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Films can be adapted from Television or Radio. This article should mention that. --Cab88 00:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
- True. I didn't think of television because, arguably, television is film. I know that the technologies are now slightly different, but even discussion shows are, essentially, a camera and moving image that is then transmitted via a different medium, but the oversight can and should be addressed with all of the television series now making feature films (most of them wretched affairs). When it comes to that, though, films can be adapted from segments of television shows, as all of the (mostly wretched) films made out of segments of Saturday Night Live testify. From radio is less common, but arguably Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy went from radio to novel to television to film. Geogre 02:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Examples non gratis
I removed the following text from the article:
- "== Examples of adaptations ==
Let me explain why. Adaptation, as the article says, is one of the oldest forms of film. If we were to give examples at all, it would turn into List of film adaptations in an instant. I suggest that a category would be superior to a list, and a list in this article makes no sense. There is no way to be comprehensive without overloading the text and then some, and there is no way to be representative without a much more detailed explanation in the text of types of adaptation, criteria for inclusion and exclusion, and then "examples" for each. As it is, the discursive text already offers numerous examples that are typical of the types of adaptation being described. If anyone disagrees with my decision, please discuss it below. Geogre 14:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
