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That was a pretty severe raping of one of the best books ever...


Still, Karellen was played with compassion which was kinda a major point which added to the tragedy, he was guiding humans on a path he could never follow himself, and the girl who played Rachel (even though she didn't figure at all in the book) was flat-out adorable, so that was a nice touch.

Of course I'd never be happy with an adaptation of Childhood's End, but I can deal with this one.

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That was a pretty severe raping of one of the best books ever...


Not a fan of the book. Could have been a lot worse. I admit that the Ricky love triangle was a complete waste of time.

Still, Karellen was played with compassion which was kinda a major point which added to the tragedy, he was guiding humans on a path he could never follow himself,


I was impressed with that.

and the girl who played Rachel (even though she didn't figure at all in the book) was flat-out adorable, so that was a nice touch.


Yeah Rachel isn't in the book.

Of course I'd never be happy with an adaptation of Childhood's End, but I can deal with this one.


Sure. It's ... OK.

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Karellen was played with compassion which was kinda a major point which added to the tragedy.....
Well, he certainly wasn't cruel, but it seemed to me he was even more compassionate in the book - his character in the SyFy version seemed a bit evasive and aloof.

Then again, I read the book over 30 years ago, so I could be mistaken, but that's what I recall.

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The book sucked. Get over yourself already.

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The book sucked. Get over yourself already.

So how did the TV series compare? At the moment, I have no idea whether you liked it or not.

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The book sucked.
No problem, they created comic books for folks like you.

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The new material and the attempts to hammer the book into a TV drama were quite poor, as was the pacing, characterisation and quite a few of the effects.

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Charles Dance did an amazing Karellen. Pretty much did exactly what he should have.

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