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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:16 am
I'm starting this as a companion thread to the movie adaptation threads.
I know there have been several TV series based on books. The most recent I know of are Bones, The Dresden Files, and Blood Ties. I also know HBO is coming out with a series based on the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris this fall (drat that I don't subscribe to HBO). Does anyone know of any others? What did you think of the adaptations? What about liberties the show may have taken with the book characters? Discuss.
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:55 pm
Does The World of Beatrix Potter count? I believe that was a TV series (or maybe it was just a series of very short films).
Let's see ... I actually liked the 90's cartoon shows based off of comic books, such as Spiderman, Batman, and X-Men. Doing any comic book adaptation is difficult, since many of the mainstream ones have been around for decades. The number of different comics writers and storylines create a problem when trying to "keep it close to the book," as does the challenge of making them suitable for little kids. All things considered, though, I think those shows did a decent job keeping the feel of the original stories, and presenting the basics to my generation. wink
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:00 pm
James Patterson's Women's Murder Club is the one I watch on occasion.
It's a dissappointment to the book, I think.
And wasn't Nikita a book?
I've never read it, if it is, but the show is really good.
:3
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:46 am
Fairgrass Does The World of Beatrix Potter count? I believe that was a TV series (or maybe it was just a series of very short films). I don't see why not. I'd also count the adaptations I've seen in cartoon form (on PBS) of the Redwall series. Very nice, those. I believe Brian Jacques had a hand in them.
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:50 am
Although it hasn't been green-lighted (I think) HBO was going to do an adaptation of George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones. Because those are some of my favorite books, that is kind of exciting but also likely to be a let down. In general movies/shows from books just don't do justice to the book (to me anyways).
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:26 am
Has anyone seen the Southern Vampire series on HBO yet? Any opinions?
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:17 pm
Gossip Girl.
I haven't read the books, but the show is ridiculous and from what my sister has told me the show is nothing like the books.
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:49 pm
OliviaFalconer I'd also count the adaptations I've seen in cartoon form (on PBS) of the Redwall series. Very nice, those. I believe Brian Jacques had a hand in them.
I have to say I am slightly surprised that The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes have not yet been mentioned. I believe that there have been several adaptations of the famous detective, but one that I know was particularly well-done was the series produced by Granada Television, with Jeremy Brett as Holmes. It is a very faithful adaptation.
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:44 pm
GirlPuck OliviaFalconer I'd also count the adaptations I've seen in cartoon form (on PBS) of the Redwall series. Very nice, those. I believe Brian Jacques had a hand in them.
I have to say I am slightly surprised that The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes have not yet been mentioned. I believe that there have been several adaptations of the famous detective, but one that I know was particularly well-done was the series produced by Granada Television, with Jeremy Brett as Holmes. It is a very faithful adaptation.Good grief, I can't believe I forgot about those! I loved them when PBS showed them.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:48 am
the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett was great..just trying to find it on dvd.
Started watching Diary of a Call Girl..that's based on a book and kinda interested in finding the book lol
I have some of the books Bones is based on but they're a bit dry at times
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:16 am
Darth_Magus1 the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett was great..just trying to find it on dvd.
Edit: I just thought of another television series, based on the characters in a series of crime dectective books by Caroline Gramham called the Chief Inspector Barnaby series. As a television series it is called Midsomer Murders, and originally aired on British tv. Although I haven't read or seen any of the books, the shows are quite marvelous. Most are simply based on the characters of the novels, although a few of the actual novels have been adapted. They seem to be doing rather well with the series too: since it started in 1997, and continues to air new seasons.
Second edit: It seems that British television does a lot of adaptations from novels. Another series from BBC Scotland called Hamish MacBeth is based on a series of novels by the same name, written by Marion Chesney under the pseudonym M. C. Beaton. Again I have not read the books (although I do want to), but the series was excellant. It starred Robert Carlyle in the lead role, which just made it so much better to me. heart It was a shorter lived series (only three seasons - I'm not really sure of the reasons), but good all the same.
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:03 am
Well, I know the BBC adapted a few of the Narnia novels, but I don't know if those were aired as series or one-shot movies. I know there was The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Silver Chair.
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:53 am
This might not count, but I used to watch a show called Wishbone. It was hosted by this boy's dog who loved to read and every week they did a half hour adaptation of a particular book. My favorite was "Pantin' at the Opera" (Phantom of the Opera).
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:26 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:09 pm
I always loved that show! There are several books I have read, where I knew the story because of Wishbone. Kidnapped, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Beowolf are three in particular.
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