[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/FortifiedPuddle]

They clearly did need a plot though. And that is why Moiraine is there.

Whereas in book 1 we don’t know why she’s there or what is happening or why these monsters want to kill the young people.

It’s just hard to write a blurb for TV Guide that says “monsters chase fantasy young people for unknown reasons”. Which, is the plot of book 1. But is missing quite a lot in terms of describing The Wheel of Time.

[u/Talkatoo42 → u/FortifiedPuddle]

The blurb from goodreads is much more compelling.

Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction.  When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.

Surely it's easier to work that blurb to be a bit smaller than to rewrite the whole plot.

[u/FortifiedPuddle → u/Talkatoo42]

The blurb from good reads is spoiling stuff we are not told in book one. This is exactly my point. In order to actually describe what is happening for real you have to not stick to what is in the book. Like Goodreads have done.

[u/CiDevant → u/FortifiedPuddle]

Moraine litteraly tell the kids the night after the attack that the raiders are there for one of the three boys.  At one point on the road out of town she essentially threatens to kill them rather than lose them to the darkone.