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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 3, 2023 2:09:51 GMT
www.imdb.com/list/ls060638996/I hope they don't butcher them as is the case with most adaptations. Although there are not many there that interest me.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 3, 2023 2:12:57 GMT
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Post by potet on Jan 3, 2023 18:47:24 GMT
There are plenty of French novels adapted to the screen by French directors, with good results. Ditto in the UK where _Barchester Chronicles_ (from Trollope's book) and the screen versions of the Austen sisters' are quite remarkable.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 4, 2023 1:03:58 GMT
It often depends who makes them. The BBC are very good at it.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Jan 4, 2023 2:29:03 GMT
I'll certainly agree about the BBC. They produce some really great dramas. From what I have seen, British, Canadian, and Australian television shows are head and shoulders above the garbage produced in the US.
On the rare occasions that I walk by a functioning television and get hooked by it, it is almost always one of the above. When I walk by a functioning television with a US show on, I immediately get disgusted and move on.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 4, 2023 13:25:30 GMT
The problem with most American TV content is the amount of adverts. Remove them from a 1 hour program and there's about 15 mins of show left!
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Post by potet on Jan 4, 2023 17:33:21 GMT
From the BBC, I commend _Jeeves and Wooster_ the remarkable adaptation of P. G. WODEHOUSE's novels, starring Stephen FRY and Hugh LAURIE.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 5, 2023 0:58:10 GMT
Well that was a long time ago! They now offer this. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer I have no idea if it checks if you live in the UK or not. I don't think it does, even though if you live in the UK you need a TV licence, even if you watch TV on line.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 5, 2023 1:01:51 GMT
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Post by thunderguy on Jan 12, 2023 16:42:36 GMT
www.imdb.com/list/ls060638996/I hope they don't butcher them as is the case with most adaptations. Although there are not many there that interest me. I also have trouble with adaptations. The worst of them was what Clint Eastwood (whom I admire) did to Michael Connelly's "BLOOD WORK." I understand that a novel doesn't translate well to a film of less than 2 hours, so some things must be left out. But when it's changed the characters and the ending, that bums me out. "RELIC" by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston is considered "Book 1" of the Pendergast series, and in the movie adaptation the character doesn't appear at all. "JAWS" was an accidental triumph (made possible IMHO by the casting of Scheider and Dreyfuss) and I think they mostly got it right, except for again, changing the ending and the dynamics of the characters. As a fan of Detective Bosch, I was pleased to see his character finally make it to the screen (albeit the small one), but even with multiple episodes to tell the story (and often mixing books) some of what I enjoyed in the books was sacrificed. At least though, writer Michael Connelly was directly involved, so he had input and some control. He probably enjoyed adding to what he'd already written. At the end of the day, sometimes just getting a chance to see the characters come to life is part of the pleasure. Craig Johnson is the author of the excellent "LONGMIRE" books, and they really did their own thing with it. But Johnson (on set, I believe) when he saw these characters that only existed in his mind and on paper, come to life, he had to talk a walk and cry, he was so happy. On a side note, I miss the days when novels were created FROM a series, like CSI and X-Files, which did enjoy a number of novels, and Criminal Minds, which only had 3 novels I believe. You'd think in the day of digital, these would be natural extensions of popular properties that would keep interest alive. Oh, well.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Jan 12, 2023 19:33:08 GMT
I happened to overhear portions of one or two of the Longmire book as audiobooks. The reader was one of the few truly skilled readers that I have heard that can keep you awake! He used great, believable falsetto voices and really brought the books to life.
If I ever had the time or gumption to listen to audiobooks, I think those would be my first choice.
Audiobook readers with skill seem to be so rare among the many.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 13, 2023 2:22:41 GMT
www.imdb.com/list/ls060638996/I hope they don't butcher them as is the case with most adaptations. Although there are not many there that interest me. I also have trouble with adaptations. The worst of them was what Clint Eastwood (whom I admire) did to Michael Connelly's "BLOOD WORK." I understand that a novel doesn't translate well to a film of less than 2 hours, so some things must be left out. They should ask readers what could be left out. Often, what to me seem to be key parts, are left out. It can ruin adaptations. Lord of the Rings was strange. Three books turned in to one film (with sub plots added that are just appendages in the books) and yet the Hobbit, one thinnish book, turned in to three films (with stuff added, not in the book!) I tried to watch the The Wheel of Time. It was so removed from the story, I could not bare it! The book series is around 16 thick novels. The TV series tried to slam a book per episode together by the looks of it! But when it's changed the characters and the ending, that bums me out. It is strange when they do that. Like when a male character is changed to a female one. Errm. Why?! "RELIC" by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston is considered "Book 1" of the Pendergast series, and in the movie adaptation the character doesn't appear at all. I think I recall reading that. The film did not follow the story much! "JAWS" was an accidental triumph (made possible IMHO by the casting of Scheider and Dreyfuss) and I think they mostly got it right, except for again, changing the ending and the dynamics of the characters. Not a book I have read. The film was good though. Perhaps I thought that because I had not read the book!As a fan of Detective Bosch, I was pleased to see his character finally make it to the screen (albeit the small one), but even with multiple episodes to tell the story (and often mixing books) some of what I enjoyed in the books was sacrificed. At least though, writer Michael Connelly was directly involved, so he had input and some control. He probably enjoyed adding to what he'd already written. Not the type of story I am interested in, so cannot comment. But I do wonder if some writers, especially those involve of the making of a show, are blinded by the money. "How much?!! yeah, do what you want with it!!"At the end of the day, sometimes just getting a chance to see the characters come to life is part of the pleasure. Well it is as long as they don't change them. But often a director does not see them in the same way a reader does. Craig Johnson is the author of the excellent "LONGMIRE" books, and they really did their own thing with it. But Johnson (on set, I believe) when he saw these characters that only existed in his mind and on paper, come to life, he had to talk a walk and cry, he was so happy. Again I cannot comment. I am not in to cowboy stories. I thought they ceased around the 1960s On a side note, I miss the days when novels were created FROM a series, like CSI and X-Files, which did enjoy a number of novels, and Criminal Minds, which only had 3 novels I believe. You'd think in the day of digital, these would be natural extensions of popular properties that would keep interest alive. I think some still are. But they have the advantage of it having been a script, and something to watch, as they adapt it. And I doubt they have producers telling them it must not take more than 2.5 hours to read. I have a couple of X-file novels, and they are exactly the same as a series. But they are not out of the minds of the writers commissioned to turn them in to novels. Although there are many many novels that extend films and TV series. Such as Star Trek and Starwars.Oh, well. Indeed.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 13, 2023 2:32:38 GMT
I happened to overhear portions of one or two of the Longmire book as audiobooks. The reader was one of the few truly skilled readers that I have heard that can keep you awake! He used great, believable falsetto voices and really brought the books to life. If I ever had the time or gumption to listen to audiobooks, I think those would be my first choice. Audiobook readers with skill seem to be so rare among the many. I bought a set of audiobooks, old-school, on cassettes! They were very much abridged for no apparent reasons, and in one story the chap reading tried to do the voices, strangely. They sounded nothing at all like the characters had sounded in my own head. It ruined the story. The BBC, also being one of the first with radio broadcasts, did many books as radio plays. If you can find them they are well worth a listen. Quite a few things that started as BBC radio plays became TV shows and even films. I am not sure if these are radio plays or read out stories >> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/drama
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 13, 2023 2:34:10 GMT
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Jan 13, 2023 2:38:00 GMT
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