The original is still there, though, unchanged. If you need to be completely faithful to the original version, why bother making one at all?
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Weirdfish@lemmy.world 4 days agoBut it is in and of itself a piece of history.
Changing a story that is thousands of years old is wrong.
Go ahead and make the movie, but be faithful to the original work.
bilb@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Nah, it’s in line with myths and traditional stories. Would a faithful adaptation be cool? Sure. But retelling and reimagining ancient stories is tradition.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 days ago
Every retold story is slightly different. Readapting works in the public domain is a tale as old as time.
lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Bonus points for the Odessy as a tale told in song until history began. Other works were lost, and the Odessy itself is likely just “the best parts” of the original.