Legend of the Seeker (Spoilers and Trash Review)

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:25:08 +0000

Although I have since renounced* my fanaticism for Terry Goodkind’s works, I still think that nobody should desecrate the book called Wizard’s First Rule. That book was awesome! Had I not been impressed with it, I wouldn’t have persevered through all 11 books of the series.
I finished Naked Empire even though it was in essence a paper weight made of paper. I would have quit there, but I remembered Wizard’s First Rule. So I allowed myself to suffer through Confessor, which IMO should be republished in 2 ply.
So I expected to see some redeeming factor for the books in the television series Legend of the Seeker (LOTS). LOTS, so the advertisers say, is loosely based on Wizard’s First Rule. The term “loosely”, however, is an exaggeration. The series was accurate only for its first few minutes. The chaos that ensued is a fan’s nightmare.
The first thing that pissed me off with LOTS is Zedd. His character is confusing. Consider his first appearance. He was roaming around the forest at night, naked, and holding a chicken. Who knows what he must have been doing when Kahlan caught him? Perhaps the show wanted to portray him as a quirky old man, but how come he suddenly evolves into a cliche Gandalf figure. Then in the very next episode he becomes a dirty old man having his way with a woman less than half his age! Bags! He was also supposed to keep saying “bags”!
Then there are those shining blue bottles that the Confessors use as compasses. The show tells us these hold night wisps. The show is yet to feature a live night wisp, but a dead night wisp looks like a miniature porcupine. This mini porcupine is so light a floating leaf could carry it over the river.
I could go on listing all the things that annoy me with the series, but I once consider them to be only minor revisions. I forgave the series its inadequacies for the first few episodes, but something drastic happened in one episode.
In that episode I saw Kahlan bow to a director-created-Mother Confessor. That just did it for me. Kahlan was supposed to be the Mother Confessor herself. Seeing her giving honor to a Pretender just made me snap.
In that moment, I stopped trying to like the show. It was impossible for me to like it. The storyline and characters were too brutalized that they no longer resembled what they were supposed to portray from the books.
I realized then that The Legend of the Seeker was a lie! Its Sword of Truth is made from falsehoods. Its characters are caricatures. In short, it just SUCKS.
And from the deepest crevices of my soul, with whatever love I have or used to have for the Sword of Truth saga, I appeal to fans of the books to steer clear of the series. It did not redeem the series from the blunder of Confessor. Instead, it just reminded me of the failure that was the last three books. Run away from it, quick!

*Blame it on Confessor

Who Watches the Watchmen?

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:57:58 +0000

Q: Who watches the watchmen?
A: ME!!

–but not until next week–

(Un)fantastic 4

Engr. Dr. — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:47:01 +0000

Nothing spoils an anticipation as much as a foiled presentation.

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer was worth watching because of the simple fact that its prequel was HOT. The characters were hot, but ROTSS was not HOT. The plot was flat and dry despite the parts trying to be cutsie with Mr. Fantastic’s and Invisible Woman’s wedding. It was just one lousy movie that did not justify its use of high performance CGI. They should have just thrown off half the money in production to Indie filmmakers. I’m sure it would have been spent to good use.
It just goes to show that some movies are only great in developing anticipation, but fail miserably in presentation.

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Legend of the Seeker (Spoilers and Trash Review)

Who Watches the Watchmen?

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