For me it’s definitely the Dark Tower, but the Golden Compas was also a huge letdown.

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    • Dune (the old one, not the new one)
    • Dark Tower
    • Eragon
    • Ender’s Game
    • The Witcher (a real shame, it could have been such a good IP for Netflix)

    Most adaptations suck, these are just some from the top of my head.

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      Honestly, I fucking hate the new Dune. The old Dune at least has charm for how goofy it can get. The characters and editing choices I have huge problems with. It’s a very pretty movie and most scenes made it in but the characters just aren’t there. Also the world isn’t established properly. They don’t even mention the Landsraad until the tailend of the movie but they’re important to know about because they are why the Emperor takes the strategy he does.

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      I like at least the first season of Witcher, though it could’ve been more linear

      The old Dune was just lol what the fuck

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      What’s so bad about enders game. I don’t remember that being a bad adaptation, but it’s been a while.

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        It wasn’t a bad movie, I actually liked it a lot - but the book is significantly better and the movie left out a lot. If I had read the book before watching the movie I would probably have hated the movie tbh.

        Also even picking that book to make into a movie was a mistake, enders game was only written to give backstory for speaker for the dead which is much better than the enders game book but never made it to becoming a movie itself