The original was a very powerful and moving series, so I expected this one to be similar. The new version was powerful, the actors both male and female, young and old were excellent. The scenery and photography were spot on. That's the good, now the not so good.
The gore content was more than needed, yes we needed to know about the cruelty and harshness of the times but did we really need to see it in such graphical detail.
As for each character, no sooner are they born but they die/removed from the story line. This was especially true of Kizzy, her story was just an afterthought it was so brief. In the original series you got to know and love each character, in this new series you just don't get the time.
I know Roots is about Alex Hayley and his ancestry but this new series comes across as though the other families via marriages are totally irrelevant. I think I'm right in saying only one non-Kinte gets a mention. Whereas in the original series the whole Haley ancestors are just ordinary men and women fighting to be free. This new series paints them all as near super-heroes, with Chicken-George being the one with most powers.
This is a good series and worth watching but seriously too brief and suffers for that.
The gore content was more than needed, yes we needed to know about the cruelty and harshness of the times but did we really need to see it in such graphical detail.
As for each character, no sooner are they born but they die/removed from the story line. This was especially true of Kizzy, her story was just an afterthought it was so brief. In the original series you got to know and love each character, in this new series you just don't get the time.
I know Roots is about Alex Hayley and his ancestry but this new series comes across as though the other families via marriages are totally irrelevant. I think I'm right in saying only one non-Kinte gets a mention. Whereas in the original series the whole Haley ancestors are just ordinary men and women fighting to be free. This new series paints them all as near super-heroes, with Chicken-George being the one with most powers.
This is a good series and worth watching but seriously too brief and suffers for that.