#addendum: keeping things the same is ALSO an active choice in adaptation and equally worth scrutiny

[anghraine]

I’ve said this before, but I stand by it: just because an adaptation had to make changes to a text, plot point, character, or whatever does not mean that the particular change they made was a good idea. There is a difference between “changing anything is bad” and “the change made at this point was a bad idea.”

Personally, I’ve found that a lot of fans of adaptations tend to suggest that any criticism of any changes must come down to just not being smart or nuanced or whatever enough to grasp that adaptations are typically in different mediums and regardless, will need to change things. Look. Critics know that. They just don’t like the choice that was made.

#addendum: keeping things the same is ALSO an active choice in adaptation and equally worth scrutiny #which gets overlooked a ton #but for instance #i don't think that faramir's scenes in ttt would work on film as written #but i also think their choice of how to handle that was ... bad in adaptational terms #really bad #same with denethor but even more #'well film is a different medium and changes have to be made' thanks I KNOW THAT #we all fucking know that #that argument is not actually a refutation of particular criticisms!! #ugh #anghraine rants #general fanwank #legendarium fanwank #adaptation #pj critical