10 Reboots/Sequels That Didn't Know Why The Originals Were Popular

People love a good antihero. Deadpool, the Punisher, people are drawn to their complex morality and the questions they pose. So it was a disappointment when the 2017 film adaptation of the popular Japanese show Death Note didn't nail the portrayal of the protagonist, Light.

Light is a popular student with a genius intellect and a god complex, taking the power of life and death to shape the world in his own image as the serial killer Kira. In the film, Light is placed in an American high school, a social outcast egged on by a controlling and amoral girlfriend. When they took Light's agency in becoming a murderer away, they stripped the dark psyche that made the character so interesting.

Not only that, but the mythos of Death Note draws heavily on Japanese folklore, so the movie feels out of context in the United States. While filmmakers cannot be faulted for trying to make the series their own, Death Note made sense because of its setting. Despite this and lukewarm reactions from audiences and critics alike, a potential sequel is possible, giving the chance to redeem many of the factors fans found lacking.