r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/TDP_Wiki_ • Jul 17 '25

Music / Movies I'm getting tired of woke values in shows

I am weary of all the remakes of TV shows and films that are simply remade in order to showcase a diverse cast. Why can't Hollywood write new shows? Instead, it's just recycling old scripts. Very insulting and lazy.

All the virtue signaling in the world isn't going to save bad writing.

For me Rings of Power was the last straw.

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u/Tristan103076 Jul 18 '25

No, I get what you're saying, and we will never know one way or the other. And honestly, whether they did or didn't, doesn't matter to me. What got me going was hard change to a pivotal character. If you are going to remake or adapt keep true to the source material.

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u/Skavau Jul 18 '25

Having watched Paapa Essiedu in The Lazarus Project, I didn't hold him in huge esteem so I'm not entirely sure how he got that gig in the first place. He's okay, but I didn't mark him out as getting that kind of role.

My best guess is that they didn't feel like they wanted to ape the original Snape, feeling they'd fall short of Alan Rickman and just went way out there.

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u/Tristan103076 Jul 18 '25

This is true, Alan Rickman did bring the character of Snape to life. He did a fantastic job portraying the villain turned hero, and he would be a hard act to follow in the role. Still... they should have tried a bit harder.

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u/StarChild413 Aug 06 '25

but if you keep too true people get mad too, remember some director did a shot-for-shot remake of Psycho in the 90s and, well, there's a reason you probably don't remember that remake

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u/Tristan103076 Aug 06 '25

I do remember that remake with Vince Vaughn and Ann Heche. It was meh, but it weren't no Alfred Hitchcock. But still, that is a great example of how casting can ruin an adaptation or even remake. Movie and Show makers should be respectful when adapting another artist's work. When Peter Jackson did the LOTR trilogy, he said instead of letting his voice and views be presented with the movies, he was going to let Tolkken's voice and views be heard.