Whenever something is adapted from one medium to another, I always prefer originalism in the Antonin Scalia sense: The adaptation should be as close to the source material as possible. But unlike the one who-sat-where-Merrick-Garland-should, I think there is a method to originalism, working from the structure and the themes to the final product. That’s why I hate Netflix’s adaptation of Locke & Key, not just because it looks like a pricier Riverdale but because they f**ked up the entire narrative. For the same reasons, I love The Boys and Invincible, the latter is quite faithful to the comics’ narrative progression and character arcs, while the former remixes almost everything, but stays true to the themes and characterizations.
Call me a hypocrite if you want, but the UK adaptation of the hit French series Call My Agent! left me cold … because it’s an almost exact replica of the original: Same exact characters, same dynamics, same positions in the talent agency, the agency looks almost exactly the same, the storylines involving real-life actors are the same (selecting from seasons 1 and 2), even the dog is the same breed as in the original. And to further sow confusion in Google’s SEO, the series keeps the original title of the French source: “Dix pour Cent.”
It’s easier to list the things that are different: Instead of a tax auditor, Rebecca Fox (Lydia Leonard), the counterpart to Andréa Martel, falls in love with a French war journalist, whose memoir she is...
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