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11/16/2008 9:19:09 PM

this is annoying me...they didn't HAVE to change the way the confessor's powers worked

and the sisters of light are the most awesome people in the world?

fuck.

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 9:08 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2008 9:08:20 PM

First 7 episodes are on Hulu. As far as fantasy tv shows go, it's probably one of the best if not the best. Granted, it's not got a lot of better competition than Xena and Hercules. As far as following the books? Yeah not so much, but Terry Goodkind acknowledged that it needed to be very different in an open letter and I don't have a problem divorcing the TV series from the novels.

12/12/2008 3:48:16 AM

Yay!! A box of Orden!! and they put in Shota...who could be hotter.

12/12/2008 6:38:10 PM

Shota looks like a skank

This show is horrible, but I can't not watch it

12/15/2008 2:31:01 PM

i'm reading confessor right now, since the first time i read the series, neither chainfire nor phantom nor confessor were out

it's really not relevant to this thread, but i saw the book sitting on my desk and decided to [post]

12/15/2008 3:15:49 PM

Has episode 8 aired yet? and do you think it will be up on hulu like the first 7 are?

12/16/2008 11:53:05 PM

Damn, this is almost worse than Xena/Hercules. At least it is shot in NZ so it has nice scenery.

12/17/2008 6:21:58 AM

^ where were hercules and xena shot?

i really want to visit new zealand

12/17/2008 8:15:06 AM

Ooooh I liked Denna. the outfit was hot. Glad she's still alive... it gives me hope for the white blade and the book of shadows stuff.

I didnt like that the mord sith weren't very scared of the confessors tho.

1/11/2009 4:39:39 PM

I just started watching this show on hulu

1/12/2009 12:33:53 PM

The Agiels look like dildoes

1/13/2009 2:39:26 PM

^ fitting to go along with the mord sith dominatrix theme

1/27/2009 12:12:23 AM

I really liked the episode "puppeteer" from about a week ago. I actually liked how that was handled better than in the book- since the wizard character involved was effectively a throw-away in that case. Anyways, it was really well done and the acting seemed much better than the acting in the latest episode. I think that may have something to do with the seeker and confessor playing a more minor role in puppeteer.

Anyone else feel like the acting in this show has been annoyingly uneven? Some scenes are performed very well and then some scenes make you want to punch babies.

1/27/2009 3:48:50 AM

After just finishing the books, Im glad that the show is taking a new route. At least im not exactly sure how things play out in the TV series.

also happy that denna and jennsen look about like I imagined them from the books

3/25/2009 12:30:47 AM

finally starting to work my way through this series

5/9/2009 2:12:19 PM

this show is on the level of xena or hercules with less humor and more boring stories


FAIL


OTOH, this is going to be the shit:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/george-rr-martins-game-of-thrones-heads-to-hbo-with-dinklage-and-mccarthy

5/9/2009 2:56:16 PM

i don't think it's any worse than hercules or xena...all are pretty hokey...i think the problem is that with hercules and xena they could make up whatever they wanted, but with seeker they have to follow a comparatively strict storyline...the biggest problem, IMO, is that they can progress in the storyline only occasionally since otherwise they'll get bogged down with the WHOLE storyline, which they can't really do because of the nature of the written series (it doesn't translate well into a TV series)

but yeah, i have extremely high hopes for martin's song series...dinklage is by far one of my favorite actors (if i had to choose one actor to meet in person, it'd be him)...he'll do the part of tyrion justice

5/9/2009 5:17:03 PM

ARGH I AM SO ANGRY THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE BOOK SUPER STRICKLY

RAWR RAWR RAWR WHEN IS RAHL GOING TO MURDER A BOY AND EAT HIS BALLS

HOW DARE THEY?

i'm happy with what they've done (i liked herc and to a lesser extent zena) my only complaint is that richard's a pretty small dude

5/9/2009 5:45:41 PM

i'm not getting pissy about them not following the book...just pointing out, in regards to skokiaan's complaint about the show having "more boring stories", that the series storyline doesn't lend itself to a TV series and that hercules and xena didn't have this problem

i like all 3 shows, actually

yeah, my biggest complaint is definitely that richard is tiny compared to way he was described in the books...an rahl has dark hair (though part of me wonders if they didn't want to liken him too much to the nazis )

5/9/2009 6:50:34 PM

well its one of those loyalty things.... I liked the books so much I will be compelled to watch the TV series regardless of how "bad" it gets

5/10/2009 1:31:06 PM

Richard's sister was cute, if perpetually crazy-looking

5/10/2009 3:36:38 PM

^I think she looked so crazy because she was so wide-eyed the whole time.


I never read the series, but I love this show. I watch it every week at work.

And I think Richard is hot He may be skinny but he has a great body!

5/12/2009 12:44:51 PM

hah the wizard of that one seeker that fucked things up was Iolaus

[Edited on May 12, 2009 at 1:24 PM. Reason : i'm waiting for Bruce Campbell and the dude that played Ares to make an appearance]

5/12/2009 1:21:30 PM

^ yeah, i noticed that as well...ted raimi (joxer from xena) has been in it once or twice, too...with sam raimi as producer, i'm sure bruce campbell will show up, though he's been doing pretty well with burn notice, so maybe not

5/12/2009 1:32:12 PM

i'm really hoping Kevin Sorbo shows up somewhere

maybe as the big dude she confesses in ye olde rape pit

5/12/2009 2:07:26 PM

Man I used to love that series. Wizard's First Rule was probably my favorite Fantasy book before A Game of Thrones. But Goodkind broke my series limit rule like Robert Jordan before him. And George RR better get his shit together or I'll be giving up on that series too.

Ending stories for the win. Props to Tad Williams.

5/12/2009 2:27:42 PM

^^ i don't know that sorbo will play a would-be rapist, but i think it'd be pretty cool for him to show up

^ they were just too many books for you? the song of ice and fire is slated to be only 7 books, IIRC

i'm mixed about the whole thing...i like that tad williams does end his series pretty quickly and moves on, but at the same time, if i like a series, i don't WANT it to end

5/12/2009 2:45:11 PM

argh it was SD last night

SO ANGRY

5/17/2009 11:19:12 AM

Quote :

"I never read the series, but I love this show. I watch it every week at work."

since the show doesnt follow the books closely at all, you really should pick up wizards first rule and get the real story before the TV show gets back to it - especially if your at work . (there is enough romance for the ladies)

the final book makes a deep philosophical comparison with human evolution... don't know if any of you noticed that as well (no spoiler)

5/18/2009 10:11:37 PM

It's kind of hard to miss that message in his books, Goodkind shoves a lot of it down your throat

and the apple scene with Richard and Kahlan in the Mud People's hut was totally bookmarked for being really hot when I was 14

5/19/2009 8:14:40 AM

a friend recommended this show to me, and i started watching it on hulu. It's AWESOME!! can't get enough of it, watched 4 episodes in a row yesterday.

6/1/2009 10:06:01 AM

sooo that was it? darken rahl dead + happily ever after already?

6/2/2009 12:18:01 AM

^ they left it in a good place...stop reading now if you don't want a book spoiler (this is a show thread, though, so i don't feel compelled to refrain from mentioning them)









































darken rahl COULD be the end of the show if they choose not to do a second season, but if you've read the book you know that darken rahl is actually only a small part of the complete storyline...jagang and the imperial order could be next

6/2/2009 6:51:55 AM

^I'm excited about Jagang and the Imperial Order, I'm hoping it'll be beautiful and extravagant like I imagined it.

omg, and Nikki

6/2/2009 8:25:11 AM

considering their track record on choosing actors that are true to the book's description, i'm betting nikki will be only be ~

but if she isn't...

6/2/2009 8:35:29 AM

I think they've had the women pretty close so far, Kahlan is close enough to what I imagined and and Shota isn't bad

the guys actors on the other hand... Zed is the only one who looks anything like who he should be

6/2/2009 8:44:13 AM

yeah, kahlan is pretty close...though i think shota is far enough from how she was described in the book to be annoying...at first, zed freaked me out (i expected some spindly, tiny old man), but i can see him in his role, now

richard, as has been discussed at length, is a disappointment (in terms of physical qualities described in the book)...darken rahl could have been much closer if they'd given it half a shot, but apparently hair dye and contacts weren't worth the effort

i know i'm nitpicking...what else am i going to do at work?

6/2/2009 9:00:48 AM

Yeah, the actor playing Richard is definitely awful for the character, I'm still disappointed with him and Darken Rahl is worse, I don't even know how that's possible

They know their audience is mostly dudes, so Richard and Rahl doesn't matter as much No one is going to be looking at them when Kahlan/Shota/chickies in hot dresses are on screen.

haha, tww at work ftw

6/2/2009 9:07:07 AM

i was really REALLY dissapointed in who the picked to play richard :x so much so it's distracting while i watch it :x

[Edited on June 2, 2009 at 11:46 PM. Reason : d]

6/2/2009 11:45:48 PM

i finished watching the first season last night. I never read the books or heard about them until now. The show itself was really awesome. I liked the villains the most.. the guy who played darken rahl was really good in that type of role, and i thought the mord'sith were really interesting (and cute to boot). I was surprised at the direction of the finale, but when all said and done, it was really unique, and kept you wondering the whole time what was coming next.

definately pumped for season 2

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 4:00 PM. Reason : .]

6/8/2009 3:59:52 PM

season 2 - october 31st

7/6/2009 11:39:58 PM

ttt

11/6/2009 12:34:18 PM

tomorrow

11/6/2009 12:35:37 PM

so excited for this. been waiting for it for months now since i watched season 1. Too bad charisma carpenter's character will not be recurring since she is so hot.

11/6/2009 2:45:54 PM

not the most flattering picture, and she seems to be showing her age...but still

11/6/2009 2:55:09 PM

cara (tabrett bethell) is pretty hot

11/15/2009 3:11:12 PM

man, it's weird that charisma carpenter is almost 40

11/15/2009 4:33:09 PM

^^ totally agree. most people say that denna (jessica marais) is hotter than cara (tabrett bethell), but i totally disagree.

i wish charisma carpenter's character had a larger role in the series

it's been a good start to the series so far though. yesterday's episode definately better than the premiere, but we shall see where it goes from here.

11/15/2009 6:19:24 PM

just started watching series 1... does he ever end up killing the dude whatever his name is?

seems like a kind of lame show to me.


Also, I would just like to point out that I think Krod Mandoon was a spoof of this show.

11/15/2009 11:26:24 PM