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ComoSeaYeah t1_ivlhaly wrote

Kindred is one of my all time favorite novels so I’m super stoked about this but also have some reservations about the setting change from 1976 to modern times. I hope it does Ocavia’s masterpiece justice.

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[deleted] OP t1_ivlhucz wrote

I think it makes sense. The showrunner said he didn't want it to be contrasting the 70s vs 1815, but modern day vs 1815, which is what Butler was going for- it just so happened that she wrote it in the 70s.

He didn't want the audience to be able to distance themselves from the "present" storyline because it happened 50 years ago. There's nothing in Kindred that is specific to the 70s or requires that setting, so it seems like a smart adaptation choice to me

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ComoSeaYeah t1_ivlm4ph wrote

You might be right. I guess for me the 70s setting made Dana who she was and where she was in the world as it was then. I’m hoping Butler’s Dana remains relatively unchanged in the adaptation.

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