What a shame. We waited twenty years for this and it's not a good adaptation. The writers have made far too many unnecessary changes and they aren't anywhere near as good at story telling as RJ was so their changes stick out like a sore thumb and ruin what could have been a great adaptation.
The good : I like the casting, all the actors are doing a great job, even the diversity changes are just fine. The sets aren't perfect but are pretty good. The costumes are beautiful.
The bad : The writing. The changes to the story for no good reason. The giant plot issues introduced when making senseless changes. Also the pacing. 8 episodes was not enough so plenty of things just aren't explained and the story rushes from one place to another constantly.
Also, while the costumes are beautiful they are always too clean and perfect looking. Everything is so clean so it often looks unreal.
Basically, this isn't the same story at all. This is a totally different story with characters with the same names. A totally wasted opportunity.
The story didn't need changing. Cutting down to size for TV certainly, but this many badly thought out changes... No.
I won't care if they cancel this. Listening to the audiobooks is better than watching this disaster unfold.
The good : I like the casting, all the actors are doing a great job, even the diversity changes are just fine. The sets aren't perfect but are pretty good. The costumes are beautiful.
The bad : The writing. The changes to the story for no good reason. The giant plot issues introduced when making senseless changes. Also the pacing. 8 episodes was not enough so plenty of things just aren't explained and the story rushes from one place to another constantly.
Also, while the costumes are beautiful they are always too clean and perfect looking. Everything is so clean so it often looks unreal.
Basically, this isn't the same story at all. This is a totally different story with characters with the same names. A totally wasted opportunity.
The story didn't need changing. Cutting down to size for TV certainly, but this many badly thought out changes... No.
I won't care if they cancel this. Listening to the audiobooks is better than watching this disaster unfold.
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