Line #62 TheyChangedItNowItSucks/Film


1	'''Note''': This article lists examples that take place within fandoms; not Website/TVTropes' opinion as to whether a change is for the worse. Website/TVTropes doesn't have opinions. The focus is on over-reaction about minor changes.
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3	!!Superhero costumes:
4	* Any {{Superhero}} film is inevitably going to have tons of complaints about the [[NotWearingTights lack of costumes]] or [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack the costumes being changed from their comic counterparts]]. No matter how long these tropes have been in effect, people still get upset over any change to the outfits.
5	** People complained about ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} not wearing purple tights and a mask in ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'', specially since his movie outfit was a fairly accurate adaptation of his look from the much maligned ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''.
6	** The infamous "yellow spandex" line from the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie. ("Not only did they change the costumes, but they had to make fun of the old ones too!")
7	** The Winter Soldier not wearing a DominoMask in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
8	** There was a massive amount of outrage over the new Franchise/{{Superman}} suit from ''Film/ManOfSteel''. The biggest sticking point seemed to be the removal of the red trunks from the outfit and the loss of Superman's trademark spit curl.
9	** There was much grousing over the lack of head wings on ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's mask in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and ''Film/TheAvengers2012''.
10	** There was internet controversy over the new costume from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
11	** There are some fans who absolutely loathe the armored Batsuit from ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', with a lot of criticism about it it's "too dark" and clunky when compared to the comic costume.
12	** The suit from ''Film/Daredevil2003'' also took some criticism. Many people complained that the leather made it look like fetish gear, even though the director argued that a leather outfit would be the most sensible thing to wear since it'd offer greater protection than spandex.
13	** This mindset is actually {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', where Abed plans on "crashing" the ContinuityReboot of his favorite movie ''Kickpuncher'' while wearing the classic Kickpuncher costume. When his friends are baffled as to why he's upset in the first place, he tells them the filmmakers had no right to change Kickpuncher's design for the new movie.
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15	!!Examples. They changed them, and now they suck.
16	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
17	** Best exemplified by the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' parody of the "LukeIAmYourFather" scene.
18	--->'''Darth Vader:''' No, I am your father!\
19	'''Luke:''' That's not true! That's impossible!\
20	'''Darth Vader:''' And Princess Leia is your sister!\
21	'''Luke:''' ''[bewildered]'' No! That's... improbable!\
22	'''Darth Vader:''' And the Empire will be defeated BY EWOKS!\
23	'''Luke:''' ''[totally lost]'' That's... very unlikely.\
24	'''Darth Vader:''' And as a child, I built C-3PO!\
25	'''Luke:''' ''[by now completely stoic]'' ...''Huh.''\
26	''[Later, with Vader sipping coffee and Luke smoking a cigarette]''\
27	'''Darth Vader:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' And the Force? Oh, that's just microscopic bacteria in your bloodstream, called midichlorians.\
28	'''Luke:''' ''[getting up, bored and exasperated]'' Look, if you're not gonna take this seriously, I'm out. ''(exits)''
29	** The original trilogy had a bunch of changes made in [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion Special Editions]], because George Lucas was not satisfied with his movies and wanted to use modern technology to make them how he always envisioned, those changes are very controversial, some listed below:
30	*** Most notably is that at the very end [[spoiler: Luke sees young Anakin's ghost, not the older version as he did originally]].
31	*** In the Blu-Ray release, Darth Vader has one final line as he [[spoiler: throws the Emperor over the railing]]: "[[BigNo Nooooo!]]" Got rather ridiculous as numerous angry fans tried to turn Vader shouting into the new "Greedo shoots first". While various characterization arguments re: Han and his shooting first could be made (thus arguably an example of "They changed it and made it suck" instead), Vader's shouting or silence just boils down to "They changed it, now it sucks". Somewhat {{justified\|Trope}}: while more people defended this change than the infamous [[ReCut Han Shot First]] and Hayden Christensen Force ghost edits, others (not just the nostalgic FanDumb) argued that Vader's BigNo turned a once-emotionally powerful scene into a heaping pile of {{Narm}}.
32	*** [[EnsembleDarkhorse Boba Fett's]] voice in the Blu-Ray. While both Jason Wingreen[[note]]Boba's original voice[[/note]] and Temuera Morrison[[note]]Boba's voice for the DVD and Blu-ray releases, who also played Jango Fett in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''[[/note]] provided similar vocal performances for the character, fans treated what is basically a change in accent as just as horrible as Greedo shooting first. Let's not even get started with the fact that [[TheStoic Fett only has about three lines to begin with]]. There again, some felt that it was rather disrespectful to the original actor.
33	*** The removal of the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox VanityPlate and fanfare from [[Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo Disney]]-distributed digital copies of Episodes V-VI and the prequels upset fans who thought this made the opening feel less epic, and that the music that replaced Fox's fanfare (an excerpt of ''Empire Strikes Back'' end credits music, clumsily edited to match the runtime of Lucasfilm's "Logo Shining II" Vanity Plate) doesn't transition as smoothly into the ''Star Wars'' theme. It also creates inconsistency with Fox retaining their logo and fanfare on ''A New Hope'' digital copies. Oddly, when Disney acquired distribution rights to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies originally released through Creator/{{Paramount}}, two years before they started distributing any of the original ''Star Wars'' films, they didn't remove Paramount's logo.[[note]]While most of the Marvel/Paramount movies didn't have any audio accompanying the Paramount logo, if Disney removed it from ''Film/IronMan2'', they probably would have also cut out part of the opening recap, of Tony revealing himself as Iron Man.[[/note]] The 2019 4K remasters restored the Fox logo and fanfare, since Disney acquired the assets of 21st Century Fox that same year.
34	*** Although Star Wars fans have a point because one thing is a bad sequel or bad reboot, you can still enjoy the original and ignore the new version, another thing is the movie we like getting changed after it was already released, and to make it worse, George Lucas [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes doesn't allow the public to obtain copies of the movies in their original forms]], making fans resort to piracy or old copies like VHS tapes or [=LaserDiscs=].
35	** ''Film/RogueOne'', the first installment in Disney's new Anthology spinoff series, departed from the usual stylistic norms in the franchise. The BlackAndWhiteMorality is replaced with BlackAndGrayMorality, there are no Jedi, the opening crawl is gone, and the film more closely resembles a gritty war movie than a whimsical space opera. Subsequently, some fans complain how ''Rogue One'' doesn't feel like ''Franchise/StarWars''.
36	** ''Film/TheLastJedi'' deliberately subverts and toys with audience expectations, leading to some fans complaining how it didn't meet their expectations. The decision to make Luke [[TookALevelInCynicism a more jaded mentor]] didn't sit too well with some fans. Ironically, many of these same people complained that ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks didn't do enough to change things]].
37	** The ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' fandom suffers from this reaction every time someone dies, even when a ''single'' character that wasn't even in the original movies was killed off. In recent years, the universe has dipped more into AnyoneCanDie territory, leading to this happening frequently. Perhaps most shockingly of all, [[spoiler: Chewbacca]] was killed during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. At least he got a HeroicSacrifice.
38	** It also suffered this reaction when Disney decided not to base the sequel trilogy on the existing book timeline.
39	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
40	** ''Film/XMen1'', based on possibly the most [[LongRunners sprawling]], [[ContinuityLockout confusing]] and [[ContinuitySnarl self-contradictory]] comic book franchise in all the land, had an infinite number of complaints leveled at it, from "Wolverine's like a foot too tall!" to "Magneto's too old!" to "Rogue's too young!" to "Since when is Jean Grey a ''doctor''?!" to "How come Storm didn't freak out when she was in that elevator shaft, she's supposed to be claustrophobic!" to... well, let's stop while we're still young. Subsequent films in the series have just made things worse. {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d with the "yellow spandex" line.
41	** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
42	*** Wolverine being the one to travel back in time rather than Shadowcat, who did so in the original storyline. Part of the reason this causes backlash is that Shadowcat's role has been played by another character before, by Bishop in [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries the 90's cartoon]] (presumably in an attempt to capitalize on the then-recently introduced character's popularity). Not to mention the Professor more-or-less filling the role in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''.
43	*** Pietro being renamed 'Peter' to Americanize him is also a point of contention for some. Especially as it comes after the many times the films have turned non-American characters into Americans, including changing their names to more American-sounding ones.
44	* Creator/RogerEbert made a [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19881030/PEOPLE/10010305 case for why Black & White films should not be colorized says the same thing]]. He has a point, especially the part where he says that choosing the right colors is basically WildMassGuessing. Creator/OrsonWelles allegedly exclaimed, "Tell Ted Turner to keep his crayons away from [[Film/CitizenKane my movie]]!"
45	* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
46	** This phenomenon has caused many fans to have the exact opposite reaction to the film adaptations as many critics do. While film critics generally agree that the films got better from ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', many fans vilified these for not being as word-for-word faithful as the first two had. But part of this is down to the first few books being ''shorter'' and not needing as many plot points and scenes dropped as the others.
47	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' provoked an incredibly extreme backlash over one thing - Hermione's dress for the Yule Ball. It was blue in the book and pink in the film. Hundreds of fans complained about the change, believing that the costume designer must have not gotten the memo, not read the book(s), assumed [[PinkMeansFeminine she would wear pink because she is a girl]] or was colorblind. For a time, the film's IMDB page was in an edit war over listing "Hermione is a person who [[RealWomenDontWearDresses hates pink and would never wear a pink dress]]" as a PlotHole and there were many Facebook pages complaining about it.
48	** A rather vocal portion of the base complained about one thing in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''. After Umbridge dismisses Professor Trelawney, Dumbledore says to the students "don't you all have studying to do?" - which prompted cries from purists that Dumbledore was acting uncharacteristically angry.
49	** The Burrow Burning scene in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' got this too naturally. Some particularly vocal fans claimed it would cause a PlotHole for the wedding to take place there in the next film. This was ignoring that the attack happened in December and the wedding in June - which would be long enough for the Weasleys to rebuild their house. The criticisms of the scene being a BigLippedAlligatorMoment with not much mention afterwards were a little more valid.
50	** Not even the first films were immune from this. A portion of the base reacted negatively to a change in the Devil's Snare scene. In the book, Hermione panics and Ron has to tell her to get a grip. In the film, it's Hermione who remains calm. The complaints about Ron becoming an AdaptationalWimp were taken a little out of context[[note]]The film drops the logic puzzle from the book, which served as Hermione's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. This way the Devil's Snare scene fills that function, and likewise Hermione and Ron don't help Harry in the flying keys scene - giving him one.[[/note]] - with many forgetting that the film still keeps the chess scene intact. Ron still saves the day, Hermione panics and has to be stopped by Harry - just like in the book.
51	** An example similar to ''The Hunger Games'' example below. When Katie Leung was cast as Cho Chang, many fans were angry at the apparent RaceLift - not realising that Cho was meant to be Asian. To Rowling's credit, her race is never mentioned in the book and the only description of her is about her long dark hair. But a few missed the last name, which is the only indicator of her race.
52	** Voldemort's death scene in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' was heavily criticized by fans. In the book, his body "hit the floor with a mundane finality", showing that despite all his posturing and efforts to make himself immortal, he had truly met his end just like anyone else. In the film, his body just...disintegrates. In an effort to make Voldemort's death more of a spectacle, it loses its actual significance, not to mention opening up another possible NeverFoundTheBody situation like the first time he was defeated.
53	* Fans didn't like the liberties taken with the second and third Narnia adaptations[[note]]Which were arguably necessary since both ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'' and ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'''s formats don't lend themselves very well to films. ''Prince Caspian'' involves an extensive flashback sequence that doesn’t involve any of the four kids, while ''Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' meanwhile is very episodic with no real plot thread tying things together.[[/note]] and claimed they were moving closer to InNameOnly. The extremeness of this audience-reaction-trope was demonstrated by a small line at the end of the third film - "Jill Pole's stopped by for a visit". Cue dozens of purists wailing "Jill and Eustace aren't meant to be friends! Why is she coming over to his house! It's ruined!".
54	* The film versions of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' suffered from their fair share of overly critical complaints:
55	** Fans commonly complain about the removal of the last part of ''The Return of the King'', the Scouring of the Shire. A common criticism of the film from non-fans is that the ending of the film goes on far too long even without it.
56	** Some fans miss Tom Bombadil. Most accept that he's a walking DeusExMachina, quintessential WackyWaysideTribe, and that he would probably be unplayable on film.
57	** Ghan-buri-Ghan and ''his'' WackyWaysideTribe were also removed, but arguably they are more important to the narrative and the themes than ol' Tom.
58	** Before the release of the films some fans complained about Arwen being turned into "Xena Elven Princess", but this criticism died down after the actual films came out and it turned out that Arwen only had one action scene [[note]]The fan reaction may also have been a factor in the movie producers deciding not to have Arwen fight at Helm's Deep, which was originally planned with some scenes even filmed.[[/note]].
59	** Some Tolkien purists also complain about Tolkien's "precious" dialogue being altered for the film. While the flowery, poetic, somewhat Shakespearean prose works well enough in the books, it can sound stilted, unnatural, and excessively formal, if not downright hammy, when spoken aloud by actual humans. The dialogue of the film makes the characters sound more like modern people, which, on screen, is more important than including every last tiny detail and bit of dialogue, unaltered in any way.
60	* ''Film/TheHobbit'' film draws some fan ire for some rather severe background-story changes. The White Council claims that they are in the Watchful Peace, a period which in the source material ended 500 years before the events of ''The Hobbit''. They claimed that the Witch-King was killed, buried, and entombed. Moved up the conversion of Greenwood to Mirkwood by about 2000 years (!), made Azog survive the battle of Azanulbizar (to allow him to be the BigBad of the film series, rather than Bolg, his son in the book), and made it so that the Necromancer did not appear until the year of the book, rather than about 2000 years before.[[note]]The Necromancer was also revealed to [[spoiler:be Sauron as a GreaterScopeVillain]], and Azog was working for him, while Bolg still appears in the film at all as a lieutenant of Azog.[[/note]]
61	** There's also the RomanticPlotTumor introduced by the love triangle between Legolas, Kili, and Tauriel, the latter a character invented out of whole cloth by the screenwriters. Including Legolas at all invoked fiery wrath among some, seeing as Legolas is not in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and was blatantly shoe-horned in so that Peter Jackson could invite as many of his actors back as possible, but others argued that it made sense to feature him, as his father is a major character in the stories. Tauriel, however, was hated as soon as it was announced that she would be a character. It was as if a cardinal rule had been violated; thou shalt not insert original characters in Tolkien's world.
62	* ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'': Many hardcore fans decry Burton's decision to have the Joker [[spoiler:be the murderer of Bruce's parents]] in [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 film adaptation]]. When the sequel rolled around, many fans were outraged at the Penguin's change from an eccentric professional criminal that was only ''slightly'' penguin-like in appearance (The origin of his nickname? He wears a ''penguin tuxedo'') to a deformed subhuman that ate raw fish, had flippers, spewed black blood, and otherwise looked exactly like [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari]].
63	* ''Film/BatmanBegins'' is commonly agreed to be the second-best ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' film adaptation, but some die-hard fans are very, very angry that Scarecrow ran Arkham Asylum instead of teaching psychiatry and was more concerned about making money than obsessively studying fear, while others just accepted the RuleOfScary. Others disparage the new tank-like appearance of the Batmobile... even though it's Batman ''Begins'' and it's a prototype vehicle he hasn't had any time to modify into something more "battish". And that [[spoiler:he loses it in the sequel and shows he's quite adept with high-performance sports cars, too...]].
64	** In something of a twist on the outrage of changing the Joker to be the Waynes' killer, when ''Film/BatmanBegins'' went back to the source material to use the original killer, many who were ''only'' familiar with Batman thanks to the Burton movies believed ''this'' to be the alteration. "Everyone ''knows'' the Joker killed Batman's parents!"
65	** There were also many who were furious that the Joker's rictus grin, white face, and green hair was due to make up, coupled with a Glasgow Smile, rather than being dumped in a vat of acid. Most of these complaints dried up once the film was released.
66	* It's amazing to see how much criticism the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' movie received ''before its release''. People couldn't even wait to see it to start complaining. The movie is based on an Creator/AlanMoore comic. Moore himself is quite vocal about how much he thinks the previous movies based on his works suck. Furthermore, ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' especially has been long considered a work that any adaptation would struggle with effectively bringing to the screen whilst remaining faithful to the source material. Bizarrely, fans of the comic even complained about the character of Dr. Manhattan himself - specifically, the rumor that he might be wearing a G-string to cover his glowing blue penis. Disregarding that male full-frontal nudity [[DoubleStandard is very hard to portray on film without getting an X rating]], it was only ever a rumor, and he's portrayed as wearing something similar several times in the comic itself. Things didn't help much when they trimmed out the supporting characters in order to fit the story in a 3-hour movie. Thankfully, the Director's cut adds much more of the minor recurring characters.
67	* Most of the criticism of the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf\|2007}}'' movie was based on this reaction. The DVD includes an interview with Creator/NeilGaiman explaining why he made these alterations, and they're pretty decent reasons.
68	* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' made so many changes to the story, major shifts in tone, and alterations to the characters from the game series that it's practically the poster child for InNameOnly film adaptations. They do have a fanbase and most of them turned a decent profit, but the overlap between fans of the movies and fans of the games is a whole lot smaller than you'd expect, because they pretty much feel like separate intellectual properties despite sharing one.
69	* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. Since the period of the film shifted from the 30s to the 50s, the villains (Nazis > Communists) and film influence (old Republic Film Serials > [[spoiler:science fiction B-movies]]) changed, and some fans weren't happy. Not to mention the ''{{serious\|Business}}'' FanWank about ''CGI gophers''. Goddamn ''[[SpecialEffectFailure CGI gophers]]''.
70	* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' was based on a new script written by Douglas Adams [[DiedDuringProduction before his death]], as opposed to direct adaptation of the original text. As a result of this, the film contained many differences in plot from the original radio/book/TV stories (each of which also had rewrites between adaptations; one joke in the fandom goes that there is no canon, only suggestions), which annoyed some long-time fans of the series. Adams was a merciless self-editor. It's given that while he did write (at least some of) the film script, it was far from finished by his standards. Furthermore, the concept of the Hitchhiker's universe having ''anything'' that could legitimately be called Original Text is laughable at best. Numerous fans complained about Ford Prefect being played by Mos Def, apparently operating under the assumption that Ford was white. In fact Ford's race is never specified in the novels.
71	* Creator/StanleyKubrick's version of ''Film/TheShining'' is quite different from the book, and gets a lot of Creator/StephenKing fans saying how much it sucks. It is a pretty bad adaptation, as it changes almost everything from the source material aside from the character names and the basic premise. Even Stephen King himself considers it the worst adaptation of one of his books. Outside of them, it's considered one of the best horror movies ever made.
72	** Stephen King movies in general tend to greatly simplify the novels because a two-hour movie isn't long enough to include every detail from even a regular novel, let alone a King doorstopper. People who prefer the books tend to think the movies represent butchery; people who prefer the movies tend to think King would ''really'' benefit from a ruthless editor.
73	* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', based on a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender series]], suffered from this in the run up to its release. Besides complaints about its RaceLift casting, many show fans criticized minor changes; things like the color of Zuko's clothing, Katara's pulled-back loopies, Aang's grey colored arrow, Sokka not showing any sense of humor, the severity of Zuko's scar, and the size of Iroh's belly. Avatar, with its length and depth, arguably could never be shrunken into a film (especially since it's an adaptation from animation, instead of a book or comic). Still, it's like the director wasn't even trying. It was just drama after drama, without the adorable and silly characters and the superbly intricate (Emmy-winning) plot. When the film actually came out, these complaints fell by the wayside, with the film's dialogue, ExpositionFairy narration, wooden DullSurprise acting, and SpecialEffectFailure eclipsing those earlier criticisms out of existence (though the mere mispronunciation of the characters names is a sticking point with many).
74	* Many ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Lion King]]'' fans disliked the fact that they put "The Morning Report" a song that isn't even 2 minutes long, into the Special Edition DVD. Oddly, many ''like'' the musical version, and [[FanDumb some complainers]] might have overlooked the DVD's option to replace "The Morning Report" with the ''original'' scene of Mufasa teaching Simba how to pounce.[[note]]You might expect such an option to appear right when you hit "Play". Instead, you have to remember to enter "Set Up" before you start the movie, and select the "original" version from that menu. Otherwise, the Special Edition plays automatically.[[/note]] Outcry proved so negative, Disney eventually made the Blu-Ray relegate "The Morning Report" into a bonus short, with no option to branch it into the movie. Yet more fans complain that the DVD's "Original" version of ''The Lion King'' still has [[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/thelionking2.html some differences]] from the version presented in 1994, such as an updated Disney logo,[[note]]This marks neither the first nor the last time Disney committed logo plastering, but for many years, ''TLK'' stuck out as the only Disney Animated Canon movie of the '90s not to retain the blue castle for its DVD release[[/note]] redrawn crocodiles during "I Just Can't Wait to Be King", and a reanimated pollen cloud that no longer looks anything like [[UrbanLegends the word "sex"]]. Even though none of these changes affect the plot, some fans have accused Disney of "false advertising" for not telling them about the changes sooner.
75	* Fans of ''Franchise/GIJoe'' are complained about the new movie and leaked plot details before it was filmed, going as far as to say that statements that the story is based on the comics (even coming from the comic writer Larry Hama himself) are out and out lies because: Ripcord is Black which is incompatible with stories Rip Cord had in the comics, Not everyone on the team is American, [[spoiler: Baroness had a relationship with Duke and Cobra Commander wasn't a used car salesman but rather a former soldier and a scientist who works for Destro in the first movie.]] They will ignore the numerous plot elements that come from the comics story, and decry "it's not based on it at all." One review actually began with the line "If it doesn't feature the line "Cobra, retreat!" then it isn't a GI Joe movie." Naturally, the phrase "real fan" showed up within two paragraphs...
76	* The ''Film/SilentHill'' movie. While the fidelity to the game's visual style was praised, changing the main character was, among other things, met with such a reaction by the fans, with the director's rationale for the GenderFlip (he thought [[PapaWolf a man going through an almost literal hell to save his child]] was too unbelievable and made game protagonist Harry Mason seem like a very feminine character) coming off as idiotic, patronizing, and more than a little insulting.
77	* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' has been criticized for making an action film out of the source material. This is despite the fact that there are a number of action sequences in the Sherlock Holmes adventures. Holmes is canonically a martial artist, fencer, etc., and Watson is an army veteran. Point of fact, it is only in later adaptations of the beloved characters that Watson was relegated to nothing more than foil, medic, and narrator. Many instances in the original series have Watson physically helping Holmes fight off the villains, and is considered a crack shot better than Holmes.
78	* ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004'': Frickin' third-degree sunburn. Many other things different than that, including Erik's complete backstory.
79	* ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: The Lightning Thief'' changed many things in the books. Common minor complaints were character's appearances and behaviors being changed, e.g. Grover being black, Annabeth being brunette and bossy rather than nerdy, all three main characters being 5 years older than in the book, and all Greek Gods and monsters not appearing modernised. Bigger complaints were that several characters were omitted entirely, notably Dionysus, Clarisse, the Oracle, Kronos, and Ares, which greatly changed the plot seeing as Kronos and Ares were important villains. As a result, some characters had their motives completely change, turning Hades, who spent most of the book appearing to be an evil god who stole the lightning bolt but was actually innocent, into an openly evil god who was instantly revealed to ''not'' have taken the bolt. Several small sub-plots were also forgotten, such as Zeus' daughter Thalia and Grover's quest to get a searcher's license. The standalone sequel ''Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'' immediately brings many of these things back.
80	* In ''Film/TheKarateKid2010'', the setting has been changed to China and the young man learns kung fu. Perhaps they should have renamed the movie ''The Kung Fu Kid''? In defense of the franchise, it was only supposed to be in America that the film would be called ''The Karate Kid'' in order to spark interest from new and old fans. Creator/JackieChan and supposedly the whole film crew and cast referred to it as ''The Kung Fu Kid'' while filming. Despite this, the moniker ''The Karate Kid'' was still used when the movie was released in Asia and the rest of the world. In offense to the producers, there is no way Chinese kids would treat a foreign guest so poorly without provocation. As an American exchange student, that kid would have been instantly the most popular kid in school.
81	* ''Film/RobinHood2010'' has taken a lot of heat for being a history-oriented original origin story instead of a retelling of the Myth/RobinHood story "[[AudienceColoringAdaptation everybody knows]]". The story everyone knows includes the usual setup of Prince John acting as regent in [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart King Richard's]] absence, Robin being an outlawed knight, and Robin StormingTheCastle to save Maid Marian. In the 2010 film, these plot elements are either absent ([[spoiler:Richard dies at the start, and John is king for the rest of the film]]) or given a new twist ([[spoiler:Robin, a commoner, poses as Marian's deceased husband, a knight]]), and the main plot is about setting up the legend to happen in the context of a (fictional) French invasion. The movie ends with [[spoiler:Robin finally being outlawed by John.]] Many people were dissatisfied, to say the least, with the film for not following "the story everybody knows". But "the story everybody knows" (most probably through the combination of [[Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood Errol Flynn]], [[Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves Kevin Costner]] and [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 Disney]]) is itself an AdaptationDistillation of centuries of folklore, literature and previous adaptations. Most of the details in the version everyone knows were only established through the years - including all of the above familiar elements, and Robin ''robbing the rich and giving to the poor'' itself (which is in the film, but not as much as people expected). So the film is bashed somewhat unfairly for changing and adding to the story when that's how the legend developed in the first place.
82	** Some fans take more issue with the ridiculously ahistorical parts of the film - for instance the almost Omaha-beach-like landing craft that the French arrive in. Whilst in some instances, authenticity is upheld (certainly more than Errol Flynn ever managed), some scenes so horribly butcher the 'historical' setting that this version of Robin Hood is sometimes seen as the worst.
83	* 3D technologies had a resurgence when stereoscopic 3D was used on blockbuster movies including ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''. However, there's a resistance forming amongst directors and users, especially among the visually impaired, mainly because 3D requires both of a person's eyes to be good, and not everyone has that luxury; not to mention the requirement of 3D glasses. Indeed this is the reason why movie theaters have still offer 2D showings and many argue that 3D cannot become the standard until this is solved.
84	* One of the most common criticisms of the Americanization of the French Film ''Le diner de cons'', ''Film/DinnerForSchmucks''. The humor and pacing are completely different, as are the characters - the adaptation could almost be deemed InNameOnly. In the French original, Brochand was a bastard, the dinner was not shown and the "cons" were utterly normal people with regular hobbies. The American version however makes the "schmucks" total freaks, invites you to point and laugh at them for half of the movie, and then ends with the usual "different strokes for different folks". The Brochand counterpart was really only pushed to be mean and he's the hero. BrokenAesop.
85	* When James Cameron released the remastered version of ''Film/TheTerminator'' the changes made were incredibly minute, limited primarily to the opening credits, the lightning effects, and the sounds of gunfire. But for a number of fans, these changes weren't minute enough and apparently detracted from the overall quality of the movie.
86	* Hardcore crazed ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' fans were vilifying [[Film/Tekken2010 the movie]] before the trailers were even released. Among such rants were whining that Christie was meant to be black/Hispanic/Asian, Kazuya isn't supposed to have facial hair, and labeling it an awful film simply because their favourite character wasn't in it. Then when it came out, the fans got even worse, since it turned out to be [[VideoGameMoviesSuck an awful film]] regardless of fidelity to the source material.
87	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
88	** Fandom's take on ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''; primarily in designs on everything from the actual giant monsters to the aliens and vehicles with Gigan arguably being the only exception.
89	** ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' version of King Ghidorah got flack because he was turned into a good guy.
90	** For ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', there are fans who don't like how they changed Godzilla's roar or design or even atomic breath (which may seem weaker or less substantial than usual, partly due to how small it looks compared to Godzilla's bulk, and that its appearance is more akin to the Showa films' [[http://www.thefilmleague.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Gojira-breathing-fire.jpg vapory blast]] rather than the more solid [[http://www.nathanfox.net/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/GodzillaFinalWarsAfunGodzillamovie_15142/GodzillaFinalWars-AtomicRay_2.png energy beam]] of the Heisei and Millenium films.)
91	** ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' had so much indisputable change that even the creators admitted that they had made a mistake by changing so much. However, some people who actually liked the movie[[note]]believe it or not, in some regions were the original Toho Godzilla never aired and/or was never popular or well known, the 98 Godzilla is the most popular version[[/note]] and its monster disliked the creature getting depicted as the classic Godzilla with his usual powers and fighting other monsters in ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' and then officially being renamed to "Zilla" and presented as a useless weakling in ''Final Wars'' as part of a grand TakeThat against the '98 film. As well, the movie's niche fandom didn't take too kindly to later media going back to Godzilla's traditional look and powers, leading to a sort of FandomRivalry.
92	* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. For the film's 20th anniversary in 2002, it saw guns replaced with walkie-talkies, gave the title character a CGI makeover, and changed one line of dialogue using the word "terrorist" (replaced with the word "hippie", which was done to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance it from 9/11]] but went too far in the other direction and made the 1982 film appear more dated than it was). Mercilessly lampooned in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' parody episode "Free Hat". Incidentally, while said episode portrays Steven Spielberg as the diabolical mastermind behind editing ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', with Creator/GeorgeLucas only reluctantly following, in reality Spielberg later stated that editing the movie was a mistake, and the subsequent home video reissue in 2012 was that of the theatrical version.
93	* If you want to see a fanbase metaphorically explode, just bring up any part of the live-action ''Film/{{Transformers\|FilmSeries}}'' films that's different from the G1 show on a forum that's full of G1 fans. For starters, many fans were upset that Optimus Prime's truck mode was not a cab-over truck, he had flames painted on his cab because [[AuthorAppeal the director thought they looked cool]] (Specifically, they'd screen-tested a solid red paint scheme, and the director determined that it looked boring), and his magically appearing/disappearing trailer from G1 was nowhere to be seen. Believe it or not, there were even fans who complained about Megatron's alt-mode being one that was actually usable without having to depend on one of his subordinates to pull the trigger.
94	** Later films started incorporating more concepts and characters from G1 (and other parts of the brand) into the movie series, as well as redesigning the robots to be more human-like as opposed to overly alien-looking (which has been a ''major'' part of why old-school fans hated the movies). This, naturally, lead to fans of the movie series complaining about the changes.
95	* An article in the Hollywood Reporter interviewed several people involved with Franchise/TheMuppets (who were not named, of course, except for veteran Muppeteer Creator/FrankOz) who expressed their opinion that ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' is not true to the characters, makes them act out of character to set up jokes, and that it seems less like a Muppet movie and more like "a Creator/JasonSegel movie that happens to have the Muppets in it." A few fans and critics still feel this way, but the vast majority [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_muppets/ do not]].
96	* ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' got tons of undeserved flak for the sole reason that it was not about Michael Myers anymore. The film itself is not bad (and it has received a resurgence of appreciation in later years), but people wanted Michael Myers and nothing else. Of course they got what they wanted with subsequent movies, and a really bad case of sequelitis ensued.
97	* Disney revised the Walt Disney Pictures VanityPlate in 2011 so that it no longer includes Walt's first name nor the word "Pictures". Fans see this as an insult to Creator/WaltDisney, while others are simply cool with it. The company tried to justify the change by saying this version would look easier to read on mobile digital copies. However, the preceding version doesn't look ''that'' hard to read when shrunken to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Disney_iPhone_logo_4447.png iPhone dimensions]].
98	* A misguided example of this happened with ''Film/TheHungerGames''. Fans complained about an alleged change that was actually accurate to the source material. In it, Katniss Everdeen meets a tribute from District 11 named Rue, who later [[spoiler: saves Katniss' life after a MushroomSamba, and then has a heartbreaking death.]] Some fans were outraged that this beloved character was played by 13-year-old Amandla Stenberg, an African-American actress, almost certainly because of racism. The problem is that Rue and her male counterpart, Thresh, were already supposed to be black in the book. Their introduction specifically mentions them having dark brown skin. Thankfully, it seems Amandla hasn't taken this to heart. You can view an article on these complaints [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/hunger-games-racist-tweets-rue_n_1380377.html here.]]
99	* This trope struck ''hard'' with the film adaptation of ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} Allegiant]]'', which took so many liberties with its source material that even the most hardcore fans of the book series were left scratching their heads wondering what the everloving hell they just watched was. Naturally, this led to the film [[BoxOfficeBomb completely tanking]]... so hard, in fact, that it ended up [[FranchiseKiller torpedoing the planned finale movie]], ''Ascendant'', entirely[[note]]Allegedly, there are plans to adapt it into a miniseries to air on Starz, but outside of a few vague rumors, nothing has yet to come of it[[/note]].
100	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
101	** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': A number of fans (including author Creator/GeorgeRRMartin) complained about founding members ComicBook/AntMan and ComicBook/TheWasp being left out of the movie in favor of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and Comicbook/BlackWidow, who are portrayed as founders in the film despite not joining the team until well after it was already established in the original comic books. Other complaints ranged from Hawkeye not wearing purple to Captain America not having wings on his helmet. Captain America ''did'' have wings on his helmet; the only thing is these wings are painted on, not jutting out.
102	** ''Film/IronMan3'' received mostly positive reviews and was the second movie in the entire MCU to gross over a billion dollars, but is still reviled by a number of comic fans because of the Mandarin getting a RaceLift [[spoiler: and being revealed to be a fraud with no powers]]. There exists a bit of OpinionMyopia here, with casual viewers and critics generally giving the film far better scores than comic book readers.
103	** ''Film/AntMan1'': There are a lot of fans outraged over the fact the movie is about Scott Lang, the [[LegacyCharacter second]] Ant-Man, and not Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man. The fans were also not pleased towards the fact that Pym appeared in the movie with a massive AgeLift.
104	** ''Film/BlackWidow2021'' repeated the "changing a well-known villain too much" with Taskmaster, [[spoiler:who instead of Tony Masters was Antonia Dreykov - less for the GenderFlip, more for taking a ArrogantKungFuGuy and turning it into an EmptyShell without personality]]. To a much lesser extent, how two characters were reinvented regarding their connection to Natasha, Yelena Belova (EvilCounterpart in the comics, sister figuresuccessor in the movie) and Red Guardian (ex-husband in the comics, father figure in the movie).
105	* ''Film/ManOfSteel''. In addition to the usual complaints about the movie using a modified costume for Superman, the casting of African American actor Creator/LaurenceFishburne [[RaceLift as Lois Lane's traditionally Caucasian boss]] Perry White, as well as the casting of a British actor to play (Krypto-American) Superman have also ruffled some feathers among some less than progressive fans. In a weird case, Superman's [[spoiler:killing of Zod and the large amount of destruction fighting him]] is both seen by fans as extremely out of character, and in character, for some fans. To say nothing of replacing Music/JohnWilliams' iconic, legendary score with a still good, but much more generic soundtrack from Music/HansZimmer. The movie is a huge example of a BrokenBase.
106	* The ''Film/JamesBond'' series is subjected to this whenever anyone brings up who is the better actor to play as James Bond. The biggest uproar came when Daniel Craig replaced Pierce Brosnan to be the actor playing as Bond due to the fact that Daniel looked very different compared to Pierce, along with his mannerisms. The Pierce VS Daniel flame wars even boiled over to the ''Goldeneye'' video game remake when Daniel Craig's voice and likeness were used instead of Pierce Brosnan.
107	* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' receives complaints of various kinds, from casting choices to changes in costume design, some fans have even complained about the mechanical web-shooters, in spite of the fact that Spider-Man's web-shooters have only ever been mechanical in the comic book continuity, except for a few rare occasions in which Peter went through a power upgrade. There were also complaints about Peter Parker's character since while still an introverted science geek, he's given a more modern wardrobe and shown to be a skater, which some fans felt made him 'too cool/athletic'.
108	* Film adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' have a tendency to {{demoniz\|ation}}e Claude Frollo, omitting his compassionate side and presenting him as an evil villain through and through. This has not been welcomed by fans of the original novel.
109	* [[ContestedSequel Whether or not the sequel is good in general is hotly debated]], but probably the most commonly asked question by people who dislike ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'' is "[[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome What happened to Roxanne?]]" Roxanne was a LivingMacGuffin SatelliteLoveInterest, Max's love life was not the focus, more than three years had passed between the two movies, and she was not the first to disappear, but this one change is enough to account for much of the movie's {{Hatedom}}. A typical side effect of this is people being picky about ''very minor'' {{Series Continuity Error}}s when this was one of the ''biggest'' weaknesses of [[WesternAnimation/GoofTroop the show the movies were based on]] (in other words, nothing new).
110	* It doesn't seem hard to find fans of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon complain that the Platinum Edition {{Remaster}} of a certain movie doesn't have the same color scheme as an older VHS tape, laserdisc, or DVD does. [[FanDumb Never mind the possibility that the latest restoration reflects the original theatrical release more closely than any before.]]
111	* And then there's Disney's push to produce live-action remakes of its animated classics. Reactions tend to be mixed, but fans of the originals are often ''not'' happy with the results or even the attempt. Perhaps the most controversial change (before the film is even released) is [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel's]] RaceLift.
112	* Nikkatsu's live-action adaptation of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' sparked some pre-emptive complaints about its changes in the source material. The team no longer wears brightly colored spandex, but instead wear armored suits with more muted colors. The fact that their visors look less bird-like also caused grumbling, along with the fact that the Birdstyle technology was not developed by Dr. Nambu but instead from mysterious stones that grant superhuman strength to those who can draw upon their power. Just about the only change that seems welcomed by fans is the fact that Jun's new suit averts her habit of having panty shots.
113	* The first trailer of ''Film/{{Seventh Son\|2015}}'', the live-action adaptation of ''[[Literature/TheWardstoneChronicles The Spook's Apprentice]]'' already shows many things that piss of the fans: Tom and Alice being significantly older, They kiss (Their relationship in the books played UnresolvedSexualTension straight), AdaptationalAttractiveness for BigBad Mother Malkin, creatures not from the book (like a Dragon or a four-armed man), Gregory using magic and art martial moves...
114	* The [[Creator/MichaelBay Platinum Dunes]] ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' reboot intended to retcon the Turtles' origins in order to make them... aliens. Thankfully, it was scrapped, but not before the Internet nearly exploded.
115	* ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' had a massive cast and a storyline with more twists and turns than a racetrack. The 1997 TV movie simplified matters by focusing mainly on Turtle Wexler. However, it also [[AdaptedOut removed some of the heirs]], and [[AdaptationPersonalityChange changed other characters' personalities and motivations]]. Consequently, fans of the book don't hold it in high regard.
116	* Inverted with the Blu-Ray releases of some Disney-owned movies that exist in multiple cuts, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', and ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''. The Blu-Ray releases of those pictures restored them to the lengths from their US theatrical premieres, much to the disappointment of certain viewers, who actually preferred the extended versions.
117	** In ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks''' case, this gets worse due to the fact that the extended version did receive a French dub, but the other languages did not receive redubs as they were only dubbed only to the theatrical cut (while the German dub was dubbed to an exclusive infamous Nazi-less cut), causing the extended version not to be available in countries like Italy at all.
118	* The majority of negative reviews ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' is garnering from critics seem to be complaints about:
119	** It was updated from Depression-era to modern-day, ditching any of the economic commentary that the original show included.
120	** Annie is brought into Stacks' life as a political ploy (even though the original used the little girl in a similar fashion -- to make Warbucks look kindhearted and bring him good publicity).
121	** Nobody belts the songs at the top of their voice like in the '70s version. This one is somewhat merited -- the singing is weak in places, and {{AutoTune}}d in others.
122	** They got rid of [[EthnicScrappy Punjab]] the Indian servant in favor of Nash the bodyguard.
123	** They added the topical plot point that Annie [[spoiler:NeverLearnedToRead]].
124	** It's materialistic. Hannigan wanted a rich life she thinks she was cheated out of; she wallows in nostalgia and uses foster girls as apparent sole source of income. Whilst Stacks worked his way up from either poverty or lower middle class, so he earned his smart house.
125	** Hannigan doesn't seem to know she's in a musical and keeps asking what's going on when a song starts. Some critics accused the gag of indicating the filmmakers were ashamed to be making a musical.
126	* While ''Film/Paddington2014'' was positively received by film critics, it still wasn't without its detractors regarding changes:
127	** Paddington was drastically redesigned, and he looks more like a small American Grizzly, than the small loveable bear from Peru that we all knew as kids.
128	** The movie includes a thriller plot involving a "seductive taxidermist", whilst the books were SliceOfLife comedy.
129	** The ToiletHumor shown in the teaser trailer.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'': While most fans of the comic like the movie, many resent the omission of General Zod's IntroOnlyPointOfView scene (which casts him in an unusually sympathetic light) and the BackStory of Argo City surviving the destruction of Krypton.
131	* ''Film/TrailOfThePinkPanther'' was released in 1982, and fans did not care for it at all. Given that Creator/PeterSellers was dead and Creator/DavidNiven was dying, it was clear that nobody cared about the respective uses of stock footage and dubbing by Creator/RichLittle.
132	* This was the reaction of some fans when it was announced that Paul Feig would be rebooting ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' with [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}} an all-female cast]]. Some of the loonier protests are discussed [[http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/01/28/the-top-3-reasons-the-all-female-ghostbusters-will-suck-according-to-some-dudes-who-hate-women/ here]].
133	* Fans of ''Literature/PaperTowns'' didn't take well to the changes made to the plot in [[Film/PaperTowns the film adaptation]] (Q attending prom, his friends leaving him in Algoe after his outburst, Lacey and Ben getting together on the road trip instead of beforehand, etc).
134	* This went hand in hand with CriticalDissonance with ''Film/IntoTheWoods''. Critics responded well to the film, yet many hardcore fans of the stage show were not pleased that [[spoiler: Rapunzel's fate is completely different, surviving and getting a MaybeEverAfter with her prince]] - and voted it down for this reason.
135	* Fans didn't care for the alteration made in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' [[spoiler: of Superman actually depowering the Elite and going through with lobotomizing Manchester Black instead of the Elite retaining their powers and Supes only giving Black a concussion as they felt it invalidated what Superman was talking about through the whole movie.]]
136	* ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' attempts to change up the standard SlasherMovie format of the franchise by playing up the supernatural elements, including depicting Jason as a soul-stealing demon worm that can possess people and can only be killed permanently by a mystic dagger wielded by a member of his own bloodline. Fans and critics alike ''hated'' the convoluted changes to the mythos and it's widely regarded as one of the worst ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies.
137	* ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' is one of the most justified examples of this, while the movie had many flaws of its own right, that you can notice and dislike even if you never watched any episode of the anime and never read the manga, the movie had many, many harsh changes to the source material to the point it not only becomes an InNameOnly adaptation with only a few loose ties to the anime/manga, but it seems like something made to make fans pissed.
138	* ''Film/ArtemisFowl'':
139	** As soon as the casting call described Artemis as "a friendly kid with a sunny disposition", people knew something was off. The appeal of [[Literature/ArtemisFowl the book]] was that it starred a 12-year-old VillainProtagonist, who is as ruthless as they can be. Changing the character so drastically ended up alienating anyone who was already a fan to begin with.
140	** Mulch being changed to a "giant dwarf", only for justifying Creator/JoshGad, who is of average height, playing him. While they tried to make it part of his character by giving him an AdaptationalAngstUpgrade and an IJustWantToBeNormal motivation, people immediately accused the studio of being lazy, since [[Film/LordOfTheRings composing the shot to make a normal-sized person look smaller]] or [[Film/HarryPotter hiring]] [[Series/GameOfThrones actual]] [[Creator/WarwickDavis people]] [[Creator/PeterDinklage with dwarfism]] has been done before, which many find preferable.
141	** Butler's name being revealed nonchalantly in his first few minutes of screentime. Butler in the books goes by LastNameBasis, even for the family he worked for for decades, with his GivenNameReveal being one of the most poignant moments in the entire series. To make things worse, they tried to patch things up by saying "he doesn't like being called the Butler".
142	* ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' got it because the T.Rex was replaced by the Spinosaurus as the film’s BigBad and killed the rex early on.
143	* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' was hit by it due to the decision to use almost all computer-generated effects and motion capture for the dinosaurs rather than the animatronics and computer effects combo the original film had. It was so big that ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' reverted to animatronics for many of its dinosaurs. Then there were the trained raptors that made some miss their wilder, more vicious predecessors.
144	* A lot of fans cried fool when Creator/DwayneMcDuffie, writer of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', said Superwoman--who traditionally is the MirrorUniverse version of Wonder Woman--was one of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mary Marvel]] and said an underling was WW's counterpart. But then, said movie's original form was to originally bridge the gap between ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' and a lot of fans felt Wondy did suffer from how she was adapted there. Kind of stupid when you realize that it was more inspired by the Creator/GrantMorrison story where Superwoman was Lois Lane. A number of Grant Morrison fans proclaimed that the movie was bad simply because it didn't adapt his arc panel for panel, despite only loosely borrowing from it.
145	* Fans who thought the original Wally West was getting screwed over under Creator/DanDiDio were happy when it seemed that he'd finally gotten some love again in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract'' with Kid Flash -- only to be annoyed years later when [[https://mobile.twitter.com/JTuckerAnimator/status/1385088842768609281 when producer James Tucker revealed the Kid Flash in the movie is actually a young Barry Allen]]. Naturally, fans didn't take too kindly to this change, especially it being years after the fact.
146	* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' has two concerning WesternAnimation/LolaBunny:
147	** The director has commented on all the backlash Lola got for not being sexualized anymore.
148	** Since more hardcore ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' fans prefer her more [[GenkiGirl bubbly characterization]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/NewLooneyTunes'', they were disappointed that she was back to being a level-headed ActionGirl, making it a case of "They Changed It Back, Now It Sucks".
149	* ''Film/JackReacher'': A surprising amount of the criticism that the film received is that the character of Jack Reacher is tall in the books but not the film. The backlash was so pronounced that a good portion of the promotion for the later [[Series/{{Reacher}} series adaptation]] centered on the fact that the character is tall again, with supporting characters seemingly unable to stop [[CharacterShilling talking about how tall he is]].
150	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rumble}}'': As this film is actually based on the graphic novel “Monster On The Hill” by Rob Harrell, the film received a lot of backlash for deviating heavily from the graphic novel in terms of plot and characters. Such changes included removing key characters such as Charles Wilkie and The Murk, and replacing them with several one note characters, jumping the era the novel took place in from Victorian era England to the modern age, and giving completely unwanted personality overhauls to the remaining characters. The most egregious example that the graphic novel fans found to be the most unforgivable was changing the character of Tentacular by subjecting him to AdaptationalVillainy, converting him from a heroic GentleGiant who liked giving hugs to people to an [[ItsAllAboutMe self absorbed]] one note jerk who is obsessed with money and wanted to tear down Stoker stadium out of spite for Rayburn.
151	* ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' or rather the fourth live-action adaptation that is ''The Long Haul.'' The changing of the cast (mainly the Heffley family and Rowley) was met with universal backlash, with most of the vitriol targeting Charlie Wright's portrayal of Rodrick Heffley due to his lack of resemblance to the rest of the Heffleys casted, as well as the lack of charm compared to Creator/DevonBostick's take on Greg's older brother (henceforth creating the [=#NotMyRodrick=] trend). But it doesn't stop there. The tone is massively shifted from a timeless comedy/drama flick about Greg trying to adjust to life in middle school (and the summer in ''Dog Days'') to a typical road comedy overstuffed with grossed-out humor and current trends (i.e., memes, smartphones).
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153	!!In-universe:
154	* In-universe example would be poet Lallafa from ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' whose work was [[DeadArtistsAreBetter re-discovered long after his death]] and was subsequently, through time travel, brought to future. This resulted in him not being actually able to write the poems, which is why he was sent back to the past to copy them [[StableTimeLoop so they could be discovered]]. Some argue that this makes his poems worse, while others argue they're the same.
155	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', after Penny and Bolt leave the show, they are replaced by different actors and the new [[BigBad Big Bads]] are now aliens. Rhino for one is not happy with the changes.
156	-->'''Rhino:''' That is ''totally'' unrealistic

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