Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
I've made a point of not watching 'The Name of The Rose' series. I think it would be disappointing after the superb 1986 movie and the novel by Umberto Eco, of which I still keep a copy.
From what I have seen so far, I think the TV adaptation may be closer to the book, though the film was very good, it was somewhat 'sanitised'. The book is far grimmer.