Lost in Translation

A while back, Lost in Translation reviewed the 2015 Jem and the Holograms film. Today, let’s look at the cartoon that people were expecting to be the base of that film.

Given that Godzilla was meant for a younger Saturday morning audience, Hanna-Barbera succeeded in what they set out to do.

Despite being in its twenty-fourth season, the studio went back to the beginning, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Nancy Drew was aimed at the same audience that the books are, but made sure that the clues were there to be seen by viewers as well as Nancy herself.

“Rinse the Blood Off My Toga” is a hard-boiled detective story using Julius Caesar as the starting point.

A localization is an adaptation remade for a new audience, taking into account what the culture that the audience lives in.

Wells’s War of the Worlds was first published in 1897 as a serial and told from a first-person perspective as a journal by the narrator.

The critical issue with a Lethal Weapon TV series, though, is the chemistry between the leads.

The result is a well-done adaptation that demonstrates how to adapt well.

Of special note, Starship Excelsior ran a Kickstarter campaign to create an episode for the fiftieth anniversary of /Star Trek/’s first airing.

Thus, Lost in Translation will point out and analyze the fan adaptations that are a good reflection of original works.

Fury Road keeps to several themes found in The Road Warrior, including survival, the fight against would-be tyrants, the need for family, and the dangers of ecological collapse.

Updating The Man from U.N.C.L.E. would mean losing much of what made the series work in the Sixties.

At the same time, if opening credits aren’t going to be used, how can a film get a new audience up to speed without having fans yawn at old information?

The short version, adaptations continued to dominate the silver screen.

The Real Ghostbusters ran from 1986 until 1991, undergoing a title change to Slimers and the Real Ghostbusters in its third season.

The movie is more than just an extended episode of AbFab, but doesn’t lose what made the TV series a cult favourite.

While Young Frankenstein is a parody, it builds off the original, using Frankenstein as the base to hang the jokes on while still keeping the mood.

The cast isn’t the only factor turning the movie into a success. The scope of the film is epic, despite focusing on Clark.

Captain America and its sequel are very much Seventies-era made-for-TV movies, suffering from budget limitations.