I told my husband the other day that if I never saw another new American made movie in my lifetime that I would not mind one bit, just give me a decent book, please. American film makers seem to be taking the titles, declining to actually read the book and using it as an excuse for dysfunction, violence and special effects. Oh and right, a book about an 11 year old British boy and magic won’t sell? Harry Potter did really well until the American movie industry got their hands on it and destroyed those books as well.

I’m glad I came across this blog and not just for the chance it gave me for my favorite rant but because there are like minded people out there and clues as which book I should try next. Like Susan Cooper’s. So thanks.

I’m a bit sad that no good adaptation of TDIR will likely be produced for at least a few more decades now. And when they do try again, they’ll probably just find a new way to fail. The series lacks big action sequences to hang a bunch of expensive special effects on as it was written, which most producers interpret as lacking audience appeal. So sad.

What I don’t understand is why they didn’t go the same route, in terms of thinking of box office sales, as The Golden Compass. Not that that was a brilliant movie either, but at least it didn’t totally veer off from its source material and attempt to wed it to something completely extraneous.

The American film industry can’t utter the word “family,” apparently, without prefacing it with the word “dysfunctional.” Tedious and unnecessary.

Legend of the Seeker is the name they gave to Wizard’s First Rule on the TV show.

And changing the name to Legend of the Seeker…what was that all about? Were they trying to trick people into thinking it had something to do with Goodkind’s books?

Just the name change alone was an early warning sign not to expect the book.

*By the way, I had to create a new user account as it kept telling me I had an invalid username when I tried to log in. I’ve posted on here for years as Charles, but have changed my name to be consistent with my name on LJ. I was wondering if I should do that anyway and this just forced the issue.*

I actually just finished a research paper on this very topic. I can’t tell you how many originals and adaptations I’ve read. My mind was spinning by the time I was done. The one thing that REALLY sticks out from all of the research that I did is the fact that writers (or studios) who don’t trust the audience to “get” the story as it needs to be written usually produce a piece that isn’t well received.

The Light’s Doors can span Time and Space so if a locale had to be in a particular place it could be(travelling the whole world to find the signs?!), but it could start and culminate in the US. Surely there is some equivalent of the Wild Hunt in Amerindian mythology that could harry the Dark to the ends of the world.