Author Scott Delahunt

The end result is that, no matter what type of parody a work may be, it can’t be held to the same standards as an adaptation.

Overall, Bumblebee is a good live-action adaptation, fitting in with the continuity of the Bay films while still standing alone.

As a film, Into the Spider-Verse will be the Spider-movie that all others will be judged against.

Blazing Transfer Students Reborn doesn’t take itself seriously, though the characters do take their missions like they were life and death situations.

Superhero works may become the new Western because the new genre doesn’t carry the historical problems while still providing for morality plays.

Adaptations aren’t going away anytime soon.

The first original film on Box Office Mojo’s list is A Quiet Place, coming in at twelfth place.

Other than the name, Moonraker, and the name of the villain, there’s not much in common between the novel and the movie.

Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s second season on Netflix was just six episodes, but it took advantage of the nature of binge watching.

Given the restrictions of the format, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera remains faithful to Gaston Leroux’s Le Fantôme de l’Opéra.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power takes the original series and gives it more depth.

Space Mutiny, like many films featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, had problems with execution.

Sometimes, the announcement of a casting choice can get an audience on board, even if there were reservations before.

Being an urban fantasy RPG, the Dresden game has to include not just regular skills but also supernatural abilities.

Adaptations of adaptations will happen. Movies get remade. TV series get rebooted. It’s the nature of the beast.

RoboCop: The Animated Series had its fangs pulled because of the the new format.

The Real Ghostbusters even answered the question, “What would happen if someone hit Cthulhu with a beam from an unlicensed nuclear accelerator?”

Not every adaptation is successful, and not every adaptation is accurate.

The Final Fantasy series of games did offer more than just pure action, adding characterization, investigation, and exploration, but the draw of video games is the action.

With Octopussy and The Living Daylights, the short stories were more character pieces or investigative, with little action.