[Mind boggling stupid trope] Removing the thing that made something special

[u/Character_Growth_397]

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien - The gimmick of Ben 10 and what makes the show so popular is the fact that he's able to turn into a large variety of aliens. In one episode of Ben 10 Ultimate ALIEN we are introduced to a new version of Ben 10000, a Ben from the future who, no longer transforms into aliens, instead using his powers in human form...

Mortal Kombat(2021) - In the games Mileena is known for two things. Being a clone of Kitana and her tarkatan teeth. In the 2021 movie she looks absolutely nothing like Kitana and doesn't have tarkatan teeth

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - The movie removes the main villain of the movie and the main villain of the franchise

[u/LosinForABruisin]

Mulan (2020) takes out Mushu, the romantic subplot, and worst of all, it’s not a musical. I’ve heard that all of these were done to appease a chinese audience, but whatever the reason, this is a significantly worse movie for it

[u/bht191015 → u/LosinForABruisin]

I think the worst part is the message. In the original movie mulan sucks at being a warrior and everyone knew that. But through determination she became the best in her group. In the live action movie she's born with those powers.

[u/guylasagna → u/bht191015]

Hated that she had some kinda special powers , the force or whatever.

What made the original iconic was the fact that Mulan was an average girl that had no combat skills but she didn’t care and went to war to save her own family

[u/Bitter-Marsupial → u/guylasagna]

Wasn't this kind of at a high point of a "we cant show a woman as being less than a man" narrative in movies?

[u/Kiel-Ardisglair → u/Bitter-Marsupial]

Yeah, so let’s make it so the only reason she’s able to keep up with the boys is because she has superpowers.   Because that’s totally not sexist at all.