Nope, have seen the previews, but not watched it. I read the book years ago, so I know the story.. always wondered if it would ever be made into a movie. I guess a mini-series is good too. How is it?
It is easy to get into. Suspense works. (personal kind of genre) I am about to watch the second episode. Cheesy how they appear on screen though. Would have never thought of that.
http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and...rke-classic-becomes-syfy-miniseries-1.1472998 This had me cracking up
I am watching it. I couldn't NOT watch it, it's one of favourite books, must have read it more than 10 times. I wrote this on another thread about the first episode : I saw the first episode of Childhood's end. It was great. Can't wait for tomorrow to watch the next. I liked the choice of actors and the final appearance of Karelen, and the ads of the FreedomLeague. Even when it went off the book story I didn't mind because the spirit of what the author wanted to portray remained in my opinion. Now of course the series is not good as my own imagination but it's pretty good. I don't know how it would look to someone who doesn't know the story beforehand. But I hope the series make more people read the book anyway.
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So far it is ok . . . glad it is only 3 nights I don't think they could make a series out of it Rocket River
Yup it was kept from the public too long. The late Stanley Kubrick wanted to do it but time was not on his side.
Just finished. I thought it was very good. I question the decision to air the three 2-hour episodes back-to-back-to-back. In 2015 people just aren't going to do that.
Haven't had time to watch the other two episodes yet will do this weekend but want to say why Childhood's End to me is so unique. I have read a lot of scifi books, and a few dystopians and utopias but it's only this book childhood's end that brings this heavy feeling of hopeful desperation and peaceful horror. You think the boot in the face in 1984 or the blissfool sloth in Brave New World or nuclear catastrophes or world wars, or ruthless dictators or deathly virus are devastating enough but there is nothing in comparison to have the most precious treasure of a human, the incomparable connection that connects a mother to her children broken like this. Peace and Bliss and comfort as a blindfold for a stab in the back, the future end..and begin at the same time. Hope and excitement for the new step but also the bitter horror of the death of identity by the absolutely most traitorous way. The burden of absolutely loneliness and the feeling of being used and discarded. That is what makes this book unique to me among most other sci fi or dystopian books. The pregnant woman who has in her womb the death of her existence.
I thought the miniseries was kinda boring. It did pique my interest in reading the book, though. Some gripes: - The main character, Ricky, was just too vanilla for me. - There was a 16 year time jump from the 1st to 2nd episode; Ricky and his wife didn't age a bit. They're probably 30, give or take, in the first epi, so they should be pushing 50 in the 2nd ep. Not so. Guess they didn't want to apply makeup or something.
I liked it. This was definitely a better read. Some books are just hard to adapt to the screen. I'm happy Syfy tried. It was explained the Overlords extended the life spans of Humans.
Watched all 3 last night and thought over all it was okay. I was taking some pain meds so I may have missed some info throughout. The first one really grabbed my attention til they showed themselves. Everyone was like oh look family, it's satan. That little devil....high five....smile...he was right to hide for 15 years. Was there no one of faith in that world so when they saw him for the first time they thought I don't know if I can trust this dude. Why was the boy and girl so special?
Just binged watched it and thought it was very good. Very beautifully shot and great use of music especially The Lark Ascending. A good job on source material that was difficult. I listened to the audiobook a few weeks ago so it worked out well with the timing of the Syfy miniseries. I think the book is great but in many ways the characters and storytelling is somewhat dated and the producers of the miniseries did a good job updating it. I also felt they humanized the story more which was somewhat lost in the book There were only a few areas that I didn't think were as good as book. One area was is the poetry was lost which I guess is inevitable when switching from a literary to a visual medium but I felt like they cut out some very important dialogue from the book. Spoiler A lot of the poetic dialogue they cut out was from Karellan when he explains the nature of the Overlords' mission to serve the Overmind and why it was important for them to act the way they did and when they did. Also while the ending of the Syfy series was beautifully done it would've been nice to have Karellan's final speech about the loss of the humanity. The end of the Earth too also felt a bit rushed and having more of Roderik's description of everything fading away gradually as the children joined the overmind would've been better than the more dramatic explosion. I also thought the whole Ouiji board scene was overdone and hokey. I understand how they needed to dramatize it but just relying upon overacting and special effects seemed to overdo it. I liked the idea of introducing a religious character and the struggle with faith in the face of alien facilitated utopia but that particular character and story just ended somewhat flat. I think it was a very good move to humanize and flesh out Stormgren in the series. Making him an average guy dealing with grief and love rather than essentially a bureaucrat in the book. It was also good move to give Roderick a love interest too but while those characters got more fleshed out I think Karellan and the other Overlords got less. One of the things that really drove the story was that while the Overlords served the Overmind they could never be part of it and while this was revealed in the series that wasn't very well explored when it was critical to understanding how they Overlords themselves felt this was there tragedy. Also the series didn't include the key point from the book about while the Overlords looked like devils and why humanity associated their appearance with evil. That it wasn't because humans had encountered them before in the distant past but because consciousness doesn't work linearly and the image of the Overlords was a premonition about the end of humanity that went backward in time. I think that would've worked well with the ideas of memory, loss and time that were in the series.
I think the second episode is the weakest but the ending is very strong. Highly recommend sticking through it till the end. Also for a network known for Sharknado some very strong acting. Charles Dance (who also played Tywin Lannister) is a very good choice as Karellan. A difficult role when he isn't seen for much of the story and then has to act through a difficult makeup job.
