's like two minor 'token' characters; everyone else is explicitly described as white. So I'd like to see an adaptation with a bit more diversity.

I'd love an adaptation of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants that treats Lena's storyline with the respect it deserves. The Romeo & Juliet style bullshit they pulled in the 2005 adaptation makes me really angry to this day.

It's hard to say. When I love a book, I love it as a book and while I cam imagine a given scene as a movie in my head, I am no filmmaker and don't have a of ideas about how to make the whole thing work together as a movie and make it good. Sometimes I can think of things that should probably be changed for a movie, but I can't make blanket statements about all my favorite books. I agree with the other person that the spirit of the story and characters are more important than keeping all the specific scenes and dialogue. It just depends on the book.

One thing I can say, as a long-time fan of Sherlock Holmes, is that the more a thing has already been adapted and done well/faithfully, the more I like it when people get adventurous with their interpretations and re-imaginings. Might as well try something new!

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