History Main / CreatorPreferredAdaptation

* While Creator/AlanMoore is infamous for disowning most every adaptation of his works, [[https://animesuperhero.com/toonzone-presents-interview-tribute-dwayne-mcduffie/ he liked]] the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode based on his story ''Comicbook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', having personally authorized the creative team to make changes to the original (such as removing Robin and toning down the bleakness of the imaginary Krypton).

* While Creator/AlanMoore is infamous for disowning most every adaptation of his works, he has gone on record stating that he liked the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode based on his story ''Comicbook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', having personally authorized the creative team to make changes to the original (such as removing Robin and toning down the bleakness of the imaginary Krypton).

* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': Not necessarily as a whole, but Creator/PeterBenchley wished he had the classic "You're gonna need a bigger boat" in [[Literature/{{Jaws}} his novel]]. Benchley also admitted the movie had much better character development. And while he likes the way he wrote the shark's death (finally dying of its wounds), he admitted that Spielberg's depiction worked for the big screen in a way that the original wouldn't have.

* On the author's commentary for ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' film, Creator/WilliamGoldman mentions wishing certain lines were in the book. Although he wrote the script, certain lines ("Dream of large women") were added to the film.

** Plant was also a fan of Dread Zeppelin, a band fronted by an Elvis impersonator, which did reggae covers of Zeppelin songs.
* Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica started performing their song "Lump" with the ''Film/ForrestGump'' quote that finishes the parody ("And that's all I have to say about that") after Music/WeirdAlYankovic released "Gump".

* James M. Cain noted he preferred the movie ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' to his original story -- specifically the framing story element. He also thought it ended better.

* Chris Claremont, who wrote ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', prefers the more [[Film/DarkPhoenix recent adaptation]] of his work compared to [[Film/XmenTheLastStand the previous attempt]], despite the backlash it got.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' co-creator Bob Kane loved the idea of ComicBook/TheJoker being the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents in [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 film adaptation]] and wished he would've done it had he introduced the Joker at the same time as Batman.

* Despite the critical backlash and poor reception from hardcore fans of Frank Herbert's ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', Frank Herbert spoke very positively of [[Film/{{Dune|1984}} David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation]]. He also liked the idea of there being different stages of Spacing Guild navigators, the one appearing in the film being identified as a Third Stage Guild Navigator. He would incorporate this concept into his later ''Dune'' books. Herbert even admitted that his own script for a ''Dune'' movie was horrible.

* Despite the critical backlash and poor reception from hardcore fans of Frank Herbert's ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', Frank Herbert spoke very positively of [[Film/{{Dune|1984}} David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation]]. He also liked the idea of there being different stages of Spacing Guild navigators, the one appearing in the film being identified as a Third Stage Guild Navigator. He would incorporate this concept into his later ''Dune'' books. Herbert even admitted that his own script for a Dune movie was horrible.

* Despite the critical backlash and poor reception from hardcore fans of Frank Herbert's ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', Frank Herbert spoke very positively of [[Film/{{Dune|1984}} David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation]]. He also liked the idea of there being different stages of Spacing Guild navigators, the one appearing in the film being identified as a Third Stage Guild Navigator. He would incorporate this concept into his later ''Dune'' books.

** ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Creator/CrispinFreeman claims that series composer Music/YokoKanno said something to the effect of; "Our Spike (Creator/KoichiYamadera) good. ''Your'' Spike (Creator/SteveBlum) sexy!" It's debatable whether this means she prefers one to the other, though. Likewise, director Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe has stated that while he thinks the Japanese actors are good in their own right, the English cast properly gives the characters emotions that he was hoping would be conveyed in certain scenes.

* Music/TearsForFears love Gary Jules and Michael Andrews' stripped down cover of "Mad World" (which renewed the popularity of the original), and it was one of the reasons they got back into the music industry. They have commented that the original new wave mood of the song was of its time and not necessarily fitting to the lyrics. Since the cover came out, they play a sort of hybrid version of theirs and the Jules/Andrews version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqtV_Syt0SM when playing it live]].

* Creator/PhilipKDick felt that ''Film/BladeRunner'' was superior to its source material, his novel ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'', and was amazed at how the book was "escalated into such stunning dimensions."

** ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Creator/CrispinFreeman claims that series composer Music/YokoKanno said something to the effect of; "Our Spike (Creator/KoichiYamadera) good. ''Your'' Spike (Creator/SteveBlum) sexy!" It's debatable whether this means she prefers one to the other, though.

* Hilary Mantel has openly lauded Creator/TheBBC in their adaptation of her novels ''Litetature/WolfHall'' and ''Bring Up the Bodies'' ([[Series/WolfHall the series]] covered both novels despite taking the title from the first one). She even says she is now considering incorporating some of the series' characterization in the upcoming final installment of her trilogy, ''The Mirror and The Light.''

* It's widely believed that Trent Reznor of Music/NineInchNails disowned his version of "Hurt" in favor of Music/JohnnyCash's cover, saying the song wasn't his anymore. He was actually giving artistic ownership of the ''cover'' to Cash, whom he felt brought so much new creativity to the cover that Cash had made an original song.

* Ichei Ishibumi considers Season 4 of ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'' to be much, '''much''' better than the first three Seasons (or any other adaptation, for that matter), specially over Season 3, which is a case of DisownedAdaptation. In fact, he claimed on his twitter that he's sure Passione is able to create not only a 5th, but a 6th Season as well, simply because their adaptation is the best rendition of his work to his eyes.

* Yukito Kishiro very much liked the [[Film/AlitaBattleAngel live action adaptation]] of ''Manga/{{GUNNM}}'', to the point of officially taking part in its worldwide promotion. This is from the man who ''{{disowned|adaptation}}'' the '94 [=OVAs=].

** It's been said that Creator/HideakiAnno prefers some of the performances in the English dub of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' to the Japanese version, though Anno tends to be nebulous about such things.

* Singer/songwriter Doug [=MacLeod=] broke down in tears when he heard Eva Cassidy's cover of his song “Nightbird”. [=MacLeod=] felt so strongly that Cassidy's version was superior that he has never subsequently performed the song himself, telling any requesters to go listen to the cover version instead.

* Creator/MasashiKishimoto, the creator of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', considers the best adaptation to be... [[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3 the Ultimate Ninja Storm video game series]]! He often says himself that [[BetterThanCanon it's more exciting than the manga]], as detailed in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130307125047/http://www.saiyanisland.com/2013/03/masashi-kishimoto-comments-on-naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-3/ this 2013 Saiyan Island interview]].

* During his lifetime, Creator/DrSeuss stated that Creator/RalphBashki's adaptation of ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook'' was the most faithful.

* During his lifetime, Literature/DrSeuss stated that Creator/RalphBashki's adaptation of ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook'' was the most faithful.

* Creator/JuddWinick, who wrote the original comic version of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', prefers the animated version he wrote. The primary reasons are to due to AdaptationDistillation and patching up some of the odds and ends.

* Creator/MasashiKishimoto, the creator of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', considers the best adaptation to be... [[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3 the Ultimate Ninja Storm video game series]]! He often says himself that [[BetterThanCanon it's more exciting than the manga]], as detailed in [[http://www.saiyanisland.com/2013/03/masashi-kishimoto-comments-on-naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-3/ this 2013 SaiyanIsland interview]].

* [[https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesTheFourth/status/1128739336529297408 James Tynion IV]] , who worked on the ''ComicBook/BatmanTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' comic , gave high praise to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the movie adaptation.]]

* Despite he and the rest of his ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' cohorts having done material built off it, Dan Jurgens had taken issue with ''how'' Creator/JohnByrne ended his ''Superman'' run--or more specifically, the fact that it ended with [[spoiler:Superman executing a beaten and depowered General Zod]] at the end of ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga''. Jurgens has said [[http://comicbook.com/2015/07/06/superman-legend-dan-jurgens-man-of-steel-handled-zods-death-bett/ that he prefers how]] ''Film/ManOfSteel'' handled its version of [[spoiler:Superman killing General Zod, done as a heat-of-the-moment decision made to protect an innocent family over the outright execution Byrne went for.]]

* When Creator/MichaelCrichton wrote ''Literature/JurassicPark'', he intended to mix not just a park going horribly wrong, but also the child-like wonder of dinosaurs come to live. [[ExecutiveMeddling The publishers wouldn't allow it]] as they thought the novel wouldn't sell with that angle, and told him to [[CerebusSyndrome focus on the horror aspect]]. Come Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[Film/JurassicPark film adaptation]], and Crichton was able to help him tell the story with the tone he wanted in the first place.

-->-- '''Creator/ChuckPalahniuk''' on [[Film/FightClub the film adaptation]] of his book ''Literature/FightClub''.

* Though he hasn't gone so far as to call it superior to the original, Robert Smith from Music/TheCure loved Music/DinosaurJr's version of "Just Like Heaven", and has said it influenced the way Music/TheCure play it live. The original studio recording had a clean guitar lead, whereas in live performances they tend to emulate J. Mascis' distorted guitar tone, making the song sort of sound like a hybrid of the original version and the Dinosaur Jr. cover.