They Haven't Got the Earthsea Thing Down

[tmcg]

So I managed to watch maybe fifteen minutes of the Sci Fi Earthsea thing tonight.

The line where I bailed? Sparrowhawk after voicing some complaint to a young woman pouring water into his bath: "But you've got the massage thing down."

You've got the massage thing down.

Dude.

It's like listening to a Beach Boys setting of E. R. Eddison.

Also:

I'd have to look at a repeat, which I am highly unlikely to bother doing, but did they spell Ursula K. Le Guin's name "Ursula K. le Guin"?

Comments

Earthsea, like totally--not!

[(Anonymous)]

I ruminated on the transition from book to film in my blog today (http://www.maines.org/2004/12/wizard-of-different-color.html), partly in the aftermath of a Philcon panel, but largely nudged to action by Ursula Le Guin's none too happy reaction to the miniseries, as recorded on her web site, and in a couple of articles, including one on Slate. (Sorry, I am too tired to go get the links...if you haven't seen them, they're in the blog entry, as are quotes from them.)

Lemony Snicket, anyone? His Dark Materials without reference to the church? Well, at least there's LOTR. Rob is watching the extended version of Return of the King as I type.

--Becky

Re: Earthsea, like totally--not!

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

Great rumination.

I'd seen the piece on Le Guin's Webpage, but not the other article. (Links lifted from Becky's blog entry (http://www.maines.org/2004/12/wizard-of-different-color.html) are to The Agony Column (http://trashotron.com/agony/columns/2004/12-15-04.htm) and Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2111107/).)

The New York Times quoted a response of hers that I haven't seen in any of the above. I'd really like to re-quote it, but I read it in the paper paper and haven't been able to find it on the Times Website. It was a wonderfully elegant, acerbic, understated, classy condemnation of the subversion of her intent. Some of the recycling didn't get put out; maybe I can dig it out of the pile.