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/Ok-Letter3963 8d ago

Mind you, all of the changes to Mulan 2020 were meant to specifically pander to China, which is ironic because China ended up fucking hating this movie.

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u/foxfire981 8d ago

I mean that's often what happens when people not in the group try and pander to a group. They fail miserably at the attempt and it becomes insulting.

Another example: Miles Morales Thor. Basically did a "if Miles was Thor and everyone was black it would basically look like Harlem." A Hispanic creator was responsible. Black comic fans were not impressed.

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u/ryconn93 8d ago

I can't believe how many people worked on this and no thought "hey, maybe this sucks actually".

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u/DeadMoonKing 8d ago

The fuck is the rhyme on that last bubble? They call him Thurr?

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u/Smeph_Bot 8d ago

I think their idea was that it would be pronounced like fo' sho .... which is pretty bad all things about this run considered.

Side note, what is up with his shoes, does he have his socks pulled up OVER his tights? They know that when it's on other superheroes those are the boots right? Just.... wow.

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 8d ago

I'm more hung up on the 'check out all those rings', but that's pretty bad as well

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u/Slightly_Default 8d ago edited 8d ago

In Britain and Australia, we tend to pronounce "sure" similarly to "shore."

Source: I am an Aussie and I pronounce it like that.

Edit: If the writer is from the US, then yeah, I have no idea why they would go with that angle. I'm not gonna assume though, since there are a surprising amount of Hispanics (specifically Chileans) here in Sydney.

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u/Nick_Wild1Ear 7d ago

Depending what region you’re in, sure can* be pronounced “shore” even if it’s improper. Or they call him Thurr and it’s a callback to raps like “throw your hands in the ayerr”