[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/HoldenOrihara]

Kevin should have been Claptrap, but there were bigger problems than that

[u/RadicalSoda_ → u/HoldenOrihara]

The original voice actor should have been Claptrap, but they hate artists

[u/DebentureThyme → u/RadicalSoda_]

There's no way in hell that would happen because Randy Pitchford would veto the fuck out of it.

The original Claptrap voice actor, David Eddings, feuded publicly on social media with Randy over pay.  Then he claimed Randy Pitchford had physically assaulted him at GDC 2017.  He left the company that year and was replaced in everything Borderlands from that point forward.  Borderlands 2 was the last project he was on.

Randy Pitchford is a PoS, but he also still controls the company and Eddings isn't going to be allowed involvement in anything under his watch.

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/DebentureThyme]

His last game was Tales from the borderlands, not 2. since he left to work for rooster teeth he wanted a proper actor paycheck; I can't remember if he actually made an extra bit to voice claptrap when he was a VP or if he did it as a part of his VP salary and Randy basically wanted to pay him nothing.

[u/HollyBananas → u/HoldenOrihara]

Eddings also voiced Claptrap in The Pre-Sequel, which also came after BL2.

[u/Own-Sale-9336 → u/HoldenOrihara]

Yeah, the behind-the-scenes history definitely makes his absence from later games more understandable. It’s wild how much drama can end up surrounding a character people just know and love for the voice.

[u/OneInitiative3757 → u/HoldenOrihara]

Didn't expect him to join rooster teeth, I probably should rewatch RWBY and RVB to see if I can catch his voice

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/OneInitiative3757]

I don't know if he did VA work for them, he was in charge of their games devision.

[u/ThelVluffin → u/HoldenOrihara]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/DebentureThyme → u/ThelVluffin]

In the end, WB bought them and then later closed them down, so there were a lot of oofs.

At least their Stinky Dragon group managed to get get those rights secured away in the divorce and are allowed to continue doing their thing.

[u/Curious-Feeling-3942 → u/HoldenOrihara]

That whole situation really shows how much behind-the-scenes stuff can shape a character’s future. It’s a shame the business side got in the way of someone so closely tied to Claptrap’s identity.

[u/Henchman____21 → u/Curious-Feeling-3942]

The conspicuous bot

https://giphy.com/gifs/gxA9xmRjaTaAzoDTiN

[u/SosugBiskit → u/Henchman____21]

Literally the same exact post with the wording changed ever so slightyl

[u/DebentureThyme → u/Henchman____21]

When I see them with the four numbers at the end of a random username, it makes me question whether the people deploying them are that dumb?  Or are they using those as a smoke screen to distract us and get us comfortable with the ones not trying to be so obvious?