Teague's angular, almost emaciated features work against his efforts to become "one of the guys," let alone any sort of trustworthy member of the community dignified by the nickname "Hawk." Teague should have played Trashcan Man. Novel - 9 1994 - 8 2020 - 6 Harold Lauder - the obvious author surrogate from the novel was painfully miscast in the '94 version, but despite the perfectly fine acting chops of Owen "It" Teague, the character is still mishandled in the new version. Amping up her complicity in the bombing plot was only one of several changes that rubbed me wrong. I had no real problem with Amber "Zombieland" Heard since the character was so revised from the book anyway. Nadine Cross - another character severely altered in this version, much more so than her character melding in the '94 series. At very least, she was better than 94's Molly "Sixteen Candles" Ringwald, who should never have been cast in the first place. Odessa "The Professor" Young's portrayal of Frannie struck me as more honest to the book, despite the rewrite hits her character arc took. Novel - 10, 1994 - 9, 2020 - 7 Fran Goldsmith - I'd have to watch the series again to be more specific, and I'm very unlikely to ever do that for numerous reasons, but. Too handsome, perhaps, or too much of his Westworld persona rubbed off on the character. Novel - 10, 1994 - 9, 2020 - 7 Stu Redman - James "Hairspray" Marsden was decent, and I at least bought his relationship with Fran, but he lacked the everyman charisma of 94's Gary "The Green Mile" Sinise. Adepo plays the reformed lamb of sacrifice well that aspect of the character managed to evade the scripters' penchant for rewriting things for the apparent sake of rewriting them. Less fine, though, is the reduction of his tunnel gauntlet to a bland sewer crawl (despite having a proper Rita as a traveling companion, and never mind the reshaping of her character), as well as the change in his motivation for turning down Nadine's last-minute overtures, a key moment ruined by the excision of Lucy Swann from the story. I'll use a character side-by=side with the the '94 version as well as the novel to comment further: My favorite character in the novel, Larry Underwood - The switch to African American is fine by me Jovan "Fences" Adepo does a fine job with what he's given. Additionally, various worthy scenes are excised or strangely altered, and none of these changes improve things. Tension is lost, character arcs fall by the wayside, and viewer identification is dispensed with. The gravest mistake, as most critics have noted, is the destruction of the linear plot via way too many flashbacks. This adaptation of Stephen King's epic apocalypse tale doesn't live up to its title at all. This version simply bones the pooch without mercy it's a bit of a surprise that the story's canine managed to stay true to its character, something that most of the humans failed to do, the blame for which I put squarely on the writers and directors. I'm being so magnanimous possibly it's for the production values in this grievously mangled retelling of the 1994 mini-series. The Leader: Captain Meowser is the leader of the Catstronauts.21 June 2022 - 2 out of 5 users found this review helpful.I Choose to Stay: Pom Pom decides to stay on Mars with the Cosmocats at the end of the second book.Her name also turns out to be an acronym for Automated Virtual Avatar. Also in Book 6, we get introduced to a new character named AVA (Stylized: ΛVΛ).K.I.T.T.E.N.: Kittens Intentionally Trying To Enhance Knowledge.And in Book 6, we are introduced to a group of teenagers called K.I.T.T.E.N.C.O.O.K.I.E.: Center Of Obvious Knowledge and Interstellar Exploration.In "Race To Mars", we learn the names of three other space exploration organizations. Fun with Acronyms:The Catstronauts work for a space program known as C.A.T.S.U.P.: Center for Aeronautical Technology and Space Underlying Programs.Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The World's Greatest Scientist is only ever called "The World's Greatest Scientist".The Cosmocats were tough on him because they wanted him to improve. Of course, in actuality, Meowser was the bully, and quite hot-headed too. The Bully: In "Race To Mars", Captain Meowser reveals that he spent some time as a cadet amongst the Cosmocats as part of an exchange program, and that, apparently, the Cosmocats were pretty mean to him back in the day.Black Bead Eyes: Most of the cast have these.The second book, "Race to Mars," abandons this.They go into various missions in space, one in each book. Pom Pom: Science Officer and only female.The series is set in a world populate by anthropomorphic cats, and focuses on the four-cat team known as the Catstronauts, consisting of.
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