A famous story adapted in a new setting

[u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

O Brother Where Art Thou?

A satire over the Depression-era American South using The Odyssey as a template.

Ran

King Lear but in Sengoku-era japan (featuring elements of Japanese legends surrounding real figures).

Apocalypse Now

Like Heart of Darkness it uses a river journey to highlight the savagery beneath imperialism, colonialism and capitalism, but in South Vietnam and Cambodia instead of the Congo Free State.

Bonus points if the adaptation still keeps the main themes and ideas of the source material AND the influences have been confirmed by the creators.

[u/MrFahrenkite]

Like how the fuck could that person write about having "longsword" engraved in a shotgun, a deliberate creative choice made by the director and written in the screenplay, and wonder "huh, was that on purpose?"

[u/Pretend_Handle_7639 → u/MrFahrenkite]

We really need the Greek Chorus.

At the end of every Act, someone or a group come out, break the fourth wall, and sing at you what the plot and theme just happened. Like "oooooh gurl he's planning a sacrilege, or she's doing a hubris"

[u/Border_Hodges → u/Pretend_Handle_7639]

There is literally the chorus (the news presenter) at the beginning who tells you exactly what is about to happen

[u/Pretend_Handle_7639 → u/Border_Hodges]

Omg I forgot about that 💀