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/cunt_dykeula 11d ago

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

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u/Nataniel_PL 11d ago

Animal Farm is already kids appropriate enough, in Poland we read it in primary school. Not everything kids will read has to be "friendly". It's okay to make kids media challenging

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u/fresh-dork 10d ago

which one is primary school. in the US, 1-6 is grade school, but UK is different.

made the helena bonham carter line way funnier.

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u/Nataniel_PL 10d ago

Back when I was reading it at school I was no older than 12yo

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u/fresh-dork 10d ago

i think we did that in 10th. so around 15.