Why can adaptations of books/movies/games be so controversial?

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In GETL 84, Hans and Edward carefully dissect the reasons behind why people feel so strongly about how adaptations are carried out, and also offer insight, discussion and discourse around how and why adaptations fundamentally need to be different in order to succeed – contrary to what most may believe. 

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EPISODE NOTES

Some useful timestamps:

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• 00:00 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 83!
• 02:45 – Understanding ‘reviews’
• 04:30 – You review, I review, we all review
• 05:30 – Review bias
• 09:00 – Expert opinions
• 12:20 – Communal voices
• 14:40 – Hubris begets ethics
• 18:30 – Critical thought versus public opinion
• 23:00 – Reading between the lines
• 200:00 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 84!
• 02:30 – Understanding Adaptations
• 05:20 – Adapting Halo for television 
• 08:30 – Splitting the canon
• 11:00 – Controversial Lord of the Rings 
• 15:00 – Truly direct adaptations seldom work
• 18:00 – Halo The Series Review
• 23:30 – Different mediums = different stories
• 30:00 – Enriching adaptations
• 34:20 – Problematic fandoms
• 38:00 – More is always better
• 42:00 – Being the character versus watching them
• 45:30 – Outro – Thanks for listening!

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