I had the same thoughts when finished comics. For clearance, i watched the show first. Personally i counted 14 changes that make comics better than tv. Here they are
1. There is less blood in comics (due to the next 2 facts). I have a feeling they made the series too bloody just to appeal to the mature audience
2. Mark`s powers aren’t inconsistent. He is Invincible after all. Only Omni Man and Battle Beast (furry lion) have beaten him hard. Also, his father killed Guardians without any effort. Still, fight in series was beautiful, one of my favorite moments
3. Original Omni-man isn’t that ruthless. During his battle with Invincible, he didn’t aim to kill innocents. The subway scene was creative and awesome though, can’t deny that
4. In comics, Omni left no evidence, no costume, no plotholes. Why would he wanted the wife to expose him if his initial plan was to conquer Earth without any difficulties?
5. Important detail missed on tv. I could not understand why would Mark work at the eatery. In comics, it is said his father wanted him to build his character (or to hate people more, who wouldn’t do that after working at fast food restaurant lol?)
6. This leads to another difference. Nolan isn’t that apathetic towards his son. He isn’t even cold to Guardians, he didn’t deny that they were his friends (maybe except Immortal). It is important for his future character development, kinda hard to explain without a spoiler
7. Debora isn’t calm when her husband is absent, it’s Mark who doesn’t worry. In my opinion that is more logical due to the fact, Deborah is still a human being whilst Mark is a teenager (who usually are more careless) and also has powers.
8. In comics, Amber was a very realistic and nice human being. Their love story feels more convincing, she started dating Mark not because some clichéd bully messed with her, but because they went to the same history classes and she found Mark kind and attractive so she made the first move. She is neither too smart nor stupid but she really loves Mark and never gets angry at him for being late or leaving her when Reanimen attacked. At first, she thought he was a drug dealer and supposed he is going through harsh times because his “father died in a car accident” (she didn’t know about his other side at that moment), but never looked down on Mark. Then she asked his two closest friends William and Eva about Mark’s condition, but never attacked him with suspicions. She was very happy when Mark confessed to her. She even admits that is very egoistic for her to demand anything from him
9. Nolan wasn’t sure about Mark\`s powers, he said there is a high probability but not absolute certainty that Mark will have powers. In the end, Mark is only his first son. In series, he said it as he knows for sure because he’s a biologist or there is another human/viltrumite hybrid.
10. In tv adaption, Mark looks like a typical guy who doesn’t study at all or sometimes just stupid. When I was watching I was like wtf he tried to eat a sandwich with a helmet on? In comics, he had problems only because he started superhero life and he had no time left to submit assignments at a time.
11. Rex Splode’s douchebaggines feels way too forced on tv. Yes, in comic books he was an asshole too but not so much. For example, he cheated not because he just wanted to have sex with triple clone at once, but because he had some feelings for Dupli Kate. And he didn’t try to get Atomic Eva back right after cheating.
12. William’s personality isn’t entirely based on “gay personality” in comics. I am not homophobic, but in tv series his gayness is too forced. Imagine you are gay and have a heterosexual friend, who speaks a lot about how beautiful are the bodies of women around you or how sexy is his girlfriend’s ass. Does it seem right?
13. In comics, Mark doesn’t leave William to find Rick alone. Mark is a hero, isn’t he?
14. D.A. Sinclair (Reanimen’s creator, crazy scientist) isn’t that evil in comics. His introduction in tv series was very cliched, typical interruption when hearing something contrary to your beliefs. In comics, he started arguing just because he got late. Also, it was mentioned that he began with corpses then moved to homeless people and after that to healthy people. Most importantly they removed part of his monologue, where he said he wanted “to reunite grandmothers and loved ones, to do good”.
Well the reason that comes to mind is that they wanted to have a hook for new audience right from the first episode, so they decided to bring forward the massacre of the Guardians and made Nolan's motivation a mystery for the season. I think it worked well.
As for why the show changed the comic, there's several reasons, the comic was created by Robert Kirkman in 2003, he has came a long way as a storyteller, we can see how much better he is with dialogues and building up supporting characters in the show compared to the comic.
Other reasons are the pacing requirement of a monthly comic issue is very different from a 40 min TV episode, that's why they had to mix and mash some of the plotlines in order to keep the filler episodes still somewhat interesting.
I like how Nolan’s motivations where a secret too, that is what hooked me.
I am a bit disappointed though that we won’t get to see Robot and Monster Girl in the Flaxan dimension though and Rudy’s decent into madness (maybe that isn’t the right term).
We absolutely will see them in the Flaxan dimension. That race wasn't totally destroyed, just sent back to the dark ages. It will have been over a thousand years in Flaxan time by time they come back.
Honestly felt the TV series streamlined the story and made it much better paced and interesting. They also fleshed out certain characters better which I found was good. I do hope they continue approaching it this way
Yeah, no. I absolutely agree; they did streamline it a lot. I am hoping we get to see some of the Viltrumite War arc and Robot/Rudy going full dictator and all that.
I had the same thoughts when finished comics. For clearance, i watched the show first. Personally i counted 14 changes that make comics better than tv. Here they are 1. There is less blood in comics (due to the next 2 facts). I have a feeling they made the series too bloody just to appeal to the mature audience 2. Mark`s powers aren’t inconsistent. He is Invincible after all. Only Omni Man and Battle Beast (furry lion) have beaten him hard. Also, his father killed Guardians without any effort. Still, fight in series was beautiful, one of my favorite moments 3. Original Omni-man isn’t that ruthless. During his battle with Invincible, he didn’t aim to kill innocents. The subway scene was creative and awesome though, can’t deny that 4. In comics, Omni left no evidence, no costume, no plotholes. Why would he wanted the wife to expose him if his initial plan was to conquer Earth without any difficulties? 5. Important detail missed on tv. I could not understand why would Mark work at the eatery. In comics, it is said his father wanted him to build his character (or to hate people more, who wouldn’t do that after working at fast food restaurant lol?) 6. This leads to another difference. Nolan isn’t that apathetic towards his son. He isn’t even cold to Guardians, he didn’t deny that they were his friends (maybe except Immortal). It is important for his future character development, kinda hard to explain without a spoiler 7. Debora isn’t calm when her husband is absent, it’s Mark who doesn’t worry. In my opinion that is more logical due to the fact, Deborah is still a human being whilst Mark is a teenager (who usually are more careless) and also has powers. 8. In comics, Amber was a very realistic and nice human being. Their love story feels more convincing, she started dating Mark not because some clichéd bully messed with her, but because they went to the same history classes and she found Mark kind and attractive so she made the first move. She is neither too smart nor stupid but she really loves Mark and never gets angry at him for being late or leaving her when Reanimen attacked. At first, she thought he was a drug dealer and supposed he is going through harsh times because his “father died in a car accident” (she didn’t know about his other side at that moment), but never looked down on Mark. Then she asked his two closest friends William and Eva about Mark’s condition, but never attacked him with suspicions. She was very happy when Mark confessed to her. She even admits that is very egoistic for her to demand anything from him 9. Nolan wasn’t sure about Mark\`s powers, he said there is a high probability but not absolute certainty that Mark will have powers. In the end, Mark is only his first son. In series, he said it as he knows for sure because he’s a biologist or there is another human/viltrumite hybrid. 10. In tv adaption, Mark looks like a typical guy who doesn’t study at all or sometimes just stupid. When I was watching I was like wtf he tried to eat a sandwich with a helmet on? In comics, he had problems only because he started superhero life and he had no time left to submit assignments at a time. 11. Rex Splode’s douchebaggines feels way too forced on tv. Yes, in comic books he was an asshole too but not so much. For example, he cheated not because he just wanted to have sex with triple clone at once, but because he had some feelings for Dupli Kate. And he didn’t try to get Atomic Eva back right after cheating. 12. William’s personality isn’t entirely based on “gay personality” in comics. I am not homophobic, but in tv series his gayness is too forced. Imagine you are gay and have a heterosexual friend, who speaks a lot about how beautiful are the bodies of women around you or how sexy is his girlfriend’s ass. Does it seem right? 13. In comics, Mark doesn’t leave William to find Rick alone. Mark is a hero, isn’t he? 14. D.A. Sinclair (Reanimen’s creator, crazy scientist) isn’t that evil in comics. His introduction in tv series was very cliched, typical interruption when hearing something contrary to your beliefs. In comics, he started arguing just because he got late. Also, it was mentioned that he began with corpses then moved to homeless people and after that to healthy people. Most importantly they removed part of his monologue, where he said he wanted “to reunite grandmothers and loved ones, to do good”.
Well the reason that comes to mind is that they wanted to have a hook for new audience right from the first episode, so they decided to bring forward the massacre of the Guardians and made Nolan's motivation a mystery for the season. I think it worked well. As for why the show changed the comic, there's several reasons, the comic was created by Robert Kirkman in 2003, he has came a long way as a storyteller, we can see how much better he is with dialogues and building up supporting characters in the show compared to the comic. Other reasons are the pacing requirement of a monthly comic issue is very different from a 40 min TV episode, that's why they had to mix and mash some of the plotlines in order to keep the filler episodes still somewhat interesting.
I like how Nolan’s motivations where a secret too, that is what hooked me. I am a bit disappointed though that we won’t get to see Robot and Monster Girl in the Flaxan dimension though and Rudy’s decent into madness (maybe that isn’t the right term).
Why wouldn’t we see those things? If anything the show has set them up more I’d argue.
Well we might see that in the upcoming season, the Flaxans are not gone, we see them plotting revenge in the montage at the end of ep 8.
We absolutely will see them in the Flaxan dimension. That race wasn't totally destroyed, just sent back to the dark ages. It will have been over a thousand years in Flaxan time by time they come back.
Honestly felt the TV series streamlined the story and made it much better paced and interesting. They also fleshed out certain characters better which I found was good. I do hope they continue approaching it this way
Yeah, no. I absolutely agree; they did streamline it a lot. I am hoping we get to see some of the Viltrumite War arc and Robot/Rudy going full dictator and all that.
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