I never read the books but have watched the first two episodes. From a story perspective it is still early so I'll have to see how it shapes up, but the production value is very high. It looks gorgeous on our 4K OLED in HDR.
This times ten. Excellent explanation.I think a lot depends on whether or not you have read the books.
I watched the Man in the High Castle having never read the book and really liked the first two seasons, though I thought it went off the rails in season 3. Then I read the book and realized that the TV adaptation shared the same name and not that much else.
To use a music analogy, Beethoven wrote music. If I go to a concert advertising a performance of his music or buy a recording I expect it to be a performance of the music as written by Beethoven, not a reinterpretation written by the performer. If the performer wants to do that then it is fine if it is sold as something like Fred Blogs Beethoven variations, or symphony on a theme of Beethoven, but don't pretend it is Beethoven.
Writing new stories and piggybacking a much loved name seems lazy and cheap to me. The Expanse shows it is entirely possible to film a complex and multi-layered story which is pretty faithful to the original stories. In the case of the Expanse the irony is they went for a different title. Some adaptation is probably necessary to make books work on TV or film but the Expanse shows how that can be done extremely well.
I know it is an old tradition of the film and TV sectors to keep the name and change everything else, or to make films allegedly based on historical events which are nonsense but it doesn't make it any less annoying when they murder a book I love or write fiction pretending to be history.
Watched episode 3 yesterday… more emotional drivel, very little story progression. Getting worse
It's not the deviations from the book that bothers... It is, so far, the pacing and story/ies, the slow and confusing pace, the love stories that drop on you with no notice , focus or context.. the meandering or non-existing plot, the absence of context for all this and .. yes .. after all these years that a galaxy-wide civilization, defers to a trio of clones? Seriously? Who can summarily kill ambassadors , just .. because??? Visuals are good but are par for the course. We are living extraordinary time in TV: Production values are at an all-time high. This series, so far is no better in this regard than many others today in terms of visuals and certainly not in sound.. I've heard better..I don't understand all the negativity. Just because it isn't faithful to the original means nothing to me. It should be judged on its own. I viewed the first episode and it looked good. Probably 90% of the people who see it never read the books.
Not sure I get your point...@FrantzM sorry you can't keep up with it.
It's not the deviations from the book that bothers... It is, so far, the pacing and story/ies, the slow and confusing pace, the love stories that drop on you with no notice , focus or context.. the meandering or non-existing plot, the absence of context for all this
I don't understand...Just because it isn't faithful...
Probably 90% of the people who see it never read the books.
I know it is an old tradition of the film and TV sectors to keep the name and...murder a book...
Ah, you've seen the last couple of seasons of Game of Thrones thenSimilarly when directors alter a novelist's story they usually make it worse, lose the individuality or even idiosyncrasies that made it successful in the first place, replaced with a more bland, lowest common denominator and mediocre product.
Ah, you've seen the last couple of seasons of Game of Thrones then
Repeat for E04.. Not sure why I’m still watching.Watched episode 3 yesterday… more emotional drivel, very little story progression. Getting worse
Then don't watch and stop complaining.Repeat for E04.. Not sure why I’m still watching.
Then don’t read it and stop complaining If we weren’t allowed to complain, most headless panther threads would be not quite as entertaining as they are.. I guess I’ll just have to file it under “morbid curiosity” for now.Then don't watch and stop complaining.
Look, it's not The expanse, but it's OK. Maybe the new version of Dune will lift our spirits.Then don’t read it and stop complaining If we weren’t allowed to complain, most headless panther threads would be not quite as entertaining as they are.. I guess I’ll just have to file it under “morbid curiosity” for now.
I'm reading the books again now. I think Asimov may have like the cloned Emperor.The flow of time has been handled poorly as has the emotional/ romantic angles. Those who have read the books realise any relationship is inconsequential to the overall plot for obvious reasons so there is little point to elaborating/ investing.
I suspect things may change pace and focus when the vault opens..........