have just finish read the book i be curious to see the adaptation of what i felt be one of the best sci fi novel i have ever read . what be present be everything that be wrong about adaptation in film . why do you make this film . the creativity of the story . why would you bastardize the original concept beyond recognition . arrogant screenwriter who wish to simplify the material to the low common denominator . and this should fall at the foot of alan sharp . i would love for this man to answer why he be allow to alter this story so unrecognizable a to be so utterly juvenile and generic . from the expand insignificant character to the alteration of the basic premise of leguin novel this film be a failure on every level and wholly unwatchable if you have read the book . if not and you may try to follow the convoluted soap opera affair awhile . either way it play out with all the flair of an outer limit .