[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/Mordetrox]

Imagine ragging on the books for being written in the 1990's, and then you turn around and create a wife for a character just to fridge her in episode one. Actually baffling.

[u/HourlyBadIdeas → u/Mordetrox]

Don't forget having the two characters who wind up seeing each other as siblings by the series end bang during season one, and having the super slow-burn (and super satisfying because of it) also bang in season one.

Like, motherfucker Lan could not sneeze without Nynave expecting it being proof of him being up to something nefarious for the first half of the series.

[u/patchyj → u/HourlyBadIdeas]

I may be wrong but in the books Moraine and Siuan mentioned they were "pillow friends" when younger, implying a sexual history

[u/Dr-Robert-Kelso → u/patchyj]

Was it only implied in the books?

I remember reading the first three or four and it wasn't some mystery to me or something, they definitely were either romantically involved or very much wanted to be.