[mensetmanusman]

If it would have been done poorly, no one might have funded Jackson, it’s hard to judge in hindsight.

[drob]

Do bad adaptations prevent good adaptations? Lynch's Dune flopped but Villeneuve had a $165m budget.

We can't know the contrapositive but I don't see why giving the author a veto makes good outcomes more likely, especially decades after a book is published.