Well, looks like SyFy is going back to the well, so to speak, with a new "Riverworld" miniseries, premiering this Sunday night. I have a few questions about Riverworld for the gang:
One. I believe SciFi aired a Riverworld miniseries a few years back, that wasn't well received by fans. My understanding was much of the basic premise from the source material was changed, such as the protagonist of the movie *not* dying over and over, as in the book(s)? Can anyone here comment on that first miniseries? Two. From what you've heard and read and seen about the new depiction--such as getting the dying over and over thing right--do you have hope for this new one? Do you plan to watch it? Three. I have never read any of the "Riverworld" stuff. Is it good and worth seeking out? I was just deciding on my next big undertaking for leisure reading. It came down a choice of the "Wheel of Time" stuff (which I've never read), return to Raymond Fiest's world of Midkemia (the "Riftwar" saga and others), or Terry Brooks' latest works tying together the worlds of his books depicting the fall of our civilization with the ones that depict the rise of the magic that leads to the world of Shannara. Should "Riverworld" be on my list of potential choices? **************************************************************** http://www.syfy.com/riverworld/ What if, after you die, you are reborn on another planet, along with everyone else who has lived and died on Earth? And what if, in this incredible life after death, there comes death after death, after death, after death? Welcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might be Hell. Matt, an American journalist, and his fiancee, Jessie, are killed in an explosion, but reawaken in this unusual afterlife. Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been resurrected simultaneously in this strange new world. Determined to find Jessie, Matt joins forces with an intrepid crew, including a 13th century female warrior and riverboat captain Mark Twain. As they embark upriver, their adventure begins, all the while tracked by the watchful eye of a mysterious alien force. Tahmoh Penikett ( Battlestar Galactica/Dollhouse ) and Laura Vandervoort ( Smallville ) star in Riverworld , a four-hour miniseries based on the popular award-winning series of novels by Philip Jose Farmer. Others in the cast include Alan Cumming ( Tin Man ), Mark Deklin ( Nip/Tuck ), and Peter Wingfield ( X2: X-Men United ). Riverworld is directed by Stuart Gillard ( Charmed , Taking Liberty ) and produced by Reunion Pictures.
