if you could re-do any bad movie adaptation or game adaptation, which would you choose?

[Korenith]

Watchmen.

Not saying it is a bad movie, I'm saying that I'm not a fan. I did not pay money to see an almost 3 hour motion comic, and that is what I got. A true adaptation keeps the core of the story and change things around just enough for it to work in a new medium. They do not say "see this trade paperback? Well this is the script and the storyboard. Now, lets make this movie." Instead, or rather, they should say, "which parts of this movie feel like the A storyline? Which parts fill like a B, C or D storyline. Which parts do we simply do not need?

If I were to adapt it:

A Story: Rorschach's investigation. Keep the scenes where he uncovers the conspiracy, keep some of his downright evil acts and keep his death. Keep the diary scene at the end of the story. Get rid of his time in prison because it slows the story down. Get rid of the shrink wrap.
B Story: Nite Owl II's life in general. His relationship to Silk Spectre, Friendship with Ror
C Story: Ozymandias. This story need a villain.
D. Silk Spectre's life. Say she got out of a bad relationship and not mention who.

De-emphasize, Manhattan, Comedian, and everything else.

After that, I would write my version of the story.

When I adapt something, I do not go into projects thinking that the source material is sacred literature. I use it a guide to create my own version of the story, emphasizing the parts that make better narrative sense and removing or changing the parts the do not. But that also does not mean that I get to change everything. The characters should remain generally the same, but if the

Before anyone says it, allow me to rebut the common objection:

No, the giant squid does not count as a significant change. The comic book's ending does not make any sense without having to go into pages long defenses of it. And the defenses I've seen worked just as good if you substitute Dr. Manhattan for Giant Squid.

The movie's ending worked for version of the story that was told. Even Alan Moore said himself that he could not think of a better way to end it, so he opted for squid.

I'm not sure I agree with this one. I mean, in principle I agree with what you're saying about adapting something and the reworking of the ending was good but it's the details I have a problem with. De-emphasising the Comedian and Manhattan I think would be a mistake. Hell, along with Rorschach the Comedian was the best character in the movie. I actually think it was a great film but I can see why some people would be put off by the pacing.

On topic I'd say Resident Evil could be turned into a pretty decent movie using the original storyline in a trimmed down form. Nothing groundbreaking but still a solid action movie.

And the Northern Lights deserves to be done some justice on screen I think after the butchering that was The Golden Compass.

Also I Am Legend. Seriously. How many attempts do we have to have before somebody thinks "actually the plotline is pretty awesome as it is. How about we don't fuck with it bar some minor tweaks so it makes sense in a modern setting."

 

[daniel the immortal]

eragon, i loved the books. movie caused me to puke blood.

actors were not very good/ didnt match their book desriction (saphira's voice actor was very bad, sounded liek a old woman, not a dragon, urgals looked like humans)

plot was WAAAAY off ( they killed the razac in the movie, the hell?)

they got basic lore wrong (e.g. if rider dies then the dragon does)

i could go on, but i am feeling sick again just remembering it

 

[BloatedGuppy]

1. Scott Pilgrim. The film kept all of the video game references and clever pop culture riffs, while leaving the heart of the books and characterization on the cutting room floor. The result was a soulless husk of a film. And Michael Cera was an atrocious Scott. The whole thing stunk to high heaven, and I'd like to either see it redone, or see it struck from history entirely.

2. Game of Thrones. Because it would be easy. Most of it is actually pretty solid, but there's a few pointless deviations that drive me completely up the wall, and I'd love to see them fixed. Also, no Ramsay Bolton in Season 2? HBO, my wrath is boundless.

3. The first 6 Harry Potter films, especially 1 and 2. Totally failed to capture the whimsy and charm of the books. They feel like dull, mechanical interpretations. Alan Rickman's note-perfect Snape notwithstanding.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Transformers. I haven't seen the second or third but my changes for the first would likely make the second and third need changes too.

1st: The Autobot/Decepticon war needs to be the focal point
2nd: No love-story.
3rd: Keep Zack's parents out of this.
4th: The U.S. Military can be in the movie but only for long enough to make it clear that they stand no chance whatsoever against The Decepticons
5th: Tone down the...detail...to the bots. They don't need to be G1s in terms of style but something like the game War for Cybertron would be acceptable.

I would also like to see the films on a stationary cam with more epic robot fights. Robot fights in which they shoot at each other with fucking lasers. The pew-pew kind is better than none at all.

As for 2 and 3, Devastator should come right in at the beginning. He should wreck shit up (that being a great set-piece for the trailer, like the Eiffel Tower scene from G.I. Joe only...I dunno, have him destroy all of Seattle with the Space Needle). That could be the build-up to the introduction of Grimlock and the Dinobots (or maybe just Grimlock. Why no Grimlock!?) 2 should end with an entire continent completely FUBAR. As for 3, Unicron. Just Unicron. If 2 ends with the US a smoking ruin just barely saved from Devastator by The Dinobots, Unicron should be what threatens Earth in the finale. If Megatron dies in 2, have him come back as Galvatron. Hot Rod can be in the third but not as Rodimus...or maybe, Hell, I dunno...hold an internet poll or something.

Final Note: TMNT 2 - Secret of the Ooze. Replace Tokka and Razzar with Bebop and Rocksteady ("MORONS! They's Morons!! I asked for mutant killing machines and you give me Morons!!!"). Also change the way Shredder 'dies' and replace Vanilla Ice with...I dunno, anything really. Have Krang show up and rain lasers on everyone.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Oh... and i'd really like to see a Silent Hill movie that does the games justice. To be honest, i often thought about how i'd do it and i came up with a few interesting ideas. Well... interesting to me. They might be completely boring to you. But that's not the point, i'd like to see a movie that doesn't try to adapt one of the games but rather uses the setting with an original plot.

Just watch Jacob's Ladder.

It's basically Silent Hill, but set in New York.

Pretty damn good movie, too.

 

[esperandote]

The king of fighters a trilogy the first one about the orochi saga, the second one about the rugal saga (or maybe this first) and the third one about the nests saga.

I know a movie is too short for a complete saga but i think a trilogy for each one would make to many movies.

 

[Innegativeion]

Eragon definitely.

Oh god, yes Eragon.

I am still positively baffled at how a fantasy story about a warrior-mage riding a dragon could possibly be so botched as to literally put me to sleep, especially after I had enjoyed the book so much.

'Tis a shame really.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Just watch Jacob's Ladder.

It's basically Silent Hill, but set in New York.

Pretty damn good movie, too.

That's true, Jacob's Ladder is a pretty damn brilliant movie and a good Silent Hill movie would probably be pretty much that, set in Small Town, America. But it's not like that would be a bad idea.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

The first 6 Harry Potter films, especially 1 and 2. Totally failed to capture the whimsy and charm of the books. They feel like dull, mechanical interpretations. Alan Rickman's note-perfect Snape notwithstanding.

Could you elaborate, please? I've read all the books and the films bar Deathly Hallows Part 2, but I didn't find anything wrong with them bar some scenes they'd left out.

But I'd redo Watchmen, Dragonball Evolution (seriously, fuck that film) and Street Fighter.