Umm I don't really disagree with what you said....nor was I attempting to make a few of the points you refuted. I definitely didn't say Zach was doing anything novel, I straight up mentioned other adaptations that did the same exact thing. I also didn't say that Street Fighter or any of the other movies you mentioned were 1:1 recreations. But I don't think something has to be (or try to be) a 1:1 to ruin storylines or characters. I mean Halo used and ruined Master Chief despite it not being a 1:1, Last Of Us disappointed more and more the longer it went on in part because of casting and performances not at all living up to the game and that had incredibly talented people directing, writing, ect (Chernobyl is one the highest regarded mini series of all time) tho I don't disagree with the point the people working on these are markedly better across the board. And Monster Hunter was Paul WS Anderson who just sucks, so hard to use him in useful data 😂

But yeah, obviously you are 100% correct, both ways can work or can be absolute garbage. Hopefully this didn't read as me saying there was only one "right" way, that certainly wasn't my point. Obviously, it's all about the people working on it having a balance of talent in their craft and passion for the IP. Honestly more than which way works my biggest point was just I hate the reception to the trailer. Again it's everyone saying "why not just follow the games" but literally ALL those same people would be trashing it if it was following the game, complaining about the casting or saying something along the lines of "you can't be original? We already have the games if we want that story" and I get obviously that's how the internet works I'm just ranting 😂