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I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are perhaps as good or better than the original work. But the vast majority of them are pointless.

~Alan Moore

Topics: Adaptation Almost Any Better Come Couple Fear Good Increasingly Majority Nothing Obviously Original Perhaps Pointless Sweeping Than Them Vast Vast Majority Work

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I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's absolutely no chance of me doing so in the future.

~Alan Moore

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My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of comic book-film adaptations, where, essentially, the central characters are just franchises that can be worked endlessly to no apparent point.

~Alan Moore

Topics: About Adaptation Apparent Central Characters Comic Endlessly Essentially Films Just Like Main Modern Particularly Point Process Way Where Worked

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While not my personal favorite of the Disney princess films, 'The Little Mermaid' wins hands-down in my book for best Disney adaptation. Little girls waited for more than 150 years for Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' to have a happy ending. Walt Disney finally gave it to her.

~Alethea Kontis

Topics: Adaptation Best Book Christian Disney Ending Favorite Films Finally Gave Girl Happy Happy Ending Her Little Little Girls Mermaid More Personal Princess Than Waited Walt Walt Disney While Wins Years

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I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.

~Alfred De Vigny

Topics: Adaptation After Capacity Chain Could Events Experience Facts First Fuller Grouping Having His Links Longing Man Satisfied Sight Some Something Take Then Think Vast Wanted Which I Think

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In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.

~Alfred Russel Wallace

Topics: Adaptation Animals Constantly Details Find Food Found Habits History Marvellous Natural Natural History Which Works

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Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they?

~Andrea Arnold

Topics: Adaptation Against Also Another Been Books Disappointed Felt Film Fitted Generally Interestingly Medium Never People Quite Really Them Think Thought Translate Trying Wrong I Think

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An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' but they've asked me to do 'David Copperfield' instead.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Adaptation Also Asked Been David Dickens Going Instead Me Son Working Bbc

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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Adaptation Always Clothes Drag Excuses Get Looking Many Neck One Of The Things Out Period Them Things Thought Time Up

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I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Adaptation Adore Also Classic Doing Feel Frustrations Limitations

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