CHUD.com Community › Forums › SPORTS, GAMES & LEISURE › Television › 'Legend of the Seeker' worth watching?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

'Legend of the Seeker' worth watching?

post #1 of 6
2/14/12 at 7:35am
Thread Starter 

I tried watching the first episode but it had a flatness that prevented me from getting past the first five minutes. Does the show get better?  I've never read the novels and after perusing TVtropes' entries on them I never will, so fidelity to the source material isn't really a criterion. I'm more interested in whether it succeeds as fantasy entertainment- sorry, I meant as "stories that have important human themes".wink.gif

 

(sorry, couldn't resist the quote; seriously, no offense intended to fans of the books).

Reply
post #2 of 6
2/14/12 at 9:04am

That's unfortunate because the novels aren't really bad. It's one of my favorite book series.

Reply
post #3 of 6
2/14/12 at 9:06am

No way. I used to have this on in the background at work on Saturday nights. Nothing else was on, or the other choices were somehow worse.

 

I caught most of the first season. It frequently threatens to become nearly interesting, and makes you think to yourself how much fun you could potentially have with a low budget fantasy show like this, but it only occasionally rises above the bland for a few noteworthy moments of retardation. There was the one with the crappy CGI dragon, and the one where the Seeker is seeking the Seeker's brother.

 

I think it was a Sam Raimi production, like Xena. Ted Raimi even had a cameo as a shifty mapmaker or something. I never watched much Xena, but I imagine it had to be better, because Lucy Lawless actually had a personality. No one in this cast was capable of much. The wizard needed a better actor like Walter in Fringe (John Noble?) to elevate the material. And the lead guy makes Paul Walker look legendary.

Reply
post #4 of 6
2/14/12 at 8:38pm

I have a friend who was very much into the books and felt the show was an utter abomination. Just check out Game of Thrones if you haven't.

Reply
post #5 of 6
2/14/12 at 8:49pm

My wife and I made it through season 1 on dvd. Started season 2. Production values are ok. Plenty of character conflict. Not enough fantasy though. It's Xena without the charm or humor.

Reply
post #6 of 6
2/14/12 at 11:41pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post

I have a friend who was very much into the books and felt the show was an utter abomination. Just check out Game of Thrones if you haven't.



This is about right, it was an utter abomination.

Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Television
CHUD.com Community › Forums › SPORTS, GAMES & LEISURE › Television › 'Legend of the Seeker' worth watching?