roger tangent, simon tangent although its linked below anyway , critique, more tangents to come as i realize more about the characters
The LOTF BBC show was a genuine piece of art. While I would've preferred perfect casting, I do adore the casting in the series. It's amazing. It's important to me that Ralph's actor is actually black/mixed, because we know that Ralph was only picked because he looked the part, and if we had just kept going with him being white that choice would likely effect reality. Leader's can be black too, and that's what I get out of the choice. Not only that, but Winston Sawyers, his actor, did a fantastic job. His acting skills were just amazing. Jack's casting, to me, was a perfect cast. Lox Pratt is so fit to be Jack it's almost sickening, likeee like srsSCREAMS . His writting is also perfect. Whenever Jack is afraid, it results in an angry reaction. He was afraid that they'd never get the chance to go home ever again after he'd let the fire go out, and that fear ends in him punching Piggy for pointing it out. Jack doesn't allow anyone to talk about his vulnerable moments, like when Simon paints his face, or when Roger helps him down the mountain, or especially when he's crying. The series makes it a lot more clear how Jack is just afraid, rather than focusing on only Simon's message of "the beast is us." It zeroes in on how savage they really became, and how it stems from the fear Simon preached about. Simon's casting is what I didn't like, considering it's the big 2026 and we still don't have a person of color casted for Simon, but I did like his writing. He had more of a queer (link) representation rather than meaning to represent Jesus, but that was still a great choice. They gave a lot more backstory for each boy, and I'm not at all creeped out by their decision to give Simon abusive parents. His father beats his mother, and the way they introduce it was a perfect set up. The boys talk about wanting their parents to come, and Simon has nothing to say. He's already set up to be someone who comes from a different home, and therefore has a wildly different perspective on life than the others.
I can't be mad at any of the choices they decided to make, even with their decision to give Piggy a name. I don't care about the specifics of what his name is, but the fact they gave him one humanizes him. Piggy's death is much more effective and meaningful now that we know him. Not only that, it deepens his and Ralph's connection. Ralph is the only one who doesn't use Piggy's real name visciously, like how Jack refers to him as "Nickpig" after learning it. Ralph uses it in Piggy's dying moments, and that shows just how real and close their bond had become. Piggy is supposed to be annoying, and that's what he comes off as. He annoys Jack constantly, and is always making a sarcastic remark towards him, which ends in Jack feeling even more insecure. I don't like how Piggy's asthma wasn't really apart of his character anymore, but his writing was so well done I can't really be mad at it. Piggy's death is slow, and sometimes that's just how war is. You have to watch your friends die slowly, ans assure them it's alright.
(Side note : Ralph assuring Piggy that the bleeding in his head and all the pain was just his "antlers growing in" was so sad)

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