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javlar
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 Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 02:49 Post subject: Legend of the Seeker |
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Legend of the Seeker
- Genre: Action/Adventure , Drama
- Length: 45 Min
- Plot outline:
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Hope has a warrior.
Based on Terry Goodkind's best-selling fantasy series, The Sword of Truth, this series follows woodsman Richard Cypher as he transforms from woods guide to magical leader, with a task to stop a vicious tyrant.
Legend of the Seeker is produced by ABC Studios for syndication. The series was formerly known as Wizard's First Rule.
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Official web page: Legend of the Seeker
Producing company: ABC Studios
Director: Jonathan Brough
Pictures: TV.com
IMDB page: IMDB
Main actors:
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Craig Horner - Richard Cypher/The Seeker
Bruce Spence - Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
Bridget Regan - Kahlan Amnell
Richard Lambeth - Lieutenant Theron
Patrick Kake - Commander Erryll
Matthew Saville - Captain Flynne
Nathan Meister - Marius
Carl Bland - King Gregor
Beatrice Joblin - Corah
Candace McNabb - Helena
Dayna Chiplin - Queen
Reuben de Jong - Calthrop
Mick Innes - Duncan
Danielle Cormack - Shota
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Did both a manual and normal search for this but found no previous threads about this series even though it's half a year old. Just watched the first two episodes and I suppose it's fairly decent. There's been heaps of movies just like it but not really any series. The first episode is so terribly chlichéd I don't know whether I should laugh or cry but at the same time I am intrigued. The actors are good enough, the CGI isn't terrible and it has the making of a pretty good series.
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Parts of the first episode is such a fucking ripoff of Star Wars that it's really hilarious:
The Seeker/Luke Skywalker was saved from his dying mother by a wizard/jedi and taken to live with good honest, hardworking farmers. Slight difference here, in Star Wars it's Uncle Owen and aunt Beru in Seeker he is adopted but thinks it's his real parents. He seeks out the old crazy man, undercover badass jedi/wizard, who gives him a lightsaber/magic sword and offers to train him in the ways of the seeker/force. At first the Seeker/Luke looks down upon this and wants to get back to his everyday troubles. His father/uncle Owen and aunt Beru are killed when their house is burnt to the ground because the bad guys were looking for the Seeker/Luke and he finally embraces his destiny.
Also, it's not exactly the same but in SW C3P0 and R2D2 find Luke and in the Seeker it's the confessor who finds him BUT it is actually a girl, Leia, who sends the message and is the reason Luke is found.
I mean they couldn't have been oblivious to the similarities or should I rather say blatant copy-paste?
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 05:40 Post subject: |
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The books are hackneyed and unimaginative, I wouldn't expect any less from their live action counterparts.
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 05:48 Post subject: |
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It's absolute shit.
I enjoyed the books, the show is an abortion.
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 06:16 Post subject: |
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never saw the show - the tv spots for it were enough for me to decide i wasnt going to watch it... im actually amazed someone thought it was important enough and good enough to make a thread about it here.
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Sil3nt
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 11:05 Post subject: |
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well good to se someone try a fantasy show that isnt 100% lame, well this is pretty lame, but i really like the fight scenes (except the 300 style slow mo, bleh). the fight scenes ocasionally seem like the actors are really trying to fuck each other up and is much more passionate... so yea, thats all i like about the show, oh and Bridget Regan... freaking hawt.
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dr-nix
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 11:47 Post subject: |
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this series is awful, not close to the books at all (unimaginative or not)
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 12:02 Post subject: |
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Yep, bad show with only some references to the books. Alot has changed. The writer also said it was bad, after agreeing to a show and getting his money of course.
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| Posted: Sat, 9th May 2009 15:12 Post subject: |
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| dr-nix wrote: | | this series is awful, not close to the books at all (unimaginative or not) |
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javlar
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| Posted: Mon, 11th May 2009 11:52 Post subject: |
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Yeah I actually kept dragging on for seven episodes due to general boredom and cause it was raining like crazy 
This is just.. bad. Which sort of is a shame cause if they just had a decent script I wouldn't at all mind a fantasy series, haven't really been any good ones afaik. The actors are mostly good too but they just got a bum rap with this piece of shit writing. The script in this just feels like something out of a videogame you know? And a rather cheesy videogame at that. The clichés and unimaginative sidestories just make for a terrible thing to watch.
And it's sort of lol that they've actually aimed for an older audience, or at least I think they did, seeing how it's pretty dark at times and have bdsm mistresses and shit. So they've sort of painted themselves into a corner cause it's not something ten year olds should watch and it's not something people older than that will want to watch
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| Posted: Mon, 11th May 2009 16:30 Post subject: |
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in other word they wanted to mimic series like Xena and Hercules but failed
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 14:00 Post subject: |
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Saw the first three episodes and this is actually worse than Xena. Because they try to be serious, but with actors that are about as talented at acting as carnies on Circus. Seriously, who the fuck cast these idiots? That person shouldn't have that job, he should be flipping burgers at Mickey Dee's.
And the script is horrendous, who wrote the dialogue? George W. Bush?
I also think fisk should be unbanned.
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 14:44 Post subject: |
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who the hell writes your jokes, uwe boll?
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 15:35 Post subject: |
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| javlar wrote: | Yeah I actually kept dragging on for seven episodes due to general boredom and cause it was raining like crazy
This is just.. bad. Which sort of is a shame cause if they just had a decent script I wouldn't at all mind a fantasy series, haven't really been any good ones afaik. The actors are mostly good too but they just got a bum rap with this piece of shit writing. The script in this just feels like something out of a videogame you know? And a rather cheesy videogame at that. The clichés and unimaginative sidestories just make for a terrible thing to watch.
And it's sort of lol that they've actually aimed for an older audience, or at least I think they did, seeing how it's pretty dark at times and have bdsm mistresses and shit. So they've sort of painted themselves into a corner cause it's not something ten year olds should watch and it's not something people older than that will want to watch |
they have that bsdm mistress cause its in the books.
Its pretty stupid, ive read the series and cant get my head around to why they arent following the story. It would be awesome if they would.
Richard is bad casting, Kalahan as well and its not even correct. She is the confession mother from the start of the books, she doesnt become it, especially not in such a dumb way
Zoranders character however i really love. |
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dr-nix
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 21:46 Post subject: |
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I like the books so thats why i don't like the series. I knew they wouldn't follow the books word for word (they explained that when they started talking about the series). But i honestly didn't think they were going for another Hercules/Xena type of deal, i was very very dissapointed by this series.
I mean they don't even try to follow the books. Perhaps it's just because it's been a while since i've read the books (5+ years, and no i haven't finished reading the entire series) But other than the first ep i don't really recognize the story-line at all (the red line that modern tv series usually has). The thing where he was captured and tortured happened in the books but different and better (again as i remember it).
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:13 Post subject: |
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This is a TV show aswell.
Actually, its on RIGHT NOW. I was watching something else and it ended and LOTS came on.....HORRIBLE TV show.
Unbelievably stupid.
EDIT
Oh, we are talking about the TV show. I thought this thread was about a movie.
Still, the show is an abomination of.....of TV lol
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Nov 2009 21:06 Post subject: |
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Those who like this show, Season 2 has started :>
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Nov 2009 21:55 Post subject: |
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I watch it for that chick that plays whatshername, Kahlan? Something like that. Every episode they have a scene where she is running in slow motion with her breasts bouncing. I think they just created a "plot" and hired some other actors to give her breasts an opportunity to bounce in bullet-time because, well, tits.
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Surray
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Apr 2010 15:01 Post subject: |
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Wow I watched a few episodes...and....ugh.. jesus christ what have they done!
I love the books, they're awesome, and this could have been great too if they just stayed true to the books.
They changed so much shit and I just don't see the reasons for it. It's like they're messing everything up just because they can.
I understand some sacrifices have to be made to allow a smooth transfer from a book to an episodic format, but still, they've just went way way too far.
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Darken Rahl is Richard's brother? Oh really? And Panis Rahl was actually a really nice guy
and was killed by Darken Rahl? What the fuck?
Richard thinks that Zed is just some crazy old man he never had anything to do with while in the books they've been friends for years!
Confessors can just go and confess whoever they like and the effect is removed when the confessor who's responsible dies? what?!
and as previously mentioned, kahlan isn't even the mother confessor!? then what's with the white dress?!
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Damn.. I really tried to like it and told myself to just see them as 2 different interpretations but I just can't do it. It's so bad that it makes me cry inside because the books deserved so much more...
This is an abomination and I hope we'll get a real movie/series versions of the sword of truth series some day.. maybe in 30 years or something.
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Yeah, they basically changed important background details because they could. I haven't even watched the latest season yet, and frankly, may never watch it.
I especially love Zed. In the books this dude was basically the most powerful good wizard on the planet and knew fucking everything. In the TV show he only knows like three useless spells and gets captured by noob wizards / foiled by potions ...
I guess I don't understand TV like this. The books told the story of a bunch of badasses doing badass shit. The TV show tells a disconnected story of a Kahlan's breasts and stupid old men, with Richard thinking "I want dem titties!" but he can't get 'em because he'll get turned into a giant muppet if he fucks her.
To hell with that, I'd hit it anyway.
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adastar
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Apr 2010 21:45 Post subject: |
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ive seen a few eps of the first season and it wasnt to shabby. Did they replace the characters in the 2nd season though?
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I don't think so. But I've only seen the first two episodes of the 2nd season. I intend to watch the others at some point. Might be tolerable if I ignore the books.
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Apr 2010 02:31 Post subject: |
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i watch this show for the girls
Sig too big.
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| Tutukun wrote: | | i watch this show for the girls |
+1 and to fill some time on the sunday
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Apr 2010 02:49 Post subject: |
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I've looked under chairs
I've looked under tables
I've tried to find the key
To fifty million fables?
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