I am a big fan of the books and do understand they have to make changes for a screen adaptation. For example they are combining events from the first three books in this first season. Events and characters will need to be adjust as a result. These changes are to be expected.
However, there are corner stones of the world and story that where changed to meet the sensibilities of the producers world view. These change the very core of the story and world.
Example: During the war with the dark one, men closed the dark ones prison at the cost of the source of their magic becoming tainted. Tragic hero's who gave their sanity to save a world that they ended up destroying in the end. In the first 30 seconds of episode one, this is changed to men being arrogant asses who just tried to banish all evil because they thought they could and broke the world.
This changes the all the events and lore through out the whole story that are tied to this building block of the world. It casts men who can channel in an entirely different light than in the books. It is these unnecessary changes that have fans most upset with the adaptation.
If you enjoy the adaptation, I hope you continue to do so. For me, this is too far off the mark on core story to be worth watching. I just hope people start respecting differences of opinions without being derogatory towards the other side.
Review of "Leavetakings"
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I am a big fan of the books and do understand they have to make changes for a screen adaptation. For example they are combining events from the first three books in this first season. Events and characters will need to be adjust as a result. These changes are to be expected.
However, there are corner stones of the world and story that where changed to meet the sensibilities of the producers world view. These change the very core of the story and world.
Example: During the war with the dark one, men closed the dark ones prison at the cost of the source of their magic becoming tainted. Tragic hero's who gave their sanity to save a world that they ended up destroying in the end. In the first 30 seconds of episode one, this is changed to men being arrogant asses who just tried to banish all evil because they thought they could and broke the world.
This changes the all the events and lore through out the whole story that are tied to this building block of the world. It casts men who can channel in an entirely different light than in the books. It is these unnecessary changes that have fans most upset with the adaptation.
If you enjoy the adaptation, I hope you continue to do so. For me, this is too far off the mark on core story to be worth watching. I just hope people start respecting differences of opinions without being derogatory towards the other side.