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/Yharnam_Hunter25 → u/Bro-Im-Done]

Man, that whole allegory gets messier the more you look at it. What was Shankar thinking? Was he even thinking when he did the series?

[u/TheWorclown → u/Yharnam_Hunter25]

That he’d be the one to revive the franchise (and reportedly disliked DMC5 doing it before him) and that he is a hack who needs to have people rein him in instead of letting him do whatever the fuck he wants.

[u/sadistica23 → u/TheWorclown]

Of note, the franchise was not dead. He just thought it was, and was angry when he found out a new game was getting released.

[u/shrub706 → u/sadistica23]

a lot of people thought the franchise was over after dmc reboot came out