[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/DebentureThyme]

There's no way in hell that would happen because Randy Pitchford would veto the fuck out of it.

The original Claptrap voice actor, David Eddings, feuded publicly on social media with Randy over pay.  Then he claimed Randy Pitchford had physically assaulted him at GDC 2017.  He left the company that year and was replaced in everything Borderlands from that point forward.  Borderlands 2 was the last project he was on.

Randy Pitchford is a PoS, but he also still controls the company and Eddings isn't going to be allowed involvement in anything under his watch.

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/DebentureThyme]

His last game was Tales from the borderlands, not 2. since he left to work for rooster teeth he wanted a proper actor paycheck; I can't remember if he actually made an extra bit to voice claptrap when he was a VP or if he did it as a part of his VP salary and Randy basically wanted to pay him nothing.

[u/HollyBananas → u/HoldenOrihara]

Eddings also voiced Claptrap in The Pre-Sequel, which also came after BL2.

[u/Own-Sale-9336 → u/HoldenOrihara]

Yeah, the behind-the-scenes history definitely makes his absence from later games more understandable. It’s wild how much drama can end up surrounding a character people just know and love for the voice.

[u/OneInitiative3757 → u/HoldenOrihara]

Didn't expect him to join rooster teeth, I probably should rewatch RWBY and RVB to see if I can catch his voice

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/OneInitiative3757]

I don't know if he did VA work for them, he was in charge of their games devision.

[u/ThelVluffin → u/HoldenOrihara]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/DebentureThyme → u/ThelVluffin]

In the end, WB bought them and then later closed them down, so there were a lot of oofs.

At least their Stinky Dragon group managed to get get those rights secured away in the divorce and are allowed to continue doing their thing.

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/DebentureThyme]

I think Stinky Dragon ended up merging with Critical Role or something.

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/ThelVluffin]

Evidently he did do a voice for Bendy and the ink machine, I think RT Games helped with the console releases or something.

[u/OneInitiative3757 → u/ThelVluffin]

I didn't know he wasn't a VA for RT it was only said "he joined rooster teeth" in the guys comment I thought voice actor for claptrap being voice actor in another studio

[u/Henchman____21 → u/[deleted]]

The conspicuous bot

https://giphy.com/gifs/gxA9xmRjaTaAzoDTiN

[u/SosugBiskit → u/Henchman____21]

Literally the same exact post with the wording changed ever so slightyl

[u/DebentureThyme → u/Henchman____21]

When I see them with the four numbers at the end of a random username, it makes me question whether the people deploying them are that dumb?  Or are they using those as a smoke screen to distract us and get us comfortable with the ones not trying to be so obvious?

[u/FewEffort8496 → u/DebentureThyme]

Lots of real users have names like that because thats just what Reddit defaults to… like mydelfb

[u/eXcaliBurst93 → u/DebentureThyme]

I think Borderland 4 released would've garnered more players if Randy Pitchford wasnt such a PoS...also everytime he opened his mouth PR just gets headaches trying to deal with fans to make sure they wont leave the game

[u/DoomRamen → u/eXcaliBurst93]

I dunno about that. He was a well known waste of DNA even before 3 and that one sold gangbuster. Borderlands 4 came in with a higher price tag and sans COVID lock down. Borderlands 4 broke records in terms of dollar sale. But I can seem to find any reputable corroborating numbers on unit sales

[u/eXcaliBurst93 → u/DoomRamen]

I dont remember seeing media talking about how shit this guy was that often during BL3 released...but he was definitely making headlines everywhere when BL4 was about to released

[u/HoldenOrihara → u/eXcaliBurst93]

It's complicated, if you were super in the know of Gearbox news you probably heard stuff, I think a lot of him being an ass really started to make the news more prolifically between "lilith and the fight for sanctuary" and BL3. The Eddings/Pitchford thing definitely became more popular retroactively than when it was fresh.

[u/SwoggitySwoogity → u/eXcaliBurst93]

I mean, sometime before bl3 released, he left a flashdrive at a restaurant and a busser tooked it because it was left behind. As Randy Pitchford described, the contents were "Barely Legal Porn" iirc.

[u/Yicnombror → u/DoomRamen]

Yeah, but ole Randy was notably acting up during the months building up to bl4. He was making headlines, as he was being his greasy asshole self. His comments encouraged me not to buy bl4, and from what I've seen, it was a good call.

[u/BlOoDy_PsYcHo666 → u/DebentureThyme]

Not paying the voice of your franchises mascot is certainly a pitchford thing to do lmao

[u/Impressive-Singer780 → u/DebentureThyme]

That whole history makes a reunion feel pretty unlikely, sadly. It’s a shame when behind-the-scenes drama gets in the way of bringing back someone who helped make a character iconic.