It was *bad*. Bad casting and they weren't exactly faithful to the books. Of course not to say the actors were bad it's just they were wrong for the parts and they tried to soften Wolfe's attitude and just *yuck*.
Lets put it this way, the people (Timothy Hutton was involved hugely bringing this to the screen) involved in the 2001 version loved and stayed faithful to the books like Peter Jackson loved Lord of the Rings.
And let me tell you I am a giant LOTR fan. So that is a *huge* complimant from me. So you can watch the '81 one if you want but trust me when I say that the characters of Nero and Archie and everyone aren't there. It's Maury and Timothy who do them to perfection.
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Date: 2007-12-14 10:59 pm (UTC)Lets put it this way, the people (Timothy Hutton was involved hugely bringing this to the screen) involved in the 2001 version loved and stayed faithful to the books like Peter Jackson loved Lord of the Rings.
And let me tell you I am a giant LOTR fan. So that is a *huge* complimant from me. So you can watch the '81 one if you want but trust me when I say that the characters of Nero and Archie and everyone aren't there. It's Maury and Timothy who do them to perfection.