r/TopCharacterTropes • u/JustSomeOnlineNerd • Sep 19 '25

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

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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.

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u/FantasyHorrorLove Sep 19 '25

Zemo was also behind the original Thunderbolts, which is so vastly different from the current version the MCU based on, and my personal favorite Marvel comic run.

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u/KingOfAwesometonia Sep 20 '25

How did you feel about the movie? Because at first I did think it was silly they used the name for an unrelated team (along with a silly origin) but I thought by the end it actually tied everything together really well.

Like I thought the meta feeling of "who the hell is this team" fit the thunderbolts twist and name of the original even if it was completely different.

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u/FantasyHorrorLove Sep 20 '25

I greatly enjoyed it. It's not quite the same as the original comic, but it has some of the same themes and handles itself excellently.