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/KlausVonLechland 8d ago

It might sound racist but I think if someone want to focus on black characters then they need at least a lot of black consultants for reviewing. Otherwise the risk of it becoming a caricature.l is just too big.

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u/FrigidMcThunderballs 8d ago

That's actually typically what happens, sensitivity consultants and the like. Funny enough the more...deodorant-allergic crowd has developed a conspiracy theory that these consultants are secretly blackmailing the industry to make everything queer and black, and also they're responsible for everything you don't like in a movie/game/story and they're the reason my teacher's really mean to me and (etc etc etc)

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u/fresh-dork 7d ago

no, they really don't. just don't be a complete idiot and do blackface.

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u/KlausVonLechland 7d ago

My contry is 99.9 white and all I know about black people is from TV and internet. Imagine me being "not a complete idiot".

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u/fresh-dork 7d ago

don't make an adaptation based on something you're wholly ignorant about. you're polish - tons of material to work with.

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u/KlausVonLechland 7d ago

Considering all I do indeed feel a little bit of that second hand Haitian heritage.