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Adaptation

"The film is a satire on the process of adaptation, in which Orlean's book is turned into a formulaic Hollywood thriller." What exactly is the formulaic thriller that is being referred to? Surely not the film 'Adaptation' itself, unless maybe when you artificially divide it into 'meta' and 'proper' parts, which I don't think you can. Having just seen the film, I have no idea what this sentence refers to. Some clarification is necessary, in my opinion. 193.190.253.146 (talk) 13:44, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This query properly belongs in the article about Adaptation, the film. The brothers discuss various aspects of film writing through much of the film. One gains notoriety by writing the formulaic-type films and tries to convince the other to do so as well. They even discuss deus ex machina before the alligator pops up. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 03:24, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ooops! make that Adaptation (film). Wordreader (talk) 03:26, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]