Science & spaceSci-Fi Guy ExplainsEvery Sci-Fi Movie That Betrayed the BOOK It Was Based On (Part 2)
Every Sci-Fi Movie That Betrayed the BOOK It Was Based On (Part 2)
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Published Sep 26, 2026, 1:45 PM · 2w ago
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Some of these movies kept the book's title and threw out the rest, and a few changed the one thing the author cared about most. One of them even made its author wish he'd written the new ending himself. #scifi #scifimovies #bookadaptation #planetoftheapes
– Timestamps –
00:00 Soylent Wasn't People — Soylent Green
01:13 The Book Killed Rita — Edge of Tomorrow
02:25 Twenty-One Became Thirty — Logan's Run
03:10 The Apes Drove Cars — Planet of the Apes (1968)
05:06 Dick's Mutant Couldn't Talk — Next (2007)
05:59 The Men Went Sterile — Children of Men
07:17 Brin Lost His Supercomputer — The Postman (1997)
08:27 Hawks Grew A Carrot — The Thing from Another World
09:47 Bong Added Ten Deaths — Mickey 17
10:35 Moreau Swapped Scalpels For DNA — The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
11:48 Spielberg Deleted Spielberg — Ready Player One
12:35 Sagan Hid God In Pi — Contact
14:23 Russos Softened The Wasteland — The Electric State
15:12 Garland Adapted A Memory — Annihilation
16:23 King Wished He'd Written It — The Mist
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