So, anybody watched the Legend of the Seeker?
Our library just bought the complete series on DVD. My Dad and us kids watch it together. I like it, except for the scary monsters/gore, and the *ahem* relationships between some of the characters.

Red and I watched the first season, and most of the second. Season one is fairly racy. Season two only gets worse, and one scene in particular that made us drop it altogether.

As far as story goes, the first couple episodes were good, memory serves, but then it sort of dropped off into typical 'Hollywood.'

- Terra

I read one of the books back when I was in high school - a friend (now a missionary) got me one out of the middle of the series because he knew I liked fantasy, but he hadn't read any of them. Stone of Tears wasn't too, too bad... but then my sister snagged the first one, and UGH! Yick.

I could get over the fact that concept-wise, The Sword of Truth :: The Wheel of Time as Deep Space 9 :: Babylon 5, but Goodkind went way, way beyond my limits for smut.

As a result, I haven't given the show a chance.

My dad's read some of the books. He says they are worse then the show. But even the distilled version of the books in the show is bad.
It's kind of like Terry Goodkind had no morals/scruples to block him letting all the darkness he thought of into his novel.

I didn't even know the show had been books, origionally.

Some of the world building and the concepts are fascinating, but the show certainly has issues. My best friend loves it, so I am well versed in the Seeker.

I hate the way the afterlife works in the show. Everyone goes to the Underworld, and the Evil Bad Guy is in charge of it. So, everyone goes to hell, pretty much. Really dismal. Though maybe I've missed something.

Richard reminds me of my cousin

Nope, you didn't miss anything. That's the basic premis. And what is up with no one staying down there, I mean seriously? Why kill people in the series when they all get brought back all the time?

Especially once they introduced the whole banling thing.

Memory serves, Richard dies at least twice per seasons.



- Terra

Does he really? *shakes head *

Thankfully for us Richard fans, he does come back by the end of each episode.

True.

I just saw this post and had to pipe up. I love Legend of the Seeker! It's my husband's and my favorite tv show.
The magic system is very original. The good vs evil is pretty black and white. The bad guy (Darken Rahl) is about the ideal bad guy. He is cunning, wicked, good looking and not a coward.
There is justice, mercy, courage, and hope.
But the part I like the very most, is the love story between Richard and Kahlan. It is a love story not often told in movies or books.
Richard and Kahlan really, truly love each other, but their love is not a selfish one. They cannot be together intimately because doing so would not only destroy the love they have for each other, but it would also compromise their mission - to free an oppressed people from the evil tyrant Rahl. Love is not just an emotion.
As a Christian, I come away from the show, hoping that I would be like that, putting God and what is right, before the one person in all the world whom I love with all my heart and would give up everything in this world to be with. If I had to choose, could I choose what is right over him? I know a couple, very well, in fact, where the husband's love for his wife took priority over what was the right thing to do by their children. It is currently having dire consequences for their family.

I have not read the books, though I hope too (I'm just afraid I won't like them as well as the movies). But the show is great.


I was talking with my husband about that last night, because I had a hard time with it (you go there whether you do good or evil). But he had a very good point. In most every culture in history (with very few exceptions) that was what it was like in the afterlife. When you died, whether you were a good person or not, you went to the underworld, period. Without Christ, that is basically what happens.

Anyhow, those are my thoughts.

Nice post there, Layla. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Have not seen the show but the books are mediocre, in my opinion.

I agree that is why they did it. As you said, it is a common way to approach things.