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/TheRealRichon 11d ago

Given that it's a pretty strong critique of communism, you'd think he'd be all for it...

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u/Aggressive-Neck-3921 10d ago

It is not a critique of communism, its a critique of authoritarianism and there are authoritarians who call themselves communist. Depending on your meaning of the word communism they either are or are not.

And conservatives love authoritarian structures, it why the love their religion with a 1 true god and why the like the rule breaking Trump that shamelessly does whatever the fuck he wants because he is the leader.

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u/Velkso 10d ago

Remind us, who was Orwell basing his stories on?

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u/Aggressive-Neck-3921 10d ago

The socialist writer had his critique aimed at authoritarianism, and he based it on Stalinist ideology.

This is about as smart as the guys that say the nazies were socialist because what was their name in german....