Double-post, but I just watched part one of Childhood's End, a miniseries based off Arthur C. Clarke’s 1953 novel of the same name. Visually it looked great, but the main character was annoying, his love story even more so, some of the subplots about fixing the world were pretty goofy, and at times it felt like the worldbuilding was somewhat lacking. Charles Dance might have been my favourite part of the whole episode, and you only ever hear his voice until the very end - and it was a good, cliffhanger of an end. I read the summary of the novel, but now I'm curious to see where the show goes.
~Psychic