Comments on: A Discovery of Witches Recap: Episode 1.08

By: Jane Read Stevens

Jane Read Stevens — Fri, 17 May 2019 19:41:55 +0000

I am so hooked on this show, I just love it, especially when I saw that Owen Teale was in it. He made me dislike him so much in “Game of Thrones” so it was not hard to carry on this dislike in Discovery of Witches. This story is such a wonderful love story; you could almost say that “Twilight”is for the Gen X generation and this is a story for adults. I think that the intensity of their love just shines through in so many ways without a lot of sex scenes. I am truly looking forward to the next seasons. I would also like to mention that if you like “Outlander” you will also like this show, they both touched me in the same way.

By: Lori Angelo

Lori Angelo — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:18:15 +0000

I have read all the books several times and I am in the US so have only been able to see the first two episodes, as they were a teaser by SHUDDER. I can get all 8 episodes on January 17th. I CANNOT WAIT!!!
I have looked for more scenes on you tube and have read the summary of each episode and I agree that the seasons need to be at least 13 episodes, in order to do justice to the books. There are A LOT of fans of a Discovery of Witches as book readers already and if the goal is to make more fans then they will have to increase the number of episodes each season. But from what I can tell so far, they chose well when they chose the cast, especially Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode. Now the special effects need to get better. But with more countries on board, comes more money for special effects and more episodes…RIGHT???

By: ELISÂNGELA

ELISÂNGELA — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:39:57 +0000

I love all. The congregation matters. The two witches: the one of the light and of the darkness. The prophecy. The main lovers couple is so precious. Magnificent ! Bravo!

By: Vivian

Vivian — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 20:25:29 +0000

SON and BOL seasons either need to be 2 seasons per book or twice as long in episode count. ADOW was rushed and so many nuances were lost and the natural rhythm of the book plot disrupted and ruined. I keep seeing comments over and over from people that hasn’t read the book being confused and needing a reader to clarify things the show did not. When that’s required, the adaptation has failed. The season should’ve been at least 13 episodes.

The UK 6 or 8 episode thing is fine when there’s not a book involved, or at least not a fantasy book of this page count, but here? They butchered it. There wasn’t enough time to adequately tell the book’s story, let alone add all the new stuff that never happened in the trilogy. And these writers don’t seem to be aware of how their changes are going to Butterfly Effect through the next 2 book plots! Changing little things now makes big changes later with awkward forced transitions to bring the plot back in line to the original ending.

When adapting a novel, a novel series, especially one that’s well-loved, you have to do as well or better than the book. Not okay. Not uneven. You have to present the book to your best abilities or improve on a story that had promise. The Vampire Diaries did that and spawned the excellent The Originals. This production did not.