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Cast Iron Brick posted:The Magicians trilogy is my favorite book series. It's in my top 5.  I'm going to watch the pilot once I get back from Star Wars tonight, but I'm dying to know: any sign of Josh being in the show? Any at all? 
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Dec 17, 2015 05:19
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The ending of that episode was super hosed up! I like the moth motif for the Beast. Here's some stuff the author said about the adaptation: Lev Grossman posted:They’re showing the first episode of The Magicians tonight — it’s at 10pm on Syfy — and I thought I should post something ahead of time to kind of ease you through the transition. Because some things in the show are Not The Same. I'm in for the ride, even though I know they'll have to leave out a whole ton of cool stuff from the books.
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Dec 18, 2015 01:00
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Yeah the audiobooks are seriously the best I've ever listened to, the narrator Mark Bramhall does such an incredible job. The only drawback is he totally murders an Australian accent in the second book. It's pretty cringe inducing. But everything else is perfect.
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Dec 18, 2015 06:04
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Ahaha Lev Grossman's cameo in the 2nd episode.
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Jan 27, 2016 01:27
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geeves posted:That would be keeping the spirit of the books. Actually there is one likable character in the books who isn't in the show. Yeah, where the gently caress is Josh  And who the gently caress is this new "Katie" person they replaced him with??
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Jan 27, 2016 23:52
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Watching now. This episode is so different but actually really good.
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Feb 9, 2016 11:12
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I guess they're going for a MOTW kind of thing with some of the episodes. I found it to be actually quite creative, until the reveal that it's just the Head Bitch of New York f(blank)ing with Quentin for some kind of contrived reason... Snooze. All the interactions with the Pennies were completely hilarious, and made it all worth it though. Hedrigall fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Feb 9, 2016 |
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Feb 9, 2016 12:09
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In the books we get a feel for all the blood, sweat, toil and tears it takes for Julia to earn even just one star. Meanwhile Quentin's and classmates are pushed to their mental limits to remember all the conditions and exceptions attached to the simplest of spells. In the show, it seems like magic users just hang out in a) a campus party house or b) a secret warehouse, with a bunch of well dressed people for a few weeks and you pick it all up, no problem.
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Feb 9, 2016 20:57
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Oasx posted:If it is a matter of the show not having a big enough budget, then they are going to have a big problem later on when they get to Fillory. Fillory will be a medium-sized soundstage made up to look like a forest with a clock tree in it, and a tavern interior set with about 40 extras in vaguely fantasy-ish clothing.
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Feb 11, 2016 13:19
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It was this show's spin on the Monster of the Week: Spell of the Week. Honestly I thought it was creative, and I don't mind there being 1 or 2 of this sort of thing in each 13 episode season.
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Feb 13, 2016 12:50
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Cast Iron Brick posted:Also to anyone else who hate watches this and loves the books: any good book recommendations along these lines? I'm half way through Library at Mount Char and enjoying it quite a bit. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, which along with The Magicians is one of my favourite books of all time. Keep the New England exclusive college setting, keep the disaffected teens and ennui, keep the alcoholism, replace magic and Fillory with Ancient Greek and murder. It's an amazing, atmospheric novel.
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Feb 18, 2016 20:56
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"If we don't have Josh, we never have to show Venice" said SyFy, and crossed another million off the budget. "Now let's talk about if we really need to go to Fillory."
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Feb 19, 2016 15:38
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The Magicians, more like The Ma-poo poo-cians
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Mar 9, 2016 11:06
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Well that was a pretty terrible season with some good moments here and there. I'll still watch next year, if only to see if they make up some new plot now or what. But jesus, the books are like 40,000 times better. I need to reread them (or listen to the masterfully narrated audiobooks* again) to cleanse my palate of the show. *well, except for the botched Australian accent ---- Oh and I am also disappointed about the lack of Humbledrum. He was a good bear.
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Apr 13, 2016 13:09
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Lev Grossman is literally the guy, the actual guy, who coined the phrase "The American Tolkien" about George "Grim" Martin.
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Apr 17, 2016 02:58
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It annoys me how cheap some of the adaptation choices are in this show. Reynard the Fox? Meh, just make him a dude with coloured contact lenses. Ember the Ram? Pfeh, just get a $20 satyr costume on Amazon and put a chubby dude in it. It's crazy how Syfy made both this and The Expanse. The Expanse looks like a high-budget movie a lot of the time. This show looks like Xena Warrior Princess or Charmed at the best of times.
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Feb 2, 2017 11:35
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That change would be loving hilarious and I'd be on board with that
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Feb 3, 2017 04:15
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