Oh I agree about UtD, the book was much better. iirc, jr didn't just kill his gf early on, he killed another girl too, and then there was necrophilia - but obviously they couldn't have that on network tv. Also, there was SO MUCH character content in the book they could never fit it all into the video medium. To be honest I read that book a long time ago so I couldn't remember how much in the show was correct with the book - but there were obvious changes of big events (the mayor) in the show. I thought it was an ok show ... had they ended it at season 2 with them escaping into the light like they did, instead of adding that horrible season 3 where the escape was just a trick. However, I think it would have been better had they done it similar to this mini-series instead of trying to make a seasonal show on it.
As to 11.22.63, I never read that one, so I can't compare the two. I enjoyed the show. Even with some holes in the writing but you kind of have to let those go with all time travel movies. For instance, I thought the diner owner made it very clear in the first show that every time you came back the past reset. He mentions a lot of mistakes he made: relationships don't work, he tried to save a girl from a hunting accident in the woods, etc. Anyway, point being that with the butterfly effect he changed the past, but when he returned it all reset. That implies that if successful in the main mission you could never come back - you would have to stay and live your days in that time - or else everything you did (even completing the mission) would be reset. This seemed like a pretty big plothole to me, but whatever. I liked the mini-series ... not great, but good.
Also, I think I would have been a lot more excited with the show had it gone the conspiracy route instead of the Warren report way. This is a work of fiction so it wouldn't matter which side you lean to historically. Conspiracy fiction is always more exciting.
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