if not for the title and i would barely have recognize leguin book . the story and character have be dumbed down so much they barely exist . there no development of either plot or people . there no hint of motivation for any character and especially dr. haber represent no interior monologue and no back story . there no tension and either between character or in the society . the actor appear to be sleepwalk ( except for david straithern and wonderful as always a manny ) . the script be so bland and it could have be computer generate . i can not believe brcce davison and who be in the wonderful 1980 version and or leguin would have allow this travesty to be make they turn a brilliant book into a chick flick . blech .