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> it's not Fahrenheit 451 anymore. What it is, is your relationship to the story and that's really what an adaption is about. A good adaption I think always sh
by Barrin92 2y ago
> it's not Fahrenheit 451 anymore.
What it is, is your relationship to the story and that's really what an adaption is about. A good adaption I think always shows you what someone feels in regards to the original work, it's a response to or a dialog with the original and that can include any emotion you have towards it. Artistically you don't really owe Fahrenheit anything, that's the sort of "fandom" mentality that I think is pretty misplaced and immature in art, but popular now because everything has fans and followers.
I agree with your observation about Dune but I think it's quite smart. Villeneuve has basically rewritten Chani entirely and shows us the story from her point of view, starting and ending the two movies with her deliberately. It's a critical outside view on Paul unlike the book in many ways, and I think that just reflects Villeneuve's perspective. (and also coincidentally Herbert's actual intent for Paul, it will hopefully spare people the awkward monologues from the second book)
Deep Space 9 is another example of this right, there's the die-hard fan mentality of "It goes against everything ST is about!", but ultimately it makes the universe much more interesting and compelling because it gives you another perspective from another point in time from someone who didn't quite buy into the utopianism and just expressed that.
- themaninthedark 2y agoI am not saying that I nor anyone else "owe" a particular story anything; however you can't take a story, change it significantly and then claim it is the same thing. To use my food analogy again: If I take pita bread, stuff it with cheese, spread tomato sauce on top along with toppings, it may be very delicious but if I serve it when someone orders a pizza...well I doubt they will be a repeat customer. I bet you could make an amazing comedy by showing the events of "The Christmas Carol" from someone other than Scroog's point of view but it's not "The Christmas Carol" then and shouldn't be labeled as such. "Old Man and the Sea" from the fish's point of view could be an interesting commentary but it would also not be "Old Man and the Sea"