Lost in Adaptation

After several life readings of The Mister by E.L. James, The Dom decides to make a full review of it.

Before that review, however, today he gives a synopsis of the book in advance.

Edited by jouXIII on Aug 5th 2022 at 8:54:05 PM

Might as well rip off the nail quickly and neatly instead of twisting the knife with hours of live reading.

And now, the review.

Good God, this is gonna be a movie too?

I know, money, but come on, even producers must have standards.

Oh sweet summer child.

Eh, being optioned for a movie doesn't mean much. Unless there's at least a director attached it's best to treat it as not happening

It’s been two years since the movie was announced apparently, so yeah, it’s not a given.

I remember when the novel I translated for my Masters thesis got an official translation (Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry), the French blurb advertised that it "got bought by Paramount for a movie adaptation." That was 4 year ago. I haven’t heard of that movie ever being made.

Let me have some faith in humanity. EL James doesn’t make that easy.

Edited by Lyendith on Aug 19th 2022 at 4:44:22 PM

It's the final episode of "Reading The Mister for Charity", quest reader being Erin Wassing(aka Little BogWitch):

Today, The Dom compares the Vampire Academy, a 2007 novel that was first of book series written by Richelle Mead, to its 2014 film adaptation with same name directed by Mark Waters and starring Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry:

How weird, I literally just started re-reading the book yesterday.

One thing Dom didn't mention, is that the film whitewashed the main character. Heres how the main character Rose Hathaway was described in the book:

Today, The Dom takes a look at Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel, American Gods.

Today, The Dom continues with Neil Gaiman's American Gods by comparing it to its 2017 TV series adaptation by Starz, mostly focused on season one:

Edited by jouXIII on Oct 7th 2022 at 9:26:44 PM

Today, The Dom talks about Arabella Grimsbro Vs. the "Wonderful" Wizard (originally The "Wonderful" Wizard of Futhermucking Oz^note name changed in 2020 to its current name), a 2017 parody novel of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by Matt Youngmark:

Today, The Dom talks about the differences between HBO's House of the Dragon and its source material Fire and Blood by George R. R. Martin:

Today, The Dom compares Matilda, a 1988 Roald Dahl's book to its 1996 adaptation with same name directed by Danny DeVito and starring Mara Wilson:

Surprised there wasn't a song at the end of this one.

Today, The Dom talks about chapters of Fire & Blood that didn't appear in HBO's adaptation series of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire-series.

Today, The Dom talks about the 2000 adaption of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole the Christmas!:

Today, The Dom looks back to the books he read in 2022.

Today, The Dom compares P. G. Wodehouse's short stories and novels to its 90s TV-show adaptation, Jeeves and Wooster:

We also got a "subtle" hint of topic to next episode, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Edited by jouXIII on Jan 20th 2023 at 2:55:30 PM

Today, The Dom compares Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to its 2003 film adaptation directed by Stephen Norrington and starring Sean Connery in his last live-action role.

Today, The Dom compares Stardust, an illustrated novel written by Neil Gaiman, to its 2007 film adaptation with same name directed by Matthew Vaughn.

I remember reading the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic in my college library, it was a little much for me, as he gets into why. I never watched the movie.

If the first one was too much don't read the later ones, they get weird.

Noted and I figured. Stardust is another one that I only read the book of. Though Captain Shakespeare does sound like a delight.