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The Shannara Chronicles
2016 · TV series · 2 seasons
Created by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
ActionAdventureScience FictionFantasy
A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.
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I would love for this to be good, but I'm afraid it's going to follow in the footsteps of "The Shannara Chronicles". I read every single one of the "Shannara" books as well as the sub-series (Word & Void, etc.) but I watched 2 episodes of Chronicles and couldn't stand it.
I don't know if it's because I had a whole look and feel for the characters in my mind's eye and the show didn't reflect that. Or maybe it was because they told a story that was similar to the books but not quite the same. Or maybe it was bad CGI and writing. Whatever it was, the show just didn't sit right with me. This LOTR series feels very similar.
I did laugh that it was MTV that did The Shannara Chronicles, everyone is jumping on board GoT. They did an ok job for a series, nothing heavy though and I don't think accurate to the books.
But why you would ever redo the LoTR novels is beyond me. They are done by the movies... end scene.
Adding new material doesn't seem to me to be something the fans would allow.
I don't get how this idea ever got floated, as per South park a few weeks ago, Amazon are trying to Greenlite everything now?