TV General : TV shows and movies better than their original source material

TV shows and movies better than their original source material

for me:

The Expanse - I thought that the books and novellas were pretty pedestrian sci-fi, but I just finished the second season of the show, and it's really riveting tv.

Battlestar Galactica - as a kid, I was a fan of the cheesy Lorne Greene show, but the updated BSG was so much better, so much smarter.

Starship Troopers - as a teen, I enjoyed this piece of trash book from Heinlein, but the movie is even better as it pokes fun of the fascism baked into the book.

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

Jaws, The Godfather, various iterations of The Phantom of the Opera.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

I haven't read The Godfather books but I have heard that they are kinda meh.

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

Fight club.

Cheerio.

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

Excellent choice.

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

Forrest Gump
Goodfellas

Re: TV shows and movies better than their original source material

Holy shit! I never knew there was a Gump book!
Top