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Adaptation Do's and Don'ts

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Fcrate:
Representation is overrated. Authenticity is much better. If you flip over a character to a different color you just look desperate.
It annoyed me to the extreme that Roland of Eld was black in the movie. I pictured him in my head as a more sunburnt Clint Eastwood for most of my life.
Do: Decrease the amount of wisecracks and trash talk. Looks good on paper (mostly) but on the screen it'll sound like a horrible action movie.
Don't: Start untill JB finishes the series. lol

Mira:

--- Quote from: Fcrate on May 22, 2022, 06:49:38 PM ---Representation is overrated. Authenticity is much better. If you flip over a character to a different color you just look desperate.
It annoyed me to the extreme that Roland of Eld was black in the movie. I pictured him in my head as a more sunburnt Clint Eastwood for most of my life.
Do: Decrease the amount of wisecracks and trash talk. Looks good on paper (mostly) but on the screen it'll sound like a horrible action movie.
Don't: Start untill JB finishes the series. lol

--- End quote ---

The show writers, directors, and producers do need to be faithful to the series as much as possible.  However having said that viewers/fans have to realize what not everything on page translates on to film very well and have to be changed.  I think if Jim takes the time to work closely with the script writers it will be okay..

I don't disagree about what you saying about changing the color of an actor, but that doesn't bother me half as much as changing the sex of a character.. Because the character remains the same, just a different actor of color plays him or her.  Opera has done it for years, Tosca remains Tosca no matter the race of the singer playing her.  Dr Who is the latest, suddenly both the Doctor and the Master are women?  Why?  There are strong Time Ladies out there, Ramoda was one of them, so why change the sex of the Doctor? They did it with Captain Marvel as well.. Okay, now I wonder when Wonder Woman will become Wonder Man or Black Widow becomes Black Widower? ::)

Fcrate:
Black widower... ROFL :D
And it's just easy cash. Fresh out of ideas? Reboot a popular show/movie with a sex change, or a more representative cast and you're not a copycat, but politically correct.
I get that not everything translates well to the screen, which is why I prefer watching the movie first, then reading the books. The other way around is just a recipe for disappointment.

morriswalters:
If you see the actor instead of the role someone isn't doing their job well.

Since Dr Who isn't human, what difference does it make what gender he/she is? I mean, come on, one of the big villains was a vacuum cleaner carrying a toilet plunger. You bought into that didn't you?

Also leave out comic book characters.  Wonder Women was a bondage queen who spent as much time tied up  with her golden lasso as any villain.  She was also female since she was an Amazon. But face facts, Rue Paul could play her if he needn't go the full Monty. And the same for Black Widow.  And how would you know? Do you have crotch vision or bust detectors?  You see what you expect to see.

Kabuki Theater plays off this and it has been done on film.  Victor Victoria is hysterical. Color doesn't matter much either since in Morgan's case there are Black Welsh. I'd settle for good, no matter who plays the roles.

Conspiracy Theorist:
I think you mean Black Irish who are the descendants of the Spanish Armada survivors who washed up in Ireland. Black Welsh is a type of sheep. Morgan was not the Black Sheep of the White Council, Harry was.

Historically Wales was Celtic and the very isolated Valleys tended to keep out even the English. Welsh is a living language, especially in the more rural North Wales as a consequence of this isolation. Cardiff was a major port and as such would have visitors from across the world, and of course there was slavery (but Bristol across the Channel was the major port for that trade) but major immigration from the West Indies only occurred post WW2, far too late for Morgan. The 2011 census recorded only 0.6% 0f the population of Wales of being of African descent

A Morgan born in the 1950’s could plausibly be of black heritage, still extremely unusual but not one in the 1800’s. Conrad Coates the actor playing Morgan was actually born in London. I am surprised they cast an English Actor for a Welsh role. That type of thing makes the Welsh cultural establishment quite unhappy.

You would expect characters from Chicago to reflect the ethnic heritage of that city as at the time of their birth. Either that or you change their backstory and alienate the fans. A black Morgan is feasible if he was West Indian origin. Very arbitrary changes are annoying but hey look at what they did with Murphy and Susan, basically swapped the actresses.

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