[HATED] Adaptations done intentionally without help from the source

[u/Chill0000]

Halo TV show: Before the show came out, the writers were praising their decision to not look to the games for inspiration when making the show

God Of War TV show: Chris Judge, the actor of Kratos in the games from 2018-Now, spoke up about his dislike on the show not hiring anyone who worked on any of the previous games. One of the original creators of Kratos also spoke up about them not having faith in the adaptation.

Supergirl 2026 film: the director for the film not only said he decided to not read Woman Of Tomorrow, the comic the film is adapting, because he wanted to do his own thing, he also didn’t look at comic art for inspiration to design Lobo and instead used an AI image generator to design Lobo’s look for the film

[u/corvettee01]

Wheel of Time TV show totally ignored Brandon Sanderson, the guy who only WROTE SOME OF THE BOOKS!

[u/No_Blacksmith_2591 → u/corvettee01]

I mean, it would have been ok if they ignored sanderson but followed Jordan's books to the letter... but nooo typical hollywood hubris says we're better than everyone else so we won't even read the books, we'll stick to bullet points from the cliffnotes.

[u/Setzael → u/No_Blacksmith_2591]

They lost me as soon as the opening monologue said that the Dragon could be any man or woman. I mean that's the whole damn reason the Aes Sedai are an all-female organisation.

[u/HourlyBadIdeas → u/Setzael]

Also, it directly goes against the Dark One reincarnating Asmodean into a female body as further proof that the Dark One is anathema to the Wheel. Lews Therrin Tellamons soul always has and will be spun out into the weave as a man, just like Brigitte Silverbows will always be as a woman etc etc...

[u/VelvetTomahawk → u/HourlyBadIdeas]

*Balthamel (not Asmodean) but you’re absolutely correct otherwise

[u/HourlyBadIdeas → u/VelvetTomahawk]

Clearly it's been too long since I last did a re-read, lol

[u/VelvetTomahawk → u/HourlyBadIdeas]

No worries, with that many characters it’s bound to happen. Plus any reason to start a reread is, at worst, a happy accident

[u/FuckYourRights → u/HourlyBadIdeas]

The dragon isn't always a man, but when it is a woman the one power is tainted still just the other half

[u/Kaladin-of-Gilead → u/FuckYourRights]

RJ Straight up said the dragon is never female and can never be female. Full stop, the Dragon is the soul of LTT, who is a dude.

[u/moose_kayak → u/FuckYourRights]

No. 

The Dragon soul is always male. In other ages t the champion of the light may be Amaresu but that's in other ages, not the second and third age. It's also not clear if she's a channeller spirit anyways. 

[u/Kaladin-of-Gilead → u/moose_kayak]

yeah I think poster is mistaking the "hero" for the dragon.

The dragon CAN be the "hero" that's spun up for this turning, but it does not have to be the dragon.

It's like having a team of Batman and Wonder Woman and getting to choose one or the other. Wonder Woman can't be batman and vice versa.

[u/FortifiedPuddle → u/moose_kayak]

Is that stated in the books?