1:37 AM

Bookslut: A Nerdy Day At the Movies, and The Three Laws of Adaptations:

1. A film adaptation may not, through omission or direct action, undermine or reverse the meanings and morals of the source material.
2. A film adaptation must adequately capture what made the source material compelling, as long as it does not conflict with the first rule.
3. An adaptation can make the changes necessary to work as a product of its medium, as long as these changes do not conflict with the first or second rules.