The thing is, yes, you should separate the artist from the art. But that’s because it’s really tempting to think that a great artist could also never be a horrible human being, when that just isn’t so. Michael Jackson was an insanely-talented entertainer. But he was also, at best, a deeply screwed-up human being with…

On the one hand, I can’t disagree with anything you said. On the other, I think even just the first book needs more space to breath than an single film would give it and I hope that 2 movies does the story and world justice.

The password, which could not be changed, was (you might want to take a deep breath) “abcde.”

Another thing I was thinking is that there is no way in hell that design would pass FAA evacuation certifications. 

I hope the writers read these comments, because my boss was telling me earlier about a time when he was researching a movie idea back in the late seventies, early eighties. He’s a writer and he was spending time with a lowly-regarded detective squad. Once, they went out on a raid to bust down a door at some sneezy…

“C’mon kids, we’re going to Europa League!”

“I am someone who likes to move around a lot, but I also like a challenge. I’ve been a prisoner of my own challenge at times.”

I agree.

Bingo!

I think if you take the script from the miniseries and the cast and production of the film, you’ll have as close to an ideal adaptation as you can get.