r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Morr4Seiya • 8d ago

Hated Tropes 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?

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u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle 8d ago

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

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u/Demomanx 8d ago

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

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u/DWA824 8d ago

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

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u/CarlWheezersValhalla 8d ago

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"

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u/JollyRancherReminder 8d ago

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

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u/RodRed1985 8d ago

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.

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u/NewAudience6075 8d ago

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

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u/alwaysintheway 8d ago

They are talking about both.