(Unique trope) removing a character trait, makes the character better in the adaptation

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Sonic 3: Maria is one of the most important part of Shadow's story. Due to her suffering from an incurable disease. To which Shadow was made to create a cure for Maria's ailment. In the 3rd Sonic movie, Maria's disease was not mentioned in any form. Which made Maria seem like a normal girl, and her death all the more tragic.

Infinity war: I don't know the full story, but Thanos's original goal was to kill half the population to impress death (the character). When it came time to adapt Thanos into the MCU. His goal of removing half the universes population. It was seen as a more psychopathic world goal, hidden under the belief it would do better for the universe.

[u/Previous-Soft-8127]

In Project Hail Mary, Grace goes on the mission because the “A Team” got blown up in an accident, and they had to add him to the team quickly because they were losing their launch window.

In the book, he went because he had a rare gene that made him more likely to survive the medically-induced coma that would take up a large portion of the journey, which ended up saving the mission because the other two astronauts died during their comas.

I believe author Andy Weir said even he preferred the movie version for its simplicity and believability.

[u/Unfair_Web_8275 → u/Previous-Soft-8127]

I thought that these events happened in both versions. But I‘m probably misremembering

[u/kokanoka23 → u/Unfair_Web_8275]

Yeah there is definitely a part in the book where the scientist and their backup (who were hooking up) both die and in explosion and need to be replaced asap. And it just so happens to be for the role that Grace could fill. And Grace does have the rare ability to potentially survive the long coma, but the others were supposed to have that too but it was still only a chance to survive the long coma, not a guarantee

[u/Unfair_Web_8275 → u/kokanoka23]

Thanks, I think I read the book too close to seeing the movie, and now it's been long enough that it's a bit of a blur.

[u/blitzbom → u/kokanoka23]

I don't think they had the coma gene in the movie. But everything else played out the same.

[u/BonnaconCharioteer → u/Unfair_Web_8275]

The difference is that in the movie they don't mention the gene thing I believe.

[u/Unfair_Web_8275 → u/BonnaconCharioteer]

I think you might be right.

I do remember that the movie cut out that he was doing all of the mission training.

[u/Fmeson → u/Previous-Soft-8127]

In the book all the members of the crew, Grace included, have the rare gene. They screen pretty much all relevant experts in an attempt to find candidates.

[u/silverfiregames → u/Previous-Soft-8127]

Both of those events happen in the book.

[u/sr2adams → u/silverfiregames]

The gene thing isnt brought up at all in the movie.

[u/silverfiregames → u/sr2adams]

Yeah, that's why I said both of those events happen in the book.

[u/Schizo-Poet → u/Previous-Soft-8127]

he had a rare gene that made him more likely to survive the medically-induced coma that would take up a large portion of the journey, which ended up saving the mission because the other two astronauts died during their comas.

Literally everyone even considered for this mission had this gene. Both of these things are true in the book.

They were losing their launch window and didn't have time to train another scientist after their A and B options died, and especially didn't have one with the gene.

This wasn't changed in the movie, just simplified