I had a higher tolerance for trying to turn books into shows/movies, but its been worn away.
I have 5 favorite authors, and 4 of them have all been disgraced by this:
Terry Brooks
Terry Goodkind
Robert Jordan
Anne Rice
Melanie Rawn
I was disappointed in Legend of the Seeker by a horrible main actor who looked and acted nothing like Richard and having the whole plot given away in the first 10 minutes.
I endured the Shannara Chronicles and chaulked it up to "well don't let MTV try to make something good".
I gave Wheel of Time every opportunity to make me like it and it spat on the author and the story.
Anne Rice was protected for awhile (I even liked Aaliyah, OMG RACE CHANGE, because she really threw herself into that character.... as badly as that movie mangled the story), and hopefully this abomination of a boring show will fade away and they can stop trying to suck blood from her corpse.
The only one I have left is Melanie Rawn. Maybe the face that she can't finish a series will hold them off from every adapating the Dragon Prince series until Hollyweird gets some writers and directors who have actually accomplished anything (and not just ones who JJ Abrams was friends with)
As this show stands, I'm sorry for you LOTR fans, the show was boring, bland and predictable. The whole story was guessed by episode 1 and they haven't deviated or had characters grow in any way. Everyone is still exactly who they were, and nothing has happened.
You deserved better.