Okay, it's a little later than I said it would be. But I would never fail you faithful readers. Here's my review of Fox's Sleepy Hollow: Die-hard literary fans of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman may be very upset with how true Fox’s Sleepy Hollow series stays to Washington Irving’s original short novel. Perhaps it’s no wonder since Roberto Orci is the series’ executive producer ; many die-hard Star Trek fans had the same problem with J.J. Abrams’ take on Gene Roddenberry’s space epic, a take that Orci also served as a creator on. Therefore, much like Tim Burton’s 1999 film adaptation of Irving’s novel, it doesn’t stay very true to the original. All this aside from the fact that the series is set in our own 21 st century. Not really a sequel to the film or novel, it exists in its own semi alternative universe. If viewed in this way, then the series may be worth watching. Unlike in the novel, Ichabod is not a cowardly school teacher in Sleepy Hollow , al...
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