![]() See below for further complaining on the subject and Canon Discontinuity for peace of mind. This was most likely done in order to demonstrate how much the new family does not fuck around. Anyone Can Die: The promotional comic for the film plays this trope shockingly straight when Doug, the undisputed walking badass Papa Wolf of a man, and his baby both bite the dust.Adaptation Personality Change: Bobby largely kept his feelings bottled up in the original movie, but he's much more outwardly emotional here.The character of Mars is now named "Lizard".In here, it's Bukowski, which is a Polish name which literally means "of the beech ". In the original film, Doug's last name was Wood.Also, it reduces the role of Fred, the gas-station man. ![]() While it adds an extended sequence in a nuclear testing town and adds considerable depth to the characters of the Carter family, it also greatly dials back and Flanderizes the mutant characters, who barely have any dialogue, and are portrayed almost entirely as soulless monsters, besides Ruby. Adaptation Distillation: Oddly, the film is a case of both this and Adaptation Expansion.Adaptational Ugliness: While not "attractive" in the traditional sense of the word (and Pluto being outright deformed by a rare skin condition), the mutants in the original film are nowhere near as disfigured or hideous as their remake counterparts.Adaptational Dumbass: Pluto may not have been very bright in the original film, but he appears to actually be mentally handicapped here. ![]() Adaptational Badass: Lizard, formerly "Mars", manages to put up a much better fight with Doug in the climax. ![]() There's also The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning, a prequel/interquel graphic novel. They are soon stranded in the middle of a desert when their RV breaks down thanks to sabotage and end up being terrorized by a family who are mutated from nuclear fallout by government testing in the area.Ī sequel was released in 2007. The Remake of the 1977 horror film by French director Alexandre Aja, who is also responsible for High Tension, and starring Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Emilie de Ravin, and Ted Levine.Ī typical American family is on vacation. ![]()
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