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Legend of the Seeker has turned into Terry Goodkind fan fiction.

it’s like a bunch of fans got together and said, “hey, what if instead of Jennson and Richard being siblings because of lord Rahl, they had the same mother, Zedd’s daughter…. and what if Jennson showed up really early on and stole the boxes of Orden from Rahl, com’mon it makes sense since magic can’t touch her… and what if Richard didn’t kill Denna, thus turning the sword white and learning both sides of the sword’s magic, but instead let her live on the run from Rahl’s wrath…. and what if you didn’t need any fancy Book of Counted Shadows to decipher the Magic of Orden, just throw the boxes together and you’re suddenly the ruler of the world… and who cares about how it’s the Ralh line that spawns the pristinely ungifted…” (although in fairness, there was nothing that said Rahl wasn’t their father)

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the sexiest Legend of the Seeker yet.

I liked it for a completely non-canon episode. in this episode we learn about an ancient Seeker who fell in love with his Confessor, and apparently lost his mind to her power… to the point where their wizard had to step in and get the Confessor to commit suicide to free the Seeker from her power, but instead drove the Seeker to killing innocent people in his rage… and from this we learn that Richard and Kahlan can really really never be together.

i was entertained, but not overly impressed. i prefer episodes that somehow relate to the books.

i totally called the tracer cloud at the end … and i wonder where Zedd is going to hide the box. back in the Westlands maybe? that’s where the next episode takes place. (i saw gars in the previews, too). in the book, i think they give the box to traitorous brother Michael, who promptly turns it over to Lord Rahl.

seven minutes in and i’m annoyed already. this episode feels contrived to show flashbacks to let us know ‘the story so far’. i’m not interested in this at all, except that Giller is supposed to be in this one.

i actually want to fast forward though this flash-backy nonsense. i don’t think i’ll miss anything.

now that’s cute. Richard goes from being happy that his dad’s alive to despair that Kahlan ain’t real.

are we going to get an explanation as to how stars can appear in front of the moon (or rather what they are, cause they aren’t stars) or are the makers of this show so ignorant of astronomy?

more flash backs. fasty forwardy. my god. this whole show is staged flash-backs. thank you, but i’ve seen these episodes already. (more…)

what the hell. i thought Kahlan was the Mother Confessor. apparently she’s not, and this strange chick appearing from nowhere with an entourage and a night wisp is. i thought at least Kahlan’s mother was the Mother Confessor. is that true in the series?
the Mother Confessor, in her infinite wisdom has decided to round up her surviving Confessors and evacuate to a hidden island. this, naturally, will not jive with Kahlan, as she is of the Richard School of fight, don’t run. ah, the Mother chick just wanted to give Kahlan the choice. all that is left of the Confessors is the Mother and her couple of side kicks. one lost a hand to Nass, who is taking trophies.
suddenly some random guy appears looking for Kahlan’s dead sister (from the pilot episode) … only the sister can’t be dead if this guy is still under her Confessor power.
so Kahlan must find her and rescue her.
why do Confessors have such impractically long sleeves? they must catch on everything.
speaking of sleeves, Zedd just regrew that Confessor chick’s hand. (more…)

the circumstances of this episode vastly differ from those in the book, however, i like it. overall, i have been rather impressed with how they’ve managed to squeeze in bits from the book into this series. i still wish Gellar were involved. but i guess fewer characters makes for more action with the main characters.
Zedd the entertainer. i like it.
RACHAEL. whilst the evil princess Violet goes off to get some jewelry, Zedd is left with Rachael. here’s is where he’ll do all Gellar’s stuff.
meanwhile, Richard and Kahlan attack some guards to stall Lord Rahl from going to Tammerang (sp) and getting the box. Richard kills a guard Kahlan was going to Confess because he didn’t think Kahlan was going to Confess him fast enough, and she’s pissed that Richard is being to protective. but they have the guard’s journey book. (more…)

ah. Denna. for once, a character appears as i imagined. (well for second; Kahlen works.)
they’re talking about Kahlan betraying Richard, as Shota predicted. i shoulda re-read the books.
i know Shota has some sort of anti-Kahlan thing, but I think it doesn’t really culminate until Temple of the Winds… the “She’ll betray him ‘in her blood’” thing. ugh. that scene is still ingrained in my mind, and i read that book over 10 years ago. anyhow, this episode is gonna take me all evening to watch if i keep pausing it to ruminate.
holy shit. they’re making out. and she still hasn’t told him about her power. instead she stalks off without explanation and decides to leave them.
woah. she just said that there are other Confessors in hiding. that is so not canon. all the Confessors are supposed to be dead. (of course it makes more sense that there’s some alive in hiding, but that’s beside the point.)
nice little confrontation between Kahlan and Richard; and she just told him that she has no feelings for him. that may have been the first scene in which i found Richard truly believable. maybe i’m just really getting into this episode.
hell yeah. Mord Sith. how are they gonna G rate this now? (more…)

finally i got to see the first episode of LotS. it answered some questions about the show.

mainly, it appears that Richard did not read the entire Book of Counted Shadows. i wonder how they’re going to end the season, then. unless Richard just pretends to have the book memorized, when all he knows is the first line, which is arguably the most important. I’ll see soon enough.

i don’t like that they changed Richard’s mother. In the book, she brought him across the boundary and married the widowed Mr Cypher, to die years later in a fire. In this TV series, she was left behind in Brennaden and might even be alive. eh. i don’t like that.

i still wish Richard was more manly and less boyish.

i’m glad to see Shota’s in this episode, although i think her role is going to be completely different than in the book. but what’s new? besides, i hardly remember what she did in the book aside from keep that freak (was his name Samuel?) who used to be a seeker, but because he wasn’t the true seeker, he’d turned into a mutant.
this show is so silly. but i still like it.
this merchant’s son guy reminds me of a young Dean Winters, a little in the face, but mostly in the way he speaks. henceforth, he shall be known as Ryan O’Reilly.
i think i can see where this episode is going. Ryan O’Reilly has an arranged marriage he doesn’t look forward to, Richard envies this guys domesticity. Shota wants to save Richard, so she switches the two for Richard’s own good (well, i know she switches them, it’s in the episode description) to save Richard’s life. ’cause that’s what Shota does. she does what she thinks is for your own good, meanwhile, you don’t like what she does. but generally her intentions are good. (more…)

why is richard chopping fruit in the air with his sword? now it’s invisible fruit. how Jedi.
i like Zed’s little wizard’s rules that he spouts. too bad it’s not the same rules as in the book.
ha. richard gets distracted by a nekkid kahlan and someone steals the horses. then Richard runs and catches up to galloping horses, jumps on, rides a bit. then is knocked off.
double ha. Zed seems to making up the rules as he goes.
this new village Drendril, looks a lot like the last village. they seem to be reusing sets here.
the gimmick this episode is a hokey love potion that works only a minute or two.
how did richard get a vision of the horse thief. is it a seeker thing? how convenient.
oh, so there’s an assortment of potions. potions are boring.
oooo. a fight scene. they’re trying to get their horses from the potion dude.
i like it when Kahlan uses her power. it’s one of the few things in this show that seems to live up to expectations.
a potion in richard’s drink gave him his vision.
how convenient that the old shop dude instantly recognized the SWORD of TRUTH.
ooo. evil wizard in the neighborhood.
the potions represent drugs. the townspeople are addicted to them. OMG. how silly. (more…)

watching another episode of legend of the seeker.

it pisses me off how hasty Richard is, wanting to jump in and rescue the kid, jeopardizing everything. that’s not Richard. Richard isn’t that stupid. maybe i’m just remembering his character differently. he was always hard headed, but i don’t think he was stupid.

hmm. that’s not how i’ve been pronouncing Zeddicus all these years.

aw. well isn’t that just tragic. the father sold the son. tragic and cliche.

woah. they’re going to find the Sisters of the Light. i hope they’re like the sisters from the book. but Thandor? WTF. never heard of it. they keep making up towns in this show.

this kid is a dick. funny, but a dick.

at least Kahlan can kick ass too.

Richard is wounded. how much you want to bet they have to go to the Sisters of the Light to get him healed?

gee, i didn’t know Kahlan was friends with the Sisters of the Light. ok, now they’ve completely screwed up Kahlan’s back story. That’s not her story at all. Here we go with Thandor and the Sisters of the Light again. Kahlan did not live there. What happened to Aydindril and the Confessors Palace? this is bull shit. (more…)