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I see it, maybe a little more post-industrial. But if you'd told me these were stills from Rings of Power (especially the last one) I would have accepted it without question.
Also, how have I missed out on Shannara? It looks amazing, glad you mentioned it ❤️
The books are really good (to a point), the show was not bad and starting to get good when it ended.
I remember reading the books, but I felt way to far away from the target audience for the live action so just gave it one episode. I hope Im not giving you disappointment ;)
Not at all falling in love with a classic series of fantasy novels and then feeling alienated by a modern cinematic adaptation written for a younger audience and a different time that I nevertheless feel should exactly reproduce my experience of the original and therefore am invariably disappointed is one of my favorite things, I do it all the time. Already got the first audiobook downloaded, looking forward to it.
I kind of love the walking mess of Walker Boh, but that character is a bit further in the series (if I remember correctly). If you remember let me know what you thought when you feel youve made up your mind about the books
Ok I'm about halfway through The Sword of Shannara and I'm enjoying it but it really feels like we're just doing The Fellowship of the ~~Ring~~ Magic Sword. They just got through the halls of the dead (which they had to take, even though they're guarded by the dead and are super dangerous but it's the fastest route) and I 100% expected ~~Gandalf~~ Allanon to die fighting the ~~Balrog~~ lake tentacle monster. But they get out, and Shae gets washed away by the river, and now Allanon's like "welp, the one guy who could wield the Magic Sword against the Evil Sorcerer, the guy this whole quest is about, might be dead now. He might not be, but let's abandon him and go find the Magic Sword anyway". I mean the author has explicitly stated that Allanon might have other plans up his sleeve but I really don't understand why finding Shae isn't priority #1.
So basically older style youth fantasy. Maybe its not only the live action Ive grown out of, I might only remember the books through rose tinted glasses
It's not bad, I'm going to finish the first book and will probably pick up the next one. Part of the charm is looking back at an era where ripping off Tolkien wasn't such a cliche that that people actively avoided it. Brooks is far from the only person to do it so I'm not trying to be too hard on him, and it's different enough that I'm still invested. My only real complaint about the writing is how he keeps reminding us of how the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Like, yeah, we know, Allanon laid out the stakes very clearly in the opening lore dump. Show, don't tell. Overall I'm glad I picked it up.
EDIT: Also Walker Boh hasn't shown up yet so I'm gonna at least try to get to them.