The thing which struck me about The Martian was that the film is an extremely faithful adaptation of the book. As were The Hunger Games and The Social Network
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This makes it muuuuch easier to sell the next book to them
Also, as a writer, there's nothing I love more than someone fundamentally GETTING what I was going for. A faithful film adaptation is high praise
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There can be different dimensions of faithfulness, too. The degree of literalness of the adaptation doesn't necessarily speak for or against the adapters GETTING what mattered about the book.
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Like e.g. _Blade Runner_ is a very free adaptation but (arguably) GETS some of what is important about the book in a way that might've been harder for a more literal adaptation.
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