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SHANNARA: THE TV SERIES From the SMALLVILE guys and John Favreau

#101 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 11:54 AM

um....combat boner?

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 01:33 PM

Back in 1990, Terry Brooks did an autograph signing at the Waldenbooks I worked at. After he was done I told him

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He smiled at me and said some think like, "Thank you, I hear that a lot." He was a really nice guy. Excellent with the fans and staff at the bookstore.

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 02:17 PM

acesn8s, on 19 January 2016 - 01:33 PM, said:

Back in 1990, Terry Brooks did an autograph signing at the Waldenbooks I worked at. After he was done I told him I something along the line of "Garret Jax is awesome, blah, blah, blah, I thought you did an excellent job showing his death a noble sacrifice..." He smiled at me and said some think like, "Thank you, I hear that a lot." He was a really nice guy. Excellent with the fans and staff at the bookstore.

I hear ONLY nice things about Brooks in person. He is apparently a jovial, kind, fan-embracing author.

He came to Toronto WAY back when ARMAGEDDON'S CHILDREN came out (EDIT: Oct. 2006) and I was working so missed the event and I didn't note if he'd been back since...so I'll continue to wait. It will be really nice to meet him and have him sign my hardback first edition RUNNING WITH THE DEMON.

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 02:41 PM

QuickTidal, on 19 January 2016 - 11:54 AM, said:

um....combat boner?

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 04:07 PM

Maark, on 19 January 2016 - 02:41 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 January 2016 - 11:54 AM, said:

um....combat boner?

The sight of blood ever girds my loins.

I dont even know what that means.

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 06:52 PM

Abyss, on 19 January 2016 - 04:07 PM, said:

Maark, on 19 January 2016 - 02:41 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 January 2016 - 11:54 AM, said:

um....combat boner?

The sight of blood ever girds my loins.

I dont even know what that means.

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 07:50 PM

Can we please try and hide book spoilers in a TV thread? I don't particually want to know about a certain character dying (eventually) in a TV show that I am watching when I haven't read the books...

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Posted 19 January 2016 - 11:09 PM

champ, on 19 January 2016 - 07:50 PM, said:

Can we please try and hide book spoilers in a TV thread? I don't particually want to know about a certain character dying (eventually) in a TV show that I am watching when I haven't read the books...

The elf dies.

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 01:11 AM

Champ's right, please spoiler plot details.

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 01:27 PM

Sorry about that.

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 02:15 PM

Come now, the Elfstones of Shannara came out in 1982.

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 06:09 PM

Saw Ep 4, The Changeling, last night. This show is becoming less and less based on the book with each passing scene. I literally LOL'd when

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I'm starting to think that by the end, the only part that will be recognizable from the book will be

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Surely THAT cannot be messed with!

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 06:26 PM

Wot?

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 07:08 PM

QuickTidal, on 20 January 2016 - 06:26 PM, said:

Wot?

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Hmmm... I reread the book just last year when it was confirmed the show was coming. I'm almost positive

Spoiler

I could be wrong; my memory is for crap anymore, but I refreshed it less than a year ago.

Its a small detail, all things considered. I promised I'd try to let these things (all the changes) go and I'm clearly failing. Posted Image

If I could see the reasoning for it, that'd be one thing...

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 07:19 PM

That's fair. As a fan you're entitled to be nitpicky about those details.

For me, I'm actually happy about the changes. Means I'm getting Shannara in TV form and it's different enough to make things not just be "book in TV form" and more of an adaptation...which I feel is nice. It means I get to have the books and the show separately in the fandom. If that makes sense?

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 07:50 PM

QuickTidal, on 20 January 2016 - 07:19 PM, said:

That's fair. As a fan you're entitled to be nitpicky about those details.

I get what you're saying and certainly wouldn't argue against it. And I'm not really a super Brooks fan; I like his books. I have a bit of a soft spot for Sword since it was my introduction to fantasy, but for whatever reason, I love Elfstones by far the most of all his books. It also could be that I'm starting to get "old", lol, and maybe beginning to become one of those crotchety bastards that despises change for change's sake. Who knows.

My daughter just finished Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern yesterday and after watching Ep 4 of Shannara, I handed her the Elfstones book and said, "Take a break from Pern and read this now; I don't want the show ruining the book for you."

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 08:01 PM

Oh yeah for sure. I'm also getting old and getting like that about certain things in the fandoms I enjoy.

Good on you for getting your daughter to read classic fantasy too!

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 09:55 PM

QuickTidal, on 20 January 2016 - 08:01 PM, said:

Oh yeah for sure. I'm also getting old and getting like that about certain things in the fandoms I enjoy.

Good on you for getting your daughter to read classic fantasy too!

Glad I'm not alone in that old thing!

And yes, I've tried valiantly to get both my kids and my wife to see what a joy reading fantasy can be. My wife read the first three Game of Thrones books, not because of my asking her but because it was coming to HBO. I've tried to get her to read Pern (she loves dragons) but twice the book laid on her night table for weeks untouched. The second time I took it back and gave it to my daughter instead. It took hold of her, so I've got one! My son, ugh, lost cause I'm afraid, at least for now. Damn you PS3 and PS4! In my day, there was Atari and Coleco Vision! Books were way better! (There's that crotchety bastard again...)

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 11:10 PM

Morgoth, on 20 January 2016 - 02:15 PM, said:

Come now, the Elfstones of Shannara came out in 1982.

Indeed, but that's the book.

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Posted 20 January 2016 - 11:20 PM

worry, on 20 January 2016 - 11:10 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 20 January 2016 - 02:15 PM, said:

Come now, the Elfstones of Shannara came out in 1982.

Indeed, but that's the book.

That just means the elf has been dead for >30 years.

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