[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/Kalavier]

Last I checked, it was a combo of that, him constantly trying to keep it accurate to books/games, and IIRC he generally wasn't a fan of doing sex scenes and they kept pushing that?

I'm not 100% on the last but i remember it coming up. I have read there was clashing between him and the writers because he'd suggest stuff closer to the books/ask questions about why things happen and they'd tell him to worry about acting only.

[u/Blue_Moon_Lake → u/Kalavier]

Sex scenes are 99% pointless so I can understand wanting to focus on the story.

[u/Flaky-Ninja2398 → u/Blue_Moon_Lake]

The sex is part of the story - I never get why people say this

[u/Blue_Moon_Lake → u/Flaky-Ninja2398]

I wasn't speaking specifically about The Witcher.

Sex scenes that don't progress the story in meaningful ways are useless.

[u/Flaky-Ninja2398 → u/Blue_Moon_Lake]

But two characters have sex is advancing the story. It's literally a plot point. And one of the most dramatic you can have. I really don't understand why people say this