What's the Difference between The NeverEnding Story the Book and The NeverEnding Story the Movie?
The NeverEnding Story Book vs Movie
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The land in the book is Fantastica. |
It is Fantasia. |
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The Nothing not only destroys Fantastica but approaches people who have lost their faith and have given up on hoping, and then the people have the sudden urge to jump into the Nothing and be transformed in human lies. |
It appears as a giant formation of stormclouds and according to Gmork, it was created from the people who have no hopes or dreams, causing it to destroy Fantasia.
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Bastion fails to name the Childlike Empress when she is expecting Bastion to, so she finds the Old Man of Wandering Mountain, where she is eventually named. |
Bastion names the Childlike Empress while Atreyu is with her in the Ivory Tower, removing the Old Man of Wandering Mountain scene. |
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Falkor nearly dies from diving underwater to grab Orien, the gem Atreyu loses when separated from Falkor by the Nothing, but is saved by Orien. |
Atreyu loses Orien.
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Falkor is (and looks) like a dragon. |
The era of technology prevented Falkor to be portrayed normally, rendering the appearence of a sock-puppet with the head of a small dog. |