RyoHazuki
Ephemeral Spectre
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- Sep 24, 2013
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Amazon is going to adapt 'Consider Phlebas' - wow!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/consider-phlebas-tv-series-works-at-amazon-1086840
Seriously, what is it with the compulsive need to turn decent books into a sodding TV event? Yes, I know they did The Crow Road (and did it really well), but that was years ago, when screen adaptations were usually done sympathetically (if not always successfully) and were still outnumbered by original scripts. Either 1) there are no longer any remotely talented screenwriters in the english-speaking world, or 2) execs can no longer be bothered to pay for original ideas when they can just plunder existing literature, especially when most of their audience won't have picked up anything bigger than a bus timetable since they left school and therefore won't care or even notice. Call me a cynic, but I'm going for 2).
In this case, I'd happily wager any amount that the episodes will be a horrible mangling of various themes and scenes, plucked from all of the Culture books and rearranged in a totally inane but "accessible" way, conveniently omitting all of the subtle undertones and the really unpleasant denouements. That ridiculous quote ^^^ from Dennis Kelly sums up just how shallow and pointless I expect it to be.