r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Chill0000 • Aug 21 '26

Hated Tropes [HATED] Adaptations done intentionally without help from the source

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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

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u/gareth_e_morris Aug 21 '26

Karl Urban gives a masterclass in how to do this in Dredd.

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u/king_john651 Aug 21 '26

Dredd is straight up a masterclass

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u/gareth_e_morris Aug 21 '26

I'd not watched it in years but saw that it on Prime a couple of months back and hit play. It's a fantastic film.

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u/QuantumTunnels Aug 21 '26

You can find it on YouTube movies with ads (use adblocker).

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u/myLongjohnsonsilver Aug 21 '26

Pisses me off to no end that it was put out to die like it was. Such a good movie and no chance of a follow up.

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u/BoyWonder343 Aug 21 '26

Yes, but also half your face being visible is a pretty different situation.

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u/BeneficialTrash6 Aug 21 '26

I am the law.

Such a beautiful delivery. So much better than Stallone's delivery - although both were great. The pure force and certainty with how it was said.

What an absolute shame they didn't milk that and turn it into multiple sequels.

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u/SugarmanTreacle Aug 22 '26

Urban did have the benefit of a half helmet though. Not to defend the guy who played master Chief though cause that was a bullshit excuse. Dunno if he truly felt that way or if that was just a press spin thing to justify why they had him out of armour.