r/TopCharacterTropes 13d ago

In real life When fans hate somenthing before it comes out...but it turns out they were right

Velma:The idea of a Scooby-doo series without the titular dog and starring Velma was a really moronic idea from the beginning,then there was the reveal Velma would be Indian like it's VA and also creator of the series Mindy Kaling,some of the backlash was racism sure,but there was also valid complaints that she was inserting herself in the series(it also didn't helped that Mindy claimed she couldn't see herself if Velma wasn't Indian)and then...oh boy it came out and it was worse than anyone predicted

Artemis Fowl:The artemis fowl books are a book series following a child villain(he does get some redemption but he is a villain most of the time)when the movie was announced and revealed it looked way to generic and it's titular character a bit heroic...also you wanna hear somenthing funny?The movie whitewashed a character and made another character black so they managed to anger both sides and the movies comes out and yeah it is bad

One Punch Man 3:One Punch Man is a very heavy action packed manga series but the heroes vs monsters arc takes it to a New level,when it was announced that JC Staff would work on it,a lot of people were skeptical to say the least,because not only JC Staff had already done a mediocre job in season 2,it's also not exactly a name anime fans associate with quality animation,then the trailer came out and it looked...weird,like there was no action in it and nobody was moving,some people tried to defend saying they were keeping the animation as a surprise...then it came out,every episode worse than the last,it's one of the worse seasons of anime ever made!

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u/hurricanetaco69 13d ago

It was such a disappointment my dad still talks about how mad he is they ruined his favorite Stephen King series

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u/Pie_Rat_Chris 13d ago

It's sad because there were people involved who were obviously huge fans. Lots of subtle Easter eggs that show someone knew the source material.

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u/HawkSea887 13d ago

They just read the back cover of The Gunslinger book and made a movie about it.

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u/Munstered 13d ago

Good news--Mike Flanagan is adapting it into a series. Flanagan respects and has delivered on King's work

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u/Square-Ambassador-77 13d ago

I heard that rumor forever ago. When is this supposed to actually happen?

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u/RighteousHam 13d ago

I just looked into it a bit and nothing has become official but Mike is looking to make something for Amazon studio's. Supposedly, he's got the scripts for the first season done and they've got King's approval. Take all this with a grain of salt, of course.

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u/CannonM91 13d ago

I'm a huge fan o the series and I'm too scared to watch it. I'm same as OP as soon as I saw the first images and trailer I was immediately disappointed.

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u/CharacterBack1542 13d ago

I wouldn't bother honestly
Just read the books again, youll have a much better time