movie | Nerdologists https://nerdologists.com Where to jump in on board games, anime, books, and movies as a Nerd Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:07:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://nerdologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nerdologists-favicon.png movie | Nerdologists https://nerdologists.com 32 32 10 Minute Marvel Catch-Up https://nerdologists.com/2025/12/10-minute-marvel-catch-up/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/12/10-minute-marvel-catch-up/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:04:02 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9891 Two episodes of 10 Minute Marvel to catch up on as we have some Marvel fights to talk about and The New Mutants.

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Life has been busy in 10 Minute Marvel land. And because of that, here’s the post for a double dip of podcast episodes. We have all the good news and Marvel rumors to talk about on both episodes. Starting first we have Marvel Character battles, who would win hero versus hero, villain versus villain and we have a fun time with that.

Then we’re talking about the movie that no one remembers. The New Mutants came and went as just a blip of a movie. We both watched it for the first time, and is it actually good or not. We talk about what we like, dislike, and how it could have been made better to really given us something great. So join us on 10 Minute Marvel as we talk about that.

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Two questions, who would have won in those fights?

And have you watch The New Mutants, Marvel’s forgotten film?

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Top 5 Movies of 2023 https://nerdologists.com/2023/12/top-5-movies-of-2023/ https://nerdologists.com/2023/12/top-5-movies-of-2023/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:16:27 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=8579 What movies made it onto my Top of what I've seen in 2023? I don't watch a ton, but which ones did I like and why?

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This is a tricky list to do this year. Normally I watch 10-12 movies in the year, new ones to me. This year, I’m not sure that I made it to that number. In fact, my new to movies for 2023 might only have been six. But all of them were 2023 movies, so there is that at least. One of them, is a kids movie. And oddly, most of them I watched in the theater. But out of the six movies I remember watching for sure in 2023, for the first time, let’s see which one I liked best.

Top 5 Movies of 2023

5. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

I know that a lot of people thought it was a very down year for Marvel. I tend to disagree as I really enjoyed Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Is it a perfect film? No, it is definitely not one of those, but it’s a fun film with a lot of fun visuals. And I thought that they handled everything in a way consistent with how Ant-Man and the Wasp films have worked before.

I really enjoyed the quantum realm in this movie, which is good because it’s mainly in there. But they got to explore and have some fun with it and the inhabitants of it. And Kang the Conqueror (or at least the person who called himself that) was terrifying at times and powerful at times. Then, yes, the finale is a bit goofy, but I like a lot of what it does.

I think Quantumania works well if you go into it and think it’s on the lighter end of the Star Wars movies. I know that isn’t for everyone, as well, but it feels like some elements from those films. And not just the prequel pod racing goofiness or the celebration retread feeling of the finale of the Skywalker saga. But like the original trilogy where there are places and locations with just a bit of everything going on in them.

4. Across the Spider-verse

This one might surprise some people with how low it is. I got one main critique of this film in that it’s not a complete story. In fact it’s barely a story, it’s more of a bridge between stories. I’m going to say something that sounds very negative, but this is more about how trilogies are made, it has a bit of the feel of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3. I think it is better than those, but those two movies are one movie split into two. Across the Spider-verse is that as well.

Now with that negative out of the way, it is an amazingly gorgeous film to watch. And the characters are engaging in it. I think especially the older Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy really make the movie work. Miles Morales is solid as well, but Gwen in particular is kind of the lead and focus of the story, at least from how her character comes across and how she grows throughout the movie.

And I am very excited for the finale of this story. I’m not going to say end of the trilogy, they might do more. But the next Spider-verse movie should work together with Across the Spider-verse to make a great two part movie to show one whole story. And that is something that not all movies do, especially in trilogies. Often times I’m interested to finish it, but because the second movie isn’t it’s own whole story, I lose steam on it.

3. The Marvels

The Marvels Movie
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The Marvels might be one of the better surprises for me for the year. It’s really close between these bottom three of my Top 5 movies of 2023. But all of them are fun, and I think because I went into The Marvels with lower expectations I appreciate what it does even more.

The Marvels is just a fun movie. The characters are fun and work together and especially Iman Vellani who steals the show with basically every scene that she is in. But the other main characters do well, as well. And I think they leaned into Brie Larson’s wooden acting for Carol Danvers and made that more part of the story. Which I think is a smart move. She’s not the best superhero actor, so build around what is working.

Now, not all of the movie works perfectly. There are some rough patches. The singing planet is fine at best, and they really don’t spend enough time there to make it worth it. They also spend too much time there, so it’s a bit annoying. The planet didn’t fully know what it wanted or needed to be for the movie. But with good character development and a bunch of fun nods and good post credit type of scenes, this is just a fun movie to watch.

2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Now the last Marvel movie on the list, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is a fun movie but also not a fun movie to watch. It is a heavy movie with digging into Rocket’s backstory, but it is so good. And it is heartfelt too, I think that the High Evolutionary is one of the better bad bad guys. He isn’t trying to redeem anything really, he is just power hungry and wants to play god.

This is a great end to the trilogy of Guardians of the Galaxy films. At least as the Guardians as we know it. They gave a lot of the characters a good amount of time on the screen and left some in areas where they can continue in the MCU. I fully expect to see some of them back.

I think why this one is higher is that this one feels like there weren’t any missteps. The story works and you feel for the characters. And there is more character growth that happens as well for a lot of the characters figuring out what they want to do. It’s where Marvel is the best, when it’s about the characters and their arcs and growth across the movies.

1. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Finally, it’s a non-Marvel film. Everything else was Marvel and the other one from 2023 I know I watched, Paw Patrol movie, was still super pups so superheroes as well. But let’s talk about what makes the Dungeons and Dragons movie the top on my list.

This is the type of movie that I like a lot as well in terms of a light action adventure movie. And it is set in a setting that I really like. I enjoy Dungeons and Dragons a ton. I play it a ton. But it’s not just that, it’s also one that has heart to it.

The characters all have fun development of building confidence, trust, balancing out ego, and letting go of the past. The themes are good. When coming out of the movie the best way to describe it is that it’s a fun movie with Dungeons and Dragons stuff in it, but it was a movie and story first, and that was put into Dungeons and Dragons perfectly.

I just watched it again about a week ago and I’ve seen it three times. And it is just as fun every time. It’s like The Marvels in that I would always watch it if I stumbled across it. But I think with Honor Among Thieves I would still want to watch it once a year anyways. And I hope, fingers crossed, that there is a second movie because I think people were hesitant to start. But now that people are seeing it, they like it. It just didn’t do as well as in theaters as it could have been.

Final Thoughts

I really don’t watch too many movies anymore. There are a few reasons, the big one being that with a kid, a lot of my evenings are shorter. But when I do, it’s almost always going to be Marvel. I’ll do a Top 5 anticipated movies for 2024 coming out.

What have you watched from 2023 that you like? Let me know if you think there are some I should checkout.

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10 Minute Marvel S3E45 – Loki Season 2 Finale https://nerdologists.com/2023/11/10-minute-marvel-s3e45-loki-season-2-finale/ https://nerdologists.com/2023/11/10-minute-marvel-s3e45-loki-season-2-finale/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:33:07 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=8507 Loki is now wrapped up. What did we think of the finale and how might it matter for Marvel going forward, all on this weeks #10MinMarvel.

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All good things must come to an end. In this case, Loki wrapped up it’s season two. And there are questions and theories about it that we want to tackle with what happened in the finale. So that’s our main topic for this weeks 10 Minute Marvel, what Loki meant as a show and what it means going forward in the MCU.

Plus, The Marvels came out to theaters to lackluster numbers. We’ll be talking about it more next week. But we give some early impressions on the movie. And there is news with Deadpool 3, as always, and the SAG-Aftra strike being done to talk about.

Thanks for Listening to 10 Minute Marvel

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Comments or Questions: Did you like Loki Finale?

It’s a tricky question that we pose this time at the end of the episode. How is Loki Season 2 going to influence the MCU going forward? I still maintain as a working theory that Marvel is trying to provide background, but easily enough replaceable information in the shows. Like Loki Season 2 is going to matter, but it’ll matter less than we think it will.

You can let us know all of those things down in the comment section below. Or tweet them to me @TheScando or by using #10MinMarvel. And there is now the 10 Minute Marvel Facebook page as well where you can join in the conversation, here. And follow us on YouTube for more content, here.

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10 Minute Marvel S3E19: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Review https://nerdologists.com/2023/05/10-minute-marvel-s3e19-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review/ https://nerdologists.com/2023/05/10-minute-marvel-s3e19-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 11:20:28 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=7989 What did you think of The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3? We're giving our thoughts on this weeks 10 Min Marvel podcast.

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We saw Vol 3 of Guardians of the Galaxy over the weekend. What stood out to us about the movie and where does it fall in with the other Marvel movies or trilogies. Those are some of the early questions that we look to answer or at least explore on this weeks podcast. Plus some news about delays, castings, and dates when shows will be coming out.

And here is the video of fan casting that we talk about when it comes to Margot Robbie potentially being Sue Storm.

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Comments or Questions – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Let us know your thoughts on the movie. What were some of the highlights, what were some things you wish had been done differently? Did you enjoy the movie overall? And where does it rank for you when it comes to Marvel projects?

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Five Anticipated Movies of 2023 https://nerdologists.com/2023/01/five-anticipated-movies-of-2023/ https://nerdologists.com/2023/01/five-anticipated-movies-of-2023/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:26:36 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=7675 What movies am I looking forward to in 2023? There are a bunch of fun ones coming in, some that I'll even see in theaters, and some that will just be fun.

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Yup, we’re doing our lists looking forward to 2023. And some of these are going to be pretty obvious, because, we’ll, I love certain movies. So I am making a Top 5 list, but that list is going to contain more than five. Which movies am I looking forward to, and let me know what your most anticipated movies of 2023 are.

Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

5. Dune Part 2

This one is likely a lot higher for a lot of people. And I am very excited about this one. I didn’t see the first Dune in theaters, but I’ll likely go see Part 2 because the first one was good on a large screen at home, but having a huge screen and amazing sound in theaters, that is going to be even better. The first one was a lot of fun and dealt with a lot of the slow stuff, now the story is going to get even bigger, which I’m there for.

4. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Do I expect this one to be good, I do not. Do I plan on seeing it in theaters, probably not. But I am still looking forward to it. I love Dungeons and Dragons, it’s my RPG that I run. And this one looks like it takes a lot of D&D tropes and puts them into a movie. Will that work, I’m not sure, but it’s a duo of directors/producers who did Game Night which is a fun movie. So if Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is at that level, I’m here for it.

3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

This is another one that I didn’t see the first in theaters, but when I did see it, I really liked it. And Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks like it’s even a bigger scope. I am still waiting to get a live action Miles Morales, but until that happens (please in Phase 5 or 6), Across the Spider-Verse will have to do. I hope that it can maintain the style, build on the world, and not give me too many Spider-Man versions that it becomes confusing. But either way, I’m really looking forward to seeing this one.

2. John Wick 4

I really like the John Wick movies. Keanu Reeves does a great job in them. The action in them is amazing. And oddly enough, the story and world building is really good. For something that’s built around awesome action set pieces, they do a lot of world building. And I want to know more about this world of assassins, which we are getting in some films coming up, and I think maybe a show.

1. Marvel Movies

Yup, this is the cheat one, but I didn’t want to have three Marvel movies and then two other movies. So Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 all make the list. If you want to know what order they go in, checkout the January 3rd episode of 10 Minute Marvel. We went through and ranked all the Marvel movies and shows coming out in 2023 in order of anticipation. The movies are pretty high on that list.

Honorable Mention:

Yeah, let’s cheat a bit, but I feel like it’s worth mentioning, I’m curious about them.

  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie, I don’t expect it to be great, but hopefully it’s fun.
  • Renfield because it’s a weird horror comedy starting Nicolas Cage, or having him it.
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny just for one last Indiana Jones.
  • Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One not based on the board game by the same sub-name but they are generally fun movies.
  • Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as I like the turtles.
  • Kraven the Hunter as I’m curious about this one, but it’s a Sony Marvel movie, so probably not a see in theaters.

And well, that’s a lot, but those top 5, well really Top 7 I might see in theaters, the honorable mentions, much less likely.

So what movies will you want to see in theaters, if any this year?

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10 Minute Marvel S2E86: Black Panther Trailer and She Hulk https://nerdologists.com/2022/10/10-minute-marvel-s2e86-black-panther-trailer-and-she-hulk/ https://nerdologists.com/2022/10/10-minute-marvel-s2e86-black-panther-trailer-and-she-hulk/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:00:12 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=7430 10MinMarvel has a ton of news this week from a new Black Panther trailer to episode 7 of She Hulk to talk about plus even more.

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It’s a busy week for this 10 Minute Marvel episode. We have a ton of news to talk about, some of it great, like a new trailer, some of it interesting, like with Armor Wars, and some of it not so great with Blade. So there is a lot to cover there. And then there is of course more She Hulk to talk about. We’re getting down to the end of the show and starting to come across the villains of the show. What do we think about them and how they are being worked in?

I hope that you are enjoying the podcast. If you are, there are a few ways that I always talk about that you can support 10 Minute Marvel. Firstly, please consider sharing it with your friends. Word of mouth really is a great way to help more people find the podcast and personal recommendations are always great. As well as then subscribing or leaving a rating and review. Both of those make the podcast easier to find on the podcast services. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Google Podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify.

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Comments or Questions

Who do you think is going to be the big villain at the end of She Hulk? Is it someone that we know? And who is going to be the villain in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? The trailer sets up that Namor might not be. And what did you think of that trailer overall?

You can let me know all of those things down in the comment section below. Or tweet them to me @TheScando or by using #10MinMarvel.

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Top 5 Movies I Want More Of https://nerdologists.com/2022/05/top-5-movies-i-want-more-of/ https://nerdologists.com/2022/05/top-5-movies-i-want-more-of/#respond Fri, 27 May 2022 13:29:31 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=7035 What movies or movie series do I want to see more of. This can be a reboot, set in the universe or something else that I'd want. Let me know yours.

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Continuing what I started yesterday, what are the top 5 movies that I want more of? This could be a reboot, it could just be another installment in the series, or it could be another story set in the same world. I think that it is harder to come up with movies, though, than it is television shows. And I’m trying to avoid movies that have more coming. Like John Wick, I want more of that, but there is more coming.

So what movies are going to make the list, or universes created in cinema do I want to see even more of?

5. Chronicles of Narnia

I enjoy the book series a lot. Chronicles of Narnia is one of those series that I grew up reading or having read to me when I was younger. And it holds a spot in my heart. I thought that the recent adaptation was solid, but it didn’t surprise me when they didn’t get through everything.

And Chronicles of Narnia is kind of a cheat. I know that there is a show coming for it. I forget if it is Amazon or Netflix who is producing it. So I hope that is really good. But for a series that I watched growing up the original films and then the new releases, I’d love to see the whole thing redone again.

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4. Star Wars

Another one that is a bit of a cheat. There are obviously going to be more Star Wars movies. And today the Obi Wan show came out on Disney+. And we got our first trailer for Andor yesterday and some other shows announced. But I want more Star Wars movies.

And in particular, I want more Star Wars movies, but ones that don’t have anything to do with Skywalkers. We’ve gotten through the Luke and Leia saga with an entertaining but odd sequel trilogy. And prequels that probably didn’t tell the story that they should have. I’d love something set prior to the events, or well after. Or maybe in a corner of the galaxy that never really had to deal with this situation. But I’m done with the Skywalker Saga and the shows, minus the Mandalorian, thus far, haven’t interested me that much.

3. Mutant Chronicles

This is probably not one that people know about or if they do, they just thought it was okay. But I really enjoy this film with Ron Pearlman and Thomas Jane. It’s an odd world, and I’d love to see it rebooted. And with rebooting it getting a whole series of these films set in the world that is originally a pen and paper RPG.

With it being an RPG that’d give more room for stories and more characters. I would probably want to get Ron Pearlman back just because I like him as an actor, as you’ll see with my next pick, but the movie for me is one. Now that I’m talking about it, I want to watch it again.

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2. Hellboy

Speaking or Ron Pearlman, we have Hellboy on the list. Hellboy is going to be based off of a comic book series, and is about a half demon or devil, Hellboy, played by Ron Pearlman. He does a great job in the roll, but this is another one that probably needs a reboot.

The original one is a lot of fun and I like the absurdity of everything in it. But I think it’d make more sense to start again. I hope if and when this happens that they don’t try and make it too dark or gritty and keep the Hellboy style humor in it. But I’d love to see more.

1. Need For Speed

Finally, probably not one that people would guess. But I find dumb car movies generally fun. Especially with a it based off of a game series that I’ve played a lot of. I prefer Need For Speed to Fast and the Furious, but they are obviously going to get compared.

This is one where I don’t need a reboot. I just want more in the series. Aaron Paul is a lot of fun in the lead role for this. And I think that you could create something about street racing, or illegal racing, and come up with some very fun movies about it. Yes, it is basically Fast and the Furious again. But that one has gone so crazy with the series. I’d prefer to see Need For Speed continue and be a bit more grounded.

Final Thoughts

What movies would you want to see rebooted or more in the world of those movies? I think that it’s a harder list to make than television shows because a lot of television shows run for a little while and get cancelled before the story is done. With movies they more often tell complete stories in the movie, so it’s less open ended for wanting more.

For example, I love the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but there isn’t really more story for that world. Maybe rebooting some of the 80’s B movie classics, but making a B movie is hard. So it is not something that’s too easy to come up with, at least for me. Hence the few that are most definitely cheating with Star Wars and Chronicles of Narnia.

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10 Minute Marvel S2E58: Ms Marvel Trailer and Comic Comparison https://nerdologists.com/2022/03/10-minute-marvel-s2e58-ms-marvel-trailer-and-comic-comparison/ https://nerdologists.com/2022/03/10-minute-marvel-s2e58-ms-marvel-trailer-and-comic-comparison/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:14:40 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=6844 A Ms Marvel trailer has come out, so I talk about that on this weeks 10 Minute Marvel. Plus Nova coming to Disney+ but in what format?

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I was in the world of Moon Knight, which comes out tomorrow, last week, so I didn’t talk about the Ms Marvel trailer. But we gout our first trailer and a lot in that trailer. I don’t break down everything in that trailer, but I look at some key differences with the comics. And what the tone is for the show, which I think is going to be something very different.

Plus, then, a new show coming to Disney+. Or maybe it will be a movie. I talk about the Nova news, and why we might not know what their plans are for it. Will it be a show, probably, but why it might be a movie instead.

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10 Minute Marvel S2E55: Morbius, The Living Vampire https://nerdologists.com/2022/03/10-minute-marvel-s2e55-morbius-the-living-vampire/ https://nerdologists.com/2022/03/10-minute-marvel-s2e55-morbius-the-living-vampire/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:08:07 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=6746 Morbius had a final trailer drop, so I'm talking about the living vampire on this week 10 Minute Marvel. What should you know going into that film?

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With the final Morbius trailer dropping yesterday and the movie coming up soon, I figured it was time to talk about him. What seems to be different in the trailer versus what is in the comics. And what is some of the background of the character to be looking out for.

Plus some news this week starting with an X-Men and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness theory. And some casting for Blade going on. Plus a big name actor coming to the MCU. Someone who was almost Iron Man is rumored to have a role in an upcoming Marvel movie.

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How Faithful Should Adaptations Be? https://nerdologists.com/2021/12/how-faithful-should-adaptations-be/ https://nerdologists.com/2021/12/how-faithful-should-adaptations-be/#respond Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:26:00 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=6498 How faithful do adaptations need to be on the big screen or in a TV series to be good? Is it important that they are very faithful?

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You might be keeping up with my reviews of the Wheel of Time. If you are, you know that I read the books previously. So for myself, I am going to compare what I am seeing in the show to what I read in the books. And if you go back and read my very first review, you will know that I wasn’t pleased with some of the changes that they made. But it does beg the question, how faithful do adaptations need to be? And what are the arguments for the different ways?

The Most Faithful Adaptations

It should be just like the book. I know what I liked about the books, and I need to see them. I want the same monsters, characters, plot points, everything to be like I think it is.

The upside to that style of adaptation is that the fans of the book are going to love it. All the nods and details that are from the book are going to stand out and feel like you get what you want. It also means that it won’t diverge too far from the story and give the show runners and writers a chance to mess it up. We can all think about adaptations, like late Game of Thrones or Bourne Identity that don’t feel like the book.

On the flip side, it can make it harder to get into. Let’s look at Lord of the Rings, or Wheel of Time. Do we need a massive section of the movies of Lord of the Rings with Tom Bombadil? As a fan of the books I might have liked it, but probably even I wouldn’t have enjoyed it that much. That isn’t what makes the book(s) interesting. The first Wheel of Time book would need to be 15-20 episodes to really cover everything at least.

The Least Faithful Adaptations

So instead you could just let the show runners do what they want. Once it’s out of the authors hand, it can be someone else’s vision of what it should be. They own the story n ow so don’t make a big deal out of the fact it has changed.

This can be good in some ways as well. It updates a story, potentially, for a wider audience. More appeal means better chance to long term success of the show or movies. So if there are a lot of books in the series to be adapted, better shot that we get them all. Sure, they might be different in a lot of ways, but it is still an adaptation of the series.

The downside is pretty big, though. You might get a show or movie that cuts out massive parts of the story. You end up with characters being completely skipped over. The main character changes completely. The bad guy has completely different plans. The murderer in a who-done-it is a different person. And now the heart of what made the book(s) special has been removed.

Somewhere In Between

Now, both of those are extreme examples of everything the same or everything different. I think that basically all adaptations end up here. Somewhere instbetween. And they lean towards either side. Even The Bourne Identity which just basically has Jason Bourne (the name) and amnesia as the main things it takes from the books, is technically here. Game of Thrones, which was very faithful in the first season, ends up here as well as they dropped out plot lines.

I think that this is the right spot for things to be. Let’s look at a few examples

Wheel of Time
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Wheel of Time

Wheel of Time meanders through the first section of the book. Everyone goes to Baerlon together. Shadar Logoth takes longer than it does in the show. It really breathes and gives you a chance to get to know the characters. It spends time explaining in more detail who the White Cloaks are and their intentions. We meet characters in different spots and get to see Moiraine use her power in different ways.

But that wouldn’t work as well in a show. Characters who are spending time learning things, Perrin for example, need the time to breath and think in the book. But thinking doesn’t translate well for television. A way was needed to show his struggles. While I think the show was heavy handed with how they did it, I know why they needed to do it. Plus a lot of traveling is only so interesting.

The Bourne Identity

This is an example of maybe how not to do it. Why, because it stripped a lot of the soul of it out. Now, the movie did well enough to get several sequels. So I know that I’m a bit in the minority on this one. But in terms of being a Bourne movie and someone who really liked the books, this isn’t a great adaptation. So a good action film.

But what made it not work for well what took it too far away. I think the idea of Treadstone being the bad guy for the whole of the movie. The books definitely don’t make you like Treadstone, but there is something else bigger pulling the strings, or maybe less bigger but scarier. The movie felt dumbed down from what the books were. The books are spy thrillers, the movie is an action film.

Game of Thrones

Now, admittedly, I didn’t watch all of Game of Thrones. I thought that the books themselves were average at best, and gave up after book four which was bad. But this one falls between, for me, what I’ve seen of Wheel of Time and The Bourne Identity. I think that they made some very needed changes to the show. Lady Stoneheart and that element of magic were pretty dumb in the books.

At the same time, they meandered through a number of pretty boring storylines. Bran’s story was never interesting in the book and the show didn’t do anything to make it more interesting. Even when things started to happen with that story, I still wasn’t interested in it. I think the number of characters and scope was just too big for the show and they never cut it down.

What Do We Do As Viewers?

First, know that it will be changed. Even things that are highly faithful, Game of Thrones probably the most faithful of my examples, will change. It’s not a knock or a negative that things change. It is needed sometime. Five episode of the Wheel of Time just with them traveling to places and listening to Perrin’s inner monologue to switch to Nyneaves and then to Rands, that’s not interesting.

Shows and movies have the ability to, well, show things. So a major point to a character that takes up pages in a book, that might be five minutes of showing something different on the screen. Different mediums need different things. So I always look for what the show feels like, and how well the aesthetic matches.

That’s the second thing, really, pay more attention to the feel of the show than the precise story points. Are they getting the feel of the characters right? Is the plot progressing to those key moments that it needs to. Even if those moments are tweaked slightly does it hit the major plot points. Wheel of Time is a good example of this, a lot has changed, but the major beats are getting used in the story. Sometimes in different ways but leading us in the right direction.

Finally, sometimes you need to just let it go. Don’t hold onto the book at all. For me, I had to let go of the fact that the Bourne Identity isn’t The Bourne Identity, it is it’s completely own thing. Now, I don’t like it still as an action movie, but that doesn’t have to do with the story or name but with the filming of the fight scenes. Change is going to happen, and it might be big changes, so sometimes I, and everyone, need to enjoy it for what it is.

What is your favorite adaptation of a book? And what book would you really love to see get adapted?

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