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For me it's definitely the Dark Tower, but the Golden Compas was also a huge letdown.

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)
  • Dune (the old one, not the new one)
  • Dark Tower
  • Eragon
  • Ender's Game
  • The Witcher (a real shame, it could have been such a good IP for Netflix)

Most adaptations suck, these are just some from the top of my head.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I like at least the first season of Witcher, though it could've been more linear

The old Dune was just lol what the fuck

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about the middle Dune adaptation?

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

The mini series is fantastic. It's a lot closer to the book and handles the pacing extremely well.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I fucking hate the new Dune. The old Dune at least has charm for how goofy it can get. The characters and editing choices I have huge problems with. It's a very pretty movie and most scenes made it in but the characters just aren't there. Also the world isn't established properly. They don't even mention the Landsraad until the tailend of the movie but they're important to know about because they are why the Emperor takes the strategy he does.

[–] NakedGardenGnome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh God, I remember how disappointed I was when seeing the Eragon movie. After having read the trilogy I was having such high hopes, it could've been a LOTR alike trilogy, but instead we got this half baked... Stuff. At least the actors gave their best.

Kind of in the same line with the golden compass I guess?

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed the Eragon books as a kid but they aren't great themselves. It's a mediocre book series adapted to a bad film.

Oh yeah for sure, they were great to child me, I haven't read them in years.

I just thought of another example to the theme: I also really enjoyed the vampires assistant thirteenology or so, but the movie was horrendous!