What Makes a Good Adaptation? - The Art of Adaptation Pt. 1 | Video Essay

[@The4thSnake]

Another way you could make the distinction is "Poor adaptation" and "Bad adaptation".

[@VerdanaVideos]

Yeah that'd work to. I'm just a fan of using the same word with two different inflections I guess. It's awesome to see another (bigger) KZbinr commenting on my videos, so thanks man!

[@The4thSnake]

@@VerdanaVideos You do good stuff. Looking forward to Part 2. Keep it up.

[@munromister777]

Someone else mentioned it in the comments, but I think the film replaced the Scouring of the Shire with something just as poignant and telling for how unhappy the ending actually is. Sure, they saved the shire and their world, but Frodo has been completely damaged by his journey, he can't savor the success, he's scarred for the rest of his life, and both him and Bilbo leaving the Shire to go with the Elves is a great way of showing that the war never ends for some people, and some people don't get a happy ending. I'd still call it a dower ending because the world will never be the same again. The Dwarves and Elves are all gone now, hobbits are still a smaller race, orcs have been wiped off the planet cleanly, and the stage is set for the age of man to begin and become our actual world, since Middle Earth is just our history in the way distant past. The whimsy and happiness of Middle Earth dies not with the Scouring of the Shire, but Frodo leaving with the elves.

[@renaigh]

it's a good thing Tolkien wasn't a Historian cause nobody could get away with that shit.

[@ray0cl]

This is great video essay, incredibly edited nice audio production and it kept me interested through the whole 42 minutes! New sub and congratulations!

[@VerdanaVideos]

Glad ya liked it!

[@Vesnicie]

The scouring of the Shire isn't necessary IMHO. The good guys have won but they will never be the same again. Even if home is still there, you "can't go back again".

[@ray0cl]

The super Mario music just makes this video that much better!

[@creeperinvasion6885]

One type of adaptation that I think often works very well is movie to musical. Musicals like school of rock and heathers use musical numbers to retell the story in a new, unique way, and some, such as newsies, are just outright better stories than their movie counterparts

[@GoDzkRoNiKz]

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[@soulknight5330]

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[@jTiKey]

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[@cabralauau7454]

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[@demonicdude1328]

The 90s Mario movie is a masterpiece and no one can change my mind

[@lordteensie6156]

For examples of using the blocking of a scene, or whatever it's called, from fellowship of the ring I like the juxtaposition of Gandalf asking frodo to "keep it secret, keep it safe" before going off to do research to when he comes back knowing what the ring is and the camera zooms in on Ian McKellen's frantic face asking "is it secret? Is it safe?" it really draws you into the panic and fear.

[@alim.9801]

I think you might mean cinematography and blocking in combination here from the sound of it :)

[@jesuisbegtodiffer]

Interesting new direction, videos are still slapping!

[@VerdanaVideos]

Thank you John Lemon. Sorry about what happened on December 8th 1980 btw.

[@hagridmary]

Really enjoyed this. I really like your editing and your use of music in your videos! Particularly here (21:01), where you use Minecraft music when talking about Lord of the Rings. You deserve more views. EDIT: Just realised that you have the entire tracklist in your description, this is much appreciated!

[@goovindnarula6470]

late but here i am. and i was honestly taken aback by the bang bang poster coming up. had me going for a good laugh there

[@soulknight5330]

This channel is underrated af

[@mikeyzero2439]

It's interesting that Cormac McCarthy's work is brought up regarding film adaptations as his novel Blood Meridian is widely considered "unfilmable" for a variety of reasons including that it's just insanely violent even by modern standards.

[@savannahrodriguez4881]

"You gotta start wondering. . . What the hell is the plot" lmao, so true

[@Hinoema01]

One thing I love British media for is theri non-standard actors who don't look "Hollywood". It also helps that they have often corssed over to Hollywood to push the envelope on what's considered attractive. (Looking at you, you unconventionally attractive Master of the Mystic Arts.)

[@WordUser]

I am shocked at how few views this video has, honestly, I got the slippin Jimmy video in my recommended and enjoyed it, then I got part 3 of this series so I decided to go back to the first part, and the editing is actually really good, much better than I expected from the view count

[@adrianopairetti3417]

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[@VerdanaVideos]

Thank you for your kind words, internet man

[@leaffinite2001]

The biggest problem I have with adaptations is that they necessarily change the story. Even if literally everything is as close as literally possible, it will be different, as the addition of the elements unique to the new medium necessitate change in audience perception. The problem here is that some people wont acknowledge that. I hate seeing people say that movies are basically just an upgrade to books... complete lack of understanding of mediums and media

[@micahbenecke6169]

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[@yessirdeeznuts6089]

Deserves so much more attention

[@renaigh]

an Adaptation should always seek to take advantage of its own medium especially if it leads to reconceptualising the original stories.

[@PhattyBolger]

I remember the 2020 BBC Dracula series written by Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat. Gatiss promised a period-set version of Dracula, authentic to the book, with a few new things thrown in. The first episode was brilliant. Very authentic and the new plot points were intriguing and enjoyable. Episode two was great as well. But episode three. My god. It was like an episode of Torchwood. He fell into the sea in a coffin and woke up in the modern day- complete with smartphones, emojis, and some truly dreadful fish-out-of-water comedy. I was so disappointed. If they had just done a decent third episode, it could've been a classic. But three years later, no one's heard of it.

[@munromister777]

Another excellent adaptation both in terms of closeness to the source material and in quality is Holes. It follows the book pretty well and is just a solid movie in general.

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

0:13 I will not take Scooby-Doo (2002) disrespect.

[@georanger6180]

Man i loved this vid verdana

[@renaigh]

we always talk about Film from Book adaptation but I've never see anyone talk about Novelisations of Original films.

[@spoonyhitman1053]

14:23 damn he predicted the death of reddit lmao

[@renaigh]

I want someone to rewrite the LotR books with only the knowledge of the films to see how different it would be.

[@kochsalz3197]

Great video, but I don't understand your point about fight club. The ending was changed, yes, but the twist is straight from the book.

[@VerdanaVideos]

Thank you, and you’re right. I could have worded that point better. The book implies the same revelation as the movie (that Tyler and the narrator are the same person) but the film alters how the information is revealed, and everything that happens afterwards in order to make the ending seem more explosive.

[@kaykutcher2103]

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[@JH-wg2dc]

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[@KaneMidge]

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[@KaneMidge]

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[@jach2513]

Okay but the Sonic movies are hilarious.

[@PearlImitator]

Hollywood spending millions of dollars on another shitty blockbuster instead of toilet paper tigers the movie

[@VerdanaVideos]

Fools

[@micahbenecke6169]

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[@JJSstudio5]

Verdant predicted the hbo last of us series

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

I love Super Mario Bros. (1993)

[@TheTheTheTheTheThe]

Yeah

[@m.rhyanna8966]

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[@VerdanaVideos]

And I love you too citizen

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[@tomwhale7334]

223 likes??? That's all? How?!

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[@philipa.stephenson1549]

That is nowhere near the meaning of the coin toss. It's power. It's Anton demonstrating his power-- over the victim, sure-- but more importantly this is the power he has...as to his contract on Llewellyn, his life as a hitman... he can't control that. He's a madman and there's no retirement for cartel assassins. But...it is not about . .. living a daring life. Seriously? Good video otherwise.

[@VerdanaVideos]

I was referring more to a metaphorical meaning the coin toss may represent rather than what Anton meant by it. I 100% believe that Anton only did it as some kinda display of power, but why it was included in the story in the first place is up for debate. If you ask me, if we're talking about the book, what I said is indeed 100% wrong. There, to me, the coin toss represents nothing more than Anton being Anton. The reason I talked in depth about this is because I think the Cohen brothers added a new metaphor to the coin toss in their adaptation. After all, they must have re-written the scene so that Carla doesn't ask for a coin toss for a reason. I think that reason is because they wanted the coin toss to represent risk. Whether you agree with me isn't important because we'll never know what was actually going through their heads unless they hop into this comment thread.

[@philipa.stephenson1549]

@@VerdanaVideos Thanks for responding so reasonably. Can't wait for part 3.

[@VerdanaVideos]

Thanks man! I appreciate the feedback.

[@max_e_maxxy_]

As I said in the comment I made, it seems a lot more relevant to literally everything that is human life than it does to that killer specifically. Reminds me of the book "The dice man." Whether some sicko gives you a choice of a specific coin flip or a specific dice roll as 'a show of power' is irrelevant really, it is still a reflection of how the universe itself does this to us all, all the time... a character who takes on the role of death itself is still a mirror of all life and it's inevitable sequences and conclusions.

[@philipa.stephenson1549]

But we operate as does the universe. Isn't that the point? We can't always rail against an injustice writ large, or in this case, writ total with our personal sense of justice--because we are always also perpetrating arbitrary injustices as imperfect people. If the universe is monstrous, so are we. It prefigures the monstrosity of humanity, because we are its products. Except Jainists, of course. @@max_e_maxxy_

[@max_e_maxxy_]

Damn Verdana. Your analysis of risk and risk aversion in "No Country..." is one of the finest synopses of life itself i have ever heard. We DO all lose eventually. We should take some risks. Insightful. Poetic brevity in the interpretation of the coin flip that is, after all- well, everything....🤔🫣🥺😎