>>18443
idk i think you can elevate something through multimedia, but each part must be equal or better than the original source otherwise it's very noticeable.
like when a fight scene is REALLY well animated, it just blows the manga out of the water, but you can also have shit fight scenes that make you wonder why they bothered making the anime in the first place.
same with acting, the actors have to be good otherwise it defeats the purpose, but if you get really good actors it can elevate the whole thing. actors used to actually carry movies since they reached superstar status, you wouldn't be going to see the movie strictly for the movie, you'd also be going to see the actor.
though i think i can agree that if you enjoyed a source material, nothing can truly live up to that thing you experienced. the actors won't have the voices you imagined, or looked how you imagined, even the scenes won't be as you imagined. nothing is going to live up to your personal experience of that thing, you're just getting a simalacrum of what the studio/company thought that thing you experienced is.
in that sense you're kind of ruined if you like, read a book and then see the movie, it will never be how you wanted it to be.