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* AdaptationalProtagonist: The original book and first adaptation were ensemble pieces but gave Dr. Mark Hall greater focus because of his importance as the Odd Man who was the only one who could shut down Wildfire's nuclear self-destruct. The miniseries gives Dr. Stone the greater protagonist role [[spoiler:by being the one who shuts down Wildfire's self-destruct, with Hall's stand-in being one of the characters who is killed running the climactic gauntlet.]]
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Jeremy and Angela had some history when they worked together in the past, and there's some obvious sexual tension in their interactions. TheyDo near the end of the series and are shown to be together as a couple in their final scene.

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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Jeremy and Angela had some history when they worked together in the past, and there's some obvious sexual tension in their interactions. TheyDo [[RelationshipUpgrade They resolve it]] near the end of the series series, and are shown to be together as a couple in their final scene.
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* HotScientist: PlayedStraight with most of team Wildfire being much more attractive than expected from scientists.

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* AdaptedOut: Notably, the "Odd-Man Hypothesis" plot point. [[spoiler:Dr. Bill (Dr. Mark Hall's stand-in) [[DeathByAdaptation buys it at the climax]], and if he had been the only one capable of shutting down the nuclear fail-safe, let's just say the miniseries [[EverybodyDiesEnding would have ended even more bitterly]].]]



* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Stone and two other Wildfire scientists (Chou, the Leavitt stand-in, and Keane, brave the compound's core as it is falling apart at the climax. Only Stone makes it out alive. General Mancheck is also assassinated by the GovernmentConspiracy [[HeKnowsTooMuch to keep their involvement secret]].]]

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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Stone and two other Wildfire scientists (Chou, the Leavitt stand-in, and Keane, Bill (the Hall stand-in), brave the compound's core as it is falling apart at the climax. Only Stone makes it out alive. General Mancheck is also assassinated by the GovernmentConspiracy [[HeKnowsTooMuch to keep their involvement secret]].]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The sub-plot about how Andromeda arrived to Earth because of a project to obtain material for bio-weapon creation from space (the SCOOP Project) expands from minor plot point (the novel) to minor sub-plot [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade that causes friction amongst the pro- and anti-establishment scientists]] (the movie) to [[spoiler:a GovernmentConspiracy who plots to use Andromeda as a bio-weapon behind everybody's backs, has [[IHaveYourWife taken Charlene's family hostage]] to force her to smuggle a sample and is a major contributor to [[ContaminationSituation the chaos of the climax]]]].

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* AdaptationalVillainy: The sub-plot about how Andromeda arrived to Earth because of a project to obtain material for bio-weapon creation from space (the SCOOP Project) expands from minor plot point (the novel) to minor sub-plot [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade that causes friction amongst the pro- and anti-establishment scientists]] (the movie) to [[spoiler:a GovernmentConspiracy who plots to use Andromeda as a bio-weapon behind everybody's backs, has [[IHaveYourWife taken Charlene's family hostage]] to force her to smuggle a sample sample, [[DeathByAdaptation kill Mancheck to keep their involvement silent]], and is a major contributor to [[ContaminationSituation the chaos of the climax]]]].
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Andromeda still maintains its vulnerability to odd blood acidity from the other versions of the story. [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalBadass Unlike the other versions of the story]], it's explicitly mentioned and showcased that this is not going to be a helpful solution in the long term.]]

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