r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Morr4Seiya • 11d ago

Hated Tropes An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message

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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?

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u/Ok-Letter3963 11d ago

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.

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u/foxfire981 11d ago

I mean that's often what happens when people not in the group try and pander to a group. They fail miserably at the attempt and it becomes insulting.

Another example: Miles Morales Thor. Basically did a "if Miles was Thor and everyone was black it would basically look like Harlem." A Hispanic creator was responsible. Black comic fans were not impressed.

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u/NatKayz 11d ago

Jesus, as a white dude that sounds like a terrible idea.

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u/SlendyIsBehindYou 11d ago

The line "By Odin's fade" gets used unironically and I was embarrassed just by reading it

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u/Dull-Culture-1523 11d ago

That would be hilarious as a stand-up show bit about how black people could adapt to nordic paganism or something. As a serious thing it just does not work.

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u/DjiDjiDjiDji 10d ago

The funniest thing is, it WAS a silly bit. Back in the 80s, they made a comedy issue of What If (#34, it's pretty fun) mostly made of one-shot gags. One of those was "What if Luke Cage was Thor" and the joke was in fact "lol blaxploitation Thor"
Miles Morales Thor legits feels like this single panel, taken seriously and expanded into an actual thing for god knows what reason