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What did they not mess up? The most popular sci-fi and fantasy book-to-film adaptations

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Superproof combined IMDB and Goodreads data to work out which sci-fi and fantasy books are popular, which have movie adaptations of which of those adaptations people actually liked!

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, a clockwork orange, blade runner, charlie and the chocolate factory, dune, harry potter, stats, the hunger games, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the lord of the rings, the martian

Revealing research on the most disappointing book-to-film adaptations

March 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

More surprisingly, Mockingjay the Hunger Games final film is in second place, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is tied in third place.

Filed Under: Books, Movies Tagged With: harry potter, stats, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the hunger games

Genre Police: Drugs & Dystopias

March 16, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

Teen tales evolved from The Outsiders, through X-Men and Sweet Valley High to The Hunger Games becoming very different to its origins through several decades. In that time, its become one of the most beloved and (simultaneously) hated genres of the last decade.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, masks, misspent youth, monsterhearts, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the hunger games

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