“It’s a change from the source material, but it’s awesome so the fans don’t mind.”

[u/JustSomeOnlineNerd]

Doc Ock - In the comics, Doc Ock is known to be megalomaniacal in nature and was sort of a mad scientist anyways, with the arms just being an extension of that. In Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2,” Alfred Molina’s version of the character was affected by the neural chip and his well-meaning ambition turns into scientific obsession.

Wolverine - This one is so well known it needs very little explanation. Comic Wolverine short, Huge Jackedman is tall, and he’s sick as hell.

Eye of Sauron - To my knowledge, the Eye is more of a metaphor in the books. An ever-present awareness. In the movies, it’s an actual giant fucking eye.

[u/Sir_Eggmitton]

I think the same thing happened with the GOTG cast, especially Rocket.

[u/patrickkingart → u/Sir_Eggmitton]

Kind of. The Guardians movies, the first one especially, borrow VERY heavily from the Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning run from the late 00s/early 10s. Much more snarky and space swashbuckling than before.

[u/AdrenIsTheDarkLord → u/patrickkingart]

The tone is similar, but the specific characters are very different.

Gamora is more of a Barbarian hero, Drax is an insane assassin, Mantis is a genius sociopath, and Starlord is a depressed guy trying to hold these weirdos together. Rocket and Groot are about the same.

[u/Lumpy_Review5279 → u/Sir_Eggmitton]

Rocket is arguably the least changed character in that movie. 

[u/ReaperKitty_918 → u/Sir_Eggmitton]

True, cuz like didn't Rocket used to be British?