Talk:Film adaptation

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Films can be adapted from Television or Radio. This article should mention that. --Cab88 00:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

True. I didn't think of television because, arguably, television is film. I know that the technologies are now slightly different, but even discussion shows are, essentially, a camera and moving image that is then transmitted via a different medium, but the oversight can and should be addressed with all of the television series now making feature films (most of them wretched affairs). When it comes to that, though, films can be adapted from segments of television shows, as all of the (mostly wretched) films made out of segments of Saturday Night Live testify. From radio is less common, but arguably Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy went from radio to novel to television to film. Geogre 02:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Examples non gratis 2 Mr. Magoo on radio? 3 Superman as radio example 4 Television Adaptations 5 Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

[edit] Examples non gratis

I removed the following text from the article:

"== Examples of adaptations ==

• Snow Falling on Cedars
• To Kill a Mockingbird (film)
• October Sky (based on Rocket Boys)
• Harry Potter (film series)
• The Lord of the Rings (film series)
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Cat in the Hat
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Aeon Flux (Loose adaptation of the Television Series)
• The Jungle Book"

Let me explain why. Adaptation, as the article says, is one of the oldest forms of film. If we were to give examples at all, it would turn into List of film adaptations in an instant. I suggest that a category would be superior to a list, and a list in this article makes no sense. There is no way to be comprehensive without overloading the text and then some, and there is no way to be representative without a much more detailed explanation in the text of types of adaptation, criteria for inclusion and exclusion, and then "examples" for each. As it is, the discursive text already offers numerous examples that are typical of the types of adaptation being described. If anyone disagrees with my decision, please discuss it below. Geogre 14:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mr. Magoo on radio?

"Mr. Magoo existed as a radio character skit before it became a cartoon short series for theatrical release."

I could find no evidence of this and it is contradictory to what other articles say about the character so I deleted it. Gr8white 23:26, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok. I think I was tripping over Fibber McGee. Geogre 02:28, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Superman as radio example

I don't think Superman is an appropriate example of a story from radio being adapted into film. Yes, the radio program would have existed before the films, but the films were actually adapted from the comics in the same way the radio program was adapted from the comics. 134.29.6.7 21:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

It depends on which ones we're talking about. The cartoon shorts (the first, I believe) were adapted as nearly as any source from the radio serial. The radio serial had developed the "tune in for the next exciting adventure" cliff hanger structure and had established a speaking voice and attitude for Superman and Clark Kent, so I see the early live action shorts as adaptations of the radio serial. However, yes, there are others that work better as purely adapted from radio, and that's why Superman should really just be one example of one type of radio adaptation. Geogre 09:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

The cartoons were developed from the comic book, surely. The Saturday morning serials were probably from the radio show, because they had all those characteristics of the radio show, and the TV show is 99% from the radio show, but the question is the date of the small run of cinematic animated shorts and whether or not those count as "film adaptation" instead of "animation." Utgard Loki 11:55, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Television Adaptations

Can someone verify the Johnny English was a television series in the BBC? The wiki entry doesn't support it and neither does the IMDb. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.202.118.5 (talk) 21:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

Geogre (talk · contribs) reverted a set of changes, classifying them en masse as "supremely destructive"; I just re-instated them, and await his comments here to find out what the specific issues are. 66.167.141.167 (talk) 10:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC).

Geogre resorted to reversion again. Awaiting a discussion of the issues. 67.100.222.187 (talk) 22:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC).