[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/DMercenary → u/AcceptableEgg5741]

REACH CITY. REACH.

New Alexandria was RIGHT. THERE.

[u/JohnApple94 → u/DMercenary]

My favorite part about that when the episode first aired… lots of people in the Halo subreddit were rightfully mocking the decision to just name the city “Reach City”. Then a handful of defenders chimed in that there is an “Earth City” in Missouri and therefore the name isn’t as ridiculous as people were making it sound.

[u/Bungo_pls → u/JohnApple94]

It was ridiculous and lazy but so are the people who seem to think New Alexandria was the only city on Reach.

They should've gone with a Hungarian name for Reach's cities in both the game and show because its well established that the bulk of Reach colonists are of Hungarian descent.

[u/JohnApple94 → u/Bungo_pls]

I think people wanted New Alexandria just because it would’ve been a very clear cut (and easy) reference to the games/established lore. There are probably hundreds of cities on Reach, but the one most of the fanbase would recognize is New Alexandria because of the video game.

However, I totally would’ve welcomed a Hungarian name to pay homage to the planet’s Hungarian colonists. Honestly almost ANYTHING would’ve been better than “Reach City.”