Discuss Shannara | Episodes 101 & 102: The Chosen
EPISODES 101 & 102 DISCUSSION
The premiere of The Shannara Chronicles was tonight!
Undoubtedly, many of you will have comments and questions to pose to other fans who, like you, watched episodes 101 and 102. In the Comments field below, feel free to discuss all aspects of the TV show. How it matches the book? How it doesn’t match the book? How it works as an adaptation from the book?
I’ll post my own review tomorrow on my own website!
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It is definitely big-screen quality! I still can't believe it's on MTV!
I love Terry Brooks and all his work, I actually started re-reading the Shannarra series shortly before I heard about this show. If I were watching this series without any knowledge of the books I would say it was amazing. However, for me, there are too many changes, starting from the first minute of the show. I am normally ok when video adaptations change details from books, but they changed core elements of the story which to me really change the whole feel of the story. I am glad people are watching it and enjoy it, and I will continue to watch the series to try and enjoy it for the original series that it is.
I might dig out my book and re-read it. They always change things
Shawn wrote: "I love Terry Brooks and all his work, I actually started re-reading the Shannarra series shortly before I heard about this show. If I were watching this series without any knowledge of the books I ..."I agree that I cannot help but compare it with the books I read almost 30 years ago. I also agree that if I had not read the books, I would have thoroughly enjoyed the show.
I think it was geared especially to a teen audience. Being almost 51 means I am not the target anymore, and as my 20 year old daughter said to me: "sucks to be you." There are moments where I had to groan because it was just TOO teen for my taste.
However, like you, I intend to keep watching and enjoying it like I had not read the books. Every show has the right to be independent of its original source.
Lovely production values but the casting of the Wil is terrible. The guy cannot act. Clearly he was hired to entice young women but I am sure they could have found a good looking young man with acting skill if they had tried the young man playing Amberle's boyfriend, for example). I will keep watching in hopes that I can just tune out this soulless performance and enjoy the rest.
Noura wrote: "Shawn wrote: "I love Terry Brooks and all his work, I actually started re-reading the Shannarra series shortly before I heard about this show. If I were watching this series without any knowledge o..."My problem too, at age 41. While I expected this to be quite a bit different than the books, I groaned when I heard MTV. Well MTV is living up to the reputation, I could barely sit through the cheesy teeny-bop advertising and will record the rest to DVR so I can skip them. Many parts of the show made me groan the same way though. This is clearly not aimed at my demographic, but teenagers. All of the actors/actresses are way too "pretty" and polished, and everyone is/was in a relationship. MTV all the way, almost too much.
I thought I had seen the actor that plays Wil in something else, but I looked him up and I was wrong. It is just the goofy dufus type hero that I don't remember being as exaggerated in the book, but it has been a long while since I read it. I agree with the comment about the bad casting for him too.
Very well done.