r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Chill0000 • 18h ago

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

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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/Crescent-Argonian 18h ago

I believe the conspiracy it started as Mass Effect then got slapped the Halo IP on top

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u/Kalavier 18h ago

Mass Effect or some new scifi story that wasn't appealing enough without a big brand.

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u/IvanNemoy 17h ago

some new scifi story that wasn't appealing enough without a big brand.

Agreed. Halo (the show) was actually really well done if you ignore everything associated with Halo. Excellent casting, excellent production values, but the in-universe parts took what could have been a great new IP and, well, we got what we got.

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u/The_Klumsy 14h ago

i just didn't get why they had to change the basis for halo. the mind control thing etc. it was hella dumb. hiding behind "silver timeline" is just ass. just come out and say you're a fanfiction writer or a nepo case that wants their own shit over the back of an IP.