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Which adaptation do you think has surpassed its source material in quality? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), at the time of its release, was based on a short story called The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke. In that story, the roots of the Tycho Monolith plot segment of 2001 of is sketched out, and then expanded as both a screenplay and a full-length novel.

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, and then I guess it inspired Bowie's single, Major Thom