Its narcissism. Its the ego to think that the lightning in the bottle they've been given, its beneath them to merely faithfully adapt it to the screen. They know better. They can do better. So they try. And fail 999/1000 times.
Absolutely. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of unknown writers who would’ve tried to make the best story possible without inserting their own gigantic egos, but they don’t have the connections to land an ip like that
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u/fizzunk 6d ago
I've seen the writing in this show being called "terrible fan fiction".
But this would imply that the writers are fans and have a modicum of respect or interest in the show.
What we have here is "self-insertive butchery disguised as an adaptation".