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#1 Coops

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Posted 07 September 2016 - 10:37 AM

I just started this, it's on Netflix, and I'm not even slightly disappointed. I had no expectations. It's really, really good so far. Without giving too much away, basically, the show is about two magicians in an alternate reality, after a time that magic has long disappeared from England. It's based on a book by Susanna Clarke. Now I will be buying the book to check it out.



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Posted 07 September 2016 - 10:56 AM

Is it the BBC thing? I watched a bit of it last year if so.

 

Read the book yeaaars ago.



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Posted 08 September 2016 - 05:52 AM

The book is fantastic. I'm a bit iffy about watching a TV series based on a book, after the "adaptations" I've seen *cough*GoT*cough* *cough*Legend of the Seeker*cough*



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Posted 08 September 2016 - 06:26 PM

Is it the BBC thing? I watched a bit of it last year if so.

Read the book yeaaars ago.



Yes. It's a BBC show. Baldman and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So now I'll buy the book, ignore it for a year or so, and then eventually read it when I have time lol.

The book is fantastic. I'm a bit iffy about watching a TV series based on a book, after the "adaptations" I've seen *cough*GoT*cough* *cough*Legend of the Seeker*cough*

I really liked it. But I've never read the book. I think when watching adaptations we need to open ourselves up a bit, because there will always be different interpretations of characters and ideas.


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