Vector: Prometheus -> Frankenstein
The theme of science and how far humans should go is often present in books and movies. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein dealt with the idea of creating a monster and where the responsibility of people remains. Should we be making these […]
Vector: Charlie’s Angels -> Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
The main interesting decision in going from the 1970s television show to a movie (even though the second one) was to make the movie in a modern setting in the current time rather than to do a simple reboot and […]
Vector: The Walking Dead (comic) -> The Walking Dead (game)
While The Walking Dead was transformed for television from its comic book state, it was also adapted into a video game that takes a different direction than the comic book and television show. It is said that Telltale games didn’t […]
Vector: 30 Rock -> “Apollo, Apollo” episode (30 Rock)
As a TV show, 30 Rock constantly comments on different parts of culture and society. Liz Lemon often comments on aspects of society expects. However, the show comments on everything, including Star Wars and muppets. Through using Kenneth, a Page […]
Vector: Batman: Arkham City -> Batman: Arkham Asylum
As with any sequel relationship, the creators learn from the first to the second, or at least we like to think so. In the case with Arkham City, which seemed to continue well from Arkham Asylum, key things were […]
Vector: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe -> Aesop’s “The Lion and the Mouse”
Of the many memorable moments present in both the book and film versions of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the moment when Aslan is on the stone table, bound and dying. While Lucy and Susan are with […]
Alice’s Importance in the Adaptation World and Coraline
There are similar aspects in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass that are connected to, and are made possible for, Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Both Carroll and Gaiman’s works were adapted into animated film and marketed […]
Vector: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland -> Coraline
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland set up tropes for not only adaptations of Alice, but also for other films, literature, games, etc. During the film, the main character Coraline goes through a makeshift door in the wall of her new bedroom […]
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