A Cuisinart of Earthsea

I had my expectations for the SciFi Channel's Legend of Earthsea set pretty darn low but, alas, not nearly low enough--despite owenthomas's warning. Lord, what a travesty. It's not that I'm a purist about adaptations or a devotee of Earthsea in particular--in fact, I'm struggling with boredom in the third book now--but the project just smacks of something that was greenlighted because LotR made a billion zillion dollars and not because anyone involved had any affinity or, indeed, understanding of the material. I can't figure who the target audience was: Fans of the books will hate it and I can't see anyone liking it enough to seek out the books.

( Not a lot of spoilers, but nothing good to say either. )

All in all, a disappointing way to waste an evening. monshu can tell you that I was bouncing in and out of the room trying to get some shopping research done on line. I never seemed to miss anything that couldn't be summarised in a sentence or two. The effects were decent and the scenery pretty, but the visual style never even appraoched the level of the recent Dune adaptations, so I was less than captivated.

It's showing again next Sunday. You must have something waiting on TiVo infinitely more deserving of your attention than this.