Browsing: Adapted

It’s usually not that hard to tell when you’re watching a TV show that’s based on DC Comics because they typically have famous superheroes in them. Whether it’s “Batman: The Animated Series,” any of the shows in the “Arrowverse,” or HBO’s new series “Lanterns,” the presence of costumed crime-fighters typically is a good sign that…

Homer’s “The Odyssey” is similar to Shakespeare’s most famous works in that it’s such an influential text that you can find its story structure nearly everywhere. For every time “The Odyssey” has been given an official movie, play, or TV adaptation, it’s been given countless more unofficial adaptations. 

Some of the biggest shows of all time originally began as movies, with beloved stories from the silver screen being adapted for TV. Hit movies like as “M*A*S*H” and “What We Do In The Shadows” inspired TV shows that have stood the test of time and maintained a growing fanbase. Some might even say that…

I’m not Christopher Nolan’s biggest fan, I admit it, but I’ve got no choice but to be grateful, as a film lover, for having at least one person in mainstream cinema who does exactly whatever he feels like. A very long drama about the creator of the atomic bomb? Of course. A science-fiction film that…