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What character do you like in the adaption but not the original (or vice versa)?

Toothless from HTTYD.

In the books it's this wheedling, tiny green dragon that actually talked.

The Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame makes Phoebus into a likeable, sympathetic character. Which is kind of amazing if you're familiar with the original. (They're practically two different characters with the same name.)

I think this would really be true of a lot of Disney characters now that you mention it.

A lot of The Walking Dead characters are better in the comics but some are better in the show (usually because they live longer).

For instance, comic Andrea was much better. But TV show Shane was better.

In the comic, is Rick actually likable? I kinda want him to be the next one eaten, I just cannot care less for his character anymore.

Yeah? I like him in the show...he is a crazy fucker.

He's an asshole who has actively made things worse for the troupe every step of the way.

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In the comic Rick straddles the line between being completely out of his mind and being competent, determined, and adaptable. The end of the prison arc really messed him up, but I feel like he's slowly been regaining his sanity. I haven't read past the war arc though.

Like, half the changes in GoT characters. Bran in the books is especially aggravating because the only thing he does is complain. In the show they give him more depth.

Book Dany basically catches sight of a promising penis and starts making a series of incredibly shitty decisions (whereas before she was an excellent tactician). The show seems to be steering away from this plotline.

Book Catelyn Stark is also irritating because the only thing she ever does is whine about her children. In the show they give her a more advisory role and tone this down.

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I disagree about Bran; he does way more than complain. It seems like the showrunners are really afraid of the Old Gods aspect of the story so it doesn't feel integrated, whereas in the books it's been set up all along. And they hate flashbacks/history ("it's booooooring"), so the practical aspect of Bran's role is of less interest to them too. I love book!Bran.

So, the thing is, in order to telegraph something to an audience you generally only need one or two hints.

Bran has almost 20 chapters. None of them are all that different up until the very last ones. It's "Wah my legs" and "I want to wolf right now" ad nauseum. You could actually skip a lot of them without learning anything really new or interesting about the world that Maester Eamon or Tyrion doesn't hint at as well.

He's pretty useless in that regard, really.

I love Thranduil in the books, hated him in the movies. Same for Legolas, Elrond, Denethor, lots of others.

I like Bard in the movie; he made no impact on me in the books.
I like the idea of what they were going for with Thorin in the movies; didn't like him in the books. (I feel like the execution of this character was terrible though.)

On a separate note, I liked the movie versions of Darcy, Mrs. Bennet, Lizzy, and pretty much everyone else but Mr. Bennet from the 2005 version of P&P.

Over all I think the movies did a lot to make all the characters in The Hobbit more interesting, even many of the dwarves of the Company who get virtually nothing in the book at least got a unique face in the movies.

I think they made a few characters interesting but I think they butchered the majority of them. I hate what they did to a lot of the dwarves, especially Nori, Dori, and Ori. The production had zero understanding of Tolkien's work.

The Count in Gankutsuou. He actually made me feel for him, which the book didn't manage.

Mercedes too, for that matter.

Ron Weasley. I love Rupert Grint's version of him, I think Grint may have been the most gifted child comic actor in decades, but the book version just makes me want to root for the Death Eaters because he is such a stuck up, pompous little prick.

No he isn't.

And movie Ron was terrible writing wise in spite of Rupert doing a fantastic job of making him a funny character.

Stuck up and pompous? Er.. did we read the same books? The Ron in the books I read was terribly insecure if anything.

Yeah, I didn't get that impression at all either

lol, that sounds like a you problem and not a problem with the books.

Tyrion. I didn't really care for him in the books, but I like his character much more in the show. The same goes for a lot of the characters, actually.

I found Boromir dull in the book but LOVED him in the movie.

Boromir is a character in the books that one can just think "Ehh, yeah, and that guy" up until Amon Hen. In the movies his presence was more easily felt. I'm sure his speech at the Council was in the book, but it gets drowned in to morass of the rest of the chapter, but onscreen he really came to life.

Miranda Priestly is loads better in the Devil Wears Prada movie than in the book. Besides the awesomeness of Meryl Streep, in the book Miranda is a tiny lady who just shouts at people.

All the chracters with book counterparts in the first 3 seasons of Dexter. In the books everyone is pretty unlikeable.

I like Morgan from the Dresden Files much more in the tv series than in the books. In the novels he is a one note character except for one book.

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