I just finished watching the first season of Legend of the Seeker, an action-adventure fantasy television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Because I haven’t read the books yet I can’t vouch for how true or not the show is to the books, but on its own it’s quite entertaining.
(I don’t think film and serials should be directly compared against novels they’re derived from anyways – they are different mediums for story-telling and therefore impossible to keep identical.)
Here’s 13 reasons why I think this show is hot:
- Magic and mayhem abounds
- It’s action-packed and adventurous
- Actors that are well suited for their roles (they definitely get better over time)
- Richard Cypher, “The Seeker”, is so yumm!
- Honorable heroes and heroines that stick to their morals (even when it’s really, really hard)
- Mmmm …. forbidden love
There are so few good fun Fantasy series on TV!- Hot men tortured by hot women (there’s something wonderful about a gorgeous guy helplessly hanging from the ceiling, dontcha think?)
- The writing is surprisingly smart – even the bad guys are more clever than you’d expect
- Women that kick butt and look good while doing it
- The characters often end up in seemingly hopeless predicaments with high tension, and you won’t often be able to guess how they’re going to get out of it
- Stunning costumes – I want this white one …
- Each episode is better than the one before
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Do you watch Legend of the Seeker? If so, I’d love to hear what you think.
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