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* ''Film/{{Whiteout}}'': a 2009 film adaptation of the comic.

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The first comic book written by novelist Creator/GregRucka, ''Whiteout'' is the story of USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder in Antarctica. It lasted for 4 issues (July-November, 1998). A sequel, "Whiteout: Melt" (September, 1999-February, 2000), deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base, and a film adaptation was released in the US on September 11, 2009.

!! ''Whiteout'' contains examples of:

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic book Carrie is somewhat heavyset and not particularly attractive. In the movie she's ''Kate Beckinsale''. Yeah.
* AlmostKiss: Carrie and Lily. Repeatedly.
* ButchLesbian: Carrie, though she still wears her hair in a feminine style.
* {{Chickification}}: Greg Rucka mentioned that he did not like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' - what was she gonna do, call the cops?"
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DefrostingIceQueen / DeadpanSnarker: Carrie
* EmptyQuiver: ''Whiteout: Melt''
* ExecutiveMeddling: The film lost its [[LovelyAngels second female lead]] because executives feared men would not go see a movie with two female leads. Carrie herself was [[{{Chickification}} turned into a much less dynamic character]] in order to give her male co-stars adequate supporting actions.
* FanService: Carrie taking off her clothes and [[ShowerScene taking a shower.]]
* {{Fingore}}
* FlashbackNightmare: The [[RapeAsBackstory incident that led to Carrie's assignment]] to Antarctica is presented in a hypothermia-induced hallucination.
* HumanShield
* IndyPloy: When Lily is faced with a hostage crisis.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets
* LesbianCop: Carrie. Not exclusively, however, as she sleeps with a guy in ''Melt''.
* LovelyAngels: Carrie and Lily in the first ''Whiteout'', averted in the film adaptation.
* RapeAsBackstory: Carrie was sent to Antarctica after she killed a suspect in her custody who had tried to rape her.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Literally, in Carrie's case.
* ShoutOut: Carrie drinks coffee out of a DykesToWatchOutFor mug.
* ShowerScene: Kate Beckinsale in TheMovie for purely fanservice reasons, even though "Hollywood showers" are not allowed at the South Pole due to water restrictions.
* ShownTheirWork: Greg Rucka did extremely detailed research into the nature of Antarctica before he began writing the first story. Details on the Antarctic environment, the operations of the research stations and international treaties concerning the continent are woven into the narrative.
* TheyFightCrime: Despite its locale and the nuclear issues, both stories (and the film) are about a US Marshal investigating a murder and the surrounding conspiracy.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lily and Carrie have [[LesYay a lot of tension between the two of them]], [[WordOfGay deliberately]], to reflect the same tension that often arises in {{Buddy Cop Show}}s. Thoroughly resolved without Lily in ''Melt''.
* USMarshal: Carrie
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The first comic book written by novelist GregRucka, ''Whiteout'' is the story of USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder in Antarctica. It lasted for 4 issues (July-November, 1998). A sequel, "Whiteout: Melt" (September, 1999-February, 2000), deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base, and a film adaptation was released in the US on September 11, 2009.

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* LesbianCop: Carrie.

* ShowerScene: Kate Beckinsale in TheMovie for purely fanservice reasons, [[DidNotDoTheResearch even though "Hollywood showers" are not allowed at the South Pole due to water restrictions]].

* DefrostingIceQueen: Carrie
* DeadpanSnarker: Carrie

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The film gets many of the details surrounding Antarctica wrong, including the geography, history, weather and politics, even though the original graphic novels included all the details they would have needed.

The first comic book written by novelist GregRucka, ''Whiteout'' is the story of USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder in Antarctica. A sequel, "Whiteout: Melt", deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base, and a film adaptation was released in the US on September 11, 2009.

* LovelyAngels: Carrie and Lily in the first ''Whiteout'', averted in the film adaptation as [[ExecutiveMeddling the executives]] decreed that people would not go to see a movie with two female leads.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lily and Carrie have [[LesYay a lot of tension between the two of them]], [[WordOfGay deliberately]], to reflect the same tension that often arises in {{Buddy Cop Show}}s. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Thoroughly resolved]] without Lily in ''Melt''.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lily and Carrie have [[LesYay a lot of tension between the two of them]], [[WordOfGod deliberately]], to reflect the same tension that often arises in {{Buddy Cop Show}}s. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Thoroughly resolved]] without Lily in ''Melt''.

* AdaptationDecay: The movie combined plot points from the two different stories into a single narrative, adding a few original characters [[CompositeCharacter with elements taken from various people in the stories]]. Greg Rucka, the original author, does not like how the character of Carrie Stetko was [[{{Chickification}} reduced in capability]] during the transfer from page to screen.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: The first ''Whiteout'' story was primarily a character-drive story involving [[LovelyAngels two women]] that was set against the backdrop of them [[TheyFIghtCrime pursuing a murder investigation in Antarctica]]. By dropping the second woman, because they feared a two-woman movie would not succeed at the box office, and altering the character dynamic, what point then to optioning this story at all?

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Contains examples of:

* AdaptationDecay: The movie wasn't ''awful'', but it certainly lost almost everything that made the Graphic Novel great. Not just the dropped/created/altered characters, or the changed plot points, but even the tiny things that they changed, like switching which fingers Carrie loses due to frostbite. It might not ''sound'' important, but changing them from index and middle on her right hand (Which are the the two ''most used'' fingers on the human body, and almost all of our technology is designed to utilize those two fingers) to ring and pinky on her ''left'' hand just takes away so much of the impact. Sure, it is still a ''major'' pain ([[CaptainObvious Losing any fingers at all is not fun]]), but it is not quite the same pain, and indicative of the movie in general.

* BrokenArrow
* {{Chickification}}: Greg Rucka mentioned that he didn't like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' - what was she gonna do, call the cops?"

* LesYay: Carrie and Lilly, deliberately, according to [[WordOfGod Rucka]]
* LovelyAngels: Averted in the film adaptation as ExecutiveMeddling decreed that people wouldn't go to see a movie with two female leads. Which means {{Yuri Fanboy}}s are going to miss out on some LesYay.

* ShowerScene: Kate Beckinsale in TheMovie for purely fanservice reasons, [[DidNotDoTheResearch even though "Hollywood showers" aren't allowed at the South Pole due to water restrictions]].
* ShownTheirWork: Details on the Antarctic environment, the operations of the research stations and international treaties concerning the continent are woven into the narrative.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Thoroughly resolved]] in ''Melt''.

* AdaptationDecay - This troper has not seen it yet so can not comment personally, but reviews for the movie have not been good.
** This Troper ''has'' seen it, so he ''can'' comment personally, and that comment is....meh. It was not ''awful'', but it certainly lost almost everything that made the Graphic Novel great. Not just the dropped/created/altered characters, or the changed plot points, but even the tiny things that they changed, like switching which fingers Carrie loses due to frostbite. It might not ''sound'' important, but changing them from index and middle on her right hand (Which are the the two ''most used'' fingers on the human body, and almost all of our technology is designed to utilize those two fingers) to ring and pinky on her ''left'' hand just takes away so much of the impact. Sure, it is still a ''major'' pain ([[CaptainObvious Losing any fingers at all is not fun]]), but it is not quite the same pain, and indicative of the movie in general.
** It was basically "Whiteout, [[XMeetsY but]] a BruceWillis thriller". It's not even competing in the same ''sport'', much less the same league.
*AlmostKiss - Carrie and Lily. Repeatedly.

*{{Chickification}} - Greg Rucka mentioned that he didn't like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' - what was she gonna do, call the cops?"
*DarkAndTroubledPast
*DefrostingIceQueen
*DeadpanSnarker

*{{Fingore}}
*FlashbackNightmare - The [[RapeAsBackstory incident that led to Carrie's assignment]] to Antarctica is presented in a hypothermia-induced hallucination.

*IndyPloy - when Lily is faced with a hostage crisis.

*LesYay - deliberately, according to [[WordOfGod Rucka]]
* LovelyAngels - Averted in the film adaptation as ExecutiveMeddling decreed that people wouldn't go to see a movie with two female leads. Which means {{Yuri Fanboy}}s are going to miss out on some LesYay.
*ReassignedToAntarctica - Literally, in Carrie's case.
*ShoutOut - Carrie drinks coffee out of a DykesToWatchOutFor mug.

*ShownTheirWork - Details on the Antarctic environment, the operations of the research stations and international treaties concerning the continent are woven into the narrative.
*UnresolvedSexualTension: [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Thoroughly resolved]] in ''Melt''.

* LovelyAngels - [[OrSoIHeard Apparently averted]] in the film adaptation as ExecutiveMeddling decreed that people wouldn't go to see a movie with two female leads. Which means we {{Yuri Fanboy}}s are going to miss out on some LesYay. [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]