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Catch-22
2019 · TV series · 45 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Luke Davies, David Michôd
Pianosa Island, Italy, World War II. Bombardier John Yossarian tries to fulfill his duty, maintain sanity and return home as soon as possible, but incompetence and bureaucracy constantly stand in his way.
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I was pretty psyched for the Catch 22 adaptation, but that was terrible. A big part of the books narrative is how every chapter is out of order. It starts in the middle, and ends at the end, but the story progresses by revealing future and past events as you go through it. I watched the first episode of the adaptation, saw perfectly linear story telling, immediately lost interest and never bothered with the rest. Which is a shame, because it was big budget and had a great cast. But it hasn’t left me with much faith that weirder books should expect decent screen adaptations.
I hadn’t actually considered that. I’ve read 3 of the books on the top 5, and think they’re great books. But all of them have been made into TV shows now, which could explain it. Catch 22 is probably my favourite book of all time, but it’s long and kinda disorienting to read (every chapter is out of order, except for the last one). I guess it makes sense people would pick it up after watching the TV show, and then give up on it.
Off-topic: has anyone seen the new Catch-22 series on Hulu? Is it worth watching? I recently finished the book and happened to notice they made a miniseries of it!