But more interesting than these plot changes is...

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Ming: Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K system. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet...Earth.
Ming: How peaceful it looks...[Causes an earthquake.]
Klytus: Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this...ah...Earth?
Ming: Later. I like to play with things a while, before annihilation. - Flash Gordon (1980)

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But more interesting than these plot changes is the character adjustment. In the original, Beowulf is a hero. In the new film, he’s basically a jerk, whose most sympathetic moment is when he finally realizes that he’s a jerk. It’s hard to imagine a more complete reversal of values from the original Beowulf story.

Never Mind Grendel. Can Beowulf Conquer the 21st-Century Guilt Trip? - ChronicleReview.com

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