History Main / ActionizedAdaptation

* The original ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari I'' for the {{Platform/MSX}}, along with its ports for the PC-98, Game Gear, PC Engine, and an altered retelling for the Super Famicom, are all standard turn-based [=RPGs=] that uses the typical menu system for battles. This is what makes the Mega Drive remake stand out that much more, as it's instead an Action [=RPG=] that has battles play out in real time, ditching the menu system entirely to instead have Arle use fighting game motions to casts her spells instead with far greater visual flair. Arle can even freely jump and dodge to evade attacks with good timing, and the story is expanded to feature content and enemies beyond the original computer versions.

* The PC FPS ''VideoGame/IronStorm'' was ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 under the title ''World War Zero''; though it follows the same plot and lifts many of the locations of the original game, it features shorter streamlined levels with a greater density of enemies and tones down many of the challenging mechanics of the original version to allow for a more run & gun playstyle. It also removes all [[StealthBasedMission mandatory stealth segments]], removes a puzzle from the final level and replaces the original ZeroEffortBoss with an actual final boss battle.

* A ''Website/CollegeHumor'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExfV_xKaiM sketch]], "Creator/NicolasCage's Agent", features, as one of many hideously terrible movies Cage stars in, a remake of ''Film/SchindlersList'' named "''Schindler's Fist''." Not long after comes what is apparently the exact same film, but with the slightly different title of "''Schindler's Pissed.''"

* ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'' is a fanfiction novelization of ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. This is a game that's not short on action, but the main focus is on overworld exploration, exploration of Link's past. Said exploration consists of memories that are character-focused, establishing the trauma that set the stage for the present day world. Compare that to the novelization, which has extensive fight sequences with monsters, Yiga, the Blights, [[spoiler: and even bringing in the New Champions and all of Hyrule into a vicious war with the Yiga Clan]], in addition to all the canon action content.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Gentlemen sleuths [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Holmes and Watson]] are practically ActionHeroes in [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows this film]].]]

->''“You’ve read [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} the dark, satirical comic]]. Now, get ready for the movie adaptation that transforms the complex characterizations and realistic action into a gory version of ''Film/TheMatrix''.”''

* The ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' films focused a lot more on the battles than the books, adding and extending action scenes. The prologue of the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing first film]] was only described second hand in the book, and the centerpiece fight in Balin's tomb was about a paragraph long. Similarly, the climax of the first book was focused more on Frodo and Sam splitting from the rest, with most of the Uruk-Hai attack (with Boromir's death and Merry and Pippin being taken away) again being described after the fact. The following two books were much more action-oriented than the first, which resulted in fewer expansions.

* The live-action trilogy version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' focused a lot more on the battles than the books, adding and extending action scenes. The prologue of the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing first film]] was only described second hand in the book, and the centerpiece fight in Balin's tomb was about a paragraph long. Similarly, the climax of the first book was focused more on Frodo and Sam splitting from the rest, with most of the Uruk-Hai attack (with Boromir's death and Merry and Pippin being taken away) again being described after the fact. The following two books were much more action-oriented than the first, which resulted in fewer expansions.

* The PC FPS ''VideoGame/IronStorm'' was ported to the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 under the title ''World War Zero''; though it follows the same plot and lifts many of the locations of the original game, it features shorter streamlined levels with a greater density of enemies and tones down many of the challenging mechanics of the original version to allow for a more run & gun playstyle. It also removes all [[StealthBasedMission mandatory stealth segments]], removes a puzzle from the final level and replaces the original ZeroEffortBoss with an actual final boss battle.

* The film adaptions of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' tend to have a lot more action; in ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', we actually see the fight between the protagonists and the newborn vampire army (which was only mentioned in the book itself) and particularly in ''Literature/BreakingDawn Part 2'', where the film's climax includes a long battle scene (in the book, despite a fight being built-up to for much of the third act, the characters actually just stood around and talked). Ultimately, the fight [[spoiler:did turn out to be AllJustADream]], but it still counts. It should be noted that the filmmakers originally wanted to turn the adaptations into an ''Film/{{Underworld}}''-esque series of action films (except for teenagers), until Creator/StephenieMeyer vetoed the plan.

* The film adaptions of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' tend to have a lot more action; in ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', we actually see the fight between the protagonists and the newborn vampire army (which was only mentioned in the book itself) and particularly in ''Literature/BreakingDawn Part 2'', where the film's climax includes a long battle scene (in the book, despite a fight being built-up to for much of the third act, the characters actually just stood around and talked). Ultimately, the fight [[spoiler:did turn out to be AllJustADream]], but it still counts.

* A ''Website/CollegeHumor'' sketch, "Creator/NicolasCage's Agent", featured, as one of many hideously terrible movies Cage stars in, a remake of ''Film/SchindlersList'' named "''Schindler's Fist''." Not long after comes what is apparently the exact same film, but with the slightly different title of "''Schindler's Pissed.''"

* A ''Website/CollegeHumor'' sketch, "Creator/NicolasCage's Agent", featured, as one of many hideously terrible movies Cage stars in, a remake of ''Film/SchindlersList'' named "''Schindler's Fist''." Not long after comes what is apparently the exact same film, but with the slightly different title of "''Schindler's Wrist.''"