History Fridge / GoingPostal

* Why is Moist so much more of a despicable person in the movie than the book? The book is written from his perspective. He's a slightly UnreliableNarrator, and would interpret things positively for himself. Look at his attitude to his crimes, where he spends most of the book treating them as a game; from his perspective, anyone trying to catch him or going on about "you've broken the law" is being a sore loser after losing in a battle of wits. More tellingly, he doesn't ever acknowledge that a victim of his con job is harmed by falling for his tricks; it's only until Anghamarrad starkly tells him that while he didn't kill anyone, he's destroyed the livelihoods of everyone relying on those banks and businesses he swindled, that he realizes what he's done. The movie is an objective third person.

** A funny thing said by Anghamarrad about Lela was the fact she was [[IncrediblyLamePun fuming]] because the Rain god always rained on her lava. Adora Belle ''smokes'', and ''Moist'' enjoys riling her a bit. Looks like they found each other.

* Golems are similar to robots or computers, and the Clacks are analogous to the internet. Even though Adora Belle didn't get into the Clacks like her brother or father, her job is in some ways adjacent to theirs.

* It's a proven fact that dogs react to body language and vocal tones. Moist was confident in his ability to command the canines the other mailmen set on him, manifested no fear and was authoritative, which prompted the dogs to obey the "dominant male" in spite of them not actually understanding the commands he issued.

* Why is Moist so much more of a despicable person in the movie than the book? The book is written from his perspective. He's a slightly UnreliableNarrator, and would interpret things positively for himself. Look at his attitude to his crimes, where he spends most of the book treating them as a game; from his perspective, anyone trying to catch him or going on about "you've broken the law" is overreacting to losing in a battle of wits. It's only until Anghamarrad starkly tells him that while he didn't kill anyone, he's destroyed the livelihoods of everyone relying on those banks and businesses he swindled, that he realizes what he's done. The movie is an objective third person.

* Why does the mail choose Moist as their avatar, when they had several other candidates to choose from? When Moist is lost in the post office and discovers how the other postmasters died, he decides to say his FamousLastWords again: "I commend my soul to any god that can find it." The mail, sort of a godlike entity at this point, ''is listening''.

* Why does the mail choose Moist as their avatar, when they had several other candidates to choose from? When Moist is lost in the post office and discovers how the other postmasters died, he decides to say his FamousLastWords again: "I commend my soul to any god that can find it." The mail, sort of a godlike entity at this point, ''was listening''.

* Why is Moist so much more of a despicable person in the movie than the book? The book is written from his perspective. He's a slightly UnreliableNarrator, and would interpret things positively for himself. Look at his attitude to his crimes, where he spends most of the book treating them as a game. It's only until Anghamarrad starkly tells him that while he didn't kill anyone, he's destroyed the livelihoods of everyone relying on those banks and businesses he swindled, that he realizes what he's done. The movie is an objective third person.