An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message

[u/Morr4Seiya]

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?

[u/npri0r]

I’ve listened to multiple retellings of the original Mulan stories and I have no idea why they made those decisions. All they had to do is take the Disney Mulan and change it so she has more of an active combat role, and beat the enemy general in single combat like she does in one of the original stories. Not add in some magic chosen one bs.

[u/Win-level → u/npri0r]

My theory is that Disney wanted Mulan to be seen as a personification of China and that meant they could not have her had any flaws, because that would mean that China has flaws and the Chinese government does not like that, so Disney then made a person that was always perfect, super powerful and that just needs to "believe in herself " to do anything that way they could do some pandering, but to the detriment of the story.

[u/Throwtheying → u/Win-level]

Meanwhile China loved the fat bumbling panda with character growth

[u/First_Foundationeer → u/Throwtheying]

They were mad that they made the best animated kung fu movie such that it spurred lots of new developments in their own entertainment industries. I mean, Kung Fu Panda 1-3 were insanely good so it was well deserved praise/envy!

[u/Stormfly → u/First_Foundationeer]

Without Kung Fu Panda, we never would have had the masterpiece of Niu Lai...

[u/AGENTDB2 → u/First_Foundationeer]

Not just mad - they held a full on government inquiry!

[u/First_Foundationeer → u/AGENTDB2]

Well, that's how you knew they truly meant it. I would say that is even more than any of the awards Kung Fu Panda won because they launched a whole campaign to improve for Chinese animation and cinema!