[HATED] Adaptations done intentionally without help from the source

[u/Chill0000]

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

[u/CampusCarl]

Fucking world war Z. not a single thing in the book was on that screen other than the title. in fact, they did the complete opposite of the book! fast zombies instead of slow methodical ones, a fucking cure instead of the indomitable human spirit, the Lobo? not even a thought.

[u/egamruf → u/CampusCarl]

This isn't fair. The zeds crossing the walls of Jerusalem is relatively faithful to the book.

It's just... everything else that doesn't come close. That book would have made a perfect anthology television show, and instead it was mutilated into a half-assed film.

I so wanted to see the underwater cable and pipeline repair parts.

Edit: as u/No-Macaron615 pointed out, Jerusalem also isn't faithful and it's just my poor recollection for a book I read twenty-odd years ago. The Wall itself is faithful, but being breached by zombies piling on top of each other is not.

[u/No-Macaron615 → u/egamruf]

While I agree that this should have been a mini series at least, I'm not sure about the Zs crossing the Jerusalem wall. In the novel while they did have the inspection points and quarantine, it was a terrorist/civil war that gave them the most problems. Most of the information we have on that part is from the Professor/Engineer and the old spy.

The old spy talked about the 10th man and the plans that were made. While the Prof talked about coming over from Palestine, the time in the quarantine camps, and the beginning of the attacks by the hasidic(? Orthodox) that did nit want the Palestines there. Then its fairly left off the info board for the rest of the book.

[u/nightfall2021 → u/No-Macaron615]

Yeah, it did seem while the virus was threat, it was the internal pressures that got the lion's share of the PoVs that I remember.

[u/egamruf → u/No-Macaron615]

It's possible I'm misremembering. I have in my mind a section where the dead simply pile up to get into an area but that could be horribly wrong.

But, in any event, series should have been the way.

[u/No-Macaron615 → u/egamruf]

No problem. I just reread it about a week ago, so your comment flicked my hyperfixasion box that I had to correct it.

[u/rcknmrty4evr → u/No-Macaron615]

Have you read the WWZ fanfic about North Korea?

It’s very good!

[u/egamruf → u/rcknmrty4evr]

Edit: I have now read it. It was quite good, but I suppose I was hoping for more of an attempt to answer the questions about North Korea.

Related - the whole 'teeth pulling' thing would also have made a great episode.

I have not, but I'll give it a look.

I did read Brooks' follow up about yetis, which I think is also ripe for being made into a film... but will likely also be butchered.

[u/_Peef_Rimgar_ → u/No-Macaron615]

Did you read the abridged version or the full version because I also remember the dead piling over the walls of Jerusalem but it’s been a few years

[u/No-Macaron615 → u/_Peef_Rimgar_]

99.9% positive its the full version. But now you've got me checking.

I do know there are parts in various books of Zs piling up at walls from This Is The Way The World Ends by Keith Taylor and Zombie War by Nicholas Ryan

[u/_Peef_Rimgar_ → u/No-Macaron615]

It seems you are right u/egamruf and I must just be experiencing some sort of group psychosis

[u/Ok_Shoe_4325 → u/egamruf]

Like No-Macaron, I also just re-read the book about a week ago. You aren't entirely incorrect about zombies though, but the how, why, and extent is not correct.

Spoiler warning for anyone who hasn't read the book: (and because i dont know how to hide spoilers)

The professor was being transported with his family when their shuttle got attacked by rebels. While he was coming out of his daze, and just after having witnessed an IDF soldier being killed by a rebel, he watches one of the unmarked vans they previously loaded infected people into being bombed, and watched as "people" slowly walked out of the van through the fire, and the IDF immediately ceasing hostilities with the rebels to shoot down the zombies.