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Books that are worse than the film (which was already bad?) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by tetris11@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've started reading Jumper by NameDoesNotMatter. I would like to formally apologise about all the harsh things I've ever spoken about that film.

Fine, the cast is unlikeable and the action scenes are just fisticuffs in the air, but my god, in comparison to the teenage dreck that is the book, it's a masterpiece. At least they tried to build a credible back story for the main character.

In the book, he literally thinks everyone is out to sexually assault him (and somehow they seem to), he solves his problems by throwing money at it, instead of any actual creativity, and the author desperately tries to portray him as a mature-for-his-age adult, despite the fact that his first reaction to anything is crying followed by petty revenge.

I'm just flicking through the pages, pausing at any plot bits, and then flicking on.

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[–] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

there's so much different I'd almost consider them related and not an adaptation.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

It should be noted that the director explicitly meant the series as a tribute to Heinlein and it was dedicated to him when it launched (Heinlein had died during production) so there was a clear intent.

That being said it was a mini-series and there was only a limited amount of things they could cram into it. It's a pretty complex book with a lot of detail.

There's also the fact that a faithful adaptation would have been pretty hard to sell to the Japanese public. They have different sensibilities from the Western public and some of the symbolism would have been completely lost on them or appropriated to very different meanings.

A son who joins the marines and goes to war while regretting the rift with his parents is easy to understand in most markets. Add some cool SciFi imagery and action scenes, a touch of romantic interest, it's sufficient for 6 episodes.