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/cunt_dykeula]

Why did they decide to make animal farm a kids movie? When I think of Orwell, "kid friendly" isn't exactly the 1st thing that comes to mind.

You're allowed to make media featuring anthropomorphic animals that isn’t explicitly for children, I promise. We aren't doing to draw and quarter you out in the street for being a furry

[u/DuelaDent52 → u/cunt_dykeula]

Animal Farm itself was already a children’s novel (or at least it’s encouraged for children to read it in my experience), they tried to simplify it to appeal to a wider audience and it didn’t work.

[u/cunt_dykeula → u/DuelaDent52]

If "Animal Farm" was a kids book because a bunch of people had to do book projects on it in school, then "A Child Called 'It", "To Kill A Mockingbird", and Anne Franks diary are also kids books

[u/DuelaDent52 → u/cunt_dykeula]

If a kid can read something like Bambi, Watership Down or even Animorphs, they can read Animal Farm fine.

[u/OSUTechie → u/DuelaDent52]

I'm 10 books into Animorphs now and timeline wise it's only been 6 months since the start of the series. Good Lord there is no way these kids come out of next 30books without being fucked up.

How the hell was this a kids series?

[u/Ayertsatz → u/OSUTechie]

Hahahahahaha

Enjoy. Books 28-45 can be a bit hit and miss. If you're struggling with the lack of plot progression, please jump to 45 rather than giving up. The ending of this series fucked me up as a kid.

[u/MissninjaXP → u/Ayertsatz]

The ending was the first time I ever finished a book and just sat there and stared at my bed for a good 2 hours. Lol

[u/Ayertsatz → u/MissninjaXP]

Yep same. Cried the whole way through it then sat and stared at the wall. I never quite got over it until I sat down and reread the whole series twenty years later. It hits differently the second time around.