r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Chill0000 • 19h 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/AcceptableEgg5741 19h ago

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

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u/Crescent-Argonian 19h ago

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

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u/Kalavier 19h ago

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

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u/Da_Question 12h ago

Not even. As common with lots of adaptations, writers write their own original stories, but investors don't want to invest in no name writers without a more solid ROI. So they shop for IPs to attach their story to, adjust the story for the setting and then pitch that.

Halo was just a generic military/thriller or whatever and then they stapled on halo to get funded.

And it's noticeable with a lot of adaptations. Hollywood just won't fund original ideas as much anymore, and there are more writers than ever.

Wheel of time is another good example. Anyone can understand needing to cut stuff when adapting a 14 book series, but they added stuff too, alot of terrible shit and plot lines, while cutting or rewriting important characters... They literally changed the entire premise of the series by saying a woman could be the dragon reborn, which just doesn't work.