Netflix's new sci-fi movie with a star-studded cast, The Electric State, is based on a graphic novel of the same name, but they're quite different.

SALT LAKE CITY — Fans of source material don’t like it when somebody buys the movie rights for a book, and then changes it to make it more cinematic, visual or dare “they” say fascinating. It’s a betrayal of biblical proportions and there’s usually no coming back, no matter how good the hybrid turns out to be.

The problem isn't that Netflix's The Electric State takes liberties with its source material; it's that the original book is much, much better.

Critics may not like Netflix’s The Electric State movie, but that won’t stop The Electric State from becoming a smash hit for the streamer. Directed by Marvel alums Anthony and Joe Russo, and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely—who adapted the screenplay from Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel of the same name—The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown as a teenager named Michelle.