History Film / Fahrenheit4512018

* AgeLift: Similarly to the [[Film/Fahrenheit451 1966 film adaptation]], Clarisse is seventeen in the book, but is portrayed by an adult actress here. This is in order to make her a love interest for Guy Montag, which has been regarded as a controversial issue with readers of the novel.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: One of Beatty's rants implies that a rampant case of this after the Second Civil War is the reason why "graffiti" (books) was banned, for expressing ideas people didn't like (he cites racist terms in ''Literature/HuckleberryFinn'' as an example, which really has been frequently challenged or edited).

* AgeLift: Clarisse is seventeen in the book, but is portrayed by a thirty-six year old here. This is in order to make her a love interest for Guy Montag, which has been regarded as a controversial issue with readers of the novel.

* SocietyMarchesOn: The book was published in 1953 when TV and radio where the only major technological developments related to mass media. Much has changed between now and then -- including the invention of the Internet. The adaptation takes them into account.

* NewTechnologyIsEvil: In the trailer Beatty describes the "Internet of Old" implying it's banned. The movie goes and shows the new Internet is the most twisted version of Twitter, Facebook and Youtube that you could possibly expect from this kind of world.

* WrittenByTheWinners: The regime has edited history to claim Creator/BenjaminFranklin started the Firemen, and thus even the Founding Fathers backed their book-burning work. Franklin did in fact start the first fire department in the future US (Philadelphia's), though he would no doubt be appalled by this.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: While the book doesn't specify what year it takes place, the film takes it time after our own, but near enough that it looks quite similar to ours, aesthetic wise.

* AgeLift: Clarisse is seventeen in the book, but is portrayed by a thirty-something here. This is in order to make her a love interest for Guy Montag, which has been regarded as a controversial issue with readers of the novel.

* FallenStatesOfAmerica: It is mentioned repeatedly that a ''second'' Civil War happened in the past, which is the reason why the rampant censorship has created.
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: The "book men" in this version have stolen a device that allows all of the information that comprises the collected books of the world to be encoded in genetic material, which they have injected into [[spoiler:a bird. The reason they ask for Montag's help in this version is so he can deliver them a police-grace GPS tracker that will allow scientist members of the group over on Canada to find the bird once they let it go and it enmeshes with other birds that are migrating north.]]

* NewTechnologyIsEvil: In the trailer Beatty describes the "Internet of Old" implying it's banned. The movie goes and shows the new Internet is the most twisted version of Twitter, Facebook and You Tube that you could possibly expect from this kind of world.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: One of Beatty's rants implies that a rampant case of this after the Second Civil War is the reason why "graffiti" (books) was banned. Although he also is a big StrawNihilist.
* RaceLift: In the book Montag and his wife Millie were white, here they're both black.
** Clarisse McClellan is Algerian in this adaptation, but was described as pale-skinned in the original text.
* RayOfHopeEnding: More than the original text. [[spoiler:Everybody that was a good guy in the original text is dead and Beatty still lives, free to continue to lead the Firemen on their oppressive crusade and there's no world war coming, so society will remain unchanged for a long time to come, if ever. But the bird that the book men have placed all of their hopes in was released by Montag with the tracker attached to it, and it is seen among other migrating birds, but the movie cuts without us finding out if it will actually be located by the resistance members over on Canada.]]
* SocietyMarchesOn: The book was published in 1953 when TV and radio where the only major technological developments related to mass media. Much as changed between now and then -- including the invention of the Internet. The adaptation takes them into account.

* AdaptationNameChange: Mildred from the book becomes Millie here, though Millie could be a nickname for Mildred.
* AgeLift: Clarisse is seventeen in the book, but is portrayed by a thirtysomething here.

* KillItWithFire: The "Firemen"'s flamethrowers have been upgraded to highly-portable rifle-style devices with quick-reloading fuel cells. One of the showcases that Montag is TheAce within his fireman unit is his ImprobableAimingSkills with the thing.

* SocietyMarchesOn: The book was published in 1953 when TV and radio where the only major technological developments related to mass media. Much as changed between now and then -- including the invention of the Internet, the adaptation takes them into account.

''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 2018 TV movie adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's [[Literature/Fahrenheit451 dystopian classic]], starring Creator/MichaelBJordan as Guy Montag and Creator/MichaelShannon as Captain Beatty. It is scheduled to air on Creator/{{HBO}}.

* BlatantLies: At one point, Montag asks a computer assistant if it's true that firemen used to put out fires, to which it responds that such a suggestion is "a classic lie."

!!Tropes present in this adaptation include:

* CanonForeigner: The 2018 adaptation adds some new characters, such as Raven, a vlogger who helps spread anti-book propaganda... played by [[WebOriginal/IISuperwomanII one of the most successful female vloggers currently working]].

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Guy Montag doesn't survives this version of the story, burnt to death by Beatty. He manages to be DefiantToTheEnd, though]].
* DeathByRacism: Douglas makes a point of calling the black Montag "boy". Montag burns him to death shortly there after.

* RayOfHopeEnding: More than the original text. [[spoiler:Everybody that was a good guy in the original text is dead and Beatty still lives, free to continue to lead the Firemen on their oppressive crusade. But the bird that the book men have placed all of their hopes in was released by Montag with the tracker attached to it, and it is seen among other migrating birds, but the movie cuts without us finding out if it will actually be located by the resistance members over on Canada.]]

* CanonForeigner: The 2018 adaptation will add some new characters, such as Raven, a vlogger who helps spread anti-book propaganda... played by [[WebOriginal/IISuperwomanII one of the most successful female vloggers currently working]].