ITT: Bad adaptations of /co/ source material that are still good or even great in their own terms.

>>149227944 (OP)
While Tintin is more action adventure it still is honest with its source material
Watchmen is the best cape comic adaptation and still misses the point of the source.

>>149228086

>>149227944 (OP)
Constantine is generally agreed on that

>>149228139
Like if it was literally called anything else, it'd have a way bigger following.

>>149228086
Anon, even if the Bagghar chase scene wasn't illustrative enough, the climactic fight afterwards involves a fencing duel using fucking dock cranes. They're cool sequences, but too over the top to be "true" Tintin, which used elaborate slapstick and a dash of colorful physics but ultimately relied on a core of grounded reality to work.

Maybe with "honest" you mean that despite all its excesses and style divergence the movie does come across as treating the source with respect and affection: in that case I absolutely agree (which is the point of the thread: "not the same, but still good"). I actually like when adaptations don't try to simply "port" the source and instead reflect a particular artist's style and his relationship with the work of another's.

I certainly agree about ZS's Watchmen lol

>>149227944 (OP)
The GDT Hellboy movies are comfy as fuck but in terms of characterization, parts of the basic worldbuilding, and even tone and themes they are far removed from the source material.

>>149227944 (OP)
How about an adaptation of an adaptation? From comics to an action cartoon to a comedy cartoon. If only it wasn't a series banking on nostalgia for a beloved action show and written by people who have said they didn't watch the original show and then proceed to bait people. The characters are so different they could be replaced by originals or even obvious parodies. As for the humor, it's hit or miss but I'll concede that its target audience isn't me.

Captain America Civil War in terms of adapting the actual storyline is extremely loose but the film itself is fantastic and overall better than the original so I'm okay with it.

>>149227944 (OP)
Goes without saying.

>>149228266
It's a nice movie, but it should have been branded as an Avengers movie. Making it a Captain America movie mostly served to give the viewers the answer of whom was in the right from the get go rather than presenting two valid points of view.

Anyway, the MCU and modern cinema in general isn't really the field to to that sort of thing.

>>149228304
That's... kinda the opposite though

>>149228190
But what about Black Gold/Destination Moon/Explorers on the Moon with the Thomson and Thompson hair stuff? The Yeti and the big ape behaviour from the black island. Flight 741 aliens? The action in america? Let alone the Piccaros story? It was always a mirror of the time and had fantistic over the top scenes. So i wouldnt favour in overly actiony Indiania Jones scenes that are normal in their time.

>>149228325
If you're a Popeye fan, you can find some good, but from an objective standpoint, it's not that good.

>>149228434
Tintin and co meet weird stuff in most books (including plenty of supernatural shenanigans), but that's intended to "pop" from the basic reality of the settings. In the movie, the craziest shit that happens is directly derived from the characters' abilities and actions, not what they encounter.

>>149228086
>While Tintin is more action adventure it still is honest with its source material
I feel shoehorning an original villain to have a family feud rather than just crooks being crooks was kinda lame

The Big Nate TV show. It lacks the chill atmosphere of the strip and comic books, but the humor can be good sometimes. Just avoid the shorts, which overuse gross-out humor. The animation and art style are great. I like the grungy look and the mixed media approach.

>>149228190
Yeah but it's a big budget, funded by Nick movie. It needs to have a duel with cranes or else it might as well be straight to DVD, or the older animated shows.

Nothing wrong with any of it. If anything simple reason Tintin didn't get a part 2 was because Tintin is a Euro thing.

>>149228200
It gets enough of the characterization right for the characters to still feel like themselves (you can argue that hellboy's personality is more akin to his 1945/1950's brash attitude I guess), and it goes to show how far that can help push the movie compared to the 2019 film.

Nothing against the actor himself, but their casting and writing of prof. bruttenholm was fucking atrocious. One thing is not being able to top how perfect the del toro trevor was, but another one is making one thats the absolute opposite.

>>149227944 (OP)

>>149229185
>still feel like themselves
HB is close enough except for the romantic stuffi. But Abe Sapien is essentially an entirely different character in both personality and abilities (not that the original had a lot going in either field but still)

>>149228096
>that are still good or even great in their own terms.

>>149229547
True, kinda forgot about abe for a bit. Woulda have been nice for him to have some action but him being more the intel/investigation guy was probably done so both had more distinct roles in the team instead of him being "fights and does some investigation" and hellboy being "does both things but better" I guess.
Del toro Abe was fun though, despite not being all that faithful to the original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgoZCVVxcc

>>149227944 (OP)
The Mask

Sabrina

Cool - https://youtu.be/BOdca_kJimE?si=L-phqSdwicSkeJWg

https://youtu.be/iXCKGrDWylE?si=SvJE-f2tQDI77a7-

Trash - https://youtu.be/rhmy6Iuqs14?si=EYy98xLtdSh_2dnR

>>149228850
Iirc the biggest road block to another Tintin movie is getting everyone together.
All parties seem to agree they should make more but all their other commitments take priority so there is never a time when everyone is avaliable.

>>149228499
Sure but still this doesnt make it that absurd or not-tintin like. Just over the top.

>>149228606
It isnt an orignal villian. Just mix a sidecharacter with the main villians. I agree that there was too much freedom in cropping three books together, but still the story is still a typical Tintin story.