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For a lot of genres I think tv/movies are routinely superior to books if done well. For many people it is such an article of snobby faith that the book is always better that they never even pause to consider this seriously. I think the screen medium matured with the James Bond franchise, which was the first to be generally better than the books. Same with Alistair MacLean books. You really have to fuck up to make an action story worse on screen. Other examples: Harry Potter, the David Suchet Poirots (most of them), LOTR, Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes (except last few seasons when he was ill). Controversial example: Foundation The genre which does really badly on screen is textual humor. Fry/Laurie came closest but P. G. Wodehouse has never quite been done well. Nobody has cracked HHG or Dirk Gently though it started out as a Doctor Who script idea and radio performance.
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Randomly all places in Japan but I felt shogun pachinko and Tokyo vice were all better than the books
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