An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message

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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/Bro-Im-Done]

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Netflix Devil May Cry

There’s a consistent theme throughout the games that while demons are inherently evil, theyre able to grow, change, and develop compassion and emotion through the experience of human compassion, hence the title “DEVIL MAY CRY.”

In Netflix DMC, not only are humans distinctly related to demons, but are called “Makaiins” (which in Japanese is related to the underworld) and used as an allegory for genocide.

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And hell turned into a middle eastern style hovel invaded by us army with demons dressed as arabs.

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Average Adi Shankar adaptation. Throws Easter eggs in and then does nothing with the source material that makes sense.

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Not to mention the incredible unintentional racism - middle easterners are literal demons and their home is literal hell lol.

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"We can't open the portal to the demon realm because the bad demons might get in and hurt people" reads very uncomfortably when used in a immigration allegory.

The "demons" are both poor wittle woobies and people eating monsters. At the same time. It just doesn't work for either message. This is the second time DMC got screwed over by overtly political messaging.

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I assume the first was the Ninja Theory reboot?

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My buddy is the expert, but yes. I learned about the situation against my will. As God intended.

[u/Nicklesnout → u/JellonSunning_InLife]

Oh no, the parallels were very much intentional. Shankar wanted to inject what it was like living as a brown person in America after 9/11 and wanted to criticize the military industrial complex and demonizing the opposition.

Meanwhile this same guy in the first season of Castlevania completely glossed over the fact that both the Belnades and Belmont clans were associates of the Church because of course Christianity is a monolith.

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Nah Christianity is evil dude. /s

9/11 parallel or not, making the literal denizens of hell, aka demons, into middle easterns was not the smartest move.

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Oh no, fully agreed. They also used American Idiot for it which was about as subtle as a fart in an oxygen tank and twice as acrid.

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Lisa Țepeș is literally crucified in the games.

The anime changed it to being burned at the stake because it was a more visceral and well known means of execution. Especially in regards to being guilty of heresy and witchcraft, which she was accused of.

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I'm trying to back up your point about how the show seems to treat Christianity as a monolith. It's not like they made being accurate to the games a priority, either (which is not a complaint).

I'll accept rule of cool (rule of horror?) as a good excuse though.

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That's the other funny part. The burning at stake was very few. Most were hanged. the female led series of the original Charmed was more accurate about this.

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I never thought of this lmao, NOW I CAN'T UNSEE IT!!