The Sadness of Earthsea
The Scifi channel just completed a miniseries which was supposedly based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic children’s books. I always have high hopes for these things but they didn’t pan out at all. The effects were terrible the acting wasn’t the worst but the poor actors struggled with an absolutely terrible script. Not only was the dialog stilted and terribly unnatural, but the writers completely made up a main character, changed the ending and ignored many key elements of what makes Earthsea Earthsea.
Luckily they aren’t going to get away with this travesty unscathed. Le Guin herself has written several articles about how disappointed she was. This one in particular was interesting to me.
It’s just amazing how people can butcher a fairly simple and elegant tale.