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/ultr4violence 8d ago

I'm still convinced the writers had the Empire concept as an original show, but got handed Foundation instead.

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u/Sea-Poem-2365 7d ago

Jane Espensen is, I believe, one of the showrunners and exec producers; she's got at least one other show to her name that was an original pitch with a license grafted on to get it launched (Caprica).

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u/ultr4violence 7d ago

I was so bummed when that show got cancelled.

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u/Sea-Poem-2365 7d ago

Rough pacing for some of the season, but they pulled it together nicely and it would have been a great show by season 2 I think.