I finally finished watching this series this past weekend. It was a limited series adaptation originally found on AMC (but which I found on Netflix). I had been highly motivated to finish reading the lengthy books so that I could watch this series.
This isn't perhaps the best adaptation of these books. The pacing was off - it was VERY slow in some parts and sped up way too much in parts that shouldn't have been glossed over. While I love Matthew Goode, Alex Kingston and Steven Cree, the acting of the other actors was lukewarm and lackluster at best. I wish we had more of Cree's character, Gallowglass, who was my favorite character in the books. The actress that played Diana was bland, bland, bland. It seemed like her acting was forced.
What perhaps was sacrilegious to me, and something that I will never get over, is how much they actually cut. We get NOTHING of, for instance, Diana's time with Matthew's sire Phillippe (a detraction that took away from the magnitude of Phillippe's actions towards Diana). They don't explain the demon's powers, which led to a lot of confusion for watchers that haven't read the books.
Don't waste your time with this rubbish. Best to watch something worthwhile.
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