Wait... what?

[kickaha]

You know, it's been a while since I read the Shannara books, but I really don't remember skyscraper and subway remnants...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iafcae22cb7023ba6f6f5a63e2d91531d

WTF? Did they get as far as 'Sha...' and confuse Shannara with Shadowrun??

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[dhw.livejournal.com]

So it would seem.

[eridan.livejournal.com]

wow. serious WTF moment there.

[badger.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they're filming Stephen Boyett's _Ariel_ instead? I'd like that more.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

No, I think that's consistent. In _Wishsong_, which is as far as I got before I couldn't take it anymore, there was at least one ruined city that they passed by, and ruins and subway remnants are probably what they had going on in Druids' Keep, now that I think about it, with a nuclear reactor keeping everything running. The Druids' magic is very strongly implied to be advanced tech, wrapped up in mysticism to keep people from figuring out anybody can do it, and re-inventing the Bomb.

It's been a long time since I read 'em, too, but I've had mental associations between _Mad Max_ and _Shannara_ forever, as my two introductions to post-apocalyptic settings.

I agree that it could be hard to see it, if you get hung up on the Tolkien plagiarism, which I grant is hard to get past. :)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

The studio is eyeing the second book, "The Elfstones of Shannara," as the book most likely to serve as the jumping off point.

Presumably because "Sword" would look a wee bit too familiar to New Line's lawyers...

[marq.livejournal.com]

I think they're just confusing it with The Sword of Sha Na Na.

That's all.