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Interesting comments. My 16 year old daughter is a big fan of the books. We watched most of episode I together. She laughed at some of the show (not out of amusement) and was unhappy about much of the way the story was handled. She refused to watch any of the Last 15 minutes of episode I or any subsequent episodes.

I watched it and found it mildly interesting. For me, it was the usual Sci-Fi channel production offering -

Special effects - mildly sub-par to good
Acting - really bad to OK, flashes of good
Sets - painfully bad to OK
Costumes - mostly sub-par, some neat stuff
Directing - bad; responsible for some lapses in acting
Writing (dialog)- bad
Writing (storyline) - poor

Had I read any of the books, the storyline might have graduated down to bad. As a connoisseur of "C" movies, I'd say it falls right into place. The disappointing thing about these series is that decent writing and directing could have graduated some of these series up to as high as good "B" films. You have to wonder why anyone would consent to be in these shows....not something to brag about on your resume. Hunger, I suppose....

At least it was not as bad as the "Battlestar Galactica" debacle.

Now I'll go watch the original Godzilla or Lugosi's Dracula...classics.