An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message

[u/Morr4Seiya]

Mulan(2020)-They give Mulan superpowers which is not only lame it goes against the message of the original about equality and struggle,plus they removes Shang because apparently having Mulan date her superior was "problematic" even though Shang genuienely respected Mulan and their rank was never brought up

I am Legend(2007)-You know why the story is called "I am legend"? SPOILER ALERT the protagonist is the actual monster,humanity is gone and the vampires have a actual society and the protagonist kills and terrorize them

Animal Farm(2026)-On the very slim chance that Andy Serkis ever sees this,here's the thing Andy,Animal Farm was not a children work it was not supposed to have a happy ending,you never heard of cautionary tales before?

[u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle]

Not an adaptation, but rambo 1 was anti-war and then it became the WAR IS FUCKING AWESOME RAAAHHHHH series

[u/Demomanx → u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle]

How, that scene when Rambo breaks down crying talking about his friend in Vietnam was so good and probably my favorite Stallone scene.

[u/DWA824 → u/Demomanx]

That's the first movie, their talking about the sequels

[u/CarlWheezersValhalla → u/DWA824]

He means "how did they lose the plot so badly in the sequels when the first had such a great scene which conveyed the tone well"

[u/JollyRancherReminder → u/DWA824]

Rambo II is still great. I heard III was terrible, so I never watched it.

[u/RodRed1985 → u/JollyRancherReminder]

Rambo 3 was fine if you like 80s action films. It half attempts a message but really doesn't commit to one either. It's a solid C of a movie. It's not anything you'll write home about but not anything where you feel like you lost time off you're life you'll never get back either.

[u/NewAudience6075 → u/RodRed1985]

It half attempts a message

"The Mujahideen is AWESOME because they're fighting against the commie Russians! The USA should continueaccelerate the military aid program because the enemy of our enemy will be our friend forever! There's no way this can come back to bite us in the ass!"

—some dimwitted CIA dweeb, maybe George Bush Sr., I dunno

[u/alwaysintheway → u/DWA824]

They are talking about both.

[u/Plus-Advantage380 → u/Demomanx]

The book was about traumatization of soldiers in Vietnam, what we now call PTSD. Rambo was a Vietnam vet and the sheriff was a Korean war vet. Both of them die at the end of the book with Trautman using a shotgun to kill Rambo.

The original ending of First Blood (Rambo 1 if you must) had Trautman holding a .45 on Rambo and him forcing the Colonel to shoot him. It didn't test well with audiences, so they changed it. Also, in the movie, Rambo accidentally kills Gault by throwing a rock at a helicopter. In the book, he kills everybody.