9. "It's not that the Squid is sacred......" In response to In response to 6
it's what the Squid does for the plot that's sacred. The squid scene is the gut-punch of the graphic novel. Not only are you seeing a big dead squid, you're seeing all the horror of Veidt's successful plan. I'm not really mad at not having the squid, because as Frank just said, they could've really messed it up effects-wise. But it just can't be a nuclear bomb. If it's a bomb then the idea is that people won't buy into the whole "Earth avoiding WW3" outcome because, obviously, something like a nuclear bomb would trigger a war.