I'm still looking forward to receiving my DVD set, but I can tell from looking at this thread that I'm going to have to try really hard not to compare it to the book or the '03 version all the time.
I just finished watching the part in the '03 version where GJ discovers that his masters have apparently been killed by HYS. I hope the new version does that better. The '03 version did it too quickly and GJ didn't seem upset enough. It was underplayed too much. I was really looking forward to the scene of GJ using QJF's balance beam to try to smash the tomb door, and they left that scene out.
Mostly I'm hoping for a series I can share with my husband. I hope he likes it. I'm watching the '03 version with no English subtitles, so he won't watch it with me.