[ SECRET POST #5469 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5469 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

My problem with adaptation is the lying. Like when Lauren Hissrich was swearing up and down in every tweet and interview that the new Witcher will be a word-for-word adaptation of the books, and then created a show, which bears little to no resemblance to the books, and changes not only the story, but also backstories, personalities, arcs and relationships of major characters.

Or when the creators of the new Masters of the Universe reboot released a trailer that made it seem like it's about He-Man, but when the actual cartoon came out it turned out to be about a new character, with He-Man only playing a supportive role.

In both of those cases, had the creators been upfront about the changes, the fans of the original would have raged at first, but they'd have eventually accepted the fact that the show was never intended to be for them. But nobody likes to feel baited into raising awareness and hype for an adaptation that only pretends to be made for them. It shouldn't be a surprise that this kind of advertising tactic ends with a massive disappointment.

[(Anonymous)]

If Smith had just said his MoTU show was another new take, or was a continuation of the 2002 show, then nobody would have cared what he did. It was the way he said it was the OG continuation that hacked everyone off. In truth he pretty much killed his show's chances with that one. People liked the OG show because of its campiness and contrivances, not in spite of them. It was the absolute wrong show to bring his usual semi-trolling the audience style of filmaking all over.

[(Anonymous)]

This for the Witcher. :0( I'm a huge book series fan, and I was overall fine with the changes to s1 (I only had issues the changes to Cahir) because changes are necessary in adaptions to a different medium. But s2 was just...so so different from the source material, and for no purposeful reason that I could find. Which would be fine, I would have just not watched it, but they really sold the series as being faithful to the books. It was very disappointing, especially as the changes made were to make it even more bleak and more like GoT at the expense of characterization.

[(Anonymous)]

Calling it lying is a bit of a bad faith way to look at it. Did Lauren Hissrich make those tweets early on? Maybe originally the plan was to make the show faithful to the books, and it changed as production went on. At best, you could say she should have tweeted that things had changed and that the old tweets about being faithful were no longer relevant, but not making those tweets doesn't make the old ones suddenly lies. What makes a lie a lie is that it's deliberate. Things changing so something that was once true is no longer true doesn't make the old statement a lie.

[(Anonymous)]

People would absolutely still be mad about it and hold grudges about it however it was marketed. Maybe less, but they should still have been mad.

[(Anonymous)]

Timing, though. Be upfront early and by the time release comes around the grumpy bears are just background noise that everyone ignores. Have everyone find out at release and the critical noise will be a crescendo, overwhelming the fans and tainting enjoyment. Now obviously timing that crescendo for release is great for publicity. That is why they all do it. Dozens of articles, lots of traffic being directed, but it is bad for fans who just want to enjoy and discuss a show in relative peace. Any creator who says they consider themselves a fan of the property but plays that game is a lying sack of shit who has just detracted from their own work. Controversy is good for corporate, but bad for fans.