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devohoneybee) wrote2015-12-17 10:09 am
devohoneybee) wrote2015-12-17 10:09 am
Childhood's End
I liked it!
Naturally, I had *some* issues with the translation from the book (which was the book that made me a sci fi fan for life, I must have read it 20 times, starting at age 12). But I also liked some of the changes that they made, including making one of the key characters a person of color, that updated the story from some very dated "norms."
Please comment on your take! I'm going to add more spoilery stuff (VERY SPOILERY, if you have neither read the book nor seen the syfy production) in the comments.
Naturally, I had *some* issues with the translation from the book (which was the book that made me a sci fi fan for life, I must have read it 20 times, starting at age 12). But I also liked some of the changes that they made, including making one of the key characters a person of color, that updated the story from some very dated "norms."
Please comment on your take! I'm going to add more spoilery stuff (VERY SPOILERY, if you have neither read the book nor seen the syfy production) in the comments.
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LOVED Karellen's line about consciousness being a group mind thing (even for those who, like his people, do not have the psychic dimension available). I thought it was the most important, and interesting line in the whole piece. I don't recall it from the book, which might make it the best innovation of the tv version.