Is there anything worse than a series of novels you enjoyed as a teen being turned into a really shit tv show?

It’s like a train wreck, I don’t want to look but I can’t help take in the horror…😬

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I almost never watch the movie or tv show after I’ve read the book and enjoyed it. Kinda ruins the story for me. I have it in my head a certain way and I like to preserve that.

blackarcher256 · 61-69, M

@OlderSometimesWiser As your user name says, you are wise. I always watch and am always disappointed.

blackarcher256 · 61-69, M

Movies and TV shows based on great books are always a disappointment.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Yes.

I've been reading the 'Vera' novels by Anne Cleeves lately and the adaptions for the ITV series has her as a totally different character.

Sad.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

Dune
The Sword of truth series.
Percy Jackson.
Artemis fowl.
All bad.

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NativePortlander1970 ·

What's the novel series?

WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M

@NativePortlander1970 Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord series novels had been made for tv: the Winter King. They’ve changed the characters, the timeline, the casting is wrong and the story isn’t as punchy and gritty as the novels. I’m quietly furious.

blackarcher256 · 61-69, M

@WintaTheAngle Thank you! I loved that series. So you saved me from being disappointed yet again!

WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M

@blackarcher256 Yes absolutely please don’t watch it. Those books in my opinion are his best work. And being English I was looking forward to seeing the Saxon raiders. But it is a terrible portrayal of the story.

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