[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/Z0idberg_MD]

People are so misinformed on this. The show literally can’t to LOTR novel and can’t do the Silmarillion.

They have no choice to do their own thing because the Tolkien estate wouldn’t let them do their thing.

[u/rolyfuckingdiscopoly → u/Z0idberg_MD]

I appreciate Tolkiens estate respecting and protecting the legacy of that story.

[u/ReadingRainbowRocket → u/rolyfuckingdiscopoly]

Uh, I don't. I can't bring myself to be upset at their actions 'cause I don't really care. But kinda weird take to be "proud" of people who inherited fabulous wealth refusing to allow the products of someone else's creation to live on creatively when there's a huge demand for it.

[u/OldForestDweller → u/ReadingRainbowRocket]

Tolkien himself sold the rights to his books, and he took a bigger paycheck for less control, which is how the movies were made. His son famously hated those movies. The same son also greenlit Amazon's project, but many fans would have you believe the opposite. People get a bit too worked up about all this.