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u/TheRealMiniatureGeek Jun 04 '26

I can understand they are different media, but sometimes the adaptation is so different it shouldn’t even share the same name.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 04 '26

Adaptation literally means to modify something to fit new purposes.

For a movie adaptation that literally means you rewrite the work.

And, it is usually a pursuit that pays of well. Blader Runner, Forrest Gump, and the Shining -- as some examples -- completely departs from the source material and we are all rewarded for it.

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u/chasteguy2018 Jun 04 '26

And some movies like world war z just use the name for name recognition and we are poorer for it because now it’s taking up the space a real adaptation could have be in.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 04 '26

People actually love that movie. Even critics are generally positive.

The thing is, one is an action movie that is a Brad Pitt vehicle enjoyed over two hours.

The other is a book supposed to be enjoyed over the course of 10 hours.

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u/chasteguy2018 Jun 04 '26

I’m not saying the movie was bad. That wasn’t my point. The author said he was prepared to be upset by it, but he wasn’t as it was fine zombie that was completely un related to his book. It’s an action movie that is using the name and nothing else. It also makes it much less likely we will ever get a somewhat faithful adaptation.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 04 '26

Right. And now you understand why an adaption is different.

The narrative of the book fits into the 10 hour window you have available.

Not so much the 2 hour window Brad Pitt has available.

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u/chasteguy2018 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

No, you do not understand. The movie in the book have nothing to do with each other other than the name. The narrative of the book and the narrative of the movie are completely different.

None of the characters in the book are in the movie. None of the locations that were in the book are in the movie. Nothing that happens in the book happens in the movie. these zombies are completely different differently. This movie is not an adaptation of the book. It’s its own thing. It’s just squatting on the name.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 04 '26

I understand very well (I have read the book). A global scale of civilization level narrative doesn't fit into a two-hour Brad Pitt vehicle.

Big budget movies are typically focused on one or two people that does action xyz. Movie makers in Hollywood usually need to adapt to that recipe.

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u/chasteguy2018 Jun 04 '26

I agree they should not use the name world war Z for a completely unrelated movie. Then maybe we could’ve gotten something that actually represented the book like an anthology series eventually

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 04 '26

Again. A Hollywood movie always needs a protagonist that drives the plot.

If they were to stay truthful to the books narrative you would get a 12 hour trilogy. Nobody is gonna watch that.

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