Hey, L.A.! Before you grab your oversized foam finger and start trash-talking other football cities, you might want to examine if you really want this or not.
For decades now, scriptwriters have relied on the same stock characters, cliches and structures to produce lazy, formulaic films and shows that do little more than reinforce every negative stereotype about every segment of society imaginable.
The people on this list took their passions and hobbies and turned them into viable businesses, while the rest of us are only able to look on, shake our heads, and say, 'Why didn't I think of that?'
While mocking others for their heritage, ethnicity, or sexual orientation is generally frowned upon these days, it's not always clear where we draw the line.
The following book-to-film translations have a legitimate shot at superseding mediocre-at-best first performances by learning from the mistakes of their past.
Hollywood is notoriously resistant to change. You can blame at least some of that on the fact that every movie written for the last 20 years or so has followed the guidelines set forth in a single book.
