I really want to start this up again. For those of you that forgot, I did two threads one on horrible spin-offs/sequel series and one on good/bad adaptations of things(that I called interpretations though as pointed out adaptation is the more appropriate word). So rather than making two sequel threads I decided to combine the two into a thread where people can complain/converse about horrible sequels/spin-offs or complain/converse about adaptions of film, literature or whatever. I'll start with one of my least favorite spin-offs at the top of my head(I'll keep it short as I wanna do a full on review later).
Demeshita! Power Puff Girls Z: Oh my Satan, this show was a piece of work( though I'm not sure if it counts as a bad adaptation or bad spin-off but still). Now, those that have watched the original Craig McCracken series can tell through numerous instances that the animation style, certain character designs, and of course the mad-cap violence are based on numerous aspects of Japanese pop-culture. So a spin-off that was actually MADE in the country where much of the style is inspired by would be just as funny, violent and awesome right? Well that's what we thought, but this show is actually LESS violent than the original version. Apparently Toei thought the original concept was too violent and had them tone it down. Considering they have numerous shows about BOYS engaging in mad-cap violence shows how truly progressive they are.
Violence aside, this show is no-where near as good in quality in terms of writing or style. The best example of this horribleness are the three protagonists themselves. Out of the three, the only one shares a passable resemblance in terms of personality is Buttercup. Bubbles isn't as cute or high pitched as she was in the original series(seriously PPGZ's Bubbles sounds like she's on heroin she sounds so low-pitch) and Blossom...ugh. They decimated her character. The original Blossom was the utmost definition of lawful good, as well as the smartest on the team. Blossom Z(I'm just calling them that for convenience's s on the other hand is a cake obsessed 12 year old, likes being a super-heroine only for the popularity and even worse she is just okay in terms of school-work. BULL-CRAP! Original Blossom was the smartest kid in Pokey Oaks county, this one is an idiot. And the worst thing about Blossom Z....SHE STOLE A CAKE! AND NEVER FELT BAD ABOUT IT! No moral about thievery being wrong, no nothing! Blossom is supposed to represent everything nice and even when she did do bad things in the original series she would either learn a moral because of it or gain proper come-uppance and even if she did the viewers never saw it.
Then we have the supporting characters and dear lord they are even worse changes than what they did to the main characters. Professor Utonium isn't the girl's father in this version so the cute bound we would see them having in the original series is robbed from new audiences. In fact, he is MARRIED and has a son name Ken Kitazawa...wait what? Okay first the Professor being married takes away a big aspect from his original character and 2...Kitazawa? Wouldn't his last name be Utonium? I know they change this in the dub but still. The Mayor and Miss Bellum personality wise are SLIGHTLY like their original counter-parts but design wise they are way different.
New version
Old version.
I'm all for creative license, but for an adaptation it is too much of a stretch especially for the Mayor. What's even worse is that the Z Mayor especially isn't as funny as his previous incarnation and the same for Miss Bellum. They also aren't even close to as enjoyable as their original versions. There a bunch of other characters I can't stand but like I said I'm gonna do a full reveiw later.
And last but not least the antagonists to which I have one statement based on all of the antagonists based on old antagonists. They are all awful mockeries of what made the villains of the Powerpuff girls great and are nowhere near as enjoyable as theire original versions. Some villains are sympathetic when they were originally straight-up jerks, some villains are threatening when they were originally comic relief, and some are comic relief even though they were supposed to be threatening. There are limits to what you can do in an adaptation and this crosses way too many lines. Sweet SATAN this show sucks!I keep hearing from a lot of people it gets better but so far I've gotten up to episode 17 and I still can't stand it.
And that's basically it, make em as long or short as you want!
Demeshita! Power Puff Girls Z: Oh my Satan, this show was a piece of work( though I'm not sure if it counts as a bad adaptation or bad spin-off but still). Now, those that have watched the original Craig McCracken series can tell through numerous instances that the animation style, certain character designs, and of course the mad-cap violence are based on numerous aspects of Japanese pop-culture. So a spin-off that was actually MADE in the country where much of the style is inspired by would be just as funny, violent and awesome right? Well that's what we thought, but this show is actually LESS violent than the original version. Apparently Toei thought the original concept was too violent and had them tone it down. Considering they have numerous shows about BOYS engaging in mad-cap violence shows how truly progressive they are.
Violence aside, this show is no-where near as good in quality in terms of writing or style. The best example of this horribleness are the three protagonists themselves. Out of the three, the only one shares a passable resemblance in terms of personality is Buttercup. Bubbles isn't as cute or high pitched as she was in the original series(seriously PPGZ's Bubbles sounds like she's on heroin she sounds so low-pitch) and Blossom...ugh. They decimated her character. The original Blossom was the utmost definition of lawful good, as well as the smartest on the team. Blossom Z(I'm just calling them that for convenience's s on the other hand is a cake obsessed 12 year old, likes being a super-heroine only for the popularity and even worse she is just okay in terms of school-work. BULL-CRAP! Original Blossom was the smartest kid in Pokey Oaks county, this one is an idiot. And the worst thing about Blossom Z....SHE STOLE A CAKE! AND NEVER FELT BAD ABOUT IT! No moral about thievery being wrong, no nothing! Blossom is supposed to represent everything nice and even when she did do bad things in the original series she would either learn a moral because of it or gain proper come-uppance and even if she did the viewers never saw it.
Then we have the supporting characters and dear lord they are even worse changes than what they did to the main characters. Professor Utonium isn't the girl's father in this version so the cute bound we would see them having in the original series is robbed from new audiences. In fact, he is MARRIED and has a son name Ken Kitazawa...wait what? Okay first the Professor being married takes away a big aspect from his original character and 2...Kitazawa? Wouldn't his last name be Utonium? I know they change this in the dub but still. The Mayor and Miss Bellum personality wise are SLIGHTLY like their original counter-parts but design wise they are way different.
New version
Old version.
I'm all for creative license, but for an adaptation it is too much of a stretch especially for the Mayor. What's even worse is that the Z Mayor especially isn't as funny as his previous incarnation and the same for Miss Bellum. They also aren't even close to as enjoyable as their original versions. There a bunch of other characters I can't stand but like I said I'm gonna do a full reveiw later.
And last but not least the antagonists to which I have one statement based on all of the antagonists based on old antagonists. They are all awful mockeries of what made the villains of the Powerpuff girls great and are nowhere near as enjoyable as theire original versions. Some villains are sympathetic when they were originally straight-up jerks, some villains are threatening when they were originally comic relief, and some are comic relief even though they were supposed to be threatening. There are limits to what you can do in an adaptation and this crosses way too many lines. Sweet SATAN this show sucks!I keep hearing from a lot of people it gets better but so far I've gotten up to episode 17 and I still can't stand it.
And that's basically it, make em as long or short as you want!
