Wow, I'm barely having enough time to comment on other blogs these days, let alone post on my own. I also have a review of Wrath of a Mad God, How to Train Your Dragon and Clash of the Titans to write up. I'll get it all done, I swear to you. But first, the letter L, part of the A-Z blogging challenge. This letter was made famous by Leonardo da Vinci and then reinvigorated by Luigi Mario, and also the topic of this post: Legend of the Seeker. I made an April Fool's post about the show, and so this is kind of my way of making amends.
Legend of the Seeker is a fantasy TV series based on the Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. The basic premise is that Richard Cypher (played by Craig Horner) is named as the Seeker of Truth; a prophetical warrior who is destined to end the tyrannical rule of Darken Rahl (Craig Parker). Assisting him in his quest is Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan) and First Wizard Zeddicul Zu'l Zorander (Bruce Spence). The series is very popular both in the US and in the UK, but still has received a lot of backlash from fans of the original novels. To be fair, the series takes considerable artistic liberty and diverges from the books at multiple points, but this makes it work as a TV show so long as you don't consider it as derivative of the original story.
I have yet to watch all of the first series, but as soon as it comes out on DVD I am there! From what I've seen of the show, I've really enjoyed it. It's a nice adventure show, which makes for great light entertainment (and a far cry from the gratuitous sexual violence of the novels).
Because you've all been so good, here's the obligatory sexy photo.
What do you all think of the show, both in its own right and as a remake of the books?
Haven't had time to check it out, but I will.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious as to what you thought about a couple of those movies, too.
I've not read the books but I love the show. It's a lot of fun. And so many hot womens.
ReplyDeleteIf you have Netflix, you can watch it for free on their website. I caught up with a mixture of that and Hulu.
I like the picture, but for the life of me I don't know what you're talking about. Let's go back to the power metal music.
ReplyDeleteBut it is an appropriate post for the letter L.
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Never even heard of it, but great post anyways, wonderfull done!
ReplyDeleteI watch this show regularly, and I am now following the last episodes of the second season. It really is just a light entertainment, but it is so beautiful visually (not just the sets, but also the costumes and also almost all of the main and supporting actors and actresses are drop dead gorgeous) and it can satisfy all of our fantasy needs :) since there isn't any other fantasy show on TV right now.
ReplyDeletei really enjoyed it after watching the episode in the season (1&2) please when will the season 3 be out cuz i can't wait for it.
ReplyDeleteSadly, there will be no season 3. It was cancelled after season 2, and even though fans raised a lot of cash to market a third season to studios, no one picked it up.
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