It feels like they could have not tried harder to misrepresent the books. Arthur does not appear as a character right away in the books. Uther should be okd as hell, Merlin too, and politics is central to the story. Freaking start there, strong, like Game of Thrones does; thats the strength of the original plot. What in gods name are the writers doing, are they even fans of Arthurian literature? It doesnt feel like it. The books present to me as ready made for film adaptation, an adaptation that requires little in the way of dramatization for a series that requires at minimum three seasons. And they botch it, from the start. What a wasted opportunity. I cant imagine that Bernard Cornwell is happy with this.
Review of The Winter King
