• graham1@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It did quite well when it came out, and it felt like there was potential for sequels

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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      Ohh that’s a good one. The other books afterwards were great too.

      Would’ve loved a sequel and would honestly not mind them artistically fudging it a bit to pick back up with an older Arthur Dent