• @Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
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    2630 days ago

    I’m surprised nobody has done a modern TV version. All five books have been successfully adapted for radio, the scripts are done, it’s already blocked out into well-paced individual episodes. It’s just sitting there waiting to be made. You just need a good cast and a show runner who isn’t going to monkey with the source material. It’s already proven to be popular and long-lived. Seems like a no-brainer.

    • @DJDarren@thelemmy.club
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      1130 days ago

      All five books have been successfully adapted for radio

      As far as I’m aware, the first two radio series predate the books. So, in fact, they were successfully adapted into print.

    • AwesomeLowlander
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      629 days ago

      show runner who isn’t going to monkey with the source material

      When’s the last time THAT happened?

      • @angrystego@lemmy.world
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        229 days ago

        Which I didn’t like at all, it felt too much like an audiobook to me, reading all the guide bits, not like an adaptation. Looks like you can never satisfy all fans at once.