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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LrdApoc" data-source="post: 1876763" data-attributes="member: 1882">I posted my review in another thread.I guess how bad it is is dependent on what your expectations are. I had recently reread the first two books when I got the assignment to review the show so I was more than a little put of. People who 'got' the story of the novels will be somewhat confused by the path the TV show takes.They amalgamated the first two books.. and I guess I saw too many concessions to connect the Fantasy aspects to recent movies like Harry Potter.. a lot of the drama and gravitas of the first book are missing.That said the acting is pretty good overall. I like Glover's tak on Ogion. I think Ashmore did a good job with the character as written for TV, but I'm not happy with Kreuk or the stereotypical "Brittish bad guy" character they introduce. Funny though that they changed Ged from a swarthy character to a hobit looking white guy but managed to maintain Le Guin's insistence that the bad guys were white. That change really changes the perspective of the conflict a bit to me. The most disappointing scene for me was the Dragons of Pendar battle - it's not there... sadly.</blockquote>