I started watching this with the family but they all got bored after two episodes. I continued with it to find I though it really only got going in episode 4. By that time they've got all the setup done and can get on with the stories, which finally start to merge into a cohesive narrative by episode 5.
I regard film or TV things as their own thing, inspired by but not the same as the books or comics on which they're based. Sure, Jackson's LoTR trilogy was about 95% faithful, and at least one of his choices (leave out Tom Bombadil) was a really solid one, others less so (didn't like the change to Faramir's character(. But, I still try to treat these as their own thing. Best idea I've always had is that they're parallel universes with similarities of setting, characters, etc.
On actors, I also loved Lenny Henry's performance.
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Date: 2022-11-27 05:10 am (UTC)I started watching this with the family but they all got bored after two episodes. I continued with it to find I though it really only got going in episode 4. By that time they've got all the setup done and can get on with the stories, which finally start to merge into a cohesive narrative by episode 5.
I regard film or TV things as their own thing, inspired by but not the same as the books or comics on which they're based. Sure, Jackson's LoTR trilogy was about 95% faithful, and at least one of his choices (leave out Tom Bombadil) was a really solid one, others less so (didn't like the change to Faramir's character(. But, I still try to treat these as their own thing. Best idea I've always had is that they're parallel universes with similarities of setting, characters, etc.
On actors, I also loved Lenny Henry's performance.