Beamer wrote on Oct 26, 2022, 08:33:
I don't think tv needs to "respect" source material, as it's a different medium and can't convey ideas in the same way, so changes are needed.
Deviations from one entertainment medium to another is par for the course & expected. But that doesn't automatically equal not respecting the source material. Also outright disrespecting the source material is foolhardy almost always ends in failure. You can show respect for the source material all while transferring a book to another entertainment medium like TV or video games & making changes here & there to fit that medium. These two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
Also, thanks to Amazon Prime, we have a modern day example of what happens when you show no respect for the source material. If you want more examples of companies showing respect or disrepect for the source... I could go on for days. Hell... CD Project Red must have had a hell of a lot of problems transferring the books to video game format. I would even argue that video games are the more difficult of the lot compared to the others when transferring books to another medium. Because transferring a book, which is linear, to video games, which are interactive, is almost definitely going to be very difficult. But CD Project Red pulled off just fine with The Witcher video game series.
So ignoring the source material all the while claiming
"it's a different entertainment medium, changes had to be made" as an excuse is just shoddy work & pure laziness. People that use excuses like that for their work deserve to lose their position in the company to more qualified personnel &/or fired outright.