An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message

[u/Morr4Seiya]

Mulan(2020)-They give Mulan superpowers which is not only lame it goes against the message of the original about equality and struggle,plus they removes Shang because apparently having Mulan date her superior was "problematic" even though Shang genuienely respected Mulan and their rank was never brought up

I am Legend(2007)-You know why the story is called "I am legend"? SPOILER ALERT the protagonist is the actual monster,humanity is gone and the vampires have a actual society and the protagonist kills and terrorize them

Animal Farm(2026)-On the very slim chance that Andy Serkis ever sees this,here's the thing Andy,Animal Farm was not a children work it was not supposed to have a happy ending,you never heard of cautionary tales before?

[u/Ok-Letter3963]

Mind you, all of the changes to Mulan 2020 were meant to specifically pander to China, which is ironic because China ended up fucking hating this movie.

[u/Commercial_Comb8674 → u/Ok-Letter3963]

The film also gave a “special thanks” credit to a concentration camp, and Disney defended it when they were called out.

[u/belliebun → u/Commercial_Comb8674]

Elaborate??

[u/Commercial_Comb8674 → u/belliebun]

I explained in another reply.

[u/Vaivaim8 → u/belliebun]

They are being being disingenuous. The production didn't thank a concentration camp. They thanked a local government. Despite what they are trying to say, it IS an industry practice to thank all entities that aided in producing a movie.

Ask yourself this, are you supporting the war in Iran because a movie credited the DOD/US Army/USMC/USN? Obviously no. Are you against abortion because the State of Georgia was credited as a partner in the production? Definitely not.

[u/Commercial_Comb8674 → u/Vaivaim8]

The film gives a “special thanks” credit to the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security. The organization has been condemned and corroborated by multiple groups, including the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Radio Free Asia, and multiple independent researchers for running the camps.

While a drastic example, that’s like saying a film from 1933-1945 doesn’t commend a Nazi concentration camp when it was filmed near Auschwitz and lists the SS among its special thanks credits.