[HATED] Adaptations done intentionally without help from the source

[u/Chill0000]

Halo TV show: Before the show came out, the writers were praising their decision to not look to the games for inspiration when making the show

God Of War TV show: Chris Judge, the actor of Kratos in the games from 2018-Now, spoke up about his dislike on the show not hiring anyone who worked on any of the previous games. One of the original creators of Kratos also spoke up about them not having faith in the adaptation.

Supergirl 2026 film: the director for the film not only said he decided to not read Woman Of Tomorrow, the comic the film is adapting, because he wanted to do his own thing, he also didn’t look at comic art for inspiration to design Lobo and instead used an AI image generator to design Lobo’s look for the film

[u/AcceptableEgg5741]

The Halo show felt like i was watching a crime being comitted, its absurd that they thought that show was good enough to be released

[u/starshad0w → u/AcceptableEgg5741]

Having MC with his helmet off during the show is one thing, but doing it in marketing material was definitely a statement by the creators that they didn't care about the source material and that fans would just have to suck it up and watch what they were given.

Except they didn't, and now the show is toast.

[u/AznOmega → u/starshad0w]

Didn't the actor say it is difficult or impossible to act with a helmet?

Did he hear about Darth Vader/James Earl Jones? Or Judge Dredd? Or Din Djarin/Pedro Pascal? Their faces or head were covered and they acted fine. The few moments Din had his helmet off were tense and fit with the show's plot.

[u/Mr_Supotco → u/AznOmega]

Well tbf James Earl Jones was just the voice explicitly because they weren’t really happy with David Prowse’s line delivery, but he fit the build they wanted and could do the physical stuff well but they dubbed over with James. Pedro Pascal also does mostly voice work for helmeted scenes as Mando because it is hard to deliver lines helmeted, and they’d end up having to dub over it anyways since the audio would suck.

All that being said, you don’t hear either of them complaining about it. You signed up to play a character famous for never taking off his helmet, you don’t get pity from me for having to either act with a helmet on or end up just being the voice

[u/DurgeDidNothingWrong → u/Mr_Supotco]

Its all bullshit anyway, Halo 4 (for all its faults) did a bloody fantastic job of humanising Chief, and between the scene of Cortana sacrificing herself and Chief on the ships deck with Lasky immediately after, you can do emotional scenes without even a human in a suit. They just fucking sucked at directing, and the show proves that it wasn't a face reveal they needed.

[u/Th3_Hegemon → u/Mr_Supotco]

I don't think Lucas ever intended to use the on-set voice for Vader no matter what, much easier and better to ADR it later. Plus it's hard to take your villain seriously when he sounds like a Hobbit.

[u/Matrix010 → u/Th3_Hegemon]

David always sounded like Darth Helmet to me.

[u/A_Drop_of_Colour → u/Mr_Supotco]

Karl Urban showed that it can be done and done very well (though to be fair his half helmet allowed for emoting with his mouth and no obstruction to speaking). This actor just wanted to get face time which is understandable for someone trying to make a name for themselves unlike the other examples where most were well established already but, as you said, this was the wrong project to accept if he wasn't okay with his face not being associated with show.

[u/Suspicious_Radio_848 → u/Mr_Supotco]

This is a common complaint but people rightfully point out that in the books he takes his helmet off all the time and has conversations with people. The games obviously want him to be a player stand in, but the expanded lore goes far beyond that so I’m willing to accept he takes it off in certain circumstances. There were a ton of other issues though.

[u/FlyingBishop → u/Mr_Supotco]

Pretty sure David Prowse did in fact complain.

[u/Cato_Writes → u/Mr_Supotco]

There is also one little trick, mastered near a decade and a half ago yet forgotten: Iron Man's helmet internal scenes.

Like, it's that easy! Show the actor's face inside the helmet! Sci-fi even has Huds and lights to make it more dynamic/visible!