felagund-fiollaigean asked:
it may be a trite question but what would your thoughts on a riyira/greatcoats/bastards/literally any other book tv/film adaptation be? are there any things you'd feel strongly about them changing/including/adapting properly? preference of cast, director, composer, or medium? would you rather they not exist at all? or do you not have strong feelings about it one way or the other?
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In theory, I would love for these series to be turned into TV shows. I think TV would be better than films because there’s more time to get everything in, and less worry about making it fast and snappy. Saying that, I think Greacoats might be good as a film, though how much you would lose from Falcio’s internal narrative is tricky, but that’s the same for film or TV.
But I’d be wary of any adaptations unless they were made in very very close collaboration with the author. There are a lot of bad adaptations out there and I’d hate for these books to be some of them.
I’m a stickler for staying as close to the original as possible. That’s why I love Granada Holmes, a lot of it was quoted directly from the books, and not just the dialogue either, the actions in between, the little smiles, it’s all to the books.
I’d happily watch all the little scenes that would probably be cut to make a film but add to the world and the characters. If I’m watching it with someone and they have to ask ‘but why would they do that’ because it’s changed from the books and therefore doesn’t make sense, it’s not a good film (thinking a certain seven book/eight film series where whole characters are replaced and whole chapters deleted). Look, I get you’ve got to streamline for a film, but from a fan pov, I would sit there for a solid six hours if that’s what it takes.
Cast, I don’t think I mind too much, it’s less the appearance and more the energy. I’ve got a few fancasts but that’s more for myself as a drawing reference than actually who I would want to play them (tho saying that I do think Tom Hopper and Matthew McNulty would be fun as Hadrian and Royce, and I think Katy McGrath has got Valiana’s mix of fighter and princess, like she did for Morgana)
Tbf, I think some of them would work well as animated series. I enjoyed how TLOVM did it, and I think it would be fun for Gentlemen Bastards because of the design of the cities and just the general feel of the series. But I think I’d prefer live action with Riyria. Greatcoats, I could be open to either I think, maybe leaning towards live action.
But I’d rather they not exist at all than be cut up and changed and made badly. They’re small fandoms but there’s still enough of us to get by with fan content rather than bad 'official’ adaptations. I think MJS is reluctant to make any thing like that because he’s very protective of Hadrian and Royce, which I can definitely understand, and I respect that.
This was, as usual, longer than I intended, but thank you for the ask.
How about you? Any fancasts for these dudes? And animated or live action?
