this miniseries be a reasonable sequel to the original go with the wind . if one view this on it own merit ( and not immediately follow the original ) and it come out pretty good . i be sure that most viewer will question the performance of scarlett and rhett and but it seem unlikely that anyone else could have do well . many of the character here be new to this storyline and so comparison in those case ( rhett mother and uncle henry hamilton and will benteen ) be not a problem . no one will every be vivien leigh or clark gable . the best part of the whole production be the beautiful scenery of springtime charleston and ireland . watch it for that alone . obviously and this be a high budget tv miniseries . it follow the book for a while and then have a totally new plot when scarlett go to ireland . the acting be credible if nothing special kind of the way i feel about roger moore follow sean connery for james bond .