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Interestingly, Ralph is the one who volunteers to be Chief here unlike in the novel where the role is sort of pushed on him by the rest of the group. I feel like this changes Ralph's characterisation a little bit as I see him as someone who doesn't have much interest in holding power over the group (unlike Jack) and grows into the leadership role over time more out of necessity than a personal desire to lead. I'm a bit worried that they'll fail to properly capture the spirit of his character, but I'll hold off on judging for now until I've seen how his arc plays out in the show.

Another thing I noticed is that they're including the scene in chapter 3 where Ralph and Jack argue over the huts (aka the 'they stared at each other, baffled, in love and hate' scene)! I'm really excited as that scene is one of my favourites and it was omitted from the 1963 movie adaptation (and I think the 1990 movie as well, although it's been a few years since I watched it so I could be misremembering). Fun fact: they did record this scene for the 1963 movie but just didn't include it in the final cut. You can still watch it on YouTube.

The 1963 version didn't include the part of the discussion shown in the trailer about fear ('Don't you feel it, Jack? When you're in the forest. When you're on your own'), so I'm hopeful that the new show will have a more complete adaptation of the scene. However, it was actually Jack who admits to being afraid in the book ('All the same - in the forest. I mean when you're hunting - not when you're getting fruit, of course, but when you're on your own- [...] sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if- [...] you're not hunting, but- being hunted; as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle') while Ralph is a lot more resistant to the idea (he is shown to be 'incredulous and indignant' at Jack's admission).

This again makes me slightly worried about characterisation, especially since I've always believed that Jack feeling that primal fear even early on in the novel is a very integral aspect of his character, as is Ralph's denial of his own fear and refusal to acknowledge how bad the situation is getting for a decent portion of the book (I should really make a longer analysis post talking about this at some time, I have a lot of thoughts rattling around in my brain haha). Though I will once again reserve my judgment until I've seen the entire show as it's possible that these character traits will be acknowledged in other ways.