by Thoul » Sun Jul 13, '14, 6:28 pm
I was kind of worried when I heard this was going to be on MTV. But, from the article, I see there are some good minds behind this series, so my worries are mostly gone. I just hope they have it to watch online, 'cause I dropped cable years ago.
As for starting with Elfstones, it has a lot more to offer than Sword - more female characters as Rylen said (plus they are central to the story, rather than just love interest of a side character), a more emotionally touching story, and also important: it doesn't strike up comparisons to Lord of the Rings. I love Sword, don't get me wrong, but it has waaaaay too parallels to LotR. Starting the live action adaptation of Shannara with Sword will only hurt the franchise at this point by tainting it with LotR comparisons. Hopefully the key backstory elements Sword established can be handled in the Elfstones episodes and Sword can be told in a later season.