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<blockquote data-quote="sabrinathecat" data-source="post: 6635747" data-attributes="member: 89838"><p>I can think of two adaptations that were superior to the source material.</p><p>Warlock. Male witch from the time of the Salem trials gets teleported to modern (1980s) LA by a magic spell, along with the man who hunted him down. The book is full of puerile and juvenile vulgarity, such as a sage soiling herself while channeling Zamiel (aka The Devil), and the warlock having his genitals enhanced as part of his pact with the devil. The movie skipped all of this and boiled down the story. Movie is good due to the actors, director, screenplay, and soundtrack.</p><p></p><p>Jumper. The book is an excessively whiny YA story about a boy who can teleport. And oh, terrorists are bad. (this was written 10+years before 9/11) The movie was an action vehicle for Samuel Jackson and Hayden Christian, with the notion that there were not only lots of Jumpers, but also an organization of religious nutcase fanatics trying to track them down and kill them. The only good thing about the Jumper book was that it had a sequel called Reflex, which was a middling decent read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sabrinathecat, post: 6635747, member: 89838"] I can think of two adaptations that were superior to the source material. Warlock. Male witch from the time of the Salem trials gets teleported to modern (1980s) LA by a magic spell, along with the man who hunted him down. The book is full of puerile and juvenile vulgarity, such as a sage soiling herself while channeling Zamiel (aka The Devil), and the warlock having his genitals enhanced as part of his pact with the devil. The movie skipped all of this and boiled down the story. Movie is good due to the actors, director, screenplay, and soundtrack. Jumper. The book is an excessively whiny YA story about a boy who can teleport. And oh, terrorists are bad. (this was written 10+years before 9/11) The movie was an action vehicle for Samuel Jackson and Hayden Christian, with the notion that there were not only lots of Jumpers, but also an organization of religious nutcase fanatics trying to track them down and kill them. The only good thing about the Jumper book was that it had a sequel called Reflex, which was a middling decent read. [/QUOTE]
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