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/metal_gearmen]

Betty from Rugrats.

In the more recent series, they turned her into a lesbian simply because she is big and masculine, thereby discarding the show's original message: she was married to Howard (a smaller, more nervous man), and while they had reversed gender roles, it didn't matter—they were a happy family.

[u/kisamasochist → u/metal_gearmen]

It also just kinda pushes stereotypes; Oh the loud deep voicied woman with short hair and broad shoulders, let's make her specifically a lesbian.

It's like the Velma series where they made the smart and unattractive (in that version) character indian, made the exotic and beautiful character east asian, and kept the leader white. They tried to be inclusive but just conformed to stereotypes

[u/crimson_713 → u/kisamasochist]

I honestly am baffled that Velma got made at all. It feels like they specifically crafted it to be rage bait but when you hear Mindy Kaling talk about the show she's so eager and enthusiastic about it in a way that comes off as out of touch and tone deaf.

It's rare that something is so genuinely terrible it pisses everyone off.

[u/Hi_Zev → u/crimson_713]

A show that aimed to be inclusive ended up making all its jokes revolve around body shaming men born with smaller-sized penises.