abbadon420@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhich books have the worst video adaptation?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareWhich books have the worst video adaptation?abbadon420@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTwitchingCheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoSame thing that happened with the Shannara TV show. MTV wanted a kid friendly fantasy romance competitor to GoT, so they butchered a series that’s basically none of those things. They also started with book 2 for whatever reason.
minus-squareNaN@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI imagine they couldn’t get the rights to The Lord of the Rings in order to adapt book 1 of Shannara.
Same thing that happened with the Shannara TV show. MTV wanted a kid friendly fantasy romance competitor to GoT, so they butchered a series that’s basically none of those things. They also started with book 2 for whatever reason.
I imagine they couldn’t get the rights to The Lord of the Rings in order to adapt book 1 of Shannara.