Pillars, Thrones, and probably Daleks again

[mollyringle]

Amazing--I actually care about some stuff coming up on TV in the relatively near future:

Starz is airing the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, beginning tomorrow. I read the novel by Ken Follett about fourteen years ago, and unlike most novels I read fourteen years ago, I actually remember some of it. I know I liked it. So I'll be curious to see that--and am especially avid given that Rufus Sewell is in it. (Playing a good guy, no less!)

HBO, as all good fantasy geeks know, is hard at work on Game of Thrones, based on the G.R.R. Martin series. Click on that link, and oh LOTR fans, feel your heart swell to see Sean Bean looking ever so Boromir-y as Ned Stark.

Meanwhile, in the Doctor Who world, I'm finally watching "The End of Time" and preparing myself to let go of Tennant and embrace Matt Smith and the other newbies. I've loved Moffat's episodes so far, so I'm actually looking forward to series 5 a great deal. Whenever they get around to releasing it on DVD. Hurrah!

Comments

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

There's a miniseries of Pillars of the Earth?! How did I as a medievalist miss that? I enjoyed the book - some of it made me eyeroll in a geeky-historian-way, but he covers the cathedral building brilliantly (though I'm guessing there won't be quite as much architectural detail in the show :D).

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I think it'll be streamable, so I may watch it that way (we don't have cable). And yeah, I imagine the more lurid stuff will take center stage for a miniseries. :) But hey, it was fun!