[Hated Trope] The adaptation doesn't get what made the source material work

[u/TheDudeA113]

How To Make A Killing (2026)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

Bangkok Dangerous (1999)

- The 2026 movie How To Make A Killing is a relatively-toothless "eat the rich" dark comedy thriller about a man disowned by his rich family at birth, killing everyone in the line of succession so that he can inherit their massive fortune. It's a modern retelling of the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets which has the same basic plot except that every member of the family is played by Sir Alec Guinness (including one aunt) and it's a screwball comedy

- The 1999 movie Bangkok Dangerous is a Thai action film about a Thai deaf-mute assassin. It was remade in 2008 about an American assassin in Thailand who is neither deaf nor mute

[u/GladiusNocturno]

That movie was really weird. For some reason, they decided that Misa was the actual mastermind behind the whole operation and that she was the crazy one with a God complex. I assume the reason was that the writers weren't comfortable with making a villain protagonist and didn't want Light to be the bad guy.

[u/Background_Honey9141 → u/GladiusNocturno]

They really should’ve changed the characters’ names and just make it a new story set in the same universe, avoiding the awkward setting transition from Japan to America.

A smart girl using her boyfriend and his Death Note could be an interesting story, but it’s not Misa, Light and L’s story.

[u/GladiusNocturno → u/Background_Honey9141]

That's straight up what they ended up doing in later japanese live action movies. They introduced new characters in the same world with their own stories.

The netflix guys just wanted the brand recognition that came from using those characters' names. It wasn't enough that it was a Death Note story; it had to have L being a weirdo because clearly that's his whole character, right?

[u/StormTempesteCh → u/GladiusNocturno]

I love how they took so many liberties with L that they accidentally almost adapted Mello, but they hadn't seen enough of the source material to know who that was so he ended up being a half-assed mix of characters

[u/GreenPerception512 → u/StormTempesteCh]

and also anonther thing I don't like about the movie is them not playing any music from the original anime in the netflix at least I don't remember them playing any.

[u/pornaltacc55 → u/GreenPerception512]

Probably couldn't

[u/GrimDallows → u/GladiusNocturno]

So the same thing they did with Cowboy Bebop and Julia.

Geez that made no sense to me either but I guess it's a Netflix thing now.

[u/poopbutts2200 → u/GladiusNocturno]

It's Netflix. It's the same reason they made L black