A Critical Dragon | Some Hard Truths About Modern Fantasy Live Action Adaptations @ACriticalDragon | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I talk quite a lot about adaptation, for me it is a fascinating subject because it reveals a lot about what the essence of a narrative is, so I thought I would talk about some of things that we could take into consideration when we discuss live action fantasy adaptation, at least in my opinion.
But hey, this is just my opinion, and we all know that 'this is just my opinion' are magical words that mean we can say whatever we like without repercussion because it is an expression of preference.
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Some of the shows I mention:
The Worst Witch
Maid Marion and Her Merry Men
Highlander: The Series
Touched by an Angel
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Xena: Warrior Princess
Goosebumps
Early Edition
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch
Neverwhere
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Odyssey
Brimstone
Charmed
Young Hercules
Highlander: The Raven
Charmed
Angel
Thunderstone
Beastmaster
The Lost World
Good vs Evil
So Weird
Big Wolf on Campus
Merlin
Game of Thrones
Camelot
Teen Wolf
Once Upon a Time
House of Anubis
Grimm
Beauty and the Beast
Labyrinth
The Returned
Sinbad
Witches of East End
Sleepy Hollow
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Outlander
Constantine
Resurrection
Bitten
The Magicians
Lucifer
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Shannara Chronicles
Shadowhunters
Wynonna Earp
Preacher
Van Helsing
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
American Gods
Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortuante Events
The Worst Witch
A Discovery of Witches
Titans
Charmed
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Troy: Fall of a City
The Protector
Good Omens
His Dark Materials
The Witcher
Miracle Workers
Cursed
Locke and Key
The Letter for the King
Warrior Nun
Lovecraft Country
Dracula
Wheel of Time
Shadow and Bone
Sweet Tooth
Fate: The Winx Saga
The Watch
Rings of Power
Vampire Academy
The Sandman
Interview with the Vampire
House of the Dragon
Reginald the Vampire
Wednesday
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Willow
The Winter King
Lockwood and Co
I talk quite a lot about adaptation, for me it is a fascinating subject because it reveals a lot about what the essence of a narrative is, so I thought I would talk about some of things that we could take into consideration when we discuss live action fantasy adaptation, at least in my opinion.
But hey, this is just my opinion, and we all know that 'this is just my opinion' are magical words that mean we can say whatever we like without repercussion because it is an expression of preference.
If you would like to buy me a coffee or a book, Support me on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/criticaldragon
Intro and Music by Professor Trip.
Some of the shows I mention:
The Worst Witch
Maid Marion and Her Merry Men
Highlander: The Series
Touched by an Angel
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Xena: Warrior Princess
Goosebumps
Early Edition
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch
Neverwhere
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Odyssey
Brimstone
Charmed
Young Hercules
Highlander: The Raven
Charmed
Angel
Thunderstone
Beastmaster
The Lost World
Good vs Evil
So Weird
Big Wolf on Campus
Merlin
Game of Thrones
Camelot
Teen Wolf
Once Upon a Time
House of Anubis
Grimm
Beauty and the Beast
Labyrinth
The Returned
Sinbad
Witches of East End
Sleepy Hollow
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Outlander
Constantine
Resurrection
Bitten
The Magicians
Lucifer
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Shannara Chronicles
Shadowhunters
Wynonna Earp
Preacher
Van Helsing
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
American Gods
Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortuante Events
The Worst Witch
A Discovery of Witches
Titans
Charmed
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Troy: Fall of a City
The Protector
Good Omens
His Dark Materials
The Witcher
Miracle Workers
Cursed
Locke and Key
The Letter for the King
Warrior Nun
Lovecraft Country
Dracula
Wheel of Time
Shadow and Bone
Sweet Tooth
Fate: The Winx Saga
The Watch
Rings of Power
Vampire Academy
The Sandman
Interview with the Vampire
House of the Dragon
Reginald the Vampire
Wednesday
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Willow
The Winter King
Lockwood and Co
![Is Chat GPT a good editor [should I be worried]? Will AI editors replace people like me?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QktobgHRu9A/hqdefault.jpg "Is Chat GPT a good editor [should I be worried]? Will AI editors replace people like me?
A lot is being said about Chat GPT replacing authors, but from the various outputs I have seen I am really not convinced that it will any time in the near future. However, could AI replace editors?
These Large Language Models and AI assistants already auto-correct, flag grammar and spelling errors, and suggest new phrasings, so can they replace editors?
In this video I took three very short samples from some authors work and asked Chat GPT Can you edit the following passage?.
Here are the results.
I am not really concerned if the AI is good at editing, what I am interested in is what it is doing, how it approaches it, and if it can be a useful tool for creative writing. Is it really a timesaving device? Will it actually replace human authors and editors, or do we still need humans intimately involved in the process?
As a point of clarity, I didnt tell the programme if it had done a good job or a bad job as I dont wish to help train something that various industries are seeing as a way to cut human artists, authors, and skilled professionals out of the workplace. But I was surprised at what it did.
The original chat I had with @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy can be found here: https://youtu.be/5vVEtWBplVk
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Intro and Music by Professor Trip.")
