One adaptation from book to film that I loved was Villeneuve's Dune. I take @Foxy 's point about films about history. Perhaps, too much accuracy drives away too many viewers. There's a… (View Post)

IMHO, the two worst parts of the LOTR films were the butchery of Denethor’s character, and turning the Dead into the green soap bubbles of death. The first two films were great, I thought. The third,… (View Post)

I'm fully on board with the idea of Sauron as deceiver. But, this is what the Director said of the Season: "Sauron, I think he even really loves Galadriel and you see that at the very end. … (View Post)

Martin was recently very critical of Season 2. (View Post)

I’m only going on what I’ve read/clips I’ve watched. I believe a major problem was the writers’ strike cut the series from 10 to 8 episodes, so that the finale is an episode that’s meant to build up … (View Post)