SPOILERS OK, i know it's a cliché to love a novel and be disappointed in the screen version, but imo what were they thinking? "chance" is a gorgeous, kind, existential novel about an alienated, passive doc who comes back to life by rescuing a woman in trouble. along the way, he is helped by loyal friends old and new. the ending is sweet, including a lovely moment where he defies the lawyers by practicing medicine with integrity. the TV version is a creepy show about a guy with erotomania who gets taken in by a beautiful but violent woman while all his friends mock him angrily.
a bunch of us who had read the book watched the hulu series. at the end we were, "what? oh, no! why did they change it? please, no!" with a few saying, "don't invite me over for the 2nd season!" 2nd time this has happened to kem nunn. his first masterpiece, "tapping the source," was turned into the drastically different "point break." by contrast, robert stone, nunn's mentor, saw his novel, "the dog soldiers," turned faithfully into the great film "who'll stop the rain." apart from the destruction of a great novel, the TV series is decent.
a bunch of us who had read the book watched the hulu series. at the end we were, "what? oh, no! why did they change it? please, no!" with a few saying, "don't invite me over for the 2nd season!" 2nd time this has happened to kem nunn. his first masterpiece, "tapping the source," was turned into the drastically different "point break." by contrast, robert stone, nunn's mentor, saw his novel, "the dog soldiers," turned faithfully into the great film "who'll stop the rain." apart from the destruction of a great novel, the TV series is decent.