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Muzozavr Since: Jan, 2001
#951: Jun 10th 2012 at 5:34:13 AM

The result manages to be more clever than it should be... for about half of its supposed runtime. Then it gets canceled for no adequate reason.

Pacman: the novelization.

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PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#952: Jun 10th 2012 at 7:04:10 AM

One page, which contains only the words, "waka waka" repeated over and over again.

It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#953: Jun 10th 2012 at 7:08:22 AM

[up][up]It combines the "plotlines" of all the Pac-Man games into a semi-coherent whole simply to have enough characters to fill out to novel length. Clyde undergoes a Heel–Face Turn towards the end, but Redemption Equals Death. The book sells well to nostalgic baby boomers, but the modern kids the book is actually aimed at find it boring and overlong.

(By the by, I vastly prefer the responses that show the poster actually put some effort into research, rather than just variations on "it's really bad".)

The Vow, manga adaptation by Junji Ito.

edited 10th Jun '12 7:08:54 AM by SKJAM

nigelstack345 Let's dance, boys! from Subspace Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Let's dance, boys!
#954: Jun 10th 2012 at 7:12:32 AM

His drawing style seems to have deteriorated and makes the manga unreadable. The dialogue doesn't make it any better...

edited 11th Jun '12 12:28:10 PM by nigelstack345

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SantosLHalper Since: Aug, 2009
#955: Jun 10th 2012 at 8:03:14 AM

The Brotherhood of Nod is commanded by Orkz, which is perfectly fitting, since all of their vehicles are red. As a side effect, Warboss Kane, himself also an Ork, doesn't quite have the charisma or magnificent bastard-ness his original human self possessed.

Why is it that I always get the worst answers when playing this game? It's Total War, not Dawn Of War!

edited 10th Jun '12 8:03:59 AM by SantosLHalper

PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#956: Jun 10th 2012 at 8:53:42 AM

Anyway...

Teletubbies: The Anime.

edited 10th Jun '12 8:53:51 AM by PhysicalStamina

It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.
tennessean Since: Jan, 2001
#957: Jun 10th 2012 at 10:21:22 AM

The resulting anime is...much more insane than the original show ever was. Fans are in an uproar about it, and the addition of some new characters doesn't help one bit. Somehow, despite (or perhaps because of) the controversy, a second season is greenlighted.

Persona 3: The board game.

XiphosOrochi666 True King Of Yggdrasil from Dark Reflection-Glitch River Since: Feb, 2012
True King Of Yggdrasil
#958: Jun 10th 2012 at 11:38:42 AM

Minato is the only character who isn't a persona,Orpheus Telos is cast as one of the shadows, Nyx is replaced with Erebus, the rules are too complicated making it impossible to win at all and the game board sloppily combines all the dungeons from the game.

Lord of the Flies: The Anime.

Humanity wants equality yet supremacy stands in the way. Destroy that and we can embrace equality.
SantosLHalper Since: Aug, 2009
#959: Jun 10th 2012 at 1:41:43 PM

Suprisingly, it was a relatively faithful, if not Mind Screwy, adaptation of the series. However, they changed the story to a group of Japanese children and teenagers being stranded on an island (though for simplicity's sake, we'll refer to the characters with their English names).

Command And Conquer:Total War. PLEASE READ THE GODDAMN ARTICLES BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS!

Olivetree ETERNAL from The Grave Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#960: Jun 10th 2012 at 1:47:18 PM

Relax, I am at least familiar with Total war

The adaptation was lacking in the amount of factions, which lead many to believe that the Total War factions could be more balanced. Because what kind of bollocks is using the best spear-man army against the best cavalry army in multiplayer. However this would prove wrong and was found to be too far out of nature for the Total War series, mainly because fans find that charging people into melee is really fun.

Mortal Kombat: The Musical

"You'd never do something as irrational as dying."
PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#961: Jun 10th 2012 at 2:03:01 PM

The live-action movie with song and dance numbers.

Disaster Movie: The Visual Novel.

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WillyFourEyes I have seen the amateur, and it is me. (Old Enough To Drive) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
#962: Jun 10th 2012 at 3:57:47 PM

[sits in corner for doing it wrong yet again]

It's a mash-up of clips cobbled together from other V Ns, not one of which has anything to do with disasters or movies.

The Love Guru: A Leisure Suit Larry Film.

I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#963: Jun 10th 2012 at 5:56:46 PM

Pretty much a Dolled-Up Installment of Love Guru with LSL characters.

Tim And Eric: The Game.

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dontcallmewave Brony? Moi? surely you jest! from My home Since: Nov, 2013
Brony? Moi? surely you jest!
#964: Jun 11th 2012 at 4:24:58 PM

The game, based on Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job, is a Nintendo Hard text based game. a large part of the difficulty comes from the fact that 90% of the diolouge is just plain word salad. However, the Robin Williams cameo was pretty well received.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: the slasher movie.

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EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#965: Jun 11th 2012 at 4:28:26 PM

Willy Wonka brings five kids into his chocolate factory, and one by one picks them off based off their weaknesses, except for good little Charlie Bucket, who tragically becomes the slasher monster after defeating Wonka. All in all, like the books, but bloodier and grittier.

The Binding of Isaac, the Saturday morning cartoon show

I now go by Graf von Tirol.
PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#966: Jun 11th 2012 at 4:29:41 PM

The film takes place 15 years after Willy Wonka's factory was foreclosed. The loneliness and despair has driven him criminally insane. Johnny Depp stars as Willy Wonka who is now a serial killer.

K-On, by M Night Unspellablename. You know the guy.

edited 11th Jun '12 4:30:23 PM by PhysicalStamina

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nigelstack345 Let's dance, boys! from Subspace Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Let's dance, boys!
#967: Jun 11th 2012 at 4:31:24 PM

The plot is incomprehensible, the dialouge is laughable and the story is filled to the brim with Shocking Swerves.

A Cartoon Network Crisis Crossover, written and directed by Joss Whedon

edited 11th Jun '12 4:32:28 PM by nigelstack345

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dontcallmewave Brony? Moi? surely you jest! from My home Since: Nov, 2013
Brony? Moi? surely you jest!
#968: Jun 11th 2012 at 4:38:08 PM

...you do know this thread is about horrible adaptations? there's no way that could be bad!.... Although as this is Joss Whedon we are talking about, he'd probably kill off every character people like.

(If that counts as an answer):as a gangster movie starring the mods of this wiki.

edited 11th Jun '12 4:43:25 PM by dontcallmewave

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SquadalaGuy Magic Prophet from Squadala! We're Off! Since: May, 2011
Magic Prophet
#969: Jun 12th 2012 at 7:31:03 PM

The Godfather with idioms every minute of the film. Duh.

Steven Hillenberg's Scribblenauts: The Nick show based on what i just said. It uses the same animation for the artwork of Scribblenauts games and Maxwell, well (<lol), he is played again, by Tom Kenny, who played the Sponge, Toonish Iron Regular Guy (Super Hero Squad), Cottontail's son, and if so, Jake Spidermonkey. HE SOUNDS LIKE SPONGEBOB.

"The Horn of Protection is here for you, Timmy!" - Hank the Super Cheese Loving Rhino Guard from Fairly Odd Parents
XiphosOrochi666 True King Of Yggdrasil from Dark Reflection-Glitch River Since: Feb, 2012
True King Of Yggdrasil
#970: Jun 13th 2012 at 8:40:18 AM

The show is whored out like Spongebob was and callously cancelled when it stopped making money. The animation is cheap, the writers are lazy, the characters are idiots and they are similar to the Characters from Spongebob, Family Guy and Robot Chicken.

Tetris:The Torture/ Sex Tape.

edited 13th Jun '12 1:52:06 PM by XiphosOrochi666

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tennessean Since: Jan, 2001
#971: Jun 13th 2012 at 10:59:28 AM

People everywhere hate the film for being so Sick and Wrong. It ends up becoming a Shock Site.

Black★Rock Shooter: the 1950s-era B-Movie.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#972: Jun 16th 2012 at 2:13:40 AM

It's shot entirely in black and white, the special effects are toned way down, and the story is rewritten to make conventional sense. Most displeasing to the fans, however, is that a new male character is inserted to be the actual hero of the story, shoving even BRS to the side.

Indy 500, the Bollywood movie. Please at least show a little effort. Thanks in advance.

XiphosOrochi666 True King Of Yggdrasil from Dark Reflection-Glitch River Since: Feb, 2012
True King Of Yggdrasil
#973: Jun 16th 2012 at 1:35:49 PM

The acting is actrocious, the special effects are cheap, the focus is taken away from the racing in favour of a Indiana Jones plot and worst of all ,the Go compare guy makes a guest appearance as the main villian, complete with an annoying musical number.

My Little Pony:Friendship is magic:The porn movie

edited 16th Jun '12 1:36:34 PM by XiphosOrochi666

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PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#974: Jun 16th 2012 at 7:53:43 PM

The Japanese doujinshi animated.

My Immortal: The Anime.

edited 16th Jun '12 7:53:48 PM by PhysicalStamina

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thatonedude Anti Alien robot from The moon Since: Nov, 2010
Anti Alien robot
#975: Jun 16th 2012 at 11:33:22 PM

Pretty much the only adaptation that's universally considered better than the original. It still sucks though.

Minecraft: the movie.


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