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/Nataniel_PL 8d ago

Animal Farm is already kids appropriate enough, in Poland we read it in primary school. Not everything kids will read has to be "friendly". It's okay to make kids media challenging

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u/VisualFunny5287 8d ago

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u/Narco_Marcion1075 8d ago

Trvth nvke

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u/KrownX 7d ago

Should I watch sonic boom just to see this meeeem?

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u/Outside-Currency-462 7d ago

Don't think it's a direct quote, but Knuckles does just occasional say things like this and its pretty funny. Great show, I have no idea how it holds up to Sonic lore but I loved it

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u/New_Photograph_5892 8d ago

Animal Farm reading level is very low so in terms of that, it is definitely fine for primary schoolers to read it. But in terms of movie, just because its for kids, it doesn't mean it needs to be cheerful and bright, which is why I dont understand this decision

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u/NNewt84 7d ago

Also, don’t kids friggin’ Watch South Park and Borat? I think they can handle Animal Farm just fine.

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u/fresh-dork 7d ago

which one is primary school. in the US, 1-6 is grade school, but UK is different.

made the helena bonham carter line way funnier.

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u/Nataniel_PL 7d ago

Back when I was reading it at school I was no older than 12yo

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u/fresh-dork 7d ago

i think we did that in 10th. so around 15.