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/metal_gearmen]

Betty from Rugrats.

In the more recent series, they turned her into a lesbian simply because she is big and masculine, thereby discarding the show's original message: she was married to Howard (a smaller, more nervous man), and while they had reversed gender roles, it didn't matter—they were a happy family.

[u/Special_Cicada6968 → u/metal_gearmen]

Yeah, this one is weird. Like, it was already a nonstandard relationship.

[u/ChristianLW3 → u/[deleted]]

Too many self-described progressives are mentally hindered by heteronormative mentality

Warning: trying to explain this to them on this website as an easy way to get denounced & banned

[u/InformationNo2161 → u/[deleted]]

I mean strong womand and small man isn't the most original stereotype

[u/Lego-105 → u/InformationNo2161]

I would agree if it were just this, except I literally know of at least one other children's media that did this in the powerpuff girls reboot, and if I remember right they made She-Ra basically a twink.

Like I'm not saying it's a groundbreaking idea, but when you had like Xena and a lot of prevalent strong and domineering women in children's shows a couple decades ago, that is something that doesn't really appear to be present in at least as much any more.

And I do question why that is, that even when you already have a strong woman served on a plate, studios/writers decide that isn't something they want to display.

[u/blondetiger → u/Lego-105]

They made Xena a "lesbian" though (even though she and Gabrielle were clearly bi).

And what do you mean She-ra became a twink?

[u/niceguy191 → u/Special_Cicada6968]

Ironically, by making it a gay relationship, it's even more if a standard relationship with stereotypical roles. What a step down