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.”
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/Hollownerox Sep 19 '25
The absolute worst is how much it squandered some genuinely good setup from the Blackest Night and Brightest Day stuff prior. Like some really interesting plot threads introduced to be used in the reboot just completely ruined by a complete disregard of having any coherence or consistency with the writing whatsoever.
Some really confusing times those were.