[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/RedeemedNephilim]

Starship Troopers is a fun movie but a horrendous adaptation.

[u/CosmicLuci → u/RedeemedNephilim]

It’s not a horrendous adaptation. It’s a purposeful subversion of the source material. It’s not ignoring it, it’s dialoguing with and critiquing it and its ideas

[u/RedeemedNephilim → u/CosmicLuci]

No it isnt. Verhoeven didnt even read the whole book before drawing the most idiotic conclusions about the narrative of the novel.

"Purposeful subversion" you would need to not be completely ignorant of what you are subverting in order for that to be true. Verhoeven is a hack.

The film is fun but you, just like Verhoeven, haven't read or completely misunderstand the message and story of the source material.

[u/Few_Confusion_1871 → u/RedeemedNephilim]

Verhoeven understood it very well, which is why his film pissed off so many fans of the book.

[u/RedeemedNephilim → u/Few_Confusion_1871]

Verhoeven himself admits he didn't even read the whole book! He threw it out after a couple of chapters.

You, like Verhoeven DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT is what pissed off fans of the book.

[u/Few_Confusion_1871 → u/RedeemedNephilim]

Don't need to finish the bible to understand its purpose.

[u/RedeemedNephilim → u/Few_Confusion_1871]

To understand its message? Um yes in fact you do.

What a comically moronic statement.

Thats like reading Genesis up until the flood and then stopping and going out and saying "well that book sucked the world ended and that was it"

[u/Few_Confusion_1871 → u/RedeemedNephilim]

to understand its purpose you dingus, and to know how to anger those who think its anything more than non-sense.

[u/RedeemedNephilim → u/Few_Confusion_1871]

I remember when I was an edgy teen.

Yeah well even if you want to assert that then Verhoeven STILL got it wrong. He knew nothing about the book, its themes, or its message and if you think the film is an accurate critique of them you are woefully ignorant at best.

[u/Few_Confusion_1871 → u/RedeemedNephilim]

is that the best you got? trying to call me immature for liking one of the greatest action directors of all time, ok buddy, go back to your warthunder forums