Adaptation.

I watched something yesterday afternoon that made me think about adaptations - not the biological kind, but when a certain source material is taken and transferred to another medium.

( In which I ramble about adaptations and especially about the tv version of Ian Rankin's novel The Falls )

So, your thoughts on adaptations:
Yay or nay?
The film better than the book?
Faithful to the original or lee-way for the re-creator?