Welcome to Adaptations Done Right, the segment that examines adaptations of comic books and how they played out. Today will be how Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest […]
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Adaptations Done Right detail the posts about comic adaptations given the proper treatment. Most adaptations usually try to copy characters and concepts word per word. Often this leaves them feeling hollow and without meaning. Some adaptations however make the experience easier by simplifying, expanding, and adding more stakes to their source material. This helps create a better overall experience part of the time. Sometimes comics even expand things from other sources like the comic adaptations of the Mega Man games.
Grading comes in the following factors. Retaining the meaning and legacy of the source; playing to the strengths of the medium; and enhancements to the plot.
The Laughing Fish: How To Make a Bad Joke Good
I now have an even greater respect for Paul Dini for adapting a mediocre story like The Laughing Fish into something presentable.
Continue readingMarvel Knights: Black Panther – Now With Less Hassle
This right here is how motion comics should be animated. Not to mention how it improves on the original source story.
Continue readingBatman: Mad Love On Multiple Medium Adaptations
TV, Comic, or Motion Comic; pick one adaptation. They all have their merits for Batman: Mad Love.
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