LogFAQs > #980591276

The only reason they do it is because having a major name attached to it sells (LotR, WoT, Halo). If any of these hack screenwriters wrote their original work no one would watch past the first episode.

Hell, no one would watch past "why does the stone sink." I've read fanfics way better than what the billion-dollar projects have crapped out.

Bit of wishful thinking there

I mean, hes right. The pattern is well defined:

1. Adapt a well known, beloved story/property

2. Completely ignore the reasons why people loved it in the first place.

3. Make massive changes under the pretense of "appealing to the mass audience," while taking the core fans for granted.

4. Blame the core fans when the adaptation underperformed, despite openly and brazenly not trying to appeal to them.