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/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.

[u/neroselene → u/Bro-Im-Done]

Oh don't get me started on this show.

Making all the demon designs (Devil May Cry has some of the most unique and awesome designs for demons) utterly BORING and lifeless was definitely a choice.

Having the titular demon hunter do basically no demon hunting and just be stuck working for the government.

Oh, and the power consistency is all over the place (Loathe to use the word power scaling, but the lead character for example went from dodging automatic gunfire to basically forgetting he can dodge bullets within the space of a single scene).

[u/Bro-Im-Done → u/neroselene]

Worst part for me was how unfunny Dante

As soon as that clip of Dante’s “pretend I shot those guys” I just knew this was gonna be abysmal ass cheeks

Dante makes stupid jokes that don’t make sense plenty of times, but he doesn’t care because he can back up his trash talk anyways while being charismatic and cool about it. Nante’s based on TikTok attention span’s version of a badass

[u/neroselene → u/Bro-Im-Done]

Initially when the series was first revealed I was under the impression that this was Dante pre-DMC 3 (aka. Tony Redgrave) given the White Rabbit and lack of Ebony and Ivory. So, I was willing to faintly give him benefit of the doubt as it being at his most inexperienced. But, well...it just got worse as time went on.

Thing is though, the series itself is kinda weird as it feels like it tried to merge Pre-DMC 3 dante with DMC 3 Dante in terms of his development for some reason which is probably why Dante feels so inconsistent.

[u/ithinkther41am → u/neroselene]

I’d seen Corridor Digital react to the clip where the show copied their Tacticool Reload videos, and it looks deeply uncool for some reason?

Like, Tacticool Reload was a deliberately over-the-top and ridiculous comedy exercise in style over substance. Also, Dante pulling all those moves in a firing range instead of in combat made it look even lamer.