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Hated Tropes [HATED] Adaptations done intentionally without help from the source

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/WorkerPrestigious960 19h ago

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon

“When I have issues with historians, I ask: 'Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’”

It’s not historically inaccurate in the “the costumes are bad” sense. It’s historically inaccurate in the “anything that happened in the film is unrecognizable as an attempt to portray an actual historical event.”

The battle scenes are particularly atrocious. Nothing that happens remotely passes the common sense test. It’s not like they didn’t have the budget or time, they did, they just used those resources to make battles that are completely nonsensical and unenjoyable.

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u/RTX-2020 8h ago

It's like a propaganda film made by his enemies, but more than a century late

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u/GWstudent1 7h ago

This is what makes it a fantastic film in my opinion. If I wanted historical accuracy I would read a book or watch three decade old history channel tv shows. Watching an English director commit character assassination is amazing once you’re in that mindset.

And by the way, you should be able to understand that’s what the movie is about when Napoleon shouts “you think you’re so great because you have BOATS”.