400million-years-old

[400million-years-old]

Ummmm

I just finished good omens 2 and frankly:

What the fuck.

#good omens #good omens 2 #ummm no

[400million-years-old]

Saw someone taking the “you ever see someone post something that is the equivalent of swinging a bat at a hornets nest” to another level”

#957 #I’m in tears #rambles #own

[400million-years-old]

[400million-years-old]

i'm reading this dictionary of angels throughout history, religion, and culture and this guy is definitely my favorite so far

[400million-years-old]

Queer music is impossible to define because we are not a monolith and we all have our own tastes and styles but it sure is not harry styles and taylor swift

[400million-years-old]

Thinking about how accurate Glass Onion is to its base text (Among Us)

#i mean they even voted at against him at the end #loved this film #glass onion #knives out

[400million-years-old]

Hozier didn't write lyrics like "when the bodies starvin' at the border are on TV givin' people the sack" and "skinning the children for a war drum" and "it's always corporate infrastructure over the structure of your face" and "but the jackboot only jumps down on people standing up, so you know good things are happening when the jackboot needs to jump" and "the gateway to the world…had never belonged to men" and "don't mention the rent or the money that's spent keeping the banks in good health" and the entire song nina cried power

for you to just call him the horny bog man

[400million-years-old]

hello my pronouns from now on are eat your young/all things end/through me (the flood) nice to meet you

[400million-years-old]

everyone's lost their mind.

#fucking crying at this #amazing #incredible #fucking hilarious

[400million-years-old]

I like shadow and bone a normal amount

[400million-years-old]

"I know metal. Beauty was your armor. Fragile stuff, all show. But what’s inside you? That’s steel. It’s brave and unbreakable. And it doesn’t need fixing."

[400million-years-old]

a lawnmower is a type of herbivorous dog

[400million-years-old]

yeaaaa the weekend’s looking real good

#yes yes yes

[400million-years-old]

Can I just say that every single episode of Shadow and Bone feels like a season finale? The tension was high THE ENTIRE TIME

#exactly #because they sped up the pacing #idk why people hate this #it was so much more exciting to watch #last season was good but so slow

[400million-years-old]

although. i will admit. the slat fight scene got me. girlboss brekker indeed

#same i just wish it was on the stairs

[400million-years-old]

watching kaz take down pekka with someone who hasn’t read the book

[400million-years-old]

ok now actually seems like a great time to talk about book to film adaptations (movie and tv show alike) because every time a new adaptation comes out i sit here and watch the book fandom spend weeks attacking it for all its differences and this time i am kind of just fed up.

i'm going to say something that sounds like it should be very obvious but, evidently, is not: books and film are two very different mediums of storytelling. i know, big shocker.

they are fundamentally very different. no movie or show made from a book is going to perfectly replicate the source material (or even hold true to a lot of its points).

nor should it! because—and this i believe is the thing that lots of people don't appreciate—film adaptations are adaptations! they are interpretations by a filmmaker of the original story! yes, it is nice when the writer of the books contributes to the production, but at that point the story is in the hands of the show writers and directors (unless you have a situation like good omens where one of the original writers is the writer of the show, but that's a whole other point).

i know that a lot of people want or expect a show or movie adaptation to try to hold true to the source material as much as possible, but that isn't fair to the creativity and talent of the filmmakers.

rather than viewing film adaptations as poorly done recreations of your favorite works, view them as another artist's take on the source material (think of it as fanfiction if you must; honestly the biggest difference is that they are getting paid for making it).

film adaptations aren't meant to be the same as the books. they are supposed to explore new ways of telling a story while keeping hold on the theme and spirit of the source material instead of just the plot points in the book. yes, some are done better than others, and yes, it's okay to be upset when your favorite scene gets cut or changed, but expecting them to be identical to the original isn't fair to you or the filmmakers. the sooner you rid yourself of those expectations, the easier it will be to enjoy new works of art without being blinded by your own disappointment.