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/DidHeJustGoThere 8d ago

The original ending for I Am Legend where he realized this got focus-grouped out leading to the released one which undermined the point

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u/Tobbit_is_here 8d ago

Thankfully it appears due to the studio wanting a sequel, the original ending is now the true ending. So a small victory?

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u/AzraelTheMage 8d ago

Then they need to make the original ending release more readily available instead of leaving it trapped on a DVD release from when the movie first came out

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u/Tobbit_is_here 8d ago

I think there is a non-zero chance they'll make a fuss out of a cinema re-release and/or streaming re-release.