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/LegoBoy3258 10d ago

Andy Serkis' Animal Farm and dealings with Angel Studios have made me lose respect for him even though he was one of my favorite actors of all time.

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u/LizLemonOfTroy 10d ago

The quoted comment in particular made me lose a lot of respect for its historical ignorance and exceptionalism.

Animal Farm was published in 1945. The Second World War wasn't even over yet. Tens of millions of people were dead, millions more were internally displaced, and most of Europe, East Asia and the Pacific were in ruins.

But yes, clearly kids nowadays have it much worse and deserve a happy ending to cheer them up, unlike those spoilt war orphans.