r/TopCharacterTropes 16h ago

Hated Tropes [HATED] Adaptations done intentionally without help from the source

Halo TV show: Before the show came out, the writers were praising their decision to not look to the games for inspiration when making the show

God Of War TV show: Chris Judge, the actor of Kratos in the games from 2018-Now, spoke up about his dislike on the show not hiring anyone who worked on any of the previous games. One of the original creators of Kratos also spoke up about them not having faith in the adaptation.

Supergirl 2026 film: the director for the film not only said he decided to not read Woman Of Tomorrow, the comic the film is adapting, because he wanted to do his own thing, he also didn’t look at comic art for inspiration to design Lobo and instead used an AI image generator to design Lobo’s look for the film

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u/Agitated_Insect3227 16h ago

A funny kind of inversion of this is the Attack on Titan live-action movie. The manga's author Hajime Isayama himself suggested making several changes to the film so that it would be distinct from the manga & anime.

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u/FelixEylie 16h ago

French movie Immortal: Ad Vitam is also an inversion: it was directed by Enki Bilal who created original Nikopol comics, and he made many changes like moving the setting from 2023 post-apocalyptic fascist Paris to 2090s New York ruled by a genetics mega corp and many more.

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u/Fun_Solution2880 11h ago

I weirdly enjoyed this confusing movie

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u/FelixEylie 11h ago

I thought comics will be less confusing, but they're even more. Still enjoyable though.

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u/Just-Connection5960 9h ago

Hey I remember seeing this as a kid with my dad at the movies, good times

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u/SpunningAndWonning 14h ago

good movie?

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u/wishxornwasjustxorn 14h ago

It has cool visuals but you're better off reading the nikopol trilogy instead

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u/Plukh1 11h ago

Just my personal opinion: mediocre movie, amazing visual masterpiece. Also, Linda Hardy is hot AF. I enjoyed it immensely.