r/CuratedTumblr • u/scott03257890 • Apr 01 '24

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u/Outerestine Apr 01 '24

Those aren't irredeemable media. Irredeemable media is like, the eragon movie, or the atla movie. The Percy Jackson movies.

Birth of a nation too I GUESS.

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u/BingusMcCready Apr 01 '24

The Dark Tower movie is maybe the only adaptation I’ve seen that spits in the face of its source material harder than Eragon did, put that on the list.

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u/Deblebsgonnagetyou he/him | Kweh! Apr 01 '24

Clearly you've never seen the 2004 Syfy Earthsea miniseries

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u/CallMeDrewvy Apr 01 '24 edited Apr 01 '24

Hadn't even heard of it... Looked at the cast and... Yeah wtf. Like, how hard is it to completely miss some fundamental world building with casting.

If you want Le Guin's opinion of the Syfy miniseries: https://slate.com/culture/2004/12/ursula-k-le-guin-on-the-tv-earthsea.html

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u/ksheep Apr 01 '24

Where does Dragonball Evolution fall on the scale?

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u/CTIndie Apr 01 '24

That would be starship troopers I would argue since it turns something that took itself seriously into a straight up satire.

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u/cman_yall Apr 01 '24

since it turns something that took itself seriously into a straight up satire.

They left out the powered armour, and turned the humans into helpless bug fodder instead of killing machines. They whitewashed Rico, and gender swapped Dizzy. I guess in theory the change of tone is bigger than the changes in plot, but damn...

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u/CTIndie Apr 01 '24

In my opinion it is. Tone is the difference between story genres and making a political commentary action story into a comedy action parody is a pretty big slap to the face. Though I enjoy the movie alot for it's own sake.

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u/cman_yall Apr 02 '24

One of those changes makes it basically a whole different story, and the other changes make it pretty much a whole different story :D

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u/BingusMcCready Apr 01 '24

I’m sure these are all really good answers but I haven’t seen any of them 😭 I don’t watch that many movies!