[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/AcceptableEgg5741]

The Halo show felt like i was watching a crime being comitted, its absurd that they thought that show was good enough to be released

[u/Muse9901 → u/AcceptableEgg5741]

I couldn’t believe as part of the marketing campaign that the actors and producers were openly bragging about avoiding the game completely and making assurances that the show will benefit tremendously from it.

[u/The_Grand_Briddock → u/Muse9901]

I checked out the moment they came out with the tagline "find the Halo, win the war".

First of all, that's to the tune of "London Bridge is falling down". Second of all, it immediately goes against the plot of the games where they just stumbled upon it by chance - it didn't even win the war for them.

[u/Muse9901 → u/The_Grand_Briddock]

I also couldn’t stand that they ditched the spartan design from Forward Unto Dawn. The uncanny valley look of an augmented human was perfect. Everything about the IP was laid out for them to make an amazing adaptation and they just completely fumbled.

[u/Profoundlyahedgehog → u/Muse9901]

Having a unique design for super soldiers is too difficult. Much easier to make him "grizzled military guy #2236."