Terribly unsatisified

[neotoma]

I've been trying to read the novelization of Pacific Rim, but somehow the writer has managed to make Raleigh come across as a dudebro, which is just unpleasant.

Where is the big Labrador puppy from the movie? Why am I reading about a guy who is insubordinate and disrespectful, because Raleigh was neither of those things in the movie?!

Comments

[feuervogel]

The novelization was, in fact, made from an earlier draft of the script than the one that was released. (See: the end scene when you get there.) Something to do with production schedules so the book will come out around the same time as the movie.

The writing is terrible, and there are some glaring continuity errors. My favorite is where Raleigh says he's never done a mission with a Mark V jaeger, then further down the page, he talks about being on a mission with Striker Eureka. It's on page 49.

(PS: If you're interested in traveling to Atlanta, I'm running a Pacific Rim con in May...)