I've been reading a lot of posts on my friends list about the Earthsea miniseries, which does seem like rather a disaster. It both amuses and exasperates me, though, that the main argument seems to be "it's not like the books ( Read more... )

ranalore has a very interesting entry about how writing archetypes, and fitting your fan writing to fit your favourite archetypes. It's a good entry (I got there from metablog, which says something), so go read that before returning here. It's easier than for me to recount it all anyway ( Read more... )

You know that phrase "the book is always better than the movie"? It has bugged the living daylight out of me for years, and I have argued the point that when the movie is better than the book, most people haven't read the book, or even remember that there is a book. But of course, that's a hard thing to prove ( Read more... )

My Press Gang season 2 DVD has arrived, and I'm taking great pleasure in watching/listening to the extras, since the season 1 DVD had no extras at all. A couple of favourites so far ( Read more... )

...and yes, I know I'm one of them, there are two things that should be taken into consideration:

1. A faithful adaptation is not the same thing as a good movie. No, it is not. Even The Princess Bride as a movie was very different from the book, despite being written by the same person. You know why? Because William Goldman isn't an idiot. Movies ( Read more... )