Worst Adaptations/Sequels/Rip-offs/Remakes in film?

[Vausch]

how bout the dungeon siege movie adaption...just ugh.
Also agree with Vaush on Dragonball Evolution especially a goku with hormones worrying about girls.
Another that makes my blood boil, even if I seem to be the minority, the entire resident evil movie franchise, why the hell did they have to bring girl power into it? 1 of the charms in the game was it was unenhanced, ordinary people who took on the hordes of walking dead.

We did see Dungeon Siege. I had no idea that kind of film was possible: a fantasy historical with Jason Statham an orc rip-offs lighting themselves on fire and it was FUCKING BORING. My friend fell asleep watching it about an hour in, I can't believe it was that horrible.

Actually you're not a minority. People as a whole don't like the Resident Evils (even though my favourite actor Zack Ward is in 2) but they see them as a bad but on the level of could stand to be seen. Like The Room or Troll 2.

 

[Vausch]

Adaptations

- Batman & Robin, the worst Batman movie ever made.
- Catwoman.
- Anything by Uwe boll, I believed he's been mentioned before in this thread.
- Hollywood adaptions of Alan Moore comics, though one could argue which suck and which don't (but League of Extraordinary Gentlemen seems pretty obvious).

Sequels

- Batman & Robin, because it is also a sequel.
- S. Darko, the ungodly sequel to cult classic Donnie Darko.
- Alien 3, after Alien en Aliens, this one made the franchise crumble, and Resurrection didn't do anything to fix it.
- X-Men: The Last Stand, continuity, what's that?
- The New Star Wars Trilogy, obviously, I'm not some big Star Wars nut, but I know a bad movie when I see one.
- The Godfather Part III, compare this to the first two Godfather movies, you'll know why.
- Son of the Mask, I've got nothing to add.

Remakes

Check out Platinum Dunes, a company that specializes in remakes of horror movies. I was co-founded by Michael Bay. Yes, it's a bad as it sounds. They remade Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and many others.

In order:

We were trying to avoid ones that more famous internet shows have done (Nostalgia critic for one) with a few exceptions at first. But yes, I agree: Batman and Robin is something awful and Joel should be ashamed of himself.

On the list, thank you.

Yep. Though apparently if we review 2 of his films we have to fight him in the ring. Thank you karate training, I'll use you well.

League is on the list and I'll write that down. Alan Moore + Hollywood = not good

I've yet to see Donnie Darko and know I should. Will do.

Sounds good, Alien is a staple film of horror so why not on Halloween.

Again, never saw it. But I'll keep it in mind.

Everybody and their dog has done the prequel trilogy. I'll keep it as a fall back.

I've heard some bad stuff about that. Again though I've yet to even see the first Godfather (I've yet to see a lot of "films you must see before you die")

Saw it. FAIL. Just FAIL.

Ho jeez |D I had heard that the new NOES was lacking in the creativity of Freddy's kills. Why is it they won't just make Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash already?

 

[Vausch]

Worst adaptation: I Am Legend

Worst rip-off: Any movie made by "The Asylum" e.g. Transmorphers,Snakes on a Train,The Day the Earth Stopped etc

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In the defence of I Am Legend, it's really only bad when you see the ending they used theatrically. The alternate ending kept a strong tone of the book even if it still wasn't right.

 

[Vausch]

What about Pathfinder(2007)?
Honur and glory to the first who finds out what it ripped off.

I thought Pathfinder was a remake.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

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In order:

We were trying to avoid ones that more famous internet shows have done (Nostalgia critic for one) with a few exceptions at first. But yes, I agree: Batman and Robin is something awful and Joel should be ashamed of himself.

On the list, thank you.

Yep. Though apparently if we review 2 of his films we have to fight him in the ring. Thank you karate training, I'll use you well.

League is on the list and I'll write that down. Alan Moore + Hollywood = not good

I've yet to see Donnie Darko and know I should. Will do.

Sounds good, Alien is a staple film of horror so why not on Halloween.

Again, never saw it. But I'll keep it in mind.

Everybody and their dog has done the prequel trilogy. I'll keep it as a fall back.

I've heard some bad stuff about that. Again though I've yet to even see the first Godfather (I've yet to see a lot of "films you must see before you die")

Saw it. FAIL. Just FAIL.

Ho jeez |D I had heard that the new NOES was lacking in the creativity of Freddy's kills. Why is it they won't just make Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash already?

Glad I could help.

And, yeah, stuff like Batman and Star Wars has been done to death.

And if you're looking for more obscure stuff, try The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat. The original Fritz the Cat was an animated film based of a comic by Robert Crumb. It was the first animated movie to be explicit about sex and drugs - it was a satire about everything that made the '60s infamous. The animation was far from reaching Disney- or Bluth-esque levels, but it became a cult classic nonetheless. It shamelessly promoted itself as 'the first X-rated animated movie' and kept a certain value because of the way it sums up the dark side of an entire decade in an uncensored manner.

The sequel, however, was an incoherent project with only one goal: quickly cash in on the success of the original. It sucked, big time. Now, the original wasn't exactly going to win any oscars either, but none can deny its cult status and unique drive.

The only problem is finding a copy. I actually recorded the original Fritz the Cat from TV and found myself a copy of 'The Nine Lives' when the local video store closed its doors.

 

[Vausch]

snip

In order:

We were trying to avoid ones that more famous internet shows have done (Nostalgia critic for one) with a few exceptions at first. But yes, I agree: Batman and Robin is something awful and Joel should be ashamed of himself.

On the list, thank you.

Yep. Though apparently if we review 2 of his films we have to fight him in the ring. Thank you karate training, I'll use you well.

League is on the list and I'll write that down. Alan Moore + Hollywood = not good

I've yet to see Donnie Darko and know I should. Will do.

Sounds good, Alien is a staple film of horror so why not on Halloween.

Again, never saw it. But I'll keep it in mind.

Everybody and their dog has done the prequel trilogy. I'll keep it as a fall back.

I've heard some bad stuff about that. Again though I've yet to even see the first Godfather (I've yet to see a lot of "films you must see before you die")

Saw it. FAIL. Just FAIL.

Ho jeez |D I had heard that the new NOES was lacking in the creativity of Freddy's kills. Why is it they won't just make Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash already?

Glad I could help.

And, yeah, stuff like Batman and Star Wars has been done to death.

And if you're looking for more obscure stuff, try The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat. The original Fritz the Cat was an animated film based of a comic by Robert Crumb. It was the first animated movie to be explicit about sex and drugs - it was a satire about everything that made the '60s infamous. The animation was far from reaching Disney- or Bluth-esque levels, but it became a cult classic nonetheless. It shamelessly promoted itself as 'the first X-rated animated movie' and kept a certain value because of the way it sums up the dark side of an entire decade in an uncensored manner.

The sequel, however, was an incoherent project with only one goal: quickly cash in on the success of the original. It sucked, big time. Now, the original wasn't exactly going to win any oscars either, but none can deny its cult status and unique drive.

The only problem is finding a copy. I actually recorded the original Fritz the Cat from TV and found myself a copy of 'The Nine Lives' when the local video store closed its doors.

Actually, Fritz The Cat was one of the first scripts we wrote XD Freaking loved it. I love Ralph Bakshi and the whole thing was enjoyable albeit occasionally difficult to put up with.
9 lives however, was just stupid. It's like they got completely the wrong message and just wanted to see Fritz in various sex situations.

 

[Cowabungaa]

You've listed Dune twice.

Why is it one of the worst adaptions?

Allow me. It's not that it doesn't really stay true to the book, it really tries to. The problem is that the book is simply too big to be directly translated to the big screen. This results in a movie that's pretty much one big clusterfuck. They've cut out so much that it ends up being somewhat of an incoherent mess. I wouldn't say it's one of the worst though as they did try to, and in some regards I'd say they succeeded despite changing the storyline a bit and cutting some awesome parts.

Mind you, this is coming from someone who had seen the movie before he'd read the book. After reading it I noticed that yes the movie had the spirit of the book, but the book was still surprising (as in didn't really know what would happen) to read after seeing the movie.

... and you missed Starship Troopers.

Sorry son, but it just happens that a lot of people find the Starship Troopers an amazingly fun movie to watch, me being one of them.

Making an adaptation doesn't mean you have to make a 1:1 copy. You could say that Verhoeven used the book's synopsis as inspiration and nothing more. It'd indeed be a horribly adaptation if his outset was to copy-paste the book on the big screen, but that was never his intention. The fact that you're butthurt about that, well, that ain't his fault. Except if he promised to make a faithful adapation and you were expecting one thanks to that, you'd have a point in that case. But I doubt that was his goal.

 

[Jaser]

Adaptations, you say? The Last Airbender, by M. Night Shyamalan.
You will cry tears of suicidal thoughts if you've seen the show.
Other ones are the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Eragon
And pretty much any given good animated feature is bound to have crappy sequel.
Then there's the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They're good, but none are as good as the source material (that I've seen so far anyway).
That crappy Doom movie
Secret of NIMH 2
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within (would that even count?)
and that's about all I can think of for now, good luck on your show OP.
Also, has you site been made yet? I'd love to check it out.
Edit: Oh, and don't forget about Highlander 2. If you've seen both the first and second ones you know EXACTLY what I mean.

 

[The87Italians]

I'll give the first Starship Troopers movie some credit, it was no where near as bad as the sequel.

 

[Vausch]

Oh, and don't forget about Highlander 2. If you've seen both the first and second ones you know EXACTLY what I mean.

I have. Let's forget the aliens part: Did the makers of this one even SEE the first!? It's as if they just read the cast listing and heard the phrase "immortals that cut each other's heads off" and decided to make up their on story from there! It's almost Indy 4.

 

[Krion_Vark]

The Last Airbender

End. Of. Fucking. Thread.


*tear* they ruined my favorite show...

Look on the bright side a sequel to the last airbender is coming out on Nick soon.

And yes its going to be done by the original series people too.

 

[Krion_Vark]

The Golden Compass.

The original writer, Phillip Pullman, is a complete tool for signing off on this piece of shit. The film ended right before the climactic finale to the book for some stupid reason.

Also, they got the name wrong, the original book was called Northern Lights, but ever since the film came out any new editions of the book have been called The Golden Compass just so they can put that fucking line ('Now a major motion picture) at the top.

The film sucked generally too. Besides the story butchering, the acting was bad and the effects needed work.

I have to say that long before the movie came out I had read the entire series of books and the first was The Golden Compass. Followed by the Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass. Each of the books were titled after the item that was a big thing in that book.
My mom got pissed when she heard in an interview that the books were atheistic and told me I couldn't read them anymore even though I had finished the series like 6 months prior. Hell I was even told I couldn't read Left Behind anymore because they were too Christian. Fuck my mom goes back and fourth on that scale so freaking much.

 

[Rotting Corpse]

I can't believe no one has brought this up yet, Harry Potter

I personally find every one of the Harry Potter movies to be offensive to their source material. Every one of them suffers from bad directing, awful acting, scene rewrites that don't make any sense, no sense of pacing, and terrible editing.

Allow me to clarify this though. I do not think that all of the movies are bad in and of themselves, but if you even try to juxtapose them to the books they are just awful. You can't take novels that are that long and expect to adapt them faithfully into just two hours.

 

[Someone Depressing]

Resident Evil Movies. Yes, they are getting better, but they're still in the shitter.
Goonies 2. They didn't even try, infact, there was no movie for this game to adapt from, that's how f*ckin' back they done!

The Agaatha Christie games : The controls are awful, the characters are unlikeable, Simply everything is appaling in it's own way.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

The Golden Compass.

The original writer, Phillip Pullman, is a complete tool for signing off on this piece of shit. The film ended right before the climactic finale to the book for some stupid reason.

Also, they got the name wrong, the original book was called Northern Lights, but ever since the film came out any new editions of the book have been called The Golden Compass just so they can put that fucking line ('Now a major motion picture) at the top.

The film sucked generally too. Besides the story butchering, the acting was bad and the effects needed work.

I have to say that long before the movie came out I had read the entire series of books and the first was The Golden Compass. Followed by the Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass. Each of the books were titled after the item that was a big thing in that book.
My mom got pissed when she heard in an interview that the books were atheistic and told me I couldn't read them anymore even though I had finished the series like 6 months prior. Hell I was even told I couldn't read Left Behind anymore because they were too Christian. Fuck my mom goes back and fourth on that scale so freaking much.

According to Wikipedia, it was only called The Golden Compass (before the film) in the US because the publisher mistakenly thought that the trilogy went under the name The Golden Compasses, and wouldn't change it even when Pullman told him the trilogy would be known as His Dark Materials instead. So he went ahead and published the first book under that title stateside, whereas the actual name should have been Northern Lights.

 

[Thaluikhain]

That's why Cameron had the actors portray the marines that way, aside from it being a factual representation of the kinds characters/personalities you will encounter in the armed services, Aliens was also a reflection on America's faith in superior technology to overcome it's enemies - particularly in the case of Vietnam.

Granted, yes, he was definately going for a Vietnam feel to the thing, but then again, if your squad is acting like the Vietnam era US military stereotype, find another squad.

I'm not sure if it's true, but I heard the director felt the need to apologise to the USMC for his depiction of "marines".

Firstly - NVGs aren't that great in certain conditions.

Fair enough.

And imo the effectiveness of the M4s/M16s in the film were generally ineffective unless on full auto at close range, where they basically emptied half a mag per alien. If townsfolk had some larger calibre personal weapons at hand then that may explain how they survived longer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.56x45mm_NATO#Criticism

In the case of ALIENS, the M41-As were using caseless 10x25mm high explosive armour piercing rounds. http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/M41_Pulse_Rifle

Hmmm...might have to agree to disagree on this, I just don't see aliens charging headlong into automatic weapons fire and surviving.

Not sure about the pump-shotgun or the side arms used, they both looked like present day weaps. Standard shotgun rounds would most likely annoy aliens rather than kill them (unless he was using solids), and there's always that momemnt when Vasquez unloads a full mag into an aliens head.

The shotgun did take an alien's head off, though IIRC, it was fired from inside its mouth.

Also in the novel, Apone was carrying the magazines and managed to distribute some before he was taken.

Hey? Wasn't the point that the one carrying the magazines (each marine seemingly having the one in his/her weapon and no reloads) was by total coincidence the one hit by the flamethrower, so they could explode?