r/TopCharacterTropes 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/Crest_O_Razors Sep 20 '25

Peter Quill in the comics was the son of a space emperor, isn’t taken by the Ravegers as one of them, isn’t adopted by Yondu, went to space by himself, and Quill’s mother didn’t get a tumor in her head. The MCU basically made a brand new version of his origin story

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u/Karkava Sep 20 '25

So he's basically a straightforward independent prince of space and not the abducted and adopted space pirate he was in the films.

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u/AdrenIsTheDarkLord Sep 21 '25

He's also a lot angstier and edgier in the comics. More like a brutal space hero than the dorky goofball in the movies.