Worst Movie Adaptations ...EVER!

[G.I.R]

First we had  The Worst Sequel thread, then the Worst Remake thread, so It's time to have a "Worst Adaptation thread.
Post some of the worst movies adapted from another source (I.E. T.V shows, Comic books, Video games, books, etc).


I'll start of with that classic comic-book movie adaptation from the 1980's:  Howard the Duck

[otakuapprentice]

Street Fighter.

[XpHoBiaX]

Twilight......
;D

Just thought I'd toss that out here and see what would happen. 8)

[BrightHeart76]

Gotta say X-Men: The Last Stand. 

[G.I.R]

Twilight......
;D

Is that the truth?  :D

[Gatsby]

Twilight......
;D

Just thought I'd toss that out here and see what would happen. 8)

Winrar.

Super Mario Bros. to t.v. show.

[XpHoBiaX]

Super Mario Bros, to tv show, to movie, and THEN back to tv shows.

lol

and the comment about Twilight is my own biased opinion. So yes, it is to an extent, the Truth. lawl.

[G.I.R]

Three words:


Lost in Space.

[Rette]

Eragon... not that the book was that great, but how did they make the movie WORSE?

[Gatsby]

A Series of Unfortunate Events. They raped the books.

[G.I.R]

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

[Rette]

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

Could be worse, could be the miniseries from the 80s or whenever they made it.

[otakuapprentice]

Postal

[Runewitt]

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

Could be worse, could be the miniseries from the 80s or whenever they made it.

hey, that was good because it was bad. okay?

[G.I.R]

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

Could be worse, could be the miniseries from the 80s or whenever they made it.

Naw,  the T.V. series (from 1981) was Much better.  At least the story strayed true to the radio series.

[rude32]

I've got the ultimate winner right here. The Double Dragon movie.

[Rette]

I liked the recent movie, but I'm sure it was only cause I've read all the books. Yes, it was different from the books, but it wasn't a bad movie. (and Alan Rickman was so good as Marvin, and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast)

hey, that was good because it was bad. okay?

I completely agree that things can be good because they're so bad, but we must acknowledge that they're bad.

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

Could be worse, could be the miniseries from the 80s or whenever they made it.

Naw,  the T.V. series (from 1981) was Much better.  At least the story strayed true to the radio series.

In the case of the 1981 one, it was true to the radio series, but I thought the visual aspect was unwatchable. In this case I'd rather just listen to it and leave the rest to the imagination. The new movie had some brilliant designs. I particularly liked the scene where Slartibartfast is taking Arthur on a tour of the factory, it was very nicely done. Obviously they didn't have the same special effects capabilities in 1981, so it can't really compare, but it was generally kind of dull.

[SOawesomeness]

I'm going to predict... Dragon Ball. o:!

[G.I.R]

I liked the recent movie, but I'm sure it was only cause I've read all the books. Yes, it was different from the books, but it wasn't a bad movie. (and Alan Rickman was so good as Marvin, and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast)

hey, that was good because it was bad. okay?

I completely agree that things can be good because they're so bad, but we must acknowledge that they're bad.

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

Could be worse, could be the miniseries from the 80s or whenever they made it.

Naw,  the T.V. series (from 1981) was Much better.  At least the story strayed true to the radio series.

In the case of the 1981 one, it was true to the radio series, but I thought the visual aspect was unwatchable. In this case I'd rather just listen to it and leave the rest to the imagination. The new movie had some brilliant designs. I particularly liked the scene where Slartibartfast is taking Arthur on a tour of the factory, it was very nicely done. Obviously they didn't have the same special effects capabilities in 1981, so it can't really compare, but it was generally kind of dull.

For the time, the visuals wee quite good (especially the "Guides" animations) and were much better than the effects of the time BBC were doing for shows like Dr. Who and Blakes Seven, but there is more than just effects that make an adaptation bad.

Example:  Logans Run (1975) had atrocious effects, but was quite good in other aspects (even though it strayed from the novel somewhat.
Example 2:  Howard the Duck had some really good effects, but failed in every other way (acting, story, music, you name it).

I'm going to predict... Dragon Ball. o:!

You are judging it before it comes out                                              ... but you probably right.   :D         

[JTchinoy]

The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The killed the whole franchise for me.

I didn't read the book but I love that movie.