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/DropoutRedMage 8d ago

"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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u/TexasJedi-705 8d ago

I assume the first was the Ninja Theory reboot?

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u/DropoutRedMage 8d ago

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