{"id":495,"date":"2010-07-06T17:44:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T00:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2010-07-06T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T00:44:50","slug":"how-to-react-when-your-bookcomic-is-made-into-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/06\/how-to-react-when-your-bookcomic-is-made-into-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"How to react when your {book|comic} is made into a movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warren Ellis’s comic Red<\/a> is being made into a movie<\/a>, and a friend of mine commented how reasonable Warren Ellis seems to be about adaptation (as opposed to, say, Alan Moore<\/a>, who is of course entitled to his own opinion<\/a>).\u00a0From Warren Ellis’s blog:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.warrenellis.com\/?p=8099<\/a><\/p>\n

The tone: no, the film isn\u2019t as grim as the book. The book is pretty grim. But it\u2019s also pretty small. When I sell the rights to a book, they buy the right to adapt it in whatever way they see fit. I can accept that they wanted a lighter film, and, as I\u2019ve said before, the script is very enjoyable and tight as a drum. They haven\u2019t adapted it badly, by any means. People who\u2019ve enjoyed the graphic novel will have to accept that it\u2019s an adaptation and that by definition means that it\u2019s going to be a different beast from the book. The film has the same DNA. It retains bits that are very clearly from the book, as well as, of course, the overall plotline. But it is, yes, lighter, and funnier. And if anyone has a real problem with that, I say to you once again:<\/p>\n

Helen Mirren with a sniper rifle.
\n<\/em>
\nI mean, if you don\u2019t want to see a film with Helen Mirren with a\u00a0sniper rifle, I\u2019m not sure I want to know you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Amen to that.<\/p>\n

-the Centaur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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