Questions tagged [adaptation]
For questions about movies or TV shows adapted from other materials, for example books or video games.
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Is "Ultimate Ultron" in Spidey and Iron Man: Avengers Team Up! adapted from the comics?
In Marvel's Spidey and Iron Man: Avengers Team Up! (2025), the Disney Jr. crossover TV special between Spidey and His Amazing Friends and Iron Man and His Awesome Friends, the villains Green Goblin ...
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Was the giant robot in the "Powerless" pilot a DC Comics character?
I recently watched the original, unaired pilot episode of Powerless (2017), the first sitcom set in the DC Comics universe, on YouTube. In the episode, Emily (Vanessa Hudgens), a claims adjuster, ...
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Did Dio not know that Vanilla Ice had been defeated when he fought Jotaro in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
I was watching the Jotaro vs. Dio fight from the 1993 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime (OVA) on YouTube and noticed something interesting. When Dio is about to kill Jotaro, Polnareff ambushes him from ...
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Is the massive, floating purple "dimensional imp" in Superman (2025) based on an established DC Comics character or creature?
In Superman (2025), there's a scene where the Justice Gang (Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Mister Terrific) fights a massive, floating purple creature shaped like an eyeball with tendrils.
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Is the tall alien creature that Lex calls "Mr. Handsome" in "Superman" adapted from a DC Comics source?
(Spoilers ahead!) In Superman (2025), Lex Luthor's pocket universe features a tall naked creature with elongated fingers that operates the platform shuttling people to and from prison cells. Towering ...
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Is Mephisto's appearance and British accent in Ironheart based on comic book depictions?
In Ironheart S01E06, "The Past Is the Past," the Marvel Comics character Mephisto is portrayed as a British man, complete with a British accent and use of British slang like "pillock&...
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What does Linton Midnite intend to do with the captured Gentleman Ghost in Batman: Caped Crusader?
In Batman: Caped Crusader S01E06, "Night Ride" (2024), Batman performs a ritual he learned from Linton Midnite to trap the supernatural villain Jim Craddock, aka Gentleman Ghost, in a ...
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Is there any significance to Emil Blonsky being a Russian-born British Royal Marines commando on loan to the U.S. military in The Incredible Hulk?
In The Incredible Hulk (2008), General Ross recruits Emil Blonsky (aka the "Abomination"), a Russian-born British Royal Marines commando serving on loan to the U.S. military, to lead the ...
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Are there elements in "A Minecraft Movie" from the Minecraft spin-off games like Story Mode or Legends?
In A Minecraft Movie (2025), Henry uses the Boots of Swiftness, an item originally introduced in the Minecraft spinoff Minecraft Dungeons, to create a Super Iron Golem.
Given that most of the film's ...
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What's the first movie adapted from A Christmas Carol but set in a different special day or country?
In the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens, a mean person becomes good on Christmas Day after dreaming of four spirits encouraging him to change his attitude to life.
I ...
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What was the "copyright loophole" that required The Postman to use elements of the earlier script adaptation?
While reading through the TV Tropes Trivia entry for The Postman (1997 film), I ran into this under What Could Have Been:
When Costner initially joined the project, he wanted to just adopt the book, ...
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Is the Stark tradition of sending one in 10 of their own to the Night's Watch based on the books?
In House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1, Lord Cregan Stark tells Prince Jacaerys Velaryon about a long-standing Stark tradition (emphasis mine):
The North owes a great duty to the Seven Kingdoms. ...
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Do Essosi rituals in Game of Thrones (R'hllor, Faceless Men, etc.) share similarities in handling corpses?
While browsing the A Song of Ice and Fire subreddit, I noticed a discussion highlighting similarities between two key scenes from Game of Thrones.
In the episode "High Sparrow" (S05E03), ...
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Were the Filipino cardinal elector(s) from the "Conclave" book also in the film adaptation?
In the 2024 film adaptation of Conclave, which depicts the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church convening to elect a new pope, a notable change was made to the key character of Cardinal Benitez....
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How accurate is 'The Boys' series to the comics?
I am a big fan of the Amazon series The Boys and after watching it for a second time decided to look into the source material that it is based on, the comic book series of the same name.
I noticed ...
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