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Author: Shnakepup

Jun 28th 2013 at 8:13:56 AM

What about situations where, say, a tv show is based on a book series? At first the show follows the book's same plot, thus they could be said to be the same continuity, but at some point they split apart and the show begins to do it's own thing. I guess that'd be "Alternate Timeline Continuity", according to the definitions above.

I believe this is the case with TrueBlood, which started off following the [[TheSookieStackhouseMysteries Sookie Stackhouse]] books but then started coming up with it's own plots, thus separating from the book's continuity.

Another example (though this technically hasn't happened yet) would be the GameOfThrones tv show, based on the ASongOfIceAndFire book series. So far, the show has very closely followed the books, with each season covering a book. The book series is still being written, but the show is rapidly catching up. The show's producers have stated that if the show overtakes the books, they'll come up with their own plot.

One final example: there's a new tv show based on Stephen King's UnderTheDome novel. The producers of the show say they intend to closely follow the book, at first. Unforunately, the book is rather self-contained, meaning if they were 'too' faithful, the series would only last a season, so the producers intend to change the plot towards the end to open it up for multiple seasons.