faithful adaptation
Loyal to source
A faithful adaptation is a version of a work—typically a film, play, or television series based on a book—that stays close to its source material.
The phrase implies respect for the original's plot, characters, and spirit: The miniseries was praised as a faithful adaptation of the novel.
Faithfulness is relative; even "faithful" adaptations make changes for the new medium.
- loyalFirm in allegiance
- trueAccurate or loyal
- true to formBehaving as anticipated
- staying trueMaintaining loyalty or integrity
- accurateConforming to fact
devoted · source material · translation · source · original · page to screen · homage · rendition · screenplay · novel · book · film · retelling · word for word · letter perfect · authentic · sincere · tribute
- adaptation termsrewriting, editing, condensing, expanding, abridgment
- adaptationsfilm adaptations, TV adaptations, stage adaptations, novel adaptations, dramatization
- television adaptationsminiseries, remake, dramatization, reimagining, reboot
faithful adaptationloose adaptation
Version altered significantly from original
bastardization · inspired by · travesty · reimagining · based on
faithful adaptationreimagining
Fresh interpretation of existing material
reboot · reinvention · deconstruction · pastiche · fan fiction
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