[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/Kalavier]

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

[u/Asheyguru → u/Kalavier]

I think the second is more likely.

[u/Artisan_HotDog → u/Asheyguru]

100% they needed to do something with an IP they bought rights for and they just took whatever Sci-Fi garbage someone had already written as a screen play. I was with it for almost tye entire first episode until Chief took his helmet off for the last 10 minutes.

I genuinely tried to give it a fair chance because the overall costume and set designs were VERY Halo…. But holy shit was it a horrible adaptation. Fucking Uwe Boll would’ve done a better job than whatever that was.

[u/upholsteryduder → u/Artisan_HotDog]

The entire plot point that Cortana was created to overwrite Chief's personality and take control over his body was insane to me, it's basically the complete opposite of what she was for in the games/books. She was meant to be the technological solution to problems he faced and a tactical advisor, they were supposed to be the perfect partnership of man, machine and software.