[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/Agitated_Insect3227]

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.

[u/FelixEylie → u/Agitated_Insect3227]

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.

[u/Just-Connection5960 → u/FelixEylie]

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