It actually makes substantial changes to the original, but Moore loved it anyway.
THAT's the mark of a good adaptation.

To be fair, when ALL IN THE FAMILY had Gloria miscarry, it was a bold choice to do something that had never been done before on a tv series.
Of course, after THEY took the chance and got away with it without alienating the audience, it became an "easy out" for everyone who followed.

The thing about Verne is, he did his research.

Before everyone starts asking "Will Nemo be played by a white guy in brownface?", I'm going to be super-nerdy and point out that Nemo actually WAS a white guy in 20000 LEAGUES… and only became Indian in the sequel.

It's similar to how Mel Gibson's racist outbursts have remained stuck to him. We know plenty of other stars have said things just as bad… but not on tape.

It's totally possible that Polanski completely agrees with the theme of the book; the thing is, people who do awful things often KNOW they're doing awful things.
"I shouldn't do this" can turn to "I shouldn't have done that" in a blink of the eye…. and circle back around to "I shouldn't do this again" in the…

It's easy to forget the ones that go off to college, I guess.

The dirty little secret of the Cosby scandal is that those of us who grew up with the Cosby of the 1960s and 1970s kept hoping for a "cut-off date"; a dividing line where we could pretend that the funny and inspiring Cosby we loved suddenly turned into this hypocritical rapist, and we could keep our memories of "the…

"So is 'Do You Think I'm Sexy' some sort of Weird Al style spoof song?"

But ironically, that line became thicker as the years went on: consider how "Fat Albert" went from "blatantly autobiographical stand-up comedy" to "cartoon show loosely inspired by stand-up" to "movie based on premise of cartoon characters in real world".

well, one season per case.
It's entirely possible that they can do a good job covering a true story that gives them viable material to work with.
And then, NEXT season, it's "The Trial Of Dustin Diamond", and it just turns into weird SAVED BY THE BELL fan fiction.

Now THOSE guys are ripe for a remaking. We could really use a bit of a Eurohorror revival about now.

Not disagreeing, just pointing out the history.
Of course, some feel the real Commodus' fights were essentially rigged (and the movie nods towards that with Maximus being deliberately wounded before the fight), they should have maybe played that angle up (there's nothing a coward wants more than to LOOK like he…

Bad characterization in the movie? Sure. More historically accurate than you might think, though:
" Commodus also had a passion for gladiatorial combat, which he took so far as to take to the arena himself, dressed as a gladiator. The Romans found Commodus' naked gladiatorial combats to be scandalous and disgraceful.…

Ridley totally read the script for NOTTINGHAM, which was apparently a fairly interesting variation on the traditional story (as the title indicates, the Sherrif was the hero in it)
And then he threw it away, just did a rather lifeless run-through of the standard version, and slagged the Curtiz/ Flynn version in…

Well, they knew Lester was highly efficient, and they needed to get this behemoth back on track ASAP.
Of course, costs continued to spiral anyway; and Donner himself generally has a reputation for efficiency, too. It just seems like the project, despite spending years in development, wasn't planned out as well as it…

I've been watching the TZ DVDS, which use the original network masters. It's fun to see the imbedded ads for other CBS shows (and occasionally horrifying to see Serling break character and plug whichever brand of cigarette was sponsoring the show this year)… but the most interesting little extra is the bit where…

Retirement-age Bob Hoskins could snarl out lines like "You're MY dog!" in a way that actually made you believe that Professional Ass-Kicking Machine Jet Li would TOTALLY be afraid of him.
What a magnificent presence.

NEKKID FRENCH CHICK FROM SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

and now- LEE PLUS LEE:
https://www.youtube.com/wat…