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Ursula K. LeGuin's EarthSea Trilogy (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jan 2018 OP
The miniseries is terrible sweetloukillbot Jan 2018 #1
Miyazaki the Younger butchered the story. I think he was working out some Oedipal issues... Hekate Jan 2018 #3
Thank you so much for this, Yui. I've never seen it before -- just watched Part 1 ... Hekate Jan 2018 #2
I have a question I need to find out... yuiyoshida Jan 2018 #4
They do look very similar -- could pass for cousins or brothers. Hekate Jan 2018 #5
Yeah while watching it I kept thinking.... yuiyoshida Jan 2018 #6
Not the same guy padah513 Jan 2018 #7
Love that song..... JuJuYoshida Jan 2018 #8

sweetloukillbot

(11,005 posts)
1. The miniseries is terrible
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:08 AM
Jan 2018

Lee Guin denounced it because they whitewashed the characters. Miyazaki's some did a version that is also b pretty weak.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)
3. Miyazaki the Younger butchered the story. I think he was working out some Oedipal issues...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:09 AM
Jan 2018

...with that strange uncalled for patricide at the very beginning.

I don't know why Ursula le Guin's immense storytelling gifts have not ever been truly realized in the film media.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)
2. Thank you so much for this, Yui. I've never seen it before -- just watched Part 1 ...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:05 AM
Jan 2018

...thanks to you, and will resume tomorrow.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
4. I have a question I need to find out...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:40 AM
Jan 2018

The Actor who played SparrowHawk aka Ged, is he the same actor that did Guardians of the Galaxy?
guess not...


Ged: Shawn Ashmore

Star Lord: CHRIS PRATT

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
6. Yeah while watching it I kept thinking....
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:47 AM
Jan 2018

is that the dude from Guardians of the Galaxy?? I so love that movie!

padah513

(2,500 posts)
7. Not the same guy
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 10:52 AM
Jan 2018

He was in the first or second X-Men movie as Rogue's love interest. Thankx for Earth-Sea by the way.

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