Talk:Super Spectacular Eight/@comment-4542120-20140609135549/@comment-24667521-20140610151005

I'm pretty sure that that was Dr. Seuss' intention when he made the Once-ler faceless, but unfortunately only a portion of readers understood that. Everybody else thought that he was some kind of Grinch-like monster and completely missed the point that the problem was being caused by people. That's why I personally prefer Illumination's version, because not only is he clearly a human, but he's a likable one that people can relate to. In my opinion, it sends the message that even the most likable and fun people can fall into the trap of greed, that's it's just part of our nature, and that we must learn to tame it.

Now, there are quite a few things that the Dr. Seuss version did much better than the movie as well, but in terms of the Once-ler's characterization I prefer the movie version.