Yeah, you've heard us make this claim with various degrees of dedication on the podcast over the years. In this week's blog post we throw down reasons why Stephen Colbert's assertion is utterly correct!
Generally speaking, we agree: adaptation should take creative liberties. It should change things. It is the job of the adapter to find what in the source material serves the new medium best. Peter Jackson, Frank Walsh, and Philippa Boyens share screenplay credits on all three Lord of the Rings movies with Stephen Sinclair receiving credit for The Two Towers as well.