# Neverland **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverland/605114 "2011-12-05T10:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverland/605114/1 "2011-12-05T10:18:43Z")
Part one of this Peter Pan prequel aired tonighton SyFy. Spoilers to follow. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverland/605114/2 "2011-12-05T10:25:24Z")
It got quite panned on io9 but I enjoyed it so far (part one). I thought it was on par with the various other SyFy adaptations (Tin Man, Alice, etc). I like how Hook starts out as a Fagin sort of character teaching the Lost Boys how to steal, with Peter as a “Pannish” ringleader calling the shots with his flute. Anna Friel and her crew are great. It’s funny to see Smee played by Hoskins again. The Indians are great and realistically cast. I like the explanation for why pirates and Indians are on the same island. Tinkerbell looks a little odd tho, and I’m not sure how I feel about Neverland being a whole planet. How are you liking it so far? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverland/605114/3 "2011-12-05T20:41:38Z")
Well, production values are good, and I agree it is nice seeing Bob Hoskins as Smee again. I think some of the background pirates were also in Hook. The actor playing Hook I much prefer to Dustin Hoffman, he plays it serious not campy. Hoffman never really scared me. Not sure how I feel about a female pirate captain, I don’t think it ‘feels’ right. The Boys are great, ambivalent about TigerLily but I like the Haida indian motif of the tribe. The raven costume is very pleasing. I did not like the weird broken up ice terrain. Though I did like the spiral tree trunks, and the tree city. What was with the funky warlock dude babbling about the whole gate thing, _where_ the hell did that crap come from ?! ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverland/605114/4 "2011-12-06T16:02:58Z")
I didn’t catch the name of the boy who played Peter, but he is an adorable little sprog. I was thinking that Jimmy was Peter’s father for most of the time, but…why so attached if he hated his real father? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverland/605114/5 "2011-12-09T00:01:30Z")
Does it pick up after the first half hour, or does it continue to be dull?