#i love what this adaptation did

[molinaesque]

Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will and his hands had done it, that she owed it to his perception of her fatigue, and his resolution to give her rest. She was very much affected by the view of his disposition towards her, which all these things made apparent. This little circumstance seemed the completion of all that had gone before. She understood him. He could not forgive her, but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and unjust resentment, though perfectly careless of her, and though becoming attached to another, still he could not see her suffer, without the desire of giving her relief. It was a remainder of former sentiment; it was an impulse of pure, though unacknowledged friendship; it was a proof of his own warm and amiable heart, which she could not contemplate without emotions so compounded of pleasure and pain, that she knew not which prevailed.

- Chapter 10, Persuasion (Jane Austen)

- Persuasion (1995, Roger Michell)

#persuasion #jane austen #persuasion 1995 #ciaran hinds #amanda root #anne elliot #frederick wentworth #captain wentworth #film #persuasion1995gifs #before there was the legendary '2005 P&P Hand Flex Scene' #THIS existed #just imagine WENTWORTH'S pov omggggg #he has to be so impassive while on the inside he's just SCREAMING #the fact that he doesnt look at her at all afterwards just UGHHHH #i love what this adaptation did #which added her perspective of witnessing his show of care #yet his indifference and refusal to meet her eye adds to her flustered and mixed emotions #and its just *chef's kiss* #meanwhile the 2007 version doesnt even show his face at all???? #it just has him carrying her on the carriage and her looking at him as the carriage leaves in one continuous shot and its just like... #that's it??

[beif0ngs]

at this point, i'm just in awe at how they f*cked up a live action adaptation of ATLA twice... TWICE 🤦

#atla #Avatar the Last Airbender #huge red flag from the get go when Mike and Bryan decided to leave due to 'creative differences' #the characterization in the live action series was HORRIBLE #it's like they took every aspect that we love about the original characters in the animated series and just chucked it out the window #like what tf did they do with Bumi and Azula?!! #don't even get me started on Katara... #ugh i cannot even #and no amount of little references to the original animated series is gonna do sh*t #especially not if you're gonna ruin everything we love about these characters in the first place #just to clarify my gripe isn't with any of the actors it's with the WRITING #seriously just stop... #STOP MAKING LIVE ACTION ADAPTATIONS OF A PERFECTLY GOOD ANIMATED SERIES AND LEAVE THEM ALONE

[originalaccountname]

putting my hands on your shoulders looking directly into your eyes why are you so insistent that Dazai is faking every emotion every second of every day except when he's acting mean or evil why do you think his dark side is more true than his happier or sillier sides

do you not also have multiple facets you show different people? are we not all beautiful multifaceted individuals? are your actions and reactions not influenced by your emotions and state of mind?

can't he laugh at his own jokes? can't he fondly think of the Agency? can't he be dramatic because he wants to? can't he be surprised by something suddenly happening, even if he knew it would happen? do you not jump when the jack in the box gets out even if you were the one working the mechanism?

why would the mean persona be more real? why would any and all joy be faked? why are you only allowing him misery?

#sorry i saw one too many posts talking about dazai's ''masks'' and how he hides his true self from the ada #and what of it if he still has the potential to hurt others? what of it if he's good at hurting? every day he chooses not to lean into it #not too far at the very least. #isn't kyouk.a skilled at killing? did she not choose not to do it? #i'm not saying dazai's never acting (because it does happen) i'm saying too many people are too quick to brush off- #every non-serious non-mean emotion as ''playing an act'' #why would the mean persona not be a fake?? you thought about that??? what biases are you holding here #he makes jokes. he acts silly. he's a drama queen. he loves it. #you know what IS tiring? having to look evil and untouchable and impassive in front of a whole organization every day as a teenager #as soon as he gets to lupin with od.a and ang.o he goes silly mode. heck- when he *met* ang.o it was because he went silly mode. #as soon as chuuy.a is in proximity he starts yelling children's insults and starts stupid competitions #his silly mode is just as integrated into his personality as the capacity to be the scariest most evil person you've seen #they are not mutually exclusive and having the capacity for either does not mean acting on them #as asagiri said in an interview: bsd isn't about change it's about adaptation. kyouk.a has the talent to kill. she just chooses not to. #dazai has the skills to be evil. he just chooses good. #that got long in the tags sorry #apparently i talk sometimes

[ennaih]

Every Film I Watch In 2023:

259. Doctor Sleep (2019)

#doctor sleep #doctor sleep (2019) #2023filmgifs #my gifs #that was wonderful #such an excellent clever and sensitive adaptation #of such an important healing and deeply personal novel #i knew Flanagan would get it right #and even with the changes he made to the ending #i understood and accepted why he did #this ending is frankly what i expected from the book #but King was much kinder and much more focused on the healing #Flanagan chose to focus on justice for Wendy #because god knows Kubrick fucked her over completely #and i will never forgive him for that #so my fave line from the book had no purpose in the film and i got that #such fantastic well considered visuals #it was long and i loved every bit of it #it felt so well paced and true and faithful #and if Katie Siegel wasn't pregnant #she would have totally played Rose The Hat #i just know it #Rebecca Ferguson was amazing #everyone gave such good performances #and i loved the use of the score #i've been too afraid to watch this ever since i read the book #cos i was terrified of seeing Mrs Massey #but Flanagan got me through that with a sort of immersion therapy and i love him for it #this is why i watch horror #to look steadily upon the bad thing and survive

[whenthewallfell]

The lackluster romance and overemphasised 'love triangle' in The Hunger Games movies makes more sense when you frame it as Peeta's hijacked memories after the war.

Katniss being super cold towards him? The terrible cave scene? The emotionless 'I need you' on the beach? The general lack of chemistry between them? All the Gale angst?? Peeta's entire character being reduced to a damsel in distress and very much feeling like a spare part??? The totally weird and unsatisfying epilogue where the distance between them in the field is emphasised and something about the lighting and framing makes it feel like a Bad Ending????

boom hijacking it's all in his head

#meanwhile book Katniss is holding his face saying 'i am madly in love with you let us have fat and happy children and grow old together' #i may have implied this in my fic but idk if anyone noticed haha #idk it makes the movies more bearable #it's frustrating because technically they're good adaptations #except for all the important bits #like the whitewashing #and the cursed triangle #and the loss of the emotional core #obligatory no shade at the actors they did the best with what they had #the hunger games #everlark #rambles

[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

Finally getting around to watching 2000 Les Mis.

#deadass I did not change the captions and actually cut the part where JVJ confirms that it's not fatherly love #the only change I made is that Marius only asks once #I have an ask sitting in my inbox about this adaptation that I've been waiting to answer until I watch the whole thing through at least once #which is the reason I decided to prioritize it #so y'all will be seeing more about my opinion when I finish up in two weeks #but hooooooo boy #les mis #jvj #valjean #I refuse to tag “canon jean” for this He Would Not Do That #marius #marius the noodle #marius pontmercy #2000 les mis #I nearly tagged Javert becaise he just feels so integral to what makes this adaptation this adaptation #shitposting @ me

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

How do you feel about Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, and why should we throw Leah a huge parte for being the annie we always deserve but never got much of

HELL YEAH ARE YOU KIDDING ME LEAHBETH IS THE BEST THING THATS EVER HAPPENED TO ME THIS ENTIRE YEAR OH MY GODS AND GODDESSES im fully self aware that "i look like i would have been an annabeth kid" and its because i FOR SURE WAS WHY WOULDNT ANYONE BE she is The Character the MOMENt the ICON of the AGES and leah is adapting her energy to screen so ???? perfectly ?????? like did rick just shake the book and she fell out ??????? what sorcery is this?? ??????

no but in all seriousness leah is killing it as annabeth and its super clear that she did her research and understands the character (in interviews she talks about how she read annabeth povs in later books and did research on greek mythology and athena so she could understand the lightning thief not just from percys pov but from annabeth 🥺🥺 she so annabeth coded irl i adore her) and it genuinely shows like ive microanalyzed all her expressions because her facial acting has so much DEPTH and LAYERS and OH MY GODS leah deserves all the parties and we are so privileged to have her as our annabeth chase <3 imagine being that talented at like 13

im super excited to see what additions she makes to the character in this adaptation!!! already i think she's really highlighting annabeth's battle strategy smarts over just booksmarts which EVERYONE ALWAYS FORGETS ABOUT SHES NOT JUST A BOOK NERD SHES A FUCKING GENERAL HEAD OF THE ATHENA CABIN MOST FORMIDABLE DEMIGOD AT CAMP AS A 12 YEAR OLD the duality is giving me LIFE and i love how she gets to boss around percy and grover (leah also talked about loving to get to be in charge and competitive as annabeth which shes SO REAL FOR THAT shes such an annabeth type) BUT ALSO YOU ALREADY GET TO SEE HER VULNERABILITIES AND INSECURITIES AND THE WAY SHE CARRIES HERSELF THAT MAKES HER SIMULTANEOUSLY COOL BUT ALSO IS A REFLECTION OF TRAUMA AND POOR EMOTIONAL COPING yeah basically shes not just giving us annabeth shes giving us annabeth but MORE and its making me understand her character BETTER and in a NEW way (and if you have anything to say about her portrayal in the show i will genuinely pull up with a full ass powerpoint slideshow because IF YOU MEDIA COMPREHEND FOR TWO SECONDS AND KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER CHARACTER IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE AND ITS SO JUICY AND JALKDJFKBL)

i think about that shot of her looking at percy using medusas head through the screen porch ALL THE TIME. and her delivery of "grover can you tell your friend to pull himself together" LIKE THATS WHEN SHE TURNS TO HER PROTECTOR FOR HELP AND IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SASSY IM-BETTER-THAN-YOU-PERCY VIBE TO IT BECAUSE SHES HIDING THE FACT THAT SHES SCARED AND UNCOMFORTABLE TO TALK ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER UNAVAILABLE MOM (and percy sees right through that just as she sees right through percy and oh my gods if i get started on percabeth ill never shut up)

anyways thanks for giving me an opportunity to go on a mini rant about leahbeth i could say so much more because when i say ive analyzed every frame my girl is in i am NOT joking

but ill just end by saying that anyone who is upset by show annabeth being black literally did not understand her as a character or the percy jackson books in general so they can stfu and get their little butthurt wrong opinions out the door bc they dont belong here anyway <3 rick and becky also talked about how they hired black sensitivity readers to help write annabeth's blackness more authentically into her character in the show so very much hoping that they do that well! and im overall just super excited to see what changes they make to adapt my favorite character to a new era, a new medium, and a new audience!

go treat yourself to some leah interviews because i actually adore her and will protect her and annabeth (though arguably theyre one and the same) with my life <3

#god i coudl talk for hours but ill stop #sorry for hte long ass post but honestly whats the point of tumblr if not for me to be autistic on main about annabeth chase #omg i still remember the moment they announced annabeth and grovers casting #i litearlly slapped and hand over my face and was like no way no way no way THEY FUCKIGN DID IT OH MY GODS #ltierally thank the gods every day that we got the perfect trio based on actual voice and personality <333333333 #anyways bestie i will talk leahbeth w you anytime we should throw her a party because she is actually eating up this role #the sass #the emotiosn #the Generaling #will never get over her in her armor THAT IS MY QUEEN RIGHT THERE THAT IS THE ICON I REMEMBER FROM MY CHILDHOOD #they ltierally just stole annabeth from the books but made her better #and by that i mean like rick has a chance to rewrite her for the modern era and make her characterization cleaner and tighter #esp becuase APPARENTLY people missed the point the first time #annabeth haters actually make me so fucking mad if think about it too long ill explode #BUT WE DONT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEM BC WeRE GETTING A TRUTHFUL ADAPTATION OF ANNABETH AND THE TRIO AND THEY CAN CRY ABOUT IT #YIPPPEEEEEEE #time to rewatch episode three #im not going to survive the tunnel of love #or the discussion in the vegas truck if we get that #leah sava jeffries #SHES TRENDING!!! #leahbeth #annabeth chase #leah jeffries #annabeth #percabeth #percy jackon and the olympians #i love the mispelled tag #pjo <3

[theimprobable1]

Ok so it seems like they're definitely going for John/Mariana. That's fine I guess but in exchange I should get Sherlock and Victor rekindling their friendship after the traumatic reveals of the last episode and then getting together. That sounds about fair.

#sherlock and co #sherlock & co #i think bbc traumatised me too much to ever actually care about johnlock again tbh #like obviously in ACD canon Holmes and Watson are in love that's non-negotiable #but adaptations can do whatever i'm not touching shipping with a ten foot pole #also I had completely forgotten what bbc did to Victor until just now and boy do I wish to forget again

[deer-with-a-stick]

if netflix makes Luo Ji non-chinese I'm going to throw myself off a fucking cliff

#*incoherent screaming* #if i have to see another “but netflix has to make the characters appeal to the bigger audience” comment im going to fucking lose it #i have a bar of deviation for adaptations. examples: #lotr: its all fine and dandy i love it #the hobbit: getting a little close to dangerous territory but i'll take it #dune: perfection #foundation: no wtf #rop: DO NOT FUCKING SPEAK TO ME OF THIS SHOW #i will still watch 3bd when it comes out #but I will be fucking PISSED if what i'm seeing about the characters is real #“give them personalities” ok yeah sure im fine with that #“the plot affects the entire population of the earth” ok sure but why are 75% of the cast non asian now. #“we need diversity! plus you need the audience to appeal to the audience” im going to fucking bite you. fuck off. #no hate to the actors i'm sure they did a great job its not their fault anyway #but seriously if they made luo ji non-chinese im actually going to fucking lose it #3 body problem #three body problem #remembrance of earth's past #netflix #actually if they made zhang beihai non-chinese as well then i'm just going to- *internal screaming*

[half-a-hetero]

i honestly dont hate the ATLA adaptation but im definitely not entirely happy. when comparing it to the original they made a lot of the core ideas, arcs, conflicts, and characters kind of just….flat. and they also changed a lot of central motivations for characters and the things that made them so excellent, and misinterpreted a bunch of them, so yeah. some things were too rushed, and it all took away from a lot of the things that made atla such a meaningful show and a powerful teacher

that being said, it was kinda expected because they had to condense the whole thing into a few episodes, and ATLA is rly not a show for which you can do that easily, so i gotta cut them some slack. nothing will live up to the OG and thats that. BUT there were also some GREAT bits of acting in there PLZ can we talk about it because certain characters were captured really well (FOR THEIR ADAPTED SCENARIOS.) as well as great representation

i would honestly not mind a second season because it really was not all that bad as a show, independent of the original. it was engaging and had just enough humor and anger and sadness to be a well balanced show overall, i dont think its aim was to be a perfect recreation of the original

#to the acting point—ZUKO???? #HELLO???? #his actor kinda devoured and it was honestly a really convincing zuko #THE LAST EPISODES I WAS LIKE OH MY HOLY FUCK #also kiawentiio is my QUEEN i love her #anyways back to zuko the agni kai ep and the last ep and other scenes were DAMN. #idk if everyone agrees but i honestly found that zuko in the adaptation was one of the only characters i didnt really find MAJOR flaws in #or things that i had like a moral objection to. and the acting was great for zuko. but lmk what yg think #ALSO SUKI #SUKI SUKI SUKI SUKI #SHE WAS SO GOOD #some things yadda yadda but i did really like the way her actress portrayed her #AND YUEEEE they gave her a little more oumph and i liked it honestly #CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL ALL THE WOMEN IN THE SHOW WERE. #avatar #avatar the last airbender #zuko #katara #suki #yue #sokka #aang #LIEUTENANT JEE #. #atla live action #oh shit i forgot about jet. what was he doin there errmmmmmmmmmm that whole arc and omashu was quite rushed lets be real. #if i hadnt watched the show beforehand i would probably have half the criticism but then again … #but ya it could definitely have been worse

[barbreypilled]

I love all kinds of things I don’t trust. Thunderstorms, white liquor, snakes…

I’m seeing TBOSAS this weekend so I’m dropping all my silly bookverse drawings lmao

#the rose themed fit I wish she decked his scrawny ass #PLEASE ignore her weird wrist idk what i did there #seeing one of the inhabitants of my Brain Microwave get adapted is weird #I’m sure Rachel will slay but I love my whacky hick cousin #thg #mine #tbosas #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #lucy gray baird

[mrjonathanmurray]

haha wouldn’t it be funny if the romanian sailors threw dracula’s box overboard because of the bad vibes and then he sank to the bottom of the danube before eventually washing out to the ocean and the gang frantically tried to find him but they never ever could and mina even created a special foundation dedicated to their mission but to no avail so the task was passed down to their descendants who kept up the furious search and dracula stayed at the bottom of the ocean for one hundred and twenty three years until the foundation finally located him and sent a diving expedition down to retrieve the box but when they found it one of the divers started examining dracula’s teeth and then dracula bit her finger and started drinking her blood which woke him from his restorative coma and—oh wait, oh, oh no….

#on one hand I’m loving the dd jokes about this #on the other my soul is dying from Bad Dracula Adaptation Disease #please keep going please stop I beg of you #bbc dracula #dracula 2020 #bane of my existence #monkey’s paw monkey’s paw monkey’s paw people you don’t know what you’re asking for! #look what they did to my boy #(by boy I mean nineteenth century vampire novel) #‘come boy suckle’ lives in my mind rent free #and that is not a compliment to mr steven moffat #dracula #dracula daily #bram stoker #mrjonathanmurray

[caughtkuru]

every time i rewatch the stand 2020 i always get so thrown off by the fact that lloyd and trashcan man hate each other. because like. OUT OF ALL CHARACTERS TO MAKE HATE EACH OTHER??

ITS THESE TWO????

#to be fair the way trashcan man is portrayed in general throws me off so bad #WHAT DID THEY DO TO HIM… OH HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY… #genuinely he feels like a stereotype of the character he is in the original novel. not to mention just a stereotype in general. #i love a lot of the 2020 adaptation but my god i will never forgive paramount for letting that slide #the stand #the stand 2020 #lloyd henreid #trashcan man #stephen king

[babykittenteach]

2023 in review! I made an effort to try more things and it worked mostly (at least for TV and movies). New things, new-to-me things, and new installments of old things all had characters to love even if I didn't necessarily feel fannish about them, and I'm hoping 2024 does, too.

#but yeah no I had a lot of fun with some of these #mp100 is now fully going down as one of my favorite works of art ever. i mean it. i'd stick it on a shelf with discworld. #trying Nida Manzoor's work was SO GOOD like if edgar wright knew how to make girls lovable I meant to only try one episode of WALP #and then I marathonned it all in one night right into the sunrise and I do not regret it #(look I love edgar wright but) #i had my issues with GO2 and Fionna & Cake and HxH (which I finally tried yes I am late) but still they had babies in them #one piece and the last of us did like major progress for proving those mediums *could* be adapted and not suck so seriously kudos #I didn't go into Barbie expecting it to Solve Capitalism and The Patriarchy so I appreciate what it did do #Nimona was just gorgeous #Across the spider-verse is so good it's hard to say anything about it #Peacemaker is obnoxiously good and Chris's breakdown near the end really got me #Bottoms & Marry My Dead Body & Ying-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity are just fun okay don't think about it #the strange planet show was sweet and peaceful to watch #and even with a 40% budget cut OFMD has my heart and ed is The babygirl of all time for me #thanks for reading these tags if you did and I hope you have a good new year #art i'm proud of

[maybeonedayillfindout]

im watching shadow and bone season 2, and i have the tag blacklisted for now so i dont know what anyone else thinks of this, but so far i genuinely like the jesper/wylan dynamic in the show more than i did in the books. i really didnt want them to make wylan into this blushing incompetent guy that almost "fixes" jesper and i think them making him 1) more competent 2)more slightly insane 3)have already met jesper in that way - are all really good decisions and make his character and their dynamic even more compelling

#this is not me hating on book wesper #i loved them their and so i was very scared to see what they were gonna do with wylan in the adaptation #anyways they did my boy SO RIGHT #shadow and bone #shadow and bone season 2 #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #wesper #maybe/elias' fantastic new thoughts

[dhmis-autism]

i feel like the original series was red guy centered, the first season was for yellow guy, and i am BEGGING AND PRAYING that season 2 will be more about duck!! i will probably cry if anything happens to him though lol 💀 everytime writers break a comic relief character i just OUGSHGS.. it gets me.

h well I don't think you're wrong about that! Webseries being Red Guys time to shine, S1 of the TV show being for Yellow (esp the last two episodes I think? Even thought outside of that, he does get a lot of focus/he IS the one who talks to the audience the most directly). From what I remember hearing, the pilot was pretty Duck-centered.

But I think even if he GETS his big moment in the sun, so to speak, it's NOT going to be as emotional as the other twos. On top of him just not being a very um… let's say sentimental character, he's just not the make-you-cry type! It's just not him imo!

IDK, I operate under the opinion that… in his weird little head, the most important thing that he values over everything is keeping the three of them together. Both because he thinks of them as a weird little family AND because he really doesn't have anyone else outside of the trio. We also know from the interview, and you could maybe argue from the Family episode ( Who do you love?/Anyone who loves me back., I asked every member of my family who they loved the most, and they all said me ) that being loved is something that he actually values QUITE a bit! More than you would assume on first glance! He's weirdly upfront about it haha!

In that way, I imagine that if they were to TRY to pull something to put him in the spotlight in the way you're imagining (i.e. something emotional and focusing on his issues like they did with Yellow & Red) it would either focus on his desire to be loved OR his dedication to keeping the three of them together. But I would argue they both already did that in the Family episode AND put him through the worst case-scenario in regards to those more emotional aspects of his character ( here I think the worst case scenario to him is the other two rejecting him, harshly, unambiguously and to his face, multiple times and the three of them separating ). AND THE THING IS… THAT ALREADY HAPPENED! THAT DIDN'T BREAK HIM!

He had his little pout over it in his dress and was like FINE! I DON'T NEED THEM ANYWAYS! So, I really don't think that big "character-breaking" moment is coming. If the Family ep didn't get him I honest to God don't think there's anything else the house could throw at him that could get under his skin.

#I REALLY TRULY DO THINK HES JUST GONNA KEEP BEING SILLY AND GOOFY UNTIL THE END OF TIME #just forever in the BG being funny and having the best lines #like. worst case scenario came and went and he is both so adaptable AND deranged that nothing is going to come from it ever #ALSO sorry! i think he likes being in the house lol #dude who loves repetition and stagnation and who is a complete social failure gets trapped in a time loop house with two other people? #of COURSE he loves the routine and delusionally convinces himself that the other two love him!! come ON now!!! #my dhmis postings #like im trying to think of what kind of drama can even come from his specific issues and #its like what if he figures out the other two dont think of him the same way? #HE ALREADY DID!!! #and he pushed on it and pushed on it and didnt relent until they were like PHYSICALLY seperated. #then he just convinced himself that HE made the decision to drop THEM actually. #and when that didnt work he got sad. then got over it. #again. i think he would TRY to find new friends but like. socially he is SO SO fucked lol. #hes annoying. hes loud. he NEVER stops talking. hes super upfront and DOGSHIT at communicating at the same time #hes mean. hes abrasive. he doesnt understand social cues at ALL. he has NO filter. and he refuses to work on any of that because to him #NONE of that is a problem. #like he wouldnt be able to get new friends if he TRIED. he is so completely entirely incompatible to anyone outside the group #it makes him REALLY easy to hate and i get why a lot of ppl do. HELL i get why a lot of IN UNIVERSE charas HATE him