Lost in Translation

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.

Dalton’s approach is similar to Daniel Craig’s in Casino Royale, a return to the origins.

If Amazon can reproduce the immersive quality of Stålenhag’s paintings, Loop should raise a following.

Today, a look at how language barriers go into adding complexity to adapting.

People will enjoy the same story over and over, whatever the format. For horror and mystery, there’s a problem.

From Russia With Love isn’t quite yet the classic 007 movie. The seeds are there, though.

Created by Blake Edwards, Peter Gunn ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961.

Sherlock Gnomes takes a few liberties with “The Final Solution,” though the movie isn’t really an adaptation of the story, just the characters in it.

Wonder Woman despite the changes, does keep to the nature of the character and the comics.

Truly Outrageous! includes several songs that reflect not just the plot but how the characters are feeling.

The Dynamic Duo of the serial reflects the Batman and Robin of the comics of the time, with some changes imposed by the change in format.

Miami Vice isn't the TV series from the Eighties because it wasn’t made in the Eighties, it was made with the sensitivities of 2006.

Ultimately, the 2017 remake took its cues from the action parts of the 1999 remake.

The 1999 remake of The Mummy changed the tone of the story, going from the original’s gothic romance to an action-horror.

The Almighty Thor borrows from myth and legend in its own way, becoming less a product of the source and more its own movie.