Earthsea on SciFi (1 Viewer)

[SarahG]

I read these books a while back. Been looking forward to this miniseries for a while. Should be fun to watch.

 

[BobbyPerry]

Oh yeah!!! It's less than two weeks away. I just thought i would bump this in hopes of hearing what people are thinking as it grows closer.

 

[Jonathan Carter]

For me, she is the one reason I'm not getting my hopes up to high. I love the books and am excited they are finally being brought to screen, but I think Kruek is one of the worst actresses on tv right now. She always seems to take the Smallville down a couple of notches when she get she gets a large amount of screen time during eps.

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

How many nights is the miniseries?
I havent watched Sci Fi for a few years after they cancelled Farscape, but since they came through with the Peacekeeper Wars I will have to give this a try.

 

[David Forbes]

Looks like you would be wrong (at least about the novels -- since I haven't seen the miniseries I will refrain from commenting about its worth or lack thereof based on brief trailers). Maybe you should actually try reading them before making snide (and unwarranted) comments.

 

[SarahG]

The web site says it's 2 nights. Looks like they are giving a good amount of time to tell the story. That's good to know, because it's more likely that the story will be told more accurately if the a good amount of time is given to it.

 

[LanieParker]

Ths sounds like something I would enjoy. How did I not know about this before today? Oh well, now I know and now I shall watch! If only for the Lana love!

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

How could you miss it? I can't escape the Billboards everywhere but then again I do work in San Francisco.
Watched the preview last night. Looks entertaining.

 

[Rex Bachmann]

David Forbes wrote (post #25):


The comments are about as "warranted" as the program previews allowed for.

 

[BobbyPerry]

Only one more week. I see more and more commercials every day, and I'm getting increasingly excited. I know where I'll be a week from today around 9.

 

[Shane S.]

My thoughts exactly. This is my type of Movie but the fact that she is in it does have me worried.

 

[BobbyPerry]

That's too bad. I actually like Krsietn kreuk...I'm not sure why, but I'm drawn to her in a way. She'll be playing a totally different role in this as well.

 

[Gregg Shiu]

Ummm... possibly because she's a cutie? :p) Just me anyways. Looking forward to the series, but have yet to finish the books. Must get around to that sometime amidst a WoW break!

 

[BobbyPerry]

The miniseries is only going to cover the first two books. I have heard people saying they weren't going to be able to finish the third in time...well, they don't need to. I like that they will be able to focus more on detail b/c of this.

 

[DaveBB]

I've noticed that NBC has started running ads for this during primetime. During the first commercial break on "West Wing" they showed an ad for "Earthsea".

I'd seen USA/SciFi crossover before, but this was the first NBC/SciFi crossover ad.

I wonder if they'll do the same for "Battlestar Gallactica"?

 

[BridgetJZ]

Well -- the BSG miniseries is airing on NBC in early Jan, so i have no doubt that NBC will be doing all that they can to promote it.

RE: Earthsea -- tonight's the night -- hope everyone tunes in

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Wow. This has to be some of the worst dialog since... forever. I dig the concept a good deal, however.

 

[Chuck Anstey]

Well, to all the fans of the books you can watch this without worry of knowing what is going to happen since this is nothing like the books except for a few key scenes. The promos made it look like it would be completely different and SciFi did not disappoint. Plus I am sure they got his common and true names backwards unless my memory is really bad.

It will be interesting to see where this goes tomorrow night.

Chuck Anstey

 

[David Forbes]

Slow, ponderous, with some of the worst dialog this side of Dungeons and Dragons. I'm debating whether I care enough to bother watching part 2. Colossal disappointment.

Rex was right (about the mini). Mea culpa!

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

There are alot worse actresses on TV and in Movies now. I think shes good and has a good range on Smallville.
She's also nice to look at. Sean Ashmore too.