[Discussion]Books -> TV

So by now, I'm pretty sure we're all aware that best-selling series The Mortal Instruments was made into a movie. And I'm pretty sure we're all aware that that movie didn't do too well (to be fair, IMDb gave it a 6/10 while Rotten Tomatoes gave it 12%). Even though the movie made $30 million more than the cost of production, The film's studio is opting to make a TV series instead. 



I personally think that this will do more harm than good to the title. Although critics like to gloat about how American TV surpasses American cinema (and in this case, Canadian?), I don't think that The Mortal Instruments is going to get the same love and care that series like The Walking Dead, and The Game of Thrones. 


  1. The budget isn't there 
  2. It's Young Adult. 
Now I love Young Adult, clearly, just check out my blog. But more often than not it does not translate well. I think it's because Young Adult has the tendency to be cheesy. Whether it be the dialogue, or the acting, something just doesn't translate well. We can squeal and gush all we want about fictional characters but something about hearing the same lines coming out of the mouths of actors makes me want to cringe. 

I mean we all saw the Delirium pilot right (what the hell was that? I only got through 20 minutes before I had to shut that off)?

I think Pretty Little Liars is so popular because it's pretty much influenced by the books now. Last time I checked, the story had veered pretty far away from the book, and so it's pretty much Gossip Girl 2.0. Plus it's crack TV. 

And today is the premiere of The Morganville Vampires web series. I think that a web series is a much better choice than cable television because there is less pressure from big wigs to get top ratings. I haven't read the series (I've been meaning to for like four years now), but I'm excited that they took to a different form of media, and I don't know about you but I love web series! They're so creative and I feel great helping out fledgling writers and directors. 


So what do you think? Are you going to watch Thee Mortal Instruments TV series? What about Morganville Vampires? Are there any books/graphic novels that you would like to see made into a TV series? 

PS: Sherrilyn Kenyon has been been saying that HBO was interested in the rights to Dark Hunters but it's been about five years now, I'm really starting to doubt if this is a thing. :/



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