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Not as good as the original series

posted 13 years ago by liquidmetalrob
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It's not the same without John Hurt as the storyteller, and it just doesn't seem to hold together as well as the original series.

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[–] Myth-and-Mayhem 12 years ago

I agree. I don't know why, but there was something different about the original. Maybe it was the loss of John Hurt as The Storyteller, maybe it was something else, I don't know, but I do know that I lost attention during these episodes & felt the same way. It wasn't the same...

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[–] 12 years ago

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[–] Stratego (29252) 6 years ago

I think it's great. Just different than the first. Michael Gambon is much better suited as a storyteller of myths from Ancient Greece than John Hurt. I do prefer fairytales over Greek mythology, so I do prefer the first series.