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1->''"I want to put on record that the flic ''[sic]'' out there using the word ''Hellraiser'' IS NO FUCKIN' CHILD OF MINE! I have NOTHING to do with the fuckin' thing. If they claim it's from the mind of Clive Barker, it's a lie. It's not even from my butt-hole."''
2-->-- '''Creator/CliveBarker''', on ''Film/HellraiserRevelations''
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4When a work becomes popular, it is likely to get adapted to another medium,[[note]]For the purposes of this trope, "adaptation" is applied broadly and can also include parodies and remakes ''within'' the original medium[[/note]] often by people of a completely different mind than the original creator. Sometimes the adaptation stays true to the source, at least enough to please the creator. Sometimes, however, the adaptation makes the creator cry, and cry very vocally against it.
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6A few creators will have enough pull to limit the distribution of the adaptation, or disallow further derivative works based on it. But in most cases, [[GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld the creator signed away the rights long ago]], which they may not know about at the time, and can do little more about it other than write {{Strongly Worded Letter}}s and perhaps strive for more creative control in the future. Regardless, they will distance themselves from the adaptation in question.
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8A variant of CreatorBacklash. If a creator ''can'' do something about it, and does, the result is often CanonDiscontinuity.
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10Compare OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight. Contrast CreatorPreferredAdaptation, ApprovalOfGod, and SpiritualAdaptation. Can also lead to NoAdaptationsAllowed when the creator gave out dissatisfaction to the adaptation of their work and will not give out rights to any other adaptations to their work.
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12''This is usually limited to works that were adapted while the creator of the original was still alive. While we would like to think that some posthumous adaptations have the creator rolling in their graves, we'll never know for sure. However, there have been some cases where family members/estates of the deceased creator have taken this stance against an adaptation if they own the rights of the work. It's also worth noting that several examples here, while disliked by the creator, were very well received by critics and fans and in some cases were VindicatedByHistory, so this does not automatically mean the result of the adaptation was terrible.''
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16!!Examples sorted by the format the work was adapted to:
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21* Creator/{{CLAMP}}:
22** They refuse to acknowledge the infamous ''Cardcaptors'' dub of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', given the extreme changes made to the series.
23** They were disgruntled with how the anime adaptation of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' turned out to be due to its TroubledProduction and the [[ChristmasRushed tight deadline]] NHK gave Creator/BeeTrain. It reached the highest point in the first season finale, where a spell caused [[BackFromTheDead dead people to revive]] -- which ''nullifies'' all the plot of ''Tsubasa''! The first season finale also created a PlotHole as the characters were fighting with the main villains mooks, as by that point in the story the main characters were unaware there was a villain who had connections to the heroes. The studio undid it the next season, but the damage was already done, and both CLAMP and Bee Train pulled the plug on a potential third season. [[ChannelHop The anime production staff was switched]] to Bee Train's parent company Creator/ProductionIG to produce the ''Tokyo Revelations'' [=OVAs=].
24* Katsura Hoshino was dissatisfied with the changes made to the first anime adaptation of ''Manga/DGrayMan'' due to Creator/TMSEntertainment's inclusion of {{filler}} material. Eight years later, TMS offered to make ''Hallow'', but given her thoughts on how they handled the series, Hoshino unsurprisingly declined at first. Although she got involved as a supervisor, Hoshino later admitted on Instagram that she was disappointed with the changes made to her characters as well as a promotional poster depicting Allen and Kanda in suggestive poses resembling two people post-coitus.
25* Creator/RiyokoIkeda disowned the ending of the animated adaptation of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' for having Alain [[CallToAgriculture leave the army to become a farmer]]. To drive home the point, the sequel ''Eroica'' starts with Alain having been discharged for political reasons but still in Paris, and he rejoins the army early in the story after impressing UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte himself.
26* Ichiei Ishibumi was dissatisfied with the third season of the ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' anime, ''[=BorN=]'', due to disagreements between him and Tetsuya Yanagisawa over adapting volumes 5 through 7 for that season. Ishibumi would go on to write the ''EX'' spinoff for the Blu-ray release to make the season's last four episodes into an AlternateContinuity before he and Yanagisawa went their separate ways. Then, Passione took over as the main animation studio for the fourth season, ''Hero''.
27* Creator/ToveJansson disapproved of the changes made to the first anime adaptation of ''Literature/TheMoomins'', ''Anime/Moomin1969'', feeling that it strongly misinterpreted her work and intentions for the characters. She voiced particular dislike for its depiction of Moomintroll, who was made into [[AdaptationalJerkass a more scrappy and ambitious character]]. The series was soon discontinued, and Jansson refused for it to be licensed overseas. This adaptation has also never made it to DVD, because two different studios worked on it, as well as not being able to obtain permission from Jansson's estate. However, Jansson allegedly had a higher opinion of the later anime series, ''Anime/Moomin1990''.
28* Shoji Kawamori, creator of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', has let it be known that he's not particularly fond of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' and how the adaptation changed plot details in order to shoehorn a continuity with two unrelated anime shows (''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' and ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'') that in his own words, felt forced.
29--> "I don't understand, nor do I accept the fact that they took and modified my work without even asking. I cannot comprehend how a pirated version like this exists. However, I feel I was very fortunate that many other people from other countries around the world were able to see ''Macross''."
30* Yukito Kishiro reportedly hated the OVA adaptation of the early parts of his seminal ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' manga so much that he disowned it. However, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dyz0iEpUUAAh-HR.jpg he eagerly accepted]] [[Film/AlitaBattleAngel the live action adaptation]] of the same volumes, despite the film including a lot of elements from the rejected OVA.
31* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin disowned ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'', a Creator/StudioGhibli adaptation of some of the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' books. Her initial response can be read [[https://www.ursulakleguin.com/gedo-senki-1 here.]] However, she did stress she liked many things about it:
32--> "[[InNameOnly It is not my book. It is your movie. It is a good movie.]]"
33* Creator/JohjiManabe ''despised'' the animated adaptation of ''Manga/GingaSengokuGunyuudenRai'', to the point of stating that he was "forced to prostitute his work” from having to rely on cheaper animation studios and condemning everybody involved in the project to a death sentence. He also downright stated that the series "looked like shit" for its low budget visuals. This is partially becaused it released following a drug smuggling scandal within Kadokawa Shoten that resulted in the arrest of the company's president, Haruki Kadokawa, and left Manabe destitute. To this day, the series still hasn’t had an official DVD or Blu-ray release nor has it seen the light of day overseas because of such backlash, though it did get Latin American Spanish and Arabic dubs, thanks to miraculous timing from Enoki Films.
34* Creator/HayaoMiyazaki disowned New World Pictures' {{Macekre}} version of ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', titled ''Warriors of the Wind'', and refused to allow any of his other works to be dubbed for many years. By 1997, however, Creator/{{Disney}} negotiated with Tokuma Shoten, the then-owner of Miyazaki's own Creator/StudioGhibli, and to start the studio's famous "no cuts" policy. Studio Ghibli was so serious about this that for ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', one of the producers mailed a ''katana'' to Miramax's Harvey Weinstein, along with a note reading [[{{Pun}} "NO CUTS"]] upon the agreement.
35* Creator/GoNagai allegedly wasn't happy with how the OVA adaptations of ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' turned out.
36* Yoshiyuki "Buronson" Okamura, writer of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', was pretty receptive of the 1986 movie version at first, but ultimately criticized it after it came out, [[https://ameblo.jp/kamenn-syura-marsan/entry-12428703141.html?frm=theme encouraging readers to treat it as a separate story]], specifically mentioning that the movie focused [[https://ameblo.jp/kamenn-syura-marsan/entry-12430584569.html?frm=theme way too much on the excessive violence]].
37* Hisashi Suzuki disliked the anime adaptation of his LightNovel series ''Literature/MagicalWarfare'', due to the studio being very lazy in constructing the plot and ending the series in a bizarre GainaxEnding despite the amount of material that was available.
38* Creator/NatsukiTakaya was dissatisfied with Creator/StudioDeen's 2001 anime adaptation of ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', thanks to CreativeDifferences between her and director Akitaro Daichi. However, she did like the opening theme, "For Fruits Basket". Takaya was much more involved as an executive supervisor for the 2019 anime adaptation produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment, which is TruerToTheText than the 2001 anime.
39* Back when the compilation film of the ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'' was being made, some staff sent a VHS tape with some early animation to Alexander Key, the writer for the book the series is based on, and his family, as a courtesy. However, Key hated the show and the changes [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki Miyazaki]] and the other staff made so much that he told his estate to never allow the anime to come over in America, threatening to sue anyone who ever attempted to do so.
40* Creator/NaokoTakeuchi admitted her disappointment with how the first anime adaptation of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' deviated from her original manga's storyline.
41* While Creator/AkiraToriyama was generally quite positive regarding most adaptations of ''Manga/DragonBall'', there were certain aspects he disliked:
42** While Toriyama heavily praised the anime for the most part, and considered it to be as important as the manga, he criticized it for [[AdaptationalHeroism downplaying the more negative parts of Goku's personality]]:
43--->''"Son Goku from ''Dragon Ball'' doesn't fight for the sake of others, but [[SpiritedCompetitor because he wants to fight against strong guys]]. So once ''Dragon Ball'' got {{animated|Adaptation}}, at any rate, I've always been dissatisfied with the [[IdealHero 'righteous hero'-type portrayal]] they gave him. I guess I couldn't quite get them to grasp the elements of 'poison' that slip in and out of sight among the shadows."''
44** He implied early in its run that he was displeased with the ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' anime, although this quote came prior to when the series was agreed to have [[GrowingTheBeard grown the beard]]:
45--->''"Dragon Ball once became a thing of the past to me, but after that, I got angry about [[Film/DragonballEvolution the live-action movie]], re-wrote [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods an entire movie script]], and now I’m complaining about the quality of the new TV anime. It seems ''Dragon Ball'' has grown on me so much I can't leave it alone"''.
46* Masami Tsuda absolutely ''despised'' the animated adaptation of ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'', due to Creator/HideakiAnno and Creator/StudioGainax changing several elements of her story and emphasizing more of the comedic aspects to make it much DenserAndWackier. As a result, a disgruntled Anno left the series and animation producer Hiroki Sato took his place to try to get the story back on track. Unfortunately for Sato and Gainax, the series was abruptly CutShort and was not renewed for a second season.
47* Yoshihiro Yamada for unstated reasons demanded his credit for ''Manga/HyougeMono'' be changed from "original work" (原作; ''gensaku'') to "original concept" (原案; ''gen-an'').
48* Masume Yoshimoto, the author of ''Manga/KumaMikoGirlMeetsBear'', left a (now-deleted) post on his Tumblr account featuring a number of backhanded compliments toward the anime adaptation's infamous AudienceAlienatingEnding, heavily implying that he wasn't any happier about it than the fans. He specifically called out Yoshio's behavior in the finale as "cruel."
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52* ''ComicBook/WarlordOfMars'', the [[ComicBookAdaptation adaptation]] of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' was notoriously disowned by the Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs estate, who filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against its publisher Dynamite Entertainment citing the [[SexyPackaging nude cover variants]] featuring female protagonist [[MsFanservice Dejah Thoris]] as they feared it would harm their brand. Surprisingly, the lawsuit did little to affect the comic and its spin-off's publication until 2014 when the dispute was amicably resolved, and both parties have worked together to relaunch the comic.
53* The [[ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics Malibu Comics]] [[ComicBookAdaptation adaptation]] of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' was cancelled after three issues because, according to a statement at the end of the third issue, Creator/{{Capcom}} themselves didn't like it. The comics made several controversial changes, the most notorious of which was [[DeathByAdaptation killing off one of the series' main characters]] in the second issue. It isn't even mentioned in the Timeline section of the ''Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection'', despite [[Film/StreetFighter the 1994 movie]] and ''[[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi The Legend of Chun-Li]]'', themselves not held in high regard, being acknowledged in there.
54* In an interview, ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' artist Dave Gibbons outright said that he refused to read ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' (a twelve issue mini-series by Creator/DCComics chronicling a crossover between the main DC Comics universe and the ''Watchmen'' universe), going on to say that it was the politest thing he could say about the story (and later clarified that while he understood why people would want ''Doomsday Clock'', he just didn't see the point). Creator/AlanMoore was a whole lot less kind, however, saying that all people involved in the creation of story, up to and including ''[[GuiltByAssociationGag the people who read it]]'', "[[DisproportionateRetribution should be dragged off to Hell by their nipples]]".
55* Frédéric Molas has said in an interview that he doesn't like the ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'' comic, and recommends to not buy it. He specifically associated with Piratesourcil because he knew the artist could produce the kind of comic he wanted, and they came up with various jokes on par with the [[BlackComedy kind of humor]] found in ''[=JdG=]'', but the [[ExecutiveMeddling editor scrapped all of their ideas]] to make something more consensual, resulting in a rather bland comic. He even included a TakeThat to it in one his video, where his younger self read the comic and his father (played by Frederic Molas aka the real Joueur du Grenier) tells him to stop reading that crap.
56* Creator/BruceTimm implied in [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/08/bruce-timm-talks-and-the-first-episode-of-justice-league-gods-and-monsters-chronicles/ an interview]] for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' that he isn't a fan of Harley Quinn's ''ComicBook/New52'' redesign and those derived from it, hence [[spoiler:Harley's death in the tie-in miniseries ''Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles'' being a TakeThat to ''New 52'' Harley]].
57* Amanda Waller's creator, John Ostander, [[https://www.comicmix.com/2014/03/16/john-ostrander-waller/ expressed disappointment]] toward her AdaptationalAttractiveness in ''{{Series/Arrow}}'' and the ''ComicBook/New52'', since he specifically made her middle-aged and full-figured to give her a distinctive appearance.
58--> '''John Ostrander''': I don’t control what happens with Waller or where she goes or how she looks; she is owned by DC Entertainment and Warners. I knew that going in. She is their property. That said, I think the changes made in her appearance are misguided. There were and are reasons why she looked the way she did. I wanted her to seem formidable and visually unlike anyone else out there. Making her young and svelte and sexy loses that. She becomes more like everyone else. She lost part of what made her unique.
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62* Creator/ToeiAnimation evidently has something against ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', given how often they send out copyright strikes against the series. They also forced Creator/{{Funimation}} to remove Creator/TeamFourStar from a dubbed episode of ''[[Anime/DragonBallZKai Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters]]''. Constantly having to fend off said copyright strikes was one of the factors that led to Team Four Star ending the series proper at the Cell Saga (though they would later cover parts of the Buu Saga as 'Buu Bits') and move on to spinoffs that were animated in house.
63* Neither Creator/JasonDavidFrank, nor Saban themselves, were fond of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' FanFilm satire, ''[[WebVideo/PowerRangersBootlegUniverse Power/Rangers]]'', which featured a DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier take of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' as a parody of the general concept of "darker" remakes and revivals. Frank cited the content as the reason (though Frank isn't opposed to a PG-13 version of the franchise) and Saban had it temporarily removed from Website/YouTube with a bogus copyright claim. Frank's reaction could be him [[PoesLaw not realizing that it was a satire]] though it seems a lot of other people online didn't get it either, as comments on the film on [=YouTube=] and online media outlets praised it for making Power Rangers "cooler" and "badass". Original Zordon actor David Felding was more neutral, criticizing the darker tone, but praising the production values. Conversely, though, Austin St. John, Creator/AmyJoJohnson, Creator/WalterEmanuelJones, and Steve Cardenas liked it, despite the latter's character getting hit ''hard'' with the AdaptationalVillainy stick, and [[spoiler:Carla Perez, who was the suit actor for Rita in American footage, reprised her role in it.]]
64* popcornpr1nce, creator of the popular ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' alternate universe "Underswap", disliked the way that fans of the AU treated the characters so much, that he ended up abandoning Underswap all together.
65* The Japanese producers of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' dislike ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' and often sends copyright strikes. Though most of the English dub actors enjoy it, Creator/EricStuart does not, as he becomes very angry if people talk about it during conventions or ask him to quote Abridged Seto Kaiba.
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69* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' was initially this. At first, Music/TheBeatles wanted to disassociate themselves from the project based on the poor reviews of their TV special ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' and their dislike of [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles the television cartoon based on them]]. But after seeing the finished project, the group got excited and chose to do the live ending. To this day, Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/RingoStarr still embrace the film.
70* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZhXGcx9cU&t=15m23s At a convention appearance,]] animator Creator/DonBluth made it very clear that he absolutely hates all of the direct to video sequels to his films.[[note]]With the sole exception of ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'', which was the only sequel he worked on, and he even recommended watching it in his book ''The Art of Storyboard''.[[/note]] His thoughts on them were blunt:
71-->"Hate them! Hate them! Those were mechanically produced, they're not making me feel anything, the music is messy, the drawings don't work, the story isn't going anywhere and at the end of it, I just lost time."
72* One of the most extreme examples of this is Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', based on Creator/RobertCrumb's [[ComicBook/FritzTheCat work]]. Crumb hated the film so much [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun he killed the character off and refused to reuse him ever again]]. He also wasn't too fond of the documentary ''Crumb'' either.
73* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryWillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' was an obvious AshcanCopy made by Warner Bros. so they wouldn't lose the license to [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the 1971 film]]. It was so disliked by the Dahl estate that they actually revoked the license rights and gave it to Netflix.
74* Although Greg Farshtey, author of the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' comics and books, has said negative things about the original [[DirectToVideo direct to video]] trilogy, his usual stance was that they're okay but the books and comics are better. However, his creative differences with the creators of the third movie (who made Vakama a traitor, throwing away his previous CharacterDevelopment) reportedly made him very upset, and though he argued against the story's direction, he was only distantly involved with the movies, so the writers' word overrode his. According to him, if he had the opportunity to get rid of one part of the storyline, Vakama's betrayal would've been it.
75* The 1970s animated adaptation of ''Literature/TheMouseAndHisChild'' was despised by Russell Hoban, the author of the book, who said that it butchered the source material. He did find the voices of Creator/PeterUstinov (Manny) and Creator/ClorisLeachman (Euterpe) good, however.
76* The descendants of Creator/VictorHugo bashed Disney in an open letter to the ''Libération'' newspaper for their ancestor getting no mention on the advertisement posters for [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney the Disney adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and they harshly criticized the film itself as a vulgar commercialization of Hugo's story.
77* Per word of Chuck Jones in his book ''Chuck Jones Conversations'', who did his own animated adaptations of Creator/RudyardKipling's stories, Kipling's daughter hated [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 the Disney adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' for being an InNameOnly adaptation of her father's work:
78-->"Before we started our film, I discovered that Kipling's daughter was still alive and called her. In an elegant, British Dowager-like voice, she confirmed my pronunciation (of Mowgli's name) and added "and, I hate Walter Disney." It was the only time I ever heard anybody call him Walter. In her lifetime, she said nobody ever pronounced anything but Mauwgli."
79* Paolo Lorenzini, the nephew of Carlo Collodi, the author of the original ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' book, hated [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} the Disney adaptation]] for playing fast and loose with his uncle's story, and unsuccessfully tried to sue the studio for misrepresenting his uncle's work.
80* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' by Creator/RankinBass was so despised by critics and the Rodgers-Hammerstein estate alike that the latter stated that no further animated adaptations of their works would be produced.
81* Creator/EBWhite despised Creator/HannaBarbera's AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/CharlottesWeb'', because he said that "the story is interrupted every few minutes so that somebody can sing a jolly song. I don't care much for jolly songs. The Blue Hill Fair, which I tried to report faithfully in the book, has become a [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney World]], with [[Theatre/TheMusicMan 76 trombones]]. But that's what you get for getting embroiled in Hollywood." White's wife Katharine wrote a letter to Creator/GeneDeitch (who, ironically, was friends with White during the last years of the latter's life) shortly before her death in 1977 saying: "We have never ceased to regret that your version of ''Charlotte's Web'' never got made. The Hanna-Barbera version has never pleased either of us... a travesty..."
82* Norton Juster, the author of ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'', apparently hated the [[WesternAnimation/ThePhantomTollbooth 1970 film adaptation]]. In a 2001 interview, he described the movie as "drivel" and said he was angered by its positive reviews.
83* When the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheIceAgeAdventuresOfBuckWild'' (which was not produced by Creator/BlueSkyStudios, but outsourced to Creator/BardelEntertainment in Vancouver, British Columbia by Creator/{{Disney}}) was released (not even a year after Blue Sky was shut down by Disney), many former Blue Sky animators expressed displeasure towards the ''extremely'' noticeable drop in quality of the animation.
84* Despite being made by Creator/{{Pixar}}, ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' would receive this response from several people who have worked on the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films.
85** While Creator/TimAllen gave his blessing to Creator/ChrisEvans voicing Buzz Lightyear in ''Westernanimation/{{Lightyear}}'', he would later speak out against the film itself; Allen was under the impression that they would create a live-action film instead, and was surprised to find out that none of the staff behind the four ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films would work on ''Lightyear''. Allen stated that while he enjoyed the story, he felt the film didn't have a big adventure, and that he wished there was a better connection to the toy.
86** Creator/TomHanks, the voice of Woody in the original films, [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tom-hanks-tim-allen-lightyear-1235175770/ stated]] that he didn't understand why Buzz was recast.
87** ''Franchise/ToyStory'' creator Creator/JohnLasseter reportedly [[https://screenrant.com/lightyear-movie-toy-story-john-lasseter-critical-response/ hated]] the film, finding the movie to be substandard and its portrayal of Buzz to lack the essence and originality of the character that he "created and nurtured" for years before his departure.
88* Jerry Rees, who directed ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', has admitted to not having seen [[WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToasterToTheRescue either of]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToasterGoesToMars the two]] DirectToVideo sequels. He doesn't have an opinion of the films themselves, but he was disappointed at all the hard work that he and his crew poured into his movie becoming just another cash grab.
89* Sir Music/EltonJohn, who composed the songs for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' but was uninvolved with [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 the 2019 remake]] outside of "[[MovieBonusSong Never Too Late]]", expressed disappointment over Music/PharrellWilliams' arrangements of his music, as he felt they "didn't have the same impact" and that "the magic and joy were lost."
90* [=TJ=] Fixman, writer for the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series between 2007's ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'' and 2013's ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus Into the Nexus]]'', [[https://tjfixman.wordpress.com/2016/04/02/a-farewell-to-lombaxes/ takes no credit]] for the final script of Creator/MainframeStudios' (then Rainmaker Entertainment) theatrical ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank'' [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank movie]]. While he was brought up to write the first draft of the script, he has stated on several occasions that director Kevin Munroe and writer Gerry Swallow ended up rewriting it so heavily that all that was left of his influence were "his fingerprints," and he would end up leaving the project due to creative differences and due to the stress that working with a movie studio put on him.
91* Creator/JuliaSawalha, who voiced Ginger in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', was not happy when her role was recast for ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRunDawnOfTheNugget''. She was told that she was "too old" for the role and later said the decision was ageist. (at the time Sawalha was 55; her replacement Creator/ThandiweNewton was.. 51.)
92* E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of the ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' books, called [[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]] a "complete travesty" because of its Americanisation.
93** Christopher Robin Milne, the son of author Creator/AAMilne, also refused to accept royalties from Disney until the last years of his life, for the sake of his daughter.
94** However, the author's widow, Daphne Milne, reportedly liked the film, as did Christopher Robin's daughter.
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98* Any and all film adaptations of Creator/AlanMoore's work, whether they've ''been'' made, are about to ''be'' made, or are topics of discussion for ''being'' made, will automatically fall under this trope.
99** ''Film/VForVendetta'': Moore specifically requested that his name be removed from the production after Joel Silver (the film's producer) lied about Moore's enthusiasm for the shooting script. This, and the rather poor quality of previous adaptations of ''Film/FromHell'' and ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', prompted his decision to have his name removed from any further adaptations of works he has no ownership of, and his pseudo-royalties distributed amongst the relevant artists. Hence, he has received no money from the filmmakers behind ''V for Vendetta'', ''Film/Constantine2005'', or the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' movie, and adaptations of Moore's works after ''Watchmen'' are credited to the co-creators (e.g., the adaptations of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''Batman: ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' were credited to Dave Gibbons and Brian Bolland, respectively).
100** Moore's views on adaptations of his works are more nuanced than generally reported. While he doesn't necessarily hate the movies ''per se'', Moore just believes his works are tailor-made to be comic books that [[AdaptationDecay do not hold up in transition]].
101** Creator/ZackSnyder, director of the ''Watchmen'' film, once said that the best-case scenario of ever getting Moore to watch his adaptation was that there might come one odd day where Moore accidentally puts the DVD into his player and turns it off after a second. Moore replied to this by saying Snyder was giving the movie too much credit; "I'm never going to watch this fucking thing."
102** To date, there has only been one exception to this rule: an episode of the animated show ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' ([[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E2ForTheManWhoHasEverything "For the Man Who Has Everything"]], based on the [[ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything comic]] of the same name). Moore approved of them adapting his story beforehand and allowed his name to appear in the credits, and Dwayne [=McDuffie=] did confirm that [[https://animesuperhero.com/toonzone-presents-interview-tribute-dwayne-mcduffie/ Moore enjoyed it]]. He was also reportedly amused by Creator/HarryPartridge's parody short ''WebAnimation/SaturdayMorningWatchmen''; contrary to popular belief, he is not actually on record as having enjoyed it or approved of it in any way (though Dave Gibbons did).
103* Creator/MarvelComics did everything to distance themselves from ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' including not mentioning it on their official website. They listed all other movie adaptations made by other companies including the infamous ''Film/HowardTheDuck''. It's really telling that Creator/StanLee, co-creator of the ComicBook/FantasticFour, declined to make his obligatory cameo in the film, not out of health or scheduling issues, and instead appeared in ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' despite the latter being a relatively-recent character he didn't create. ''ComicBook/ThePunisher #12'' also had representations of [[https://www.slashfilm.com/535088/fantastic-four-movie-cast-killed-comics/ the film's cast be violently killed in an explosion.]]
104* Creator/StanLee shared his thoughts on the Marvel films he disliked (though unlike ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', he did still cameo in them):[[note]]For what it's worth, ''Daredevil'' was largely based on the run Creator/FrankMiller did with the character, which was widely different in tone from how Lee portrayed him.[[/note]]
105--> "I would have liked the Hulk to be smaller in the [[Film/{{Hulk}} first]] [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 two movies]], and I didn't like the way Doctor Doom was portrayed in ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}''. Now with ''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}'', they just wrote the whole thing wrong. They made him too tragic. That's not the way I wrote him."
106* Creator/ChuckJones came to loathe a lot of the later ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' cartoons made without the supervision of him or other members of Termite Terrace. He allegedly was so vocal about his qualms with the movie ''Film/SpaceJam''[[note]]Among other things, he considered Bugs relying on the help of Michael Jordan and co. to be out of character, loathed some uses of toilet humor, and thought the premise was too thin to suit feature film length[[/note]] during its opening party that an executive had him forcibly led out of the premises.
107* ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' series:
108** David Wise, one of the writers for [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the original Transformers cartoon]], has [[https://screencrush.com/transformers-animated-retrospective/ a bone to pick with the films]]. He feels that they have less story and characters than the show he worked on, and has questioned the portrayal of Optimus Prime, mainly him [[spoiler:executing Sentinel Prime]] in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon''. He compared the original Optimus with Abe Lincoln, and responded: "He's got to have malice toward none. And Abe Lincoln doesn't just up and bust a cap in a dude's ass because he was a turncoat." He told Michael Bay "Leave my stuff alone!" in relation to both the original ''Transformers'' cartoon and ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''.
109** Matt Moylan, the former editor and staffer for Dreamwave's ''ComicBook/TransformersGenerationOne'' comics and author of ''WebComic/LilFormers'', also expressed complete distaste to the entirety of Michael Bay's live-action films. He even claimed that in his eyes the [[https://twitter.com/LilFormers/status/1079398931233153024 Transformers franchise is financially dead because of this]].
110** Creator/SimonFurman, who wrote several issues of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', had [[http://mindlessones.com/2009/07/20/transformers-terminators-and-the-rest11-questions-with-simon-furman/ mixed feelings about the Michael Bay films]]. While he appreciated the scale of the action scenes and visuals, he felt the films lacked compelling stories and characterization. Furman admitted that while the films would likely appeal to children, they were too frenetic and overly long for his tastes.
111** Derrick J. Wyatt, the art director and character designer for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', didn't care much for the way Lockdown, who he helped create, was adapted in ''Age of Extinction''. He was even less happy about the design of Hot Rod in ''The Last Knight'', responding to a tweet of the design (which proudly boasted it was [[AnimationAgeGhetto "no cartoon"]]) with a blunt "[[https://twitter.com/derrickjwyatt/status/761051835473928193?s=46&t=ShS5uPEPpCO7i6XGhakybQ Fuck you]]" and deriding him as a "[[InNameOnly name slap]]" within replies.
112* Daphne [=DuMaurier=] disliked Creator/AlfredHitchcock's adaptation of her short story ''Film/TheBirds'' (particularly for changing the setting to America). In fairness, Hitchcock had told the screenwriter to mostly ignore the short story, as all he wanted to use was the title and the core premise of birds attacking people. She similarly didn't like Hitchcock's first adaptation of one of her works, ''Literature/JamaicaInn'', because the film took huge liberties with the story. But since it was a ContractualObligationProject for Hitchcock before he left England for Hollywood, Hitchcock [[CreatorBacklash disowned it as well]].
113* Creator/MichaelEnde requested that the movie adaptation of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' be killed before release or, failing that, not be associated with his name in any way. They did neither.
114* Given that adaptations of Creator/StephenKing's novels tend to be hit-or-miss, it's no surprise that there are a few that he isn't proud of. Some of the ones he ''did'' dislike, however, may be surprising:
115** While he didn't hate the movie ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', he did sue to get his name off of it because it was largely an InNameOnly adaptation. Amazingly enough, King's suit actually '''succeeded''' since the judge agreed with him over how the film was such an incredibly loose adaptation of his short story.
116** He quite famously [[http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/stephen-king-still-not-a-fan-of-kubricks-the-shining has a lot of problems]] with Creator/StanleyKubrick's [[Film/TheShining adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheShining'', to the point where he's said it's the only adaptation of his work that he remembers outright hating. He felt that, while the film has a lot of memorable imagery, it was far too emotionally cold and distant for his liking, and [[AdaptationDecay diverged too greatly]] from the novel (for example, ignoring the themes of the family's disintegration and the dangers of alcoholism). He was also opposed to the casting of Creator/JackNicholson, feeling that his performance made it too obvious from the start that Jack Torrance was unhinged, and felt that the film's version of Wendy Torrance was "one of the most misogynistic characters ever put on film", as Creator/ShelleyDuvall was the complete opposite of how he wrote Wendy, both physically and mentally. Lastly, he disagreed with the decision not to film at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, the inspiration for the book's setting.[[note]]Kubrick decided not to shoot there because it didn't have enough snow or electrical power.[[/note]] The changes irritated him enough that, in 1997, he produced and wrote a [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] {{miniseries}} adaptation of the book. All of the above being said, King ''has'' warmed up to it over the years, even regarding it as an excellent horror film, just not a good adaptation.
117** He has dissociated himself from [[Film/Carrie2002 both]] [[Film/Carrie2013 remakes]] of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', as well as ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''. Unlike ''The Shining'', though, this isn't so much because he thinks they're a disgrace to his original novel, but rather, because he thinks they're a disgrace to Creator/BrianDePalma's [[Film/{{Carrie 1976}} film adaptation]], which [[CreatorPreferredAdaptation he finds to actually be a better work than his book]].
118** Probably the adaptation King would most like to distance himself from is the 1984 version of ''[[Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984 Children of the Corn]]''. He had written a script, but the producers instead chose one that turned the story into a more conventional horror film. He was very upset that they misled him long enough to keep him from being able to sue to make them not put "Stephen King's ..." over the title in the ads.
119** The only film King likes less than ''Children of the Corn'' is the film adaptation of ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'', which [[SelfAdaptation he directed himself]]. He admitted to making the film while in the middle of a nasty cocaine habit, and has gone on record as calling it a "[[CreatorBacklash moron movie]]."
120** While he liked the creative team behind the [[Film/TheDarkTower2017 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheDarkTower'', as well as some of the casting decisions, he strongly disagreed with the studio's decision to gun for a PG-13 rating, [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3476011/stephen-king-blames-pg-13-focus-dark-tower-collapse/ blaming it]] for the film's failure both with critics and at the box office.
121** While King actually liked ''Film/TheRunningMan'' he wanted his name taken off the credits. This is because the movie is barely anything like the book he wrote.
122* Creator/RoaldDahl:
123** Dahl was so angry with ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' -- he wrote the original script for it and received sole onscreen credit, but it was heavily rewritten by Bob Kaufman and David Seltzer; also, he wanted Creator/SpikeMilligan to play Willy Wonka and was disregarded -- that he left it in his will that the source novel's sequel ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' could never be made into a movie. Subsequent adaptations, such as the 2005 Creator/TimBurton film, notably have no [[SequelHook sequel hook]] and end on notes of complete closure. Moreover, Dahl's disowning of this film was behind him not granting film rights to any of his other children's books until the late 1980s; films of ''Danny the Champion of the World'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheBFG'' arrived in 1989 -- and then the RuleOfThree set in the next year with...
124** ''Film/TheWitches1990'', the last Dahl adaptation released in his lifetime. The ''only'' thing he was pleased with was the casting and performance of Creator/AnjelicaHuston as the Grand High Witch. He was particularly upset over the BittersweetEnding of the book being replaced with a HappilyEverAfter. The story goes that he stood outside cinemas with a megaphone telling people not to watch the film![[note]]Given Dahl died of cancer six months later, it is not clear how true this is, although he certainly ''threatened'' to start a publicity campaign against the film.[[/note]]
125* Elizabeth Knox cried for days after watching the film adaptation of ''The Vintner's Luck''. [[http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/3076674/Author-cried-over-Vintners-Luck-film In a bad way.]]
126* P.L. Travers hated the [[Film/MaryPoppins Disney film adaptation]] of her ''Literature/MaryPoppins'' books, which served as the subject of the 2013 film ''Film/SavingMrBanks''. In a rare 1977 interview, Travers would later state that she thought the film was well made and had a lot of positive aspects to it. However, she felt it was so different from her books that she wasn't happy with the final product. When she was first approached by Cameron Mackintosh to produce the [[Theatre/MaryPoppins stage musical]], Travers stated that no one from the film production were to be involved with the making of the musical. This included any new songs by the Sherman Brothers, though she allowed some songs from the movie, cut or not, into the show.
127* Creator/JDSalinger's short story ''Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut'' was adapted to a film called ''Film/MyFoolishHeart'' in 1949. The film had little resemblance to the original, and Salinger hated it so much, that he never again allowed his work to be filmed even after his death.
128* As aforementioned on the page quote, Creator/CliveBarker disowned ''Film/HellraiserRevelations''.
129* Graham Dury underwent a full-fledged CreatorBreakdown after the release of the widely loathed ''Film/FatSlags'' movie, which he called "crap from start to end."
130* The people at The Topps Company (who own the Franchise/GarbagePailKids franchise) were so embarrassed by ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' that immediately after it was released, [[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-29/entertainment/ca-1307_1_garbage-pail-kids they refused to talk about it.]]
131* Creator/StanislawLem disliked both film versions of his science fiction novel ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'', stating that they focus on the human characters too much, and miss the actual theme of his novel, which is the impossibility of comprehending a truly alien intelligence.
132* Creator/AynRand hated the 1949 movie version of ''Literature/TheFountainhead'', even though the screenplay was written by her and barely altered. She refused to let any of her other novels be filmed unless they let her pick the director and edit the film herself.
133* Creator/JerryLewis was supportive of Creator/EddieMurphy's 1996 remake of ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' until he saw how much ToiletHumor there was. However, he would change his mind about it by 2009.
134* Peter Chung, the creator of ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'', has [[http://monican-spies.livejournal.com/44607.html spoken at length]] about his extreme unhappiness with the [[Film/AeonFlux live-action film version]].
135* Alan Martin, the original writer of the ''ComicBook/TankGirl'' comics, was so unhappy with [[Film/TankGirl the film version]] that he wrote "Tank Girl is dead" in the introduction to the ''Tank Girl 3'' trade paperback, and didn't write the character again for around ten years. He was quoted as saying, "Most adaptations are like breaking into a bank vault from a sewer. This was like doing it the other way around."
136* Creator/GerryAnderson, the creator of ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', went on record as saying that ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' was [[SpiritualAdaptation closer to the spirit of the show]] than the [[Film/{{Thunderbirds}} 2004 film adaptation]]. Given that he wasn't particularly fond of ''Team America'' (mainly due to its raunchy humor, which meant that he couldn't watch it with his grandkids), that's saying something.
137* Creator/JossWhedon [[http://www.eonline.com/news/212644/joss-whedon-reacts-to-buffy-movie-news-i-have-strong-mixed-emotions wasn't thrilled about the possible reboot]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', likening it to a FranchiseZombie.
138* The cast members of the original ''[[Series/MissionImpossible Mission: Impossible]]'' television series ''despised'' the [[Film/MissionImpossible1996 movie]] starring Creator/TomCruise for how [[spoiler:it turned [[BigGood Jim Phelps]] into a treacherous villain.]] Creator/PeterGraves was even offered the chance to reprise the role, but he turned it down in disgust. In addition, Creator/MartinLandau (Rollin Hand) and Creator/GregMorris (Barney Collier) were also quite critical about the movie, with Morris actually storming out of the movie premiere in anger before the film actually ended.
139* Creator/RobertConrad, who played Jim West on the television series ''Series/TheWildWildWest'', was very vocal in his disdain of its 1999 film adaptation ''Film/WildWildWest'', personally accepting the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] it "won".
140* Despite being credited for coming up with the original story, Creator/QuentinTarantino claims that the finalized script used for ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'' is such a huge departure from his original version, that the only thing in common between them are the names of the main characters (Mickey and Mallory).
141* Creator/AnneRice could never decide whether she liked the film adaptations of her ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'' books or not. At first, she was very much against the choice of Creator/TomCruise for the role of Lestat in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', but later changed her mind and endorsed the film. She admitted that she loved Cruise's performance from the first moment he was on screen, but noted "that Tom ''did'' make Lestat work was something I could not see in a crystal ball". The much looser adaptation of ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' resulted in Rice, at first, being against it. Then, after meeting the star Stuart Townsend, she mellowed down and gave her support. Two years later, she would change her mind again. On her Website/{{Facebook}} page, Rice would claim that the film is a "mutilation" of her work.
142* When Creator/PaddyChayefsky adapted his novel ''Film/AlteredStates'' for the screen, he got into disputes with directors Arthur Penn (who eventually quit) and Creator/KenRussell, and threatened to sue if one word of his script was changed. Even that clause didn't stop him from being disappointed in the final product (which is why the screenplay is credited to [[AlanSmithee Sidney Aaron]]).
143* Creator/AkiraToriyama was ''not'' pleased with ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', as it was bordering on an InNameOnly adaptation. His comments at the time of the film's release can be read as polite disappointment, asking fans to view it as a "separate dimension" of the franchise, but by the time of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' (which he was spurred to work on in part because of his dissatisfaction with ''Evolution''), he was much more openly negative. The movie was further disowned when Ben Ramsey, the movie's own ''screenwriter'', expressed his disdain for the finished script in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKD5r_5GQ0 this video]]. Ramsey, intending to stay fairly faithful to the series while also having ''Dragonball Evolution'' do its own thing, had much of his original ideas nixed and [[ExecutiveMeddling executive meddled]] away by the producers.
144* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' co-creators Michael [=DiMartino=] and Bryan Konietzko seem to share their fanbase's distaste for Creator/MNightShyamalan's live-action adaptation ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', having said in interviews that it distorted their vision of ''Avatar'' and have even advised people, including members of the ''original cast'', not to watch it.
145* Creator/GeneRoddenberry was not a fan of many of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' films which followed ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture The Motion Picture]]'', after which the franchise was taken away from him and put in the hands of Harve Bennett (even going as far as publicly disowning ''[[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier The Final Frontier]]''). [[WhatCouldHaveBeen His original idea]] for the second ''Star Trek'' film, in which Kirk and Spock would go back in time to stop the Klingons from meddling with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, was widely disliked by everyone else involved with the franchise. Many people believe that the films saw a marked improvement beginning with the first non-Roddenberry film, ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]''.
146* Creator/NigelKneale was very unhappy with the Film/HammerHorror film adaptations of his first two ''Franchise/{{Quatermass}}'' serials, in particular due to the casting of the American Brian Donleavy as Quatermass and to the replacement of the IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight climax of the first serial with the military [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer just blowing the monster up]]. He was much happier with the film version of ''Quatermass and the Pit'', which recast Quatermass, was a very intelligent CompressedAdaptation of the series, and came up with the brilliant idea of having the "Pit" be a [[SinisterSubway London Underground]] station instead of an ordinary building site.
147* Michael Oher, the subject of the Michael Lewis book ''Literature/TheBlindSide'', is not a fan of the film adaptation due to a large number of inaccuracies and the attention he received when the film was released. He even asked reporters not to ask questions about the film during Super Bowl XLVII's media day.
148* The real Dr. Hunter Adams was dissatisfied with ''Film/PatchAdams'', saying that it is more commercial and focuses more on him being funny than his actual methods.[[note]]His philosophy is about using friendliness and humor to help in the healing process, using alternative medical treatments as well; the movie presented him as guy who likes making people feel better but actually ''getting'' better is a secondary issue[[/note]]. He was also annoyed that Creator/RobinWilliams did not bother to donate any of his $21 million salary to his institute, although he did not dislike Williams as a whole and applauded his support for St. Jude Children's Hospital. In fact, the two were otherwise pretty good friends, so much so Adams would later write for Time Magazine [[http://time.com/3105119/robin-williams-dead-patch-adams-remembers/ a heartwarming farewell to Williams]] after his death in 2014.
149* Ira Gershwin and his wife Leonore disliked the 1959 film version of ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'', to the point that it has been out of circulation because of this.
150-->'''[[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86938/Porgy-and-Bess/notes.html Michael Strunsky: trustee of Ira Gershwin's estate:]]''' "[Leonore] didn't want it distributed. She and [Ira] felt it was a Hollywoodization of the piece. We [the estate] now acquire any prints we find and destroy them. We are often approached for permission to show the film, which we consistently deny."
151* Max Brooks disowned the [[Film/WorldWarZ film adaptation]] of ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' as it was about to be released, not happy with the changes made to his book. However, [[http://io9.com/against-all-odds-author-max-brooks-didnt-hate-the-wor-848787012 he did say]] that he enjoyed it as an original work, and noted that, since [[InNameOnly it diverged so heavily from the book]] beyond the basic premise, he didn't think that the filmmakers butchered the story he wrote. He even stated that Jurgen Warmbrunn, the only character who made the transition from the book to the movie, was "pretty spot on" from how he imagined him.
152* Creator/LoisDuncan, in an interview included with reprints of her novel ''Literature/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', stated that she felt [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer the film adaptation]] to be a mockery of the book, to the point where, when she started watching it, she thought she'd wandered into the wrong theater at first. That's before getting into the RealitySubtext -- her daughter Kaitlyn Arquette had been murdered as a teenager, so seeing the fairly bloodless suspense story she wrote turned into a teen SlasherMovie hit especially close to home, causing her to remark that the film was [[http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-11-19/features/1997323052_1_lois-duncan-kait-duncan-wrote "trivializing violence and making murder seem like a game."]] She did, however, admittedly appreciate how the film produced more interest in her work and, in particular, her daughter's murder (which was, and still is, an unsolved case that she spent much of her later years trying to get reopened), and said that, while she strongly disagreed with how the film handled her story, the studio had every right to do it.
153* Creator/DrSeuss' widow, Audrey Geisel, was so disgusted by the 2003 film adaptation of ''[[Film/TheCatInTheHat Cat in the Hat]]'' starring Creator/MikeMyers that she forbade any live-action adaptations of her husband's works to be made again for the rest of her life.
154* While Creator/StephenieMeyer generally gave approval of the film adaptation of [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga her series]], she expressed disapproval at quite a few changes in ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', most notably the scene where Edward yells at Jacob for forcibly kissing Bella (she initially said it made Edward not be the bigger man, then later said it was because Edward angrily grabbing Jacob's arm should have ripped it off, if it were canon). This possibly explains why she was given much more creative control over the final two movies.
155* Perhaps the most extreme example is Boris Vian's reaction to the film adaptation of his novel, ''I Will Spit on Your Graves'' (not to be confused with ''Film/ISpitOnYourGrave''). Vian denounced the adaptation while it was in production. He attended the premiere, but started complaining about the film a few minutes into the screening. Then he collapsed with a heart attack and died on the way to the hospital.
156* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' co-creator Ronald Shusett has criticized ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' for being the complete antithesis of the first movie. He's not too happy with the [[Film/{{Alien3}} third]] and [[Film/AlienResurrection fourth]] films either.
157* Creator/PaulVerhoeven, who directed the original ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' has expressed pleasure at the disappointing returns of its [[Film/TotalRecall2012 remake]]. It doesn't help that the cast and crew of the remake referred to the original as kitsch.
158* Creator/CliveCussler hated the [[Film/RaiseTheTitanic film adaptation]] of ''Literature/RaiseTheTitanic'' so much that [[NoAdaptationsAllowed 25 years passed]] before he allowed another of his novels, ''Literature/{{Sahara}}'', to be [[Film/{{Sahara 2005}} adapted]]. He hated that one even more and advised fans to boycott it.
159* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
160** Creator/JohnByrne [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/05/20/john-byrne-wasnt-invited-to-cameo-in-x-men-days-of-future-past-but-hed-have-said-no/ said]] that if he had been invited to cameo in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', inspired by [[Comicbook/DaysOfFuturePast an arc of the comics he pencilled]], he would feel "a lot like the prom scene in ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''", stating that he really hates what [[Film/XMenFilmSeries the movies]] have done with the X-Men.
161** While he doesn't hate ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', the years since its original release has seen Creator/ChrisClaremont view it as a poor adaptation of ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills'' because of the changes it made.
162** Unsurprisingly, Creator/RobLiefeld hated what ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' did to Deadpool, going as far as to write a letter asking the film to be reshot with Deadpool sporting a mask. According to Liefeld, Creator/JimLee was also unhappy with how the film did Gambit, one of Lee's creations.
163** Bob [=McLeod=], who co-created the ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' comic, gave [[Film/TheNewMutants the film]] a savage review, despising the casting of a white Brazilian as Sunspot (an Afro-Brazilian character), hating how the other characters were adapted as well, and the final insult being how the credits spelled his name as "Bob Macleod".
164* Tim [=LaHaye=] and Jerry B. Jenkins, the authors of the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series, hated the adaptations by Cloud Ten Pictures, calling them "church basement movies" and going so far as to [[http://filmschoolrejects.com/news/left-behind-teaser-trailer.php sue the studio]] (and ''win'') over it. This is a big part of the reason why the films were later remade.
165* Music/RogerWaters isn't a terribly big fan of the film adaptation of ''Music/TheWall'', likely because he didn't get to play the lead role like he had wanted (the TroubledProduction probably also helps). That didn't stop him from doing a hilarious DVDCommentary track with Gerald Scarfe, though.
166* Jean M. Auel hated the [[Film/TheClanOfTheCaveBear film version]] of ''Literature/ClanOfTheCaveBear'' so much that she sued the filmmakers and bought back the movie rights.
167* Creator/FrankMiller said that [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/08/19/frank-miller-tells-playboy-about-how-rod-stewart-took-away-masculinity/ he hates all of the Batman movies.]] Though very little from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' have found their way into the theatrical versions.
168* Creator/KenKesey claimed to have never seen the film version of ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', but was involved in the early scripting stages, eventually pulling out due to creative differences, reportedly unhappy with the casting, as well as changing the viewpoint from Chief Bromden to Randle P. [=McMurphy=]. Creator/ChuckPalahniuk, in a foreword to a 2007 edition of the book stated, "The first time I heard this story, it was through the movie starring Creator/JackNicholson. A movie that Kesey once told me he disliked".
169* Creator/DorothyLSayers is said to have so disliked the film of ''Busman's Honeymoon'' she destroyed every copy she could.
170* Creator/TomClancy took issue with several adaptations of his novels:
171** He was very unhappy with the numerous changes [[TheFilmOfTheBook the film version]] of ''Film/PatriotGames'' made from [[Literature/PatriotGames the original novel]]. He also felt that the 49-year-old Creator/HarrisonFord was too old to play the 31-year-old Jack Ryan.
172** He was very critical of the film adaptation of ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''. Most notably, he disliked the ending. In the movie, Ryan blows the lid off the covert operation in Colombia by publicly testifying before Congress. In the book, the men responsible for the operation are quietly dealt with behind the scenes. Tom Clancy feels that Jack Ryan would never take a course of action that would result in the United States being damaged by a major scandal.
173** On the commentary track for ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'', his ''very first words'' after introducing himself are "I wrote the book they ignored." Things get even more contentious between him and the film's director as the movie progresses.
174* In the documentary ''Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop!'', it is mentioned that several staff members at Marvel were very disappointed with the 1990 ''Film/{{Captain America|1990}}'' movie, and felt that the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger 2011 film]] was a massive improvement.
175* When creating Ashley Kafka for ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'', J.M. [=DeMatteis=] based and named her after a friend of his, Frayda Kafka. The real life Kafka [[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/05/spider-man-real-life-dr-kafka wasn't happy]] with the character being {{Gender Flip}}ped and [[AdaptationalVillainy made into a villain]] for ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', nor for that matter, is she happy with [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott Dan Slott killing her off]].
176* Creator/GoreVidal disowned TheFilmOfTheBook ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' and blamed it for a drop in sales of the book that lasted a decade.
177* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium:
178** Creator/JRRTolkien did ''not'' hesitate to reject the very first proposal to make ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' into a live-action movie in 1958. His comments on the alterations made in the proposed scripts are one long TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, ending with this gem:
179--->''The Lord of the Rings'' cannot be garbled like that!
180** Tolkien expressed displeasure at the only adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'' to be produced in his lifetime -- the 1955-56 Creator/{{BBC}} RadioDrama. His critiques generally boiled down to his belief that the books were unadaptable and that the cast and crew of the production were not taking their source material sufficiently seriously. Unfortunately, modern-day audiences aren't able to form an opinion on the matter either way, as the tapes were wiped and all episodes are considered lost.
181** Tolkien's third son Christopher disliked the way Creator/NewLineCinema handled the film adaptations of [=LOTR=], describing them in a 2012 interview as "action movies for 15 to 25 year olds". On the other hand, Christopher's son Simon (Tolkien's grandson) had nothing but positive things to say about the films, which unfortunately caused a rift between him and his father until their reconciliation in 2012.
182* Zelda and Creator/FScottFitzgerald walked out of a screening of the now-lost 1926 silent film adaptation of ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (the only one released during their lifetimes), which emphasized the party scenes and their scandalous elements. Zelda wrote in a letter to her daughter Scottie that it was "ROTTEN and awful and terrible and we left" (all-caps hers).
183* Robin Hardy, director of the original version of ''Film/{{The Wicker Man|1973}}'', disliked [[Film/TheWickerMan2006 the 2006 remake]]. More subtley, Creator/ChristopherLee was also quite surprised about it and thought of it as a different film altogether rather than a remake. Hardy went so far as to make ''The Wicker Tree'', a [[ThematicSeries thematic sequel]] to the original film, nearly forty years after the fact simply out of spite for the remake, and cast Lee in a minor part for good measure. While ''The Wicker Tree'' was a critical and commercial bomb, [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/apr/01/wicker-man-sequel-wicker-tree all that mattered]] to Hardy was that it got a better reception than the remake.
184* Both ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'' writer Creator/MarkWaid and ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' writer Creator/GrantMorrison [[http://thrillbent.com/blog/man-of-steel-since-you-asked/ didn't]] [[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/movienewsandreviews/news/?a=84536 like]] [[spoiler:Superman killing General Zod]] at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel''. Waid was also unhappy with the amount of collateral damage in the film though he didn't mind Jonathan Kent telling Clark that maybe he shouldn't save people at the expense of his alien identity.
185* Eric Red, the screenwriter of the original ''Film/TheHitcher'', both requested a writing credit on the 2007 remake (because it was so similar to his original) ''and'' disowned it (because he thought its few changes were for the worse).
186* While Creator/RickRiordan hasn't seen the final versions of the ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' films, he did read the early scripts for the ''Lightning Thief'' movie and [[https://rickriordan.com/2018/11/memories-from-my-tv-movie-experience/ emailed the producers]] critiquing the scripts and warning them the movie could fail with its constant deviations from [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians the source material]]. Later, when he was informed on Website/{{Twitter}} that a teacher was planning to show the movies to her class, he [[http://rickriordan.com/2016/03/a-letter-you-can-share-with-your-teacher/ posted a form letter on his blog]] that students could give their teachers, telling them the movies were awful and a waste of good classroom time, concluding by stating: "The kids don’t need classroom time to learn that movies can be really, really bad. They'll find that out on their own!" It says something that he's getting more directly involved with the [[Series/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians2023 Disney+ adaptation]] and making it TruerToTheText.
187* Jacqueline Susann was disgusted with the film adaptation of ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'', saying, "The first time I saw it was on a press junket. There was supposed to be a party after the film. I went back to my cabin, took two Seconals and a slug of Scotch....It was a very embarrassing thing." Likewise, one of its stars, Creator/PattyDuke, commented, "I need an air-sick bag to sit through that movie."
188* Scott Spencer hated both film adaptations of ''Literature/EndlessLove''. For clarity's sake, the novel is about a StalkerWithACrush, and the extremes he goes to in order to be with the object of his obsession. Both films went for a straightforward romance:
189** He called the 1981 version a "botched" job and wrote that Franco Zeffirelli "egregiously and ridiculously misunderstood" the novel.
190--> "I was frankly surprised that something so tepid and conventional could have been fashioned from my slightly unhinged novel about the glorious destructive violence of erotic obsession."
191** He thought that the 2014 version was ''even worse''. He said about the script:
192--> "It's about one hundred pages, and the only ones that were not dreary were sciatica inducing."
193* None of Music/TheBeatles approved of ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''. Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/RingoStarr attended the premier and subsequently shunned the film, while Music/JohnLennon and Music/GeorgeHarrison refused to view it altogether for the rest of their lives.
194* Donn Pearce disliked ''Film/CoolHandLuke''. In a 1989 interview with ''The Miami Herald'', he said, "I seem to be the only guy in the United States who doesn't like the movie. Everyone had a whack at it. They screwed it up 99 different ways." For one thing, Pearce thought Creator/PaulNewman was "too scrawny" and completely wrong for the part.
195* Martin Charnin, lyricist and director of ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'', stated in an article in 1996 that he refuses to acknowledge the film. However, unlike other instances of this, Charnin goes on to state that it's his own fault that the movie turned out the way it did, as, in his own words, he, composer Charles Strouse, and librettist Thomas Meehan, failed to secure any degree of creative control over the film when they signed away the film rights.
196* Author Peter George, who wrote ''Red Alert'', detested the conversion of his book to a satire in ''Film/DrStrangelove'', but wrote a tie-in novelization of the film anyway.
197* ''Rocky Horror'' creator Creator/RichardOBrien said that ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowLetsDoTheTimeWarpAgain'' was "misconceived and badly cast".
198* Creator/TennesseeWilliams:
199** Williams was was quite dissatisfied with the film adaptation of ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'', largely for omitting the themes about homosexuality and revising the play's third act with a long scene centered on Brick and Big Daddy.
200** Williams hated the adaptation of ''Theatre/SuddenlyLastSummer'', denying he had any part in writing the script despite having screen credit. He thought Creator/ElizabethTaylor was miscast as Catherine, that the film went too far afield from his original play and "made [him] throw up".
201* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
202** Bob Layton, co-writer of such stories as "Demon in the Bottle" and "Armor Wars", only liked the first ''Film/IronMan1'' film. [[http://www.boblayton.com/interview-with-bob-by-dolmen-magazine/ His reasons for despising the sequels]] include hatred for Justin Hammer's AdaptationalComicRelief and AdaptationalWimp in ''Film/IronMan2'' (going from TheChessmaster and a DiabolicalMastermind to a KnowNothingKnowItAll BigBadWannabe who wants to be Tony Stark), felt that what was done with Hammer was an AudienceColoringAdaptation to the character's detriment, felt like ''2'' relied too much on armors, and felt like ''Film/IronMan3'' was a G-rated ''Film/KissKissBangBang'' that made Tony come across as an idiot. Creator/JohnByrne also hated the third movie's [[spoiler:Mandarin twist]].
203** Ironically, given his own tendency to DarkerAndEdgier work, including the original ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'', Creator/MarkMillar [[http://www.cbr.com/original-civil-war-writer-didnt-really-dig-captain-america-civil-war/ found]] ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' to be too dark.
204** [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]]' creator, Steve Englehart, wasn't happy with the decision in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' to use the later ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' comics' version of a spacey, oddball precog and emotion manipulator, as opposed to his original version in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' as a willful and seductive mystical martial artist. It didn't help that the movie completely changed her background from a human woman of German/Vietnamese ancestry with ties to the Kree, to a total alien as well as eschewing her [[ThirdPersonPerson distinctive speech patterns]].
205** Combined with a creator not knowing about a pre-existing concept, Creator/LouFerrigno thought the Savage Hulk's appearance made the character work and thus frowned upon [[spoiler:Professor Hulk being used in the film -- seemingly unware the film didn't create Professor Hulk, as it was an element taken from Creator/PeterDavid's run on ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk''.]]
206* Although Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto is fond of it, the live-action ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' film was this to Creator/{{Nintendo}} as a whole, due to being a box office failure. As a result, Nintendo refused to sign off on any theatrical [[VideoGameMoviesSuck adaptations of their video games]] for 23 years (other than ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', the film rights to which are held by The Pokémon Company). It also soured their relationship with Disney, the film's distributor, enough that [[Ride/SuperNintendoWorld they took their theme park rights to Universal instead]]; they followed that up by partnering with Universal subsidiary Creator/IlluminationEntertainment to create ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''.
207* Creator/MichaelMoorcock hated ''The Last Days of Man on Earth'', the one and only adaptation of his Jerry Cornelius stories, but he did admit to having a good time interacting with Jon Finch and the rest of the cast.
208* In a rare case of a Disowned SpiritualAdaptation, the French horror film ''Film/HighTension'' has been noted as having many similarities to the Creator/DeanKoontz novel ''Intensity'', to the point where some have accused writer/director Creator/AlexandreAja (who admitted to having read the book) of UsefulNotes/{{plagiarism}}. Koontz stated that he believes that there was plagiarism involved and that he could have successfully sued for it, but ultimately, he decided not to because he hated ''High Tension'' so much that he didn't want it associated with his book, even if it meant getting royalties. To quote [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150118073726/http://www.deankoontz.com/movies-qa/ his newsletter:]]
209-->"In the past, Dean has been aggressive about plagiarism and has succeeded in every action he has taken against every plagiarist. In this case, a win appeared inevitable, but he decided to ignore the offense because he found the film so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt that he didn’t want the association with it that would inevitably come if he pursued an action against the filmmaker. Maybe the lesson is that if you’re going to steal from Dean’s work, you better make your version as [[TorturePorn disgusting and misanthropic]], as [[HumansAreBastards full of loathing for humanity]], as you can; then you might get away with it!"
210* ''Film/DeathWish'':
211** Brian Garfield, author of the [[Literature/DeathWish original novel]] upon which the film was based, [[https://www.popmatters.com/historian-interview-with-brian-garfield-2496171202.html disliked the film adaptation]], acknowledging its impact but calling it "woeful" as cinema. He hated the sequels even more, calling them "nothing more than [[VanityProject vanity showcases]] for the very limited talents of Creator/CharlesBronson." He wrote the book as a {{deconstruction}} of {{vigilant|eMan}}ism, portraying it as a road that led to fascism no matter the good intentions of the people who turned to it, and the films' endorsement of such led him to write the sequel ''Film/DeathSentence'' as a far more pointed and blunt deconstruction that portrayed the vigilante as a VillainProtagonist. ''Death Sentence'' would itself receive a film adaptation in 2007 from Creator/JamesWan that, while heavily altering the story (most notably by [[DivorcedInstallment turning it into a standalone film]] rather than a sequel to ''Death Wish''), still retained its core themes, [[ApprovalOfGod and thus largely met Garfield's approval]].
212** As for the [[Film/DeathWish2018 remake]], Joe Carnahan was [[http://collider.com/joe-carnahan-death-wish-script-wheelman-interview/ not happy]] with how his script for it was handled. He had little nice to say about either the rewrites or the casting of Creator/BruceWillis in the lead role (which caused him to leave the project), such that he's considered taking his original script and [[DivorcedInstallment making a standalone film out of it]].
213* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
214** Creator/GeorgeLucas allegedly said of the much reviled ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that special and smash it." So he's probably still not too happy about that one.
215** To a much lesser degree is the sequel trilogy, which Lucas enjoyed but found very flawed. According to Bob Iger, his main criticism of the movies produced after he sold his company to Disney was that they ''looked'' good but weren't really doing anything new.
216** It's not outright disowned, but Lucas is known for having a fairly neutral opinion of Franchise/StarWarsLegends, choosing to treat it as an AlternateContinuity to his own films (which it ended up becoming). That said, a few elements did make their way over, such as Aayla Secura appearing in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones,'' and his own pitch for the sequel trilogy featured [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Talon]] as TheDragon to Darth Maul's BigBad. He has also been very consistent in his approval for it doing stories he himself wouldn't be able to do and has on many occasions made clear that while it isn't his, it is still valid Star Wars.
217** Marcia Lucas, the editor of ''A New Hope'', criticized the sequel trilogy and called out both J.J. Abrams and Creator/KathleenKennedy for not understanding the series (she especially took issue with [[spoiler: killing Han Solo]]). She also previously expressed dislike for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''; reportedly breaking down in tears during her first viewing of the film.
218** Creator/AlanDeanFoster, who wrote the novelizations for ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', as well as many books in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends continuity, denounced ''Film/TheLastJedi'' as a betrayal of the franchise's principles, even offering to do a page one rewrite of the film.
219* ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic'' holds a reputation as one of the worst horror sequels ever made, an opinion that is shared by, among (many, ''many'') others, William Peter Blatty and Creator/WilliamFriedkin, the respective writer and director of ''Film/TheExorcist'' (Blatty having written both [[Literature/TheExorcist the original novel]] and [[SelfAdaptation the screenplay for the movie]]). Blatty said that he was the first person in his theater to start laughing at the film, while Friedkin [[BileFascination compared it to witnessing a traffic accident]] and recounted a story of Creator/WarnerBros executives being chased from the theater by angry moviegoers within ten minutes. Blatty, in fact, went so far as to write ''Legion'', an official sequel to ''The Exorcist'', specifically [[FixFic because of what a disservice to his work]] he felt had been done by ''The Heretic'', despite having never originally intended to write a sequel. ''Legion'' would later be adapted as ''Film/TheExorcistIII'', which [[CanonDiscontinuity took only the first film as canon]] and which Blatty personally wrote and directed.
220* Creator/AstridLindgren was dissatisfied with how the 1949 film adaptation of the ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' novels turned out due to the casting of Viveca Serlachius, [[DawsonCasting then 26 years old]], to play the titular character and the liberties taken with the source material. So much so, that Lindgren would personally write the scripts for later adaptations of her works starting with the 1957 film adaptation of ''Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously'', the final novel in the ''Bill Bergson'' series, with few exceptions.
221* Christian Nyby, the director of the 1951 film ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', hated Creator/JohnCarpenter's 1982 remake, titled simply ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}''. He said that audiences who wanted blood (the film being ''[[BodyHorror much]]'' BloodierAndGorier than the original) were better served going to a slaughterhouse, and that all it was good for was serving as [[INeedAFreakingDrink an ad for J&B Scotch]]. Kenneth Tobey, the lead actor from ''The Thing from Another World'', also criticized the 1982 film, saying that the gory special effects overshadowed everything else and "were so explicit that they actually destroyed how you were supposed to feel about the characters".
222* Creator/JohnCarpenter wasn't too pleased with Music/RobZombie's [[Film/Halloween2007 2007 remake]] of ''Film/Halloween1978''. While he did give Zombie his blessing to do his own take on the story, he later admitted that he felt it took away from the mystique of the original by explaining Michael's origins, and that Michael was [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking too big]].
223* Creator/SusanCooper ''hates'' the InNameOnly adaptation of ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', and is not shy about saying so. At least she can take solace in the fact that it was a critical and commercial flop, and for over a decade held the distinction of having the second-weakest debut of any movie '''ever'''.
224* Horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes found ''Film/TheMonsterClub'', an adaptation of several of his short stories, to be a disappointment. In particular, he felt that John Carradine was too old to play the film's fictional incarnation of Chetwynd-Hayes.
225* Harold Robbins, after sleeping through a rough cut of ''Film/TheLonelyLady'', declared to his assistant/future wife Jann Stapp "The movie will be a bummer, everyone will lose money. Except me. I got six hundred thousand dollars before it opened."
226* Don Mancini, the creator of the ''Film/ChildsPlay'' franchise, was [[https://slate.com/culture/2019/06/childs-play-2019-remake-beef-don-mancini.html not pleased]] with the announcement of its [[Film/ChildsPlay2019 2019 reboot]], not least because he was still making ''Child's Play'' films himself and was working on [[Series/{{Chucky}} a TV adaptation]] at the time. While noting that the studio had the legal right to do as they pleased with the remake, he turned down an executive producer credit, feeling that he was being patronized and that the studio was reaching out to him simply to get his [[ApprovalOfGod stamp of approval]]. Creator/BradDourif and Creator/JenniferTilly, who voiced the [[PerversePuppet killer doll]] {{Villain Protagonist}}s Chucky and Tiffany in the older films, also expressed their disapproval with the remake.
227* David Morrell, the author of ''Literature/FirstBlood'', was always fairly pleased with its [[Film/FirstBlood film adaptation]] and the resulting ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' film franchise, even with the many changes it made (particularly John Rambo's AdaptationalHeroism; Morrell originally wrote him as a murderous villain). He was [[https://www.newsweek.com/rambo-last-blood-review-david-morrell-sylvester-stallone-1460553 not nearly so cordial]] about the fifth film, ''Film/RamboLastBlood'', saying that he was "embarrassed to have [his] name associated with it" and that he felt "degraded and dehumanized" as he left the theater. He had originally been working with Creator/SylvesterStallone on the script, but Stallone wound up using only the most basic outline of his ideas in the finished product, and he found the resulting film to be soulless and poorly made on top of it. The only part he liked was the first two minutes.
228* The only acknowledgement Creator/{{Bethesda}} [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkane/2019/10/01/writer-director-tony-giglio-on-making-doom-annihilation/?sh=476116b0522e has ever given the]] DirectToVideo ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' film ''Film/DoomAnnihilation'' was [[https://twitter.com/doom/status/1105216174973960192?lang=en a tweet]] on the official ''Doom'' Twitter account simply stating "We're not involved with the movie".
229* ''Literature/TheWitcher'' author Andrzej Sapkowski was quite disappointed by the Polish film and TV adaptations of his most famous work, calling the film "an obscenity, albeit a short one".
230* Creator/JamesCameron has [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/james-cameron-sounds-alarm-artificial-intelligence-unveils-a-terminator-21st-century-1043027 described]] the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' sequels that he had no involvement with as "bad dreams" in light of him working on ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'':
231** Cameron refused to work on [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines the first sequel that would be done without him]] because he believed he already told the story he wanted in the first and second films. (while he was attached to ''Terminator 3'' at the first, he dropped out amid [[TroubledProduction the mess that was]] ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', and then [[GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld the franchise rights were purchased by someone else]])
232** [[https://screenrant.com/james-cameron-reviews-terminator-salvation/ He's stated]] he didn't think ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' was terrible and liked some parts of it and recommended Creator/SamWorthington in the cast, but thinks it "over-quoted" the first two films too much and didn't reinvent enough, as well as lacking Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's actual presence in it.
233** Previously, he [[ApprovalOfGod approved]] of ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' and called it the ''true'' sequel to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. But then he revealed to only have done to stick up for Arnold.
234* Creator/EdBoon and Creator/JohnTobias both regard the second ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' film, ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', to be the low point of the franchise. A contrast to the [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie first movie]], which is generally regarded to be one of the few decent film adaptations of a video game, if not the best.
235* Peter Laird, when [[http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot.com/2017/04/ask-pl-15.html?showComment=1492237052041#c5968914384949269686 asked]] for his opinion on the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movies, didn't rank [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 the 2014 reboot]] due to not matching his vision for the characters. The list of films he liked from best to least also respectively lists the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII third]] and [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze second]] movies below ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' (his first place film) and [[{{WesternAnimation/TMNT}} the Imagi film]] (his second place film).
236-->"I don't think I can include the two recent Creator/MichaelBay-produced films in this comparison because I don't see the characters in them as representing what the TMNT should be. They're more like mini-Hulks with bandanas. -- PL"
237* Creator/RidleyScott, the brother of the late Creator/TonyScott who directed ''Film/TopGun'', was reportedly not pleased with ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', citing that the first movie was more "original" compared to the sequel.
238* [[https://twitter.com/freddyinspace/status/1255904561388273671?s=21 A tweet from Fangoria]] asked fans which movie in the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' series was their least favorite. Creator/WesCraven, the creator of the series, [[https://twitter.com/wescraven/status/518099169308061696?s=21 simply replied with]] [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 "the remake"]].
239* Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's daughter said in 1981 that she was with him when he saw the film version of ''[[Literature/{{Flashman}} Royal Flash]]'' and he was so embarrassed by it that he had his head in his hands.
240* ''Film/Godzilla1998'' was disowned ''heavily'' by Creator/{{Toho}}; to the degree that not only did they choose to get directly involved with the [[Film/Godzilla2014 next US remake]], but ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' includes a scene where the 1998 version (credited as "Zilla") is [[TakeThatScrappy unceremoniously killed off]] by the original in a CurbStompBattle in Sydney. Both Creator/HaruoNakajima and Kenpachiro Satsuma (former suit actors for Godzilla) also expressed dislike for the 1998 film in interviews.
241* Creator/DarioArgento [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWWx_OuWIAIn-wt?format=jpg&name=medium hated]] the [[Film/Suspiria2018 2018 remake]] of ''Film/{{Suspiria|1977}}''.
242-->"It was all wrong. The music was disgusting. There was no pathos. I didn't like it."
243* ''Film/GSaviour'' was subject to this by Sunrise, with the official line from the studio being that they "don't like to talk about ''G-Saviour''" and Nozomi Entertainment confirming [[https://twitter.com/NozomiEnt/status/1083455897328893954?s=20 Sunrise has no plans to re-release the film]]. When Sunrise formally announced Legendary Pictures was going to be working on a live-action ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' film, assurances were immediately made it would not resemble ''G-Saviour'' or else it wouldn't be released.
244* Creator/BretEastonEllis disowned ''Film/AmericanPsycho2AllAmericanGirl'', a DolledUpInstallment that followed up on [[Literature/AmericanPsycho a film]] that was never written with a sequel in mind, [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/31/dvd-sequels-lost-boys-3 comparing it]] to the later ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' films.
245* Creator/RichardMatheson:
246** [[https://iamlegendarchive.blogspot.com/p/richard-matheson-interview.html When interviewed about the adaptations of his books]], he stated "I will not comment on ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'' except to say that a major producer in Hollywood said to me, 'They should have shot your book.' Amen."
247** He also wasn't fond of [[Film/TheLastManOnEarth any of]] [[Film/TheOmegaMan the three]] [[Film/IAmLegend adaptations]] of his novel ''Literature/IAmLegend'', stating after reading the script for the third one "I don't know why Hollly wood is fascinated by my book when they never care to film it as I wrote it".
248* Creator/AnnetteCurtisKlause wasn't much happier with the [[Film/BloodAndChocolate2007 2007 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/BloodAndChocolate1997'' than the fans. She wasn't hugely scathing and expressed hope it could work on its own merits, but made it clear in a 2006 [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708032643/http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/01/author-update-annette-curtis-klause.html interview]] that she wasn't keen on the many changes made to the story and sympathized with disappointed fans. She particularly disliked that the film changed the story's setting and character ages, feeling that it "kind of negates the whole point of the plot--werewolves could be sitting right next to you in your high school homeroom". Klause had little involvement in the film's production and wasn't kept in the loop by filmmakers, relying on the internet for updates.
249* Jean M. Auel regards the film adaptation of ''Film/TheClanOfTheCaveBear'' as "terrible", especially because she wasn’t able to have any input into the making of it despite being promised she could. It was bad enough that she refused to sell the movie rights to the ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series again in her lifetime (she did relent with a TV adaptation, though that didn't go forward).
250* ''Film/HouseOfGucci'': Patricia Gucci (Maurizio's second cousin) told the Associated Press, in the name of the family, that they were "truly disappointed" by the project. "They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system." She added: "Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed". According to Gucci, the three central concerns of the family are the lack of contact with Creator/RidleyScott, the alleged inaccuracies in the book on which the film is based, and the casting of high-profile actors to play people who weren't connected with the murder. She also said that the Gucci family will decide what their next course of action will be after watching the completed film.
251* Creator/AndrewLloydWebber was ''not'' happy with the film adaptation of ''Film/{{Cats}}'', feeling that it completely missed the elements that made the original play a classic (with [[https://www.film-news.co.uk/news/UK/86896/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-warned-Universal-bosses-Cats-movie-would-be-a-car-crash the studio also ignoring his pleas]]):
252-->"''Cats'' was off-the-scale all wrong. There wasn't really any understanding of why the music ticked at all. I saw it and I just thought, 'Oh, God, no.'"
253* While Creator/BarbraStreisand--who starred in the [[Film/AStarIsBorn1976 1976 remake]] of ''Film/AStarIsBorn1937''--initially paid lipservice to the [[Film/AStarIsBorn2018 2018 version]], she has since revealed that she doesn't like it. When it was first proposed, Music/{{Beyonce}} and Creator/WillSmith were supposed to star in it and Streisand loved the idea of giving the classic film an R&B/hip-hop update. But the film languished in DevelopmentHell for years and by the time it finally saw production, it starred Creator/BradleyCooper and Music/LadyGaga as country singers, which Streisand criticized for [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks not being that much different from her version]].
254* George Mihalka, director of ''Film/MyBloodyValentine'', was asked about [[Film/MyBloodyValentine3D the remake]] in an interview on the Scream Factory Blu-ray release. He politely said that he felt honored that his film was deemed worthy of a remake, and politely made it just as clear that he thought little of the remake otherwise.
255-->''How may movies have been made since TheEighties? Hundreds of thousands. How many movies have been remade? Hundreds. I look at it as an honor. That's about as far as I'd like to go on that.''
256* For ''Film/{{Eiffel}}'', Gustave Eiffel's great-great-grandson Philippe ­Coupérie-Eiffel (who's sort of a keeper of the memory of his ancestor with books and conferences) was furious about the film. He didn't like the amount of [[ArtisticLicenseHistory of liberties taken with history]] and sent a letter to the producers about this, asking them to add a "Romanticized Fiction" mention in the opening credits.
257* Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}}, who has been the voice actor of Creator/{{Disney}}'s Franchise/WinnieThePooh and Tigger since 1988 and 1989, respectively, has stated in [[https://youtu.be/bgba1c4MAoA an interview]] that he finds the horror parody, ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'', to be "disgusting", and makes it abundantly clear that anyone who decides to put his voice in the film will be in big trouble.
258* Music/KurtWeill was able to secure creative control over the musical score of the movie version of ''Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus'', after having been uninvolved and disappointed with movie adaptations of ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'' and ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark''. Unfortunately it promptly entered DevelopmentHell, and it finally went into production as a mostly non-musical romance. The scoring for this version would mainly consist of background music, and Weill decided to leave the composition of this to his assistant Ann Ronell.
259* Creator/ArchieComics was less than thrilled with the amount of raunchy humor in ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001'', and even posted [[https://web.archive.org/web/20010811130900/http://www.archiecomics.com/josies_house/movie_banners/movie_banner_template2.html a letter]] on their website that both politely complained about it and tried to reassure families who might want to take their kids to see it. On home video, Universal released the film in two versions: the PG-13-rated theatrical cut and a more family-friendly PG-rated cut that removed most of the profanity and innuendos, including the "pussy" {{Double Entendre}}s.
260* Creator/ArthurMiller was vocal about his dislike of the 1951 film adaptation of ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', stating that director László Benedek "[chopped] off almost every climax of the play as though with a lawnmower" and mischaracterized Willy Loman as unhinged and unsympathetic.
261* Creator/HGWells disliked ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'', which was an adaptation of his novel, ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'', feeling that the film's emphasis on horror overshadowed the novel's philosophical themes.
262* Creator/ELJames, author of ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' and producer on the [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey film adaptations]], hinted in a [[https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/el-james-the-missus-interview 2023 interview]] with Bustle that she wasn't too happy with how the first ''Fifty Shades'' movie turned out and had only watched it once since it came out. She didn't go into too much detail on what she disliked, stating that she didn't want to "muddy that water" for fans of her books who enjoyed the movie, but that she herself wasn't keen. When asked what she would do differently if a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheMister'' was made, she said she would "make sure the director was sympathetic to the material", implying that her CreativeDifferences with Creator/SamTaylorJohnson were part of the issue.
263* ''Film/Lifeforce1985'': After its release, Creator/ColinWilson recalled that author Creator/JohnFowles regarded the film adaptation of Fowles' own novel ''Literature/TheMagus'' as the worst film adaptation of a novel ever. Wilson told Fowles there was now a worse one, the film adaptation of ''The Space Vampires''.
264* Creator/JohnBrosnan didn't care for the [[Film/{{Carnosaur}} film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Carnosaur}}'' and especially disliked the portrayal of the dinosaurs (which were heavily subject to SpecialEffectFailure), including comparing it unfavorably with the ''[[Film/JurassicPark1993 other]]'' dinosaur movie that came out in 1993, but he did credit the movie with bringing more attention to his novel and he enjoyed parts of it in a SoBadItsGood way.
265--> '''Brosnan:''' I've since seen it on video and yes, it is crap and, compared to the film of ''Jurassic Park'' the dinosaurs are laughable, but it's ''interesting'' crap. And thanks to the movie the novel has been reprinted both in the States and here in the U.K. And in fact we are having a re-launch party for the book at my drinking club this very night. The video will also be screened and I will no doubt take the lead in shouting abuse at the screen.
266* ''Film/HomeAlone'':
267** Daniel Stern played Marv in the first two movies. He was approached to reprise his role in ''Film/HomeAlone4TakingBackTheHouse''. He refused, and Creator/FrenchStewart [[TheOtherDarrin was cast in his stead]]. Stern was later quoted as saying ''Taking Back the House'' was "An insult, total garbage."
268** Director Creator/ChrisColumbus also worked on the first two movies[[note]]He was involved in the concept stages of ''3'', but Macaulay Culkin retired from acting. Other members of the main cast left soon after to pursue different projects. Columbus balked, unable to work with a new cast.[[/note]]. When asked for his thoughts on ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone'', Columbus expressed displeasure with Disney trying to recapture the success of the original films. In general, Columbus has been highly critical of the numerous reboots and remakes Hollywood has made.
269* ''Film/{{Priscilla}}'' is a 2023 {{biopic}} based on Creator/PriscillaPresley's memoir ''Elvis and Me'', about her tumultuos relationship with Music/ElvisPresley. Elvis and Priscilla's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, expressed disapproval of the script and Creator/SofiaCoppola's vision for the film, feeling that the depiction of her father was overly-negative, "vengeful" and "contemptuous" [[ApprovalOfGod despite her mother's approval]]. As Lisa Marie died in January 2023, nine months before ''Priscilla'' was released, it's unknown what she would've thought of the finished film itself.
270* Creator/AlexProyas, director of ''Film/TheCrow'', was always opposed to the idea of remaking it, feeling that it would've been disrespectful to the memory of Creator/BrandonLee, who suffered an infamous case of FatalMethodActing on set. Sure enough, when the first images from the [[Film/TheCrow2024 remake]] were released, he [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3802157/bad-hair-day-original-the-crow-director-alex-proyas-shares-his-thoughts-on-reboot-images/ joked]] that it looked like "Eric Draven [was] having a bad hair day." Creator/ErnieHudson and Rochelle Davis, who had starred in the original, also disapproved, with Hudson even refusing to watch the trailer.
271* Creator/CormacMcCarthy [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160406153504/www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704576204574529703577274572 thought the adaptation]] of ''Literature/AllThePrettyHorses'' by Creator/BillyBobThornton could have been better, but contrary to the people who worked on the film claiming that the original 4 hour-long cut was a masterpiece before ExecutiveMeddling forced it to be cut down to two hours, he was doubtful that it would have made it any better, believing that Thornton trying to totally replicate the book was a pointless endeavor because books and films are different mediums, and so he should have picked out the story he wanted to tell from the text and put it up on the screen instead.
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275* Kahoru Fukaya was very displeased by the live-action adaptation of ''Hagane no Onna''. Specifically [[DudeNotFunny the depiction]] of teachers, handicapped children, and the children's guardians in the second episode of the second season of the live-action series (which diverged greatly from the original manga, to the point of becoming its own thing). Fukaya reportedly grew disilusioned with the series, and asked for her name to be taken off the credits as a result.
276* Madeleine L'Engle, who wrote ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' was asked in an interview for a book called ''The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy'' whether [[Film/AWrinkleInTime2003 the 2003 TV movie]] lived up to her expectations. She said "Oh yes. I expected it to be bad, and it was."
277* ''Film/{{Challenger}}'' is a 1990 [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] made-for-television film depicting the events leading up to the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The families of the astronauts all objected to the film's broadcast, as they had not been properly informed of its production or consulted beforehand. In particular, Jane Smith, wife of pilot Mike Smith, was deeply offended by the finale seemingly implying that he and the other astronauts [[GoOutWithASmile died happily]], claiming it trivialized and exploited the circumstances of her husband's death, while Lorna Onizuka said that the film made a mockery of her husband Ellison's life and the sacrifices he made for his country.
278* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100201173301/https://www.ursulakleguin.com/Earthsea.html loathed]]'' the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]]'s ''Series/{{Earthsea}}'' miniseries, purportedly based on her ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' novels. She particularly hated that they {{Race Lift}}ed the brown Ged into a fairly generic white ActionHero. The producers essentially baited her into signing over the filming rights with false promises that she would have a great amount of control over the adaptation, only to gradually cut her completely out of the creative process and straight up ignore her repeated attempts to point her concerns over the script. She was especially angered by the TV creators' false claims that she approved of the adaptation. Calling one of the genre's staunchest feminists "Miss Le Guin" didn't help, either.
279* Creator/RhiannaPratchett has discreetly but obviously disowned ''Series/TheWatch2021'' by BBC America, which is supposed to be based on a mixture of The Watch sequence of the ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' series, before it's even come out, first, by linking Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's letter against the Syfy adaptation of ''Earthsea'' on Twitter when the adaptation was trending, and then by pointedly correcting a promotion tweet from "adaptation of" to "inspired by". This is on the grounds of the considerable liberties it's taken with [[Creator/TerryPratchett her father's]] work, liberties possible because while Pratchett senior was alive, he kept a firm grip on creative control of any of his adaptations through his production company, Narrativia, control that expired on his death.
280* James Gurney disavowed any connection to the ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' miniseries and TV series because they were so far from the vision of his books.
281* Len Deighton disliked the Creator/{{ITV}} adaptation of his ''Game, Set and Match'' trilogy of spy novels so much that he continues to contractually veto any home video release of it, forcing anyone who actually liked it to KeepCirculatingTheTapes.
282* ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' writers Creator/RolandEmmerich and Dean Devlin (the former also being the director) have had less than kind things to say about ''Series/StargateSG1'', which is why they refused to get a "created by" credit for it, and at one point planned to make a direct sequel to the film that would have completely ignored the TV series just to spite it.
283** Ultimately subverted by Devlin in a 2020 [[https://youtu.be/V0nvUbs25KI interview]] with ''Gateworld'' as while he was uncomfortable with the nudity in the PilotEpisode (which understandably was a result of ExecutiveMeddling, thus syndicated airings and the ReCut version remove said content), he came to believe that the passion of SG-1's fanbase reflected the fact that Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had created a really good show, having reached out to Glassner for the first time.
284* British crime novelist Liza Cody absolutely hated the ITV adaptation of her private eye novels featuring Anna Lee. To the point that she gave up writing books with Anna as protagonist in favour of a new central character, Eva Wylie, who seemed [[ClassicalAntiHero consciously]] [[BrawnHilda designed]] to [[TheLadette appal]] TV executives.
285* When NBC took the first steps towards a TV version of ''Film/SayAnything'', the movie's writer-director Creator/CameronCrowe (who wasn't involved with the project) and star Creator/JohnCusack took such umbrage that the Peacock [[http://deadline.com/2014/10/say-anything-series-dead-cameron-crowe-847516/ pulled the plug before it went any further]].
286* Colleen [=McCullough=] described the miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' as "instant vomit," flat-out refused to have anything to do with the prequel ''The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years'', and generally hated it so much that interviewers were warned [[BerserkButton not to bring the miniseries up]].
287* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' co-creator Peter Laird has declared that ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' does not exist as far as he's concerned, and that goes double for the polarizing Venus de Milo. Kevin Eastman on the other hand likes Venus and hopes that she makes a comeback one day.
288* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' faced this from Eddie Huang, the writer of the memoir that it is based on. Shortly after the series premiere, Huang criticized the show for scrubbing out the darker aspects of his life and veering away from the actual events to be more of a traditional family sitcom. He even left his part as the narrator of the show early on. His feelings have since softened up -- although he never returned to narrate it over the course of its run, he did come to praise it for being a positive portrayal of Asian-Americans.
289* Ian Rankin hated the TV adaptation of his ''Literature/{{Rebus}}'' novels so much, he actually refused to write any more until the production company's option on them expired.
290* Though he visited the set a few times, Charles Addams considered ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' series a travesty. One must wonder how he would've felt about the [[Film/TheAddamsFamily film adaptations]] (which were [[TruerToTheText closer to his original comics]] than the series) had he lived long enough to see them.
291* If [[https://twitter.com/stephenking/status/1139160294842933248 this tweet]] is any indication, Creator/StephenKing was not satisfied with how the [[Series/UnderTheDome TV adaptation]] of ''Literature/UnderTheDome'' turned out.
292-->''"How about Creator/{{Netflix}} bringing back UNDER THE DOME, only starting from scratch and actually doing the book?"''
293* Louis Tomlinson of Music/OneDirection was [[https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/euphoria-how-louis-tomlinson-and-harry-styles-really-felt-about-the-larry-scene-on-the-show.html/ not amused]] by a scene in ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' in which Kat's "Larry Stylinson" SlashFic of him and Harry Styles is visualized in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_xKhu6iuWQ animated sequence,]] stating emphatically that he was not contacted about the scene nor did he give his approval for it beforehand.
294* Dr. Richard Hornberger, the author of the novel that became the basis for ''Series/{{MASH}}'', despised this series so much that when asked about its end in 1983, he said the only thing he would miss [[MoneyDearBoy were the royalty checks.]]
295* When ''Series/Charmed1998'' was [[Series/Charmed2018 rebooted]] in 2018, the decision was criticized by three of the original actresses. Creator/HollyMarieCombs said rebooting the show was disrespectful to the original cast and creative team, Creator/RoseMcGowan said reboots in general are uncreative and has outright refused to watch it, and Creator/AlyssaMilano felt that the original cast should have been included or consulted in some manner. Ironically, the only OG actress to be unequivocally supportive of the reboot and its lead actresses is Creator/ShannenDoherty, who ''left'' the original show due to [[HostilityOnTheSet tensions with her co-stars]]. ''Series/Charmed1998'' writer Curtis Kheel [[https://twitter.com/curtiskheel/status/1535654493072723968 had THIS response]] to the ''Series/Charmed2018'' SeriesFinale.
296* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': OnceASeason the show holds "The Snatch Game," a ''Series/MatchGame'' parody challenge where the queens impersonate a celebrity and have to give their best improv performance. Most living celebrities love seeing themselves impersonated on the show even if the performance goes poorly. Not Patricia Quinn, best known for playing Magenta The Maid in ''Film/RockyHorrorPictureShow''. When Season 12 contestant and ''Rocky Horror'' aficionado Aiden Zhane impersonated her in the challenge and utterly bombed it, Quinn minced no words saying that she hated the performance, was insulted by Aiden calling her a senile drug addict, and she made it clear that she doesn't know Aiden despite the latter's claim that they had lunch together (most likely it was one fan event [[ButForMeItWasTuesday out of countless others]]).
297* Creator/AlanMoore disowned Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' SequelSeries from the get-go, as per usual with adaptations of his creations, being quoted as saying that he was "not thrilled" about the miniseries' existence. Damon Lindelof (the miniseries' creator) even said shortly before the premiere of ''Series/Watchmen2019'' that he was absolutely certain Moore had placed a magical curse on him which could activate at any time. He wouldn't be the first, as Moore has claimed to have done the very same to Creator/DCComics previously. Ironically, Dave Gibbons (the co-creator of ''Watchmen'' alongside Moore) was [[ApprovalOfGod considerably more positive]] towards it, likely because of him being brought in as a consultant for the miniseries' production.
298* Creator/EdBrubaker, who turned Bucky Barnes into the Winter Soldier, said he has "serious mixed feelings" about the character getting a starring role in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''. He has nothing but praise for Marvel Studios and Sebastian Stan, but the fact that he only gets minor recognition for his work and no financial compensation has gotten "harder and harder to live with". Likewise, Rick Remender, who first wrote Sam Wilson as Captain America, has posted on Instagram how his pride in that creation is difficult to summon due to resentment over lack of credit and financial compensation.
299* Artist David Aja has vocalized concerns about [[https://twitter.com/davaja/status/1452570596169113602 the lack of financial compensation]] for ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' when the series takes many cues from his visual style that defined [[Comicbook/Hawkeye2012 the comic book run]] it takes its inspiration from, specially given writer Creator/MattFraction was brought in as a consulting producer.
300* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin has expressed some dissatisfaction regarding the later seasons of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the adaptation of his book series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Martin was initially involved quite heavily with the show -- he even wrote an episode of each of the first four seasons -- but claimed that the showrunners began distancing themselves by season five (when it [[OvertookTheManga overtook the books]]), and pretty much ran the show themselves from seasons six to eight. The decoupling got to the point that Martin has confirmed that the plot of upcoming books [[https://ew.com/books/george-r-r-martin-says-next-song-of-ice-and-fire-novel-different-from-game-of-thrones/ will diverge significantly from the show]], even though it was previously claimed that he gave some hints to the showrunners regarding how the series ends (although it's unknown what kind of hints he gave in the first place, and whether they were faithfully followed). However, Martin did serve as a co-creator for the prequel series ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', suggesting that while he was disappointed by how ''[=GoT=]'' turned out, he did not completely disown it.
301* When Netflix released ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'', it was soundly condemned by the family members of his victims and other Milwaukeeans connected to the murders, calling it needlessly sensationalist and forcing them to relive the horrific killing spree. Rita Isbell, sister of victim Errol Lindsey who became known for her emotional outburst during Dahmer's televised trial, said Netflix never even asked to use her likeness and that it was triggering to see her onscreen actress dressed exactly like her and repeating her words verbatim.
302* Creator/BernardHill, who played King Theoden in the original trilogy, is not a big fan of ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', and has labeled the show a “money-making venture” and does not intend to watch it. He holds a similar opinion about the ''Film/TheHobbit'' too.
303* When asked about his thoughts regarding the [[Series/CowboyBebop2021 live-action adaptation]], the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' anime's director Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe was [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2023/01/26/shinichiro-watanabe-on-making-cowboy-bebop-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-live-action-adaptation/?sh=1b1610193945 reportedly unimpressed]] with the show, saying the scene he was shown for review was "very tough to watch" and stating of the show that "It was clearly not ''Cowboy Bebop'' and I realized at that point that if I wasn’t involved, it would not be ''Cowboy Bebop''."
304* Creator/PamelaAnderson [[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/opinion/sunday/pamela-anderson-pamela-and-tommy.html disapproved of]] ''Series/PamAndTommy'', saying the story of her leaked HomePornMovie "was painful enough the first time" and she was in disbelief that "people are still capitalizing off that thing”, while refusing to read a letter sent to her by Creator/LilyJames, who played Pam in said show and wanted her blessing.
305* Creator/SherwoodSchwartz hated ''[[Series/BradyBunchSpinOffs The Brady Bunch Hour]]'', which was co-produced by Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions instead. Ironically, Creator/RobertReedActor, [[HostilityOnTheSet who didn't get along with Schwartz]], would say that this was the only ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' project that he liked working on because it was the only one which didn't involve him.
306* Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, one of the few people portrayed in the first season of ''Series/{{Feud}}'' still alive when it premiered, refused to watch it as she objected to making a show about people who were no longer alive to offer their perspective. Once it aired, and she learned she'd been portrayed as selling out her co-stars, she attempted to sue [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]] (although the case was eventually dismissed).
307* Sebastián Marroquín, Pablo Escobar's son, is very critical of ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' for glorifying drug lords as he explains that his father did a lot of worse things in real life than what's shown in the series. After the show's location scout was gunned down in a town in Mexico, he warned Netflix to be careful of their portrayal of real-life drug personalities.
308* In a deleted scene of ''Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith'', Creator/KevinSmith told a story about being briefly involved with a failed TV adaptation of his first movie ''Film/{{Clerks}}''. Despite having heard about the adaptation completely by accident, being unsettled by the concept of someone else being the "creator" of Clerks and irked by some changes to the setting and characters, as well as some casting choices, Smith still expressed interest in contributing to the show. He however ended up bolting when a story he pitched ended up relegated to a potential B-plot. His only impact on the final product, of which only a pilot was shot, was forcing showrunner Richard Day to rename Jay to Ray, since he owned the characters of Jay and Silent Bob (and Silent Bob was AdaptedOut).
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312* Dennis Lyxzen of Refused wasn't happy when he heard rap-rock band Crazytown cover "New Noise". He said of it "History [will not] be kind on Crazytown and that feels good."
313* Music/IgorStravinsky did not care for the version of ''The Rite of Spring'' used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''; he had offered to compose a piece expressly for it, but the idea was rejected.
314* British folk singer Ewan [=MacColl=] hated each and every one of the many covers of his song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", even the version that had become a worldwide hit for Roberta Flack. His daughter-in-law recalled that he held a special disdain for Music/ElvisPresley's cover: "He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. And the other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace."
315* According to Fred Durst of Music/LimpBizkit, Music/GeorgeMichael hated their cover of his 1987 hit "Faith" and "[hated] us for doing it."
316* Trent Reznor of Music/NineInchNails disliked a cover of "Terrible Lie" from early '90s HairMetal band Trixter so much he almost called them to offer to pay them to not release it.
317** Trent also disliked Music/{{Devo}}'s cover of "Head Like A Hole", despite being a big fan of Devo themseves. In a 2005 issue of ''Rolling Stone'' he said:
318--> Imagine my thrill when they were covering "Head Like a Hole". That thrill lasted right up to hearing the second bar! But they're still awesome.
319* Don Henley hated a cover of "The End of the Innocence" by indie rock group Music/OkkervilRiver so much that he filed a cease-and-desist injunction against the band, forcing them to remove it from their website, where they had been uploading covers of songs that had been important to their lead singer Will Sheff. Henley's issue was that Sheff had written an additional coda to the song and included it at the end of their cover. In a later interview, Henley made a [[https://pitchfork.com/news/55441-frank-ocean-okkervil-river-accused-of-stealing-by-the-eagles-don-henley/ rather blunt statement]] about covers of his songs, in light of both the Okkervil River controversy and Music/FrankOcean's sampling of "Hotel California" on one of his songs, which Henley had also blocked from release.
320* Richard Rodgers hated The Marcels' doo-wop version of "Blue Moon" so much, he took out press ads asking people not to buy it. [[StreisandEffect You can imagine how well that worked.]] Or at least that's how the story goes: R&B historian Marv Goldberg did some research on that claim and found no such ads, but did find a 1982 ''Billboard'' interview where Rodgers' widow Dorothy claimed he loved their version (though this could very well be her attempt at saving her husband's face.)
321* Gloria Gaynor said that of all the covers of her classic disco hit "I Will Survive", the 1996 version by alt-rockers Music/{{Cake}} is her least favorite, because the band altered a lyric to include a PrecisionFStrike.
322* Similar to the "Blue Moon" story mentioned above, one biography of Music/IrvingBerlin claimed that he loathed Music/ElvisPresley's cover of "White Christmas" to the point of trying to get radio stations to boycott it. However, [[https://silentmovieblog.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/elvis-presley-irving-berlin-and-white-christmas/ later research]] debunked the claim, which traces to a single acquaintance of Berlin interviewed decades after the fact.
323* Richard Carpenter has expressed dislike for Music/SonicYouth's version of "Superstar" made for a Music/{{Carpenters}} tribute album.
324-->I don't like it. Why would I like it? At least when it comes to something like this, I will say I don't care for it but I don't understand it. So, I'm not going to say it's good or it's bad. I'm just going to say I don't care for it.
325* Music/JohnLennon and Music/RingoStarr both disliked the cover for EMI's 1976 [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] compilation ''Rock 'n' Roll Music''. Starr thought the cover looked cheap in a way the band never was, while Lennon offered to design the cover himself[[note]]Using a photo from the Hamberg days of the band, much like his own Rock 'n' Roll throwback album the previous year[[/note]], but was turned down.
326* Music/JoniMitchell has on her website a library of her appearances in media. While there is a transcription of the Music/CountingCrows' Adam Duritz saying that in spite of the negative reception of their cover of "Big Yellow Taxi" "Joni loved the song. She was so happy she invited me to hear her new album.", the site also features ''The Village Voice'' [[https://www.jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2193 calling it the worst song of the 2000s]], which is a potential sign of disapproval.
327* Creator/{{Mattel}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mattel_v._MCA_Records started a lawsuit over]] Music/{{Aqua}}'s "Barbie Girl" for having some [[IntercourseWithYou very suggestive lyrics]]. While they eventually featured a rewritten version in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwu6NrxVVFk an actual]] ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' commercial, [[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/barbie-girl-movie-aqua-1235254222/ the song is vetted from the]] LiveActionAdaptation, showing Mattel still has some disapproval.
328* Music/{{Coolio}} famously hated [[Music/BadHairDay "Amish Paradise"]], Music/WeirdAlYankovic's parody of his greatest hit "Gangsta's Paradise." Coolio had told Yankovic's people no when they asked, but Yankovic maintains that he was given a yes from the rapper's record label (who probably cared more about the potential royalties than their artist's personal wishes). Yankovic has since made it a point to directly ask the artist themselves if he can spoof their song rather than going through middlemen. However, Coolio later admitted [[SuddenHumility he regretted his initial reaction,]][[note]]Upon reflection, Coolio remembered that Music/MichaelJackson was a big fan of Al's song parodies, giving Al approval to spoof nearly anything in Jackson's discography, and that his own snub was an attempt to place himself [[BiggerThanJesus higher than Jackson.]][[/note]] also stating that [[ActuallyPrettyFunny he found the song to be funny]], and the two artists had made amends before Coolio's death in 2022.
329* Music/TomWaits said he was "not that particularly crazy about" Music/{{Eagles}} covering "Ol' '55", saying he "thought their version was a little antiseptic." He'd later add he downrights dislikes said band.
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333* Creator/PythonAnghelo co-designed ''[[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]]'' and ''[[Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinBot The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot]]''. To say that he was displeased with the sequel, ''Pinball/JackBot'', would be a massive understatement.
334-->'''Python Anghelo:''' "...it’s like saying, listen to this analogy, 'your biggest successes on our menu were pea soup, the shrimp pizza, and apple strudel with vanilla ice cream. Now you take those motherfuckers and put them all in a bowl and they’ll taste great.'"
335* Creator/MichaelJFox hated the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' [[Pinball/BackToTheFuture pinball game]] to such an extent that he refused to grant Data East permission to use his voice and likeness.
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339* Creator/LFrankBaum disliked ''Theatre/TheWizardOfOz1902'''s finalized script. The director made a [[ExecutiveMeddling bunch of changes]] to the script (including scrapping Toto and the Wicked Witch of the West completely) and added jokes that Baum didn't like.
340* Don Ángel Perez de Saavedra, whose play ''Don Álvaro'' provided the basis for ''La forza del destino'' by Music/GiuseppeVerdi, attended the opera's Madrid premiere (which Verdi conducted) and was not pleased with what he saw.
341* Creator/TimRice was not fond of the Broadway version of his musical ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'' (which, despite being in the same medium as its first adaptation, was [[AdaptationDistillation very different]] from its London counterpart). The production [[ExecutiveMeddling brought in a new book writer]] to overhaul the story, which presumably contributes to Rice's opinion of it seeing as the original book was written by him; Rice seems to have objected in particular to the RevisedEnding where the American player wins the final game. In the souvenir program for an Australian production that opened a couple years later, he refers to the show's time on Broadway as "traumatic."
342* Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw hated ''The Chocolate Soldier'', adapted from his play ''[[Theatre/ArmsAndTheMan Arms and the Man]]'', so much that no other musical adaptations of his plays appeared in his lifetime (Shaw reportedly exercised his ExecutiveVeto over an attempted operatic adaptation of ''Theatre/TheDevilsDisciple''). The film version of ''The Chocolate Soldier'', an adaptation InNameOnly, was barred from using anything from Shaw's play.
343* ''Series/QuePasaUSA'' was a series about three generations of a Cuban-American family that ran from 1977 to 1981. In 2018, the show inspired a live stage production titled ''¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.? Today!''. However, Manolo Villaverde (Pepe, the father) and Ana-Margarita Martínez-Casado (Juana, the mother) were quite upset at not being asked to participate in the project, yet having their images used for promotional purposes. All other surviving actors participated.
344* Creator/{{Sega}} isn't fond of the Australian stage show ''Theatre/SonicLiveInSydney'' that was performed at the defunct indoor amusement park ''Sega Word Sydney''. Mainly the original version which featured walk around versions of the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicThehedgehog the Hedgehog]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM characters]], due to the show being very slow paced and extremely cheesy. They ordered Sega World Sydney to retool the show which caused them to make it a live puppet show. To this day, Sega completely ignores the existence of both shows on various Sonic-related media.
345* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': An InUniverse example occurs when Terry takes Bruce Wayne to a musical based on [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman's original adventures]] for Bruce's birthday. While everyone else, Terry included, gives the performance a standing ovation, and the show has had sold-out seats for weeks, Bruce absolutely hates it and asks if Terry is punishing him by making him watch it.
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350* KO_OP, the developers of ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'', are not fond of ''Snoot Game'', citing its anti-LGBT themes, and have banned discussion of it from Volcano High's official Discord channel.
351* Mitsuo Fukuda, in a series of tweets, wasn't happy over how ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'' was adapted in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games (specifically, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''), presumably due to the FixFic nature of the games. Ironically, this is in sharp contrast to the consensus of the fandom at large, in large part due to SEED Destiny's [[BrokenBase controversial reception]].
352-->''To be honest, I'm not very happy. The original story is complete as it is, so it's outrageous to add or modify the images and script. However, games are a different media so I think it's fine. The thing I hate most about the games are that [[InNameOnly even though they use the name (Gundam SEED Destiny)]], the contents are totally no good... There are many people who think that way, and there are many staff members who work really hard on making (these games), so I don't object. However, spare me from the people who come and go "Director, you're happy too aren't you?"'' -- '''Mitsuo Fukuda'''
353* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
354** Creator/HideoKojima, who was not involved in the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem version of the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'', doesn't like it due to the many changes that were made from the redesigned stages (such as the addition of a jungle area at the beginning) to the omission of the actual Metal Gear mecha.
355--->''I really don't like saying this, but (the NES version of ''Metal Gear'') really wasn't up to my standards. The care that I put in the original (Platform/{{MSX2}} version) wasn't there. The NES version was a more difficult game. In the very beginning, when you go from the entrance into the fortress, for example, there are dogs there. In the NES version, the dogs just come after you and you get killed. It was too difficult to get into the fortress. The fun stealth element was not there, and the actual Metal Gear, the robot, doesn't appear in the game.'' -- '''[[http://www.kojimaproductions.net/features/interviews/hideo-kojima-game-guru-movie-maniac/ Hideo Kojima]]'''
356** Kojima seems to be a bit more positive (or less negative, depending on your point of view) regarding ''VideoGame/SnakesRevenge'', as seen [[http://nintendoeverything.com/kojima-despises-mgs-nes-doesnt-mind-snakes-revenge-led-to-future-mgs-games/ in this interview]]. While he did refer to it as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QC5TfLemOY "a bit of a crap game" during his GDC 2009 presentation]], this seems to be more of an acknowledgement of the game's lackluster reputation, rather than his own stance.
357-->''I wasn't involved with Snake's Revenge for the NES either. However, this was created by the Kobe development team [as opposed to the NES port of the first Metal Gear developed in Tokyo] and wasn't what I would consider a "bad game".''
358* Henk Rogers, co-founder of The Tetris Company, regrets lending the ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' name to ''Tetris Attack'', which was actually a [[DolledUpInstallment modified North American version]] of the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]] puzzle game ''VideoGame/PanelDePon''. Rogers actually liked ''Panel de Pon'', and part of the reason why he came to dislike using the ''Tetris'' brand was because it didn't allow the game to stand under its own merits. Localizations of later versions dropped the ''Tetris'' name completely and were released under the title of ''Puzzle League'' instead.
359-->''Tetris Attack was a good game! But the game should have had its own life, its own name.'' --'''[[http://gonintendo.com/?p=85131 Henk Rogers]]'''
360* Tomonobu Itagaki, the outspoken director of the 2004 Platform/{{Xbox}} reboot of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', disowns the Platform/PlayStation3 version (''Ninja Gaiden Sigma'') that Team Ninja later produced without his involvement. He has vocally disapproved of the port, even while he was still employed by Creator/{{Tecmo}}, and has reportedly refused to autograph any copy of the game. Specifically, he criticized ''Sigma'' for being more or less a straight port of his original Xbox version and not taking advantage of the superior hardware specs of the [=PS3=].
361-->''(Ninja Gaiden Sigma) was no good.'' --'''[[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/189396/interviews/tomonobu-itagaki-interview/ Tomonobu Itagaki]]'''
362* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' producer Koji Igarashi wasn't very fond of the Platform/SegaSaturn port of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', which was developed by a different team (Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya), as noted in the June 2007 issue of ''Play Magazine'':
363-->"''I understand why fans who've never played the Saturn version would be interested in those features, but I really, really don't feel good about them. I couldn't put my name on that stuff and present it to Castlevania fans.''" -- '''Koji Igarashi'''
364* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone disliked the Creator/{{Acclaim}}-published games released during the show's early years: ''VideoGame/SouthPark'', ''South Park: Chef's Luv Shack'', and ''VideoGame/SouthParkRally''. They have admitted this was that part of the reason why they oversaw the [=RPGs=] based on the series, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' as well as ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole''.
365* Masahiro Ito, who worked as a graphic designer in ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' and ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', disapproved many of the changes made to his work in the ''Silent Hill: HD Collection'', adding more fuel to the backlash it received (and for [[PortingDisaster good reasons]]). They have, however, patched a lot of the problems on the [=PS3=] version since.
366* Running With Scissors, makers of the ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' games, farmed out ''VideoGame/PostalIII'' to Russian studio Akella. After seeing the [[ObviousBeta "finished" product]], they regretted the decision. They pulled the game from their store and refuse to acknowledge it as part of the series, referring to it as "Russian ''Postal''" and "Akella's ''Postal'' [[SpinOff spinoff]]". ''Postal III'' was eventually brought back into the ''Postal'' games with ''VideoGame/Postal2: Paradise Lost'' through circumstances made after ''Apocalypse Weekend''.
367* Eric Chahi publicly disowned ''Heart of the Alien'', [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]]'s Sega CD sequel to ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'', years after it was released. Chahi acted as a creative consultant during the sequel's early planning stages, but was not involved in the actual development and most of his ideas were ignored as a result.
368* Creator/KeijiInafune:
369** Inafune, one of the creators of the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series, utterly hated ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'', a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] FMV title that was mostly handled by others, only dropped into his lap for touch-ups where he wasn't allowed any big changes. His main beef was that [[DarkerAndEdgier it included death]] in the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic series]], which he felt he owed to the fans to keep lighthearted and friendly. He went as far as to apologize for it in the ''Official Complete Works''.
370** He apologized for the Platform/GameBoy ''VideoGame/MegaManII'', which was not done by Minakuchi Engineering, who worked on ''[[VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge Dr. Wily's Revenge]]'', feeling that the new company that made it (Japan System House) didn't "get" Mega Man. Minakuchi Engineering would return to work on the remaining Game Boy ''Mega Man'' games (''[[VideoGame/MegaManIII III]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MegaManIV IV]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManV V]]''), as well as ''[[CompilationRerelease The Wily Wars]]'' for the Platform/SegaGenesis.
371* Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' series, disliked the [[Platform/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] port of the first game published by Creator/{{Sega}} in his French biography ''Enter the Double Dragon'', claiming that the developers (later revealed to be Creator/ArcSystemWorks working under a contractual basis) focused too much on trying to faithfully reproduce the arcade version's level designs, moves and enemy characters on a less capable hardware at the expense of the game's playability and visuals. He prefers [[ReformulatedGame the approach]] his team took with the NES version, where they remade the game to fit with the hardware's specifications and argues that's the approach they should've taken with the SMS version. Ironically, Arc System Works would end up becoming the copyrights owners to all of Technos Japan's former [=IPs=] from previous copyright holder (Million Corp.), which ended up with [[http://www.famitsu.com/news/201510/09086051.html Minoru Kidooka]] (ASW's founder and CEO) apologizing on his company's behalf to the former Technos staff members in an interview.
372* Creator/{{Nintendo}}:
373** They have done everything in their power to forget the three ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Legend of Zelda]]'' [[Platform/PhilipsCDi CD-i]] games, ''Faces of Evil'', ''Wand of Gamelon'', and ''Zelda's Adventure'', ever existed. The games weren't even made by the creators of the series, and have been excommunicated from the official timelines. The same goes for the other Nintendo-licensed CD-i game, ''VideoGame/HotelMario''.
374** Nintendo hasn't officially said anything about ''VideoGame/ProjectM'', but considering that saying the name on Website/{{Miiverse}} would get you an instant ban for "[[FelonyMisdemeanor discussing criminal activity]]", their thoughts can't be anything positive.
375* Bob Gale hated many adaptations of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' franchise, especially [[VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989 the one]] by Creator/LJNToys. According to him, they didn't want any input from the filmmakers, and when he finally saw the game, he wanted a lot changed, but was told it was too late for any changes to be made. He advised fans not to buy the game, and felt that Creator/TelltaleGames handled it much better with [[VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame their own game]].
376* Following their departure from the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series, original developers Creator/NaughtyDog have given mixed feelings towards other developers' attempts at recreating the franchise. Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells states that "It's a little bit like watching your daughter do porn". On the other hand, character designer Charles Zembillas actually liked Crash's redesign at the hands of Creator/RadicalEntertainment, actually desiring further involvement in the series while co-creator Andy Gavin at the very least praises ''VideoGame/CrashBash'' for staying true to the original games. Luckily, Naughty Dog was quite impressed by Vicarious Visions' work on the ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy N. Sane Trilogy]]'' remasters of the [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 original]] [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack 3]] [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped games]].
377* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080410081255/http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2008-040408.htm Charlie Daniels was not happy with]] ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' using a cover of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Not so much the cover itself, but for the fact that it was possible for the Devil to win, which he felt undermined the song's message (the Devil always loses).
378* Yasuhiro Wada, the creator of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'', disliked ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' upon seeing it. It was meant to be a simple port of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'', but the team behind the port tweaked it so much that it ended up a completely different title. Wada hated the character changes and hated the emphasis on farming. He had always wanted ''Harvest Moon'' to be a fluffy life sim about the relationships people have, with the rural setting and farming elements only acting as a backdrop. Years later, he ended up outright leaving the series due to not liking the way it was going.
379* Creator/InsomniacGames stated in their forums in 2014 that they don't recognize ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters'' and ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank'', both made by Creator/HighImpactGames (which employed several former Insomniac developers), as canon, mainly because of [[RecycledScript reused plots]], [[GameBreakingBug game-breaking bugs]], {{Narm}}y villains, and ignoring Ratchet's CharacterDevelopment but not bringing [[TheOriginalDarrin Mikey Kelly]] back. However, they [[https://twitter.com/insomniacgames/status/818582634951380993 went back on this]] in 2017.
380* Koji Ogata, character designer for the ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' series, has been critical of Kunio and Riki's redesigns in ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'', claiming that they stray too far from the yankii/school delinquent image from the original Japanese games.
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384* After Creator/HidekiKamiya watched the ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' episode where his creations [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} fought each other, he expressed his dissatisfaction on Twitter, eventually calling the episode garbage.
385* Kris Straub has said that he doesn't really like any of the ''Literature/CandleCove'' fan sequels, due to [[MeasuringTheMarigolds trying to explain it]], when [[NothingIsScarier not knowing]] is why it works in the first place.
386* Creator/MikePollock, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]]'s current official voice actor, has always [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78AsNVlvdU refused requests]] to perform Eggman's infamous "pissing on the moon" rant from WebVideo/RealTimeFandub's ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' fandub. Not only would he get his contract with SEGA revoked for the speech's profanity, he later stated that he thinks the rant reeks of immaturity regardless. He has clarified that it's ''only'' the skit he hates, and shared support for the dub's Eggman voice actor, Alfred Coleman, during a medical emergency.
387* Colgate was not fond of any YouTubePoop of Advertising/DrRabbit and started taking the videos down. In response, the Youtube Poop community (most famously WebAnimation/WalrusGuy) started to show Dr. Rabbit in those poops in a much more negative light, often portraying him as racist, a pedophile or ''both''.
388* One of the lead animators for ''Webanimation/GenLock'' Season 1, Torrian Crawford, [[https://twitter.com/AnimatedTorrii/status/1461771262502576128 made sure to voice his dissatisfaction]] at the general direction of Season 2 (which was [[ChannelHop taken out of the original production company]]), in particular its third episode's sex scene, which he found gratuitous and distasteful.
389* To say that Christine Weston Chandler of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' fame was displeased about Sonichu parody ''Webcomic/{{Asperchu}}'' would be a ''massive'' understatement. It led to her engaging on a months-long battle against his creator, Alec Benson Leary with many events developing both in real life ''AND'' the comic itself. At the end, she ended up letting go of the whole deal
390* Website/SCPFoundation:
391** Animation channel ''[=TheRubber=]'' has been called out by numerous authors on the wiki for [[InNameOnly deliberately changing the narratives of SCPs covered by them]] and removing female, non-binary, and LGBT representation from them.
392** Over 1000 articles had any current or future translation on the Spanish branch disavowed in August 2022, due to concerns over homophobic dogwhistling being involved in [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15085375/announcement-from-ambassadors-regarding-scp-es-pride-logo-po an updated policy for translated works]] on the branch.[[labelnote:Specifically...]]The policy prevents the website logo from being altered in site themes unless it is relevant to the article, like Site-43's logo or that of a Group of Interest. It just so happens that the only reason this would not be the case is to include a pride flag.[[/labelnote]]
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396* ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' creator Walt Kelly despised Creator/ChuckJones' ''The Special Pogo Birthday Special'', mainly for mucking about with what Kelly wanted, and how "he took all the sharpness out of it and put in that sweet, saccharine stuff that Chuck Jones always THINKS is Disney, but isn't"--something Kelly didn't say lightly, considering he was a former Disney animator and a good friend of Creator/WaltDisney. He and his wife, Selby, worked on their own animated ''Pogo'' short (''We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us'') that would've been more political and closer to the strip, but Kelly's failing health prevented it from being completed.
397* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' creator Berkeley Breathed is disappointed by the 1991 animated special based on one of his books, ''Literature/AWishForWingsThatWork'' (which itself is based on ''Bloom County''), because of the overall results, despite being credited as writer and executive producer. When asked about a copy of the special on VHS or DVD in a 2003 interview, Breathed replied that "Hopefully in the rubbish pail. We can do better than that and we will with an eventual Opus film.. but I'm glad you enjoyed it. I presume your family was on speed when they watched it. I would imagine it helps." In a 2007 interview, Breathed claimed that the reason he dislikes the special was simply "unspectacular ratings" and his humor "wasn't meant for television, even if it was done right." Another reason was his "lack of writing experience" and the director was way over his head. He also would have preferred Sterling Holloway to provide the voice for Opus.
398* ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' creator Marjorie Henderson Buell hated the cartoons made by Creator/FamousStudios in the 1940s, which she didn't feel were true to the original comics, and got involved with the making of those two Lulu shorts in the '60s to make sure that they were faithful to her work.
399* ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown]]'': Charles M. Schulz regretted giving permission to show the Little Red-Haired Girl and giving her a name (Heather) as he had wanted her to remain TheGhost in order to show Charlie Brown's hopelessness in longing for her. He subsequently declared that the [[CreatorBacklash TV specials weren't canon]] and only the comic strip counted (he would still continue to help write the TV specials until his death in 2000).
400* Around the time of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', series creator Gene Roddenberry admitted that he no longer considered ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' to be canon, believing aspects of it to be "apocryphal". Fan response has since caused Creator/{{Paramount}} to declare the series ''is'' canon, not the first time they've ignored Roddenberry's edicts (see the Live-Action Film folder).
401* Creator/DougTenNapel apparently disliked the [[WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim animated adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' (though not as much as the sequels to the first two games that were made without his involvement). In a fan interview, he specified at least one point of dislike: Most episodes feel like Peter Puppy is the actual hero and Jim just a sidekick.
402* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantastic Four|TheAnimatedSeries}}'' animated series was hated by [[ComicBook/FantasticFour1961 then-current]] ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' writer, Creator/TomDeFalco. He got into trouble when he wrote a scene where ComicBook/AntMan [[http://drg4.dancemania-ex.com/FFjoke.jpg called the show]] [[TakeThat repulsive]].
403* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' is this for Creator/CraigMcCracken. He stated on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/736286528259788802 that he was opposed to Cartoon Network reviving the series in the first place]], [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/736294454739369985 but understood from a business perspective why they did it]].
404* Rev. Wilbert and Christopher Awdry were at first supportive of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' adaptation ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', Wilbert even stating he thought the first two seasons were mostly decent renditions of his stories. However they came to dislike the increased creative liberties taken from the third season onwards, inventing new stories or retooling their own tremendously, [[JustTrainWrong as well as violating accuracies to railway code.]] Christopher also became annoyed with how the show affected his own writing of the novels, being mandated to rush in more Thomas focused stories. The Reverend's daughter (Veronica Chambers) and the TV adaptation's creator Britt Allcroft would later criticize the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' ContinuityReboot.
405* Creator/DonRosa has a complicated relationship with ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. He has said he thinks it's a good show on its own merits, but it's a poor adaptation of Creator/CarlBarks' characters. He politely refuses to draw ''[=DuckTales=]'' material at cons. According to members of the show's production, Barks approved many aspects of the show initially, but wasn't fond of some of the retools from Season 2 onward, though he continued following the comics and wrote a letter to Creator/MarvWolfman for including [[CreatorCameo him as Scrooge's banker]]. Rosa, however, outright dislikes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', [[https://imgur.com/a/KdSn0gB partially due to looking at it as having nothing in common with the comics]] and partially due to being annoyed by people continually asking him questions about the show.
406* Creator/LouisSachar, the writer of the ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' book series, was reportedly not fond of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'', the AnimatedAdaptation that was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}}, although he did apparently like its animation style.
407* For unexplained reasons, John Lasseter, one of the people behind the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films, is not a fan of the SpinOff series ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
408* In a perhaps more literal example, Aurora World disliked Creator/DavidFeiss' [[WesternAnimation/YoohooAndFriends adaptation]] of ''Animation/YoohooAndFriends'' (which turned the original show into a [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore Westernized]] [[QuirkyWork wacky]] GagDub that stars ''[[CelebrityVoiceActor Flavor Flav]]'') ''so much'' that his version never got a Season 2, and faded into obscurity. Aurora then took their rights back from Toonzone and broke the deal, the latter actually suing them shortly before that because they didn't get to produce another season.
409* Mark Newgarden, one of the people behind the ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' trading cards, has stated that he doesn't like the ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'', considering it to be even worse than ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie''.
410* Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou original co-creators]] of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', have voiced dislike of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' for being too dark and cynical.
411* Terry Deary, author of the ''Literature/HorribleHistories'' books, does not care for the ''WesternAnimation/HorribleHistories'' animated series, stating that he had a "negative experience" with it.
412* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' creator Mike W. Barr [[https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/09/30/dc-comics-mike-w-barr-young-justice-outsiders/ criticized]] the changes that Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' made to his characters, including Geo-Force's new costume and his real first name (Brion) being pronounced "Bree-on", Halo being {{Race Lift}}ed from being Caucasian-American to being Arab, and Dr. Helga Jace being [[AgeLift younger]] and [[AdaptationalAttractiveness more attractive]], as well as expressing disappointment that he wasn't at least involved in the writing process.
413* Steve Moncuse, writer and artist of the comic book ''ComicBook/FishPolice'', had no kind words for the Creator/{{CBS}} cartoon [[WesternAnimation/FishPolice of the same name]]. In a 2010 interview, he said of the latter, "The less said about the animated series the better. I think I finally got the last knife out of my back about three months ago." It probably didn't help that the cartoon was an InNameOnly adaptation that kept almost nothing but character names and an underwater crime setting.
414* Peter Laird, one of the co-creators of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', [[http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot.com/2017/04/ask-pl-15.html admitted]] he wasn't a fan of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', dropping out watching the series early on due to its [[DenserAndWackier sillier tone]], and that any input he and Kevin Eastman gave the crew of the series tended to be ignored. Kevin Eastman, however, admits to being fond of the series, with Bebop and Rocksteady being among his favorite characters in the franchise.
415* Possibly this with Gregg Mayles, who worked on the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games, regarding the [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry animated series]] based on the trilogy. When asked on Twitter about [[AdaptationalWimp the show's portrayal]] of [[BigBad King K. Rool]], Gregg simply replied "Let's just say I'm not a fan.".
416* Valérian creators Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières have [[https://downthetubes.net/?p=40865 admitted]] that they are not fans of ''WesternAnimation/TimeJamValerianAndLaureline''.
417* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs''; Angus Oblong, writer of ''Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children'' -- which ''The Oblongs'' was [[AdaptationDecay very loosely based on]] -- enjoyed the show on its own merits, but was disappointed that it wasn't what he wanted to come out of the project.
418-->''"It was a good show, but it wasn't'' my ''show."''
419* In stark contrast to the [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank feature film]] by the same studio, Insomniac Games has never acknowledged Creator/MainframeStudios' animated short ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClankLifeOfPie'' in any capacity. Meanwhile [=PlayStation=] (who own the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' IP) only acknowledged the short once in a [[https://www.ign.com/articles/new-ratchet-and-clank-animated-short-is-unrelated-to-ps5s-rift-apart brief article by IGN]], where they simply state that Mainframe made it and that it's not related to the then-upcoming entry ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]'' (which was most likely the reason for why Mainframe released the short in the first place) or canon to the video games at all.
420* When Richard Cadell bought ''Series/TheSootyShow'' franchise in 2008, he destroyed the master tapes of the late 90s AnimatedAdaptation ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures'', which now exist only through TV recordings and limited official VHS releases, explaining in an interview:
421-->"...they made a cartoon, and it was shocking. It was awful and when I bought the rights to Sooty...I actually got the master tapes of this cartoon series and put it all in a big blue skip and had it burnt. I never wanted it to ever be seen."
422* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
423** Various Creator/SonicTeam members have decried the [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog multiple]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM western]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground Sonic]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom cartoons]] for having been developed with little or no input from them. Most notably, Sonic co-creator Creator/YujiNaka has gone on record to criticize them for [[AdaptationalDecay getting Sonic wrong in his eyes]]. A particular source of contempt of his was ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' [[CanonForeigner giving him siblings]]. It's likely that this was one of the reasons why the ''Sonic'' franchise was forced to follow the Japanese game canon worldwide come ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. Similarly, current head Takashi Iizuka publicly apologized for the ''Sonic Boom'' franchise and went on to say that he deeply regretted not having a greater say in its development and design. The only exception was Sonic's original designer, Naoto Ohshima, who was a fan of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' despite that show never [[NoExportForYou reaching Japan airwaves]], even receiving an [[https://mobile.twitter.com/SatamHistorian/status/1544473398855729152 art cel from the crew.]]
424** Whilst Sega has a complicated relationship with ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' and ''Sonic The Hedgehog SatAM'', they will occasionally allow some material from them into adaptations. This is ''not'' the case for ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' with Sega outright vetoing ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' from using characters or concepts from ''Underground'', even though they were allowed to use things from the prior two Sonic cartoons.
425* When Creator/ChrisPhillips, the original voice of Face, was asked about ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrFk0h2wodo an interview]] (skip to 4:11), he (half-jokingly) replied by saying the show sucks because he didn't get to reprise his role. Nevertheless, he wished the crew well, saying that he was proud that he was a part of something so iconic that Nickelodeon wanted to bring it back.
426* According to [[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/animaniacs-hulu-revival-review-creator-interview-1088188/ this article]], original ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' co-creator Tom Ruegger is dissatisfied with [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 the 2020 revival]] (its greater use of topical humor especially), along with how neither he nor many of the show's original staff were given the chance to work on it, and the absence of most of the recurring cast other than the cameos in "Good Warner Hunting". Both him and Sherri Stoner also particularly disliked the fact that the original show's characters are shown as dead hunting trophies in the aforementioned episode. To be fair, according to [[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/arts/television/animaniacs-hulu.html another article]], he ''was'' later offered a chance to write a script for the reboot, but declined because "basically it would be like an audition and I just didn’t feel comfortable auditioning for a show that I created."
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