I have no familiarity with the graphic novel so I found the show quite good, in fact I'm obsessed with it. The CGI, special effects, and cinematography is what brings this show up from a good show to the great one. I'm glad I had no knowledge prior because all I would've wanted to do was compare the two. Now, don't get me wrong, if it was a solid adoption and stayed almost completely trueI have no familiarity with the graphic novel so I found the show quite good, in fact I'm obsessed with it. The CGI, special effects, and cinematography is what brings this show up from a good show to the great one. I'm glad I had no knowledge prior because all I would've wanted to do was compare the two. Now, don't get me wrong, if it was a solid adoption and stayed almost completely true to the novel then if I liked the novel I shouldn't have had any complaints. However, what I hear is that the Netflix version is way more toned-down than the novel. So, I don't know if I would have been disappointed not to see everything that I saw in the novel had I had read it. On the other hand though, I believe most of the reviews that are negative are coming from people who have actually read the graphic novel. This is where we have to be careful though, I've been reading a lot online about how much fans wanted the novel to be adapted into a series and from what I hear it's been shopped around for about 10 years. Two different Pilots were shot, one for Fox one for Hulu and then finally landing at Netflix. Maybe it was so hard to get someone to pick it up because of the graphic content and when they presented it to Netflix although it still has the Sci-Fi spooky horror elements I really do feel like you can sit down and watch this with some of your younger family members. I feel like if they're 10 or older they should be mature enough but from what I'm reading about the graphic novel is that it is nowhere near as Tamed as the Netflix version. However, this could have been a possible genius idea on Netflix's part because a wider variety of audiences can watch it and take different things away from it and from what I understand it doesn't lose the plot of the story even though it's told a little bit differently. The kid who plays Bode is phenomenal his career is going to go very far. All the children did a good job acting but there's just something about Bode that keeps you wanting more. He's just so cute and you want to pick him up and hold them but obviously that would be weird. However, some of you may be familiar with him because he was in the movie It he played the younger brother that was playing with the paper boat and got kidnapped from Pennywise anyway that's irrelevant to this. I think I'm still going to stick with my formula of not reading things that I know are going to get adapted into movies or shows because now I have nothing to compare it to but if I go back now and read the graphic novel; I have the potential to like the show so much more because even if I like the novel more than the show, I've already falling in love with this show and there's nothing that can change that but you always take that chance if you read something that has not come out yet because your expectations would have been set too high and if they missed one of your favorite parts or part that you thought was important in the book that didn't translate on screen that may ruin your you ain't experience. We also have to keep in mind that this is only the first season and some of the stuff that you may have loved about the books maybe on my Horizon for a future season but as far as this season goes it's a win-win in my book. It's set the groundwork we know the key players we know the rules and they really can take this story anywhere now and possibly like I said incorporate more stuff from the novel into it or change something. Changes and always bad lastly, the few people who I have watched react to the show and have read the novel didn't seem to be too disappointed with the subject matter that we were presented with. Of course you know once you read something you visualize it in your head and if that's not the visual that you see on the screen then it kind of distorts what you thought initially. I just want everyone to give this show a chance so often some of my favorite shows get canceled because people didn't know about it in time to make an impact on viewing it or, it wasn't marketed right or even something as simple as no access to Netflix to even watch the show. BTW I find that hard to believe though even if you don't have Netflix you know someone who does. This show is also risky for Netflix too especially since they didn't adapt it all the way from the graphic novel because shows like this and The Witcher have a built-in very very strong fan base and those are the people who are likely to watch one or a couple of episodes and then don't end up following through because of the direction the show went in but we also have to remember it's an , just give it a chance. This is a show that deserves to be watch from beginning to end multiple times and that's just my opinion. If you are on the verge of deciding whether or not to watch the show I'd recommend watching the trailer and the pilot and then if you don't have any sense of to it or don't seem to be intrigued by it then don't watch it.… Expand
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