[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/go_faster1]

By all accounts, Sonic the Hedgehog should have been this, but fan backlash on an ugly model of Sonic had somehow turned this into a franchise, even if the Knuckles spinoff is the low point

[u/urban287 → u/go_faster1]

Should have proved forever that listening to the fans works... but alas.

[u/Sailor_Propane → u/urban287]

Tbh I kind of wonder if the conspiracy theories that this was all done on purpose to become viral online aren't onto something.

[u/Flaky-Cartographer87 → u/Sailor_Propane]

Merch with the old design has leaked and I doubt theyd do that if they intended to switch.

[u/GreenthumbPothead → u/urban287]

Pfft look at the eternal war of playstation and xbox wondering why steam stays on top

[u/ArxisOne → u/urban287]

One counter example in the vast, vast sea of hilariously bad fan ideas is an exception that proves the rule, not definative proof it's a good idea lmao

You also didn't even need to be a fan to see it was obviously terrible either, trust me, even people who never heard of Sonic living on remote islands would have said it was awful. The lesson that cute creatures are more marketable and agreeable than horrific monsters was also learned long, long ago.