How to adapt a bestselling series of books:
1) Adapt book 1
2) Adapt book 2
3) Adapt book 3
4) Repeat to the end of the series
How not to adapt a bestselling series of books:
1) Squish the entire series together like an accordion
2) Scoop out everything in the middle
3) Put all the best bits back into the story in the form of in-jokes and "Easter eggs" that whizz by so fast the viewer barely has time to register them
4) Change the costume, personality and motivation of the main character
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