The Chronicles of Shannara

Ursa major said:
I thought I'd look at the publishing history to see if there was some reason that the show started with book 2 -- which would seem, at first glance, to be a rather odd choice -- but I see that, in terms of the timeline of the Shannara universe given on Wiki, even book 1 is nowhere near the beginning.
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The Word and the Void series is Brooks's finest work(apart from Elfstones). I would have loved to have seen the TV series start there.
 
I caught up with episode 1, and it's mixed for me. I quite like how the characters are presented and the visuals are ace, but a couple of the changes threw me such as the blindfold race and Eretria having a fixed abode. I'll see how it goes.

Ursa major said:
I thought I'd look at the publishing history to see if there was some reason that the show started with book 2 -- which would seem, at first glance, to be a rather odd choice -- but I see that, in terms of the timeline of the Shannara universe given on Wiki, even book 1 is nowhere near the beginning.
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To be honest I think it's because Elfstones is a lot better regarded than Sword, which is largely decried as a LOTR rip off.
 
svalbard said:
The Word and the Void series is Brooks's finest work(apart from Elfstones). I would have loved to have seen the TV series start there.
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I agree - the Word and the Void is definitely my favourite Brooks work as well. I think revealing that Shannara is "our world" in the future as part of the initial premise makes it lose some of its importance. For anyone who has read Shannara piecing together the events of the Great War and then really tying them in with Word and Void is a great reveal.

They would have struggled adapting Sword as anything other than a LOTR "homage/ripoff" as much as I like Brooks.

The series touches on events from Elfstones but also mixes in some things from Wishsong (I won't add spoilers) so there is definitely some fast and loose play with the source material - however, given Brooks known level of involvement I expect any changes are fully author approved. (Brooks never struck me as the uptight sort and I imagine him being great to work with).
 
watched the first episode of this last night and as someone not familiar with the books, i kind of liked it. it was a bit YA but the storyline looks like it could develop into something decent and the scenery is great (but i come from NZ so am biased in that regard). after getting sucked into the super-nice YA feeling i was a bit surprised at the gore and nastiness that made an appearance.

two things that bothered me were the cleanliness of everyone (this is something that really jars with me in shows like this. i want a bit of realistic grime) and the MC that i'm sure was one of the kids in Hanson.

i think this will be my guilty mindless viewing whilst staying up with our baby...
 
Push on if you wish Mr O, I did, and found it a waste of effort.
 
i wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being exactly that Drof, but i'll give it a chance.
 
Ha, I didn't see that (only watched the one episode) but it's spot on.
 
Glad it wasn't just me. I half expected him to launch into mmmbop... Don't think I stuck with Arrow long enough to see him in that.

Watched the second episode tonight. Still enjoying it.
 
To be honest I think it's because Elfstones is a lot better regarded than Sword, which is largely decried as a LOTR rip off.
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Having thought about it, I believe that Sword just isn't a necessary part of the storyline. Simply revealing that the sword exists, who found it and what it did - which the show has done - was enough. No need to go into all the convoluted details of the first book.
 
Four or five episodes in and I'm still really enjoying this. If I did read Elfstones it was long enough ago that I can't remember any of it. What does everyone else make of it? Still watching?
 
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