It's not silly at all.
They took the author's vision and warped it so that it would be more acceptable
to a prime time american audience.
More female roles, altering or removing non-whites characters...I missed it and
I'll probably watch it when it re-runs, but I wish I
hadn't known all that since I'll now be viewing it with a more critical eye.
;-)
I totally enjoyed the remake of Dune and Children of Dune though, so I think
they can do good stuff. I did not read the Dune or
Children of dune books before watching the movie however, but I thought they
were both great series in their own right.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis
He definitely is in the book - quite clearly. Gontish men are dark ("copper
brown") - it was the Kargs that were light skinned, blond and barbaric (think
Vikings).
This was always important to the Author who strove to paint the civilized,
inner island folk as dark (earthy) skinned and the
barbarians as light.
I know it's silly to get hung up on it, but it was always such a nice, subtle
touch.
In the book both Ged and Ogion are Gontishmen - from the same island.
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