I have to warn everyone that if you have read the series and you really like
it, try to stay away from the show. It is loosely based on the books with
many differences, and in my opionion Richard is cast completly wrong
(totally not what I imagined when I read the books).
Jeff
2008/11/2 Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Thanks for the heads up. I've set the DVR to record. it took me a
> minute to find the first two episodes since I had missed them and I had to
> do a little research to figure out what I had missed but WGN has them
> rerunning this week. I set up a location station to record the rest of the
> series. I haven't read the books and I don't know anything about it but I
> figured it was worth a shot.
>
> B
>
> --- On *Sun, 11/2/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >* wrote:
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [scifinoir2] "Legend of the Seeker" Series Debuts This Weekend
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 1:33 AM
>
> Watching this series debut this weekend? It's based on the "Sword of
> Truth" novels by Terry Goodkind. I've never read them, though I have several
> of the books in that "gotta read this someday" stack. Seems they're taking
> it seriously: filming is primarilty down in New Zealand, with Raimi and
> Tapert ("Hercules", "Xena") as two of the executive producers, and
> Disney-ABC behind the distribution deal. iTunes is offering a free 30
> -minute downloadable preview of the series, and Lucy Lawless has done a
> video hosting spot too. Check out the web site, it's pretty nice, with lots
> of video trailers you can click on, including the first ten minutes of the
> pilot, as well as video shorts featuring each of the major characters. In
> the upper right hand corner is a zip code link to let you know when it will
> show in your area. It debuted Saturday in many cities, and will debut today
> in others (Premieres at 6 pm today on WATL in Atlanta, Martin). Like the old
> days of "Xe na", the "Action Pack", etc., apparently the syndication deal
> will have it showing in different time slots and channels around the
> country.
>
> Don't know if it'll be just okay like "Beastmaster" , or rise to the level
> of "Hercules" and "Xena" when those shows were at their best, but hey--it's
> new spec fiction on TV, so I'll give it a shot! Gotta be better than that
> new "Crusoe" series that debuted last week!
>
>
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>
> http://www.legendof theseeker. com/characters.
> html<http://www.legendoftheseeker.com/characters.html>
>
> *Richard Cypher* was once but a simple woodsman, an expert tracker and
> explorer of the trails that run through and around his home town of
> Hartland, located in the province known as Westland. He was well liked by
> the townspeople, and looked up to his older brother, Michael, the First
> Councilor. Their father, George Cypher, raised the two boys after the death
> of his wife.
>
> Life was an uneventful series of tasks and duties for Richard, until fate
> brought him together with a mysterious and captivating female, Kahlan
> Amnell. From a seemingly crazed old man, Zedd, the truth was soon revealed
> to Richard. He is a child of prophecy, the first true Seeker the world has
> known in a thousand years, destined to wield the powerful Sword of Truth and
> defeat the evil tyrant Darken Rahl.
>
> *Kahlan Amnell. *She is one of an ancient order of magical women known as
> Confessors. Her people are sworn to find the truth, no matter how hard
> someone may try to hide it. But Kahlan herself is a woman of many secrets.
> And her mission was to locate the Seeker, the one prophesized to defeat
> Darken Rahl, an evil ruler trying to enslave all in his dominion. Kahlan
> risked everything to find Richard Cypher. But what she didn't expect was to
> develop feelings for him.
>
> With a single touch, Kahlan can make anyone confess the truth. And she can
> command any man to do her bidding. However, those who confess to Kahlan also
> fall hopelessly in love with her. It is her power. It is what makes people
> in the Midlands respect Kahlan. Fear her. And it is Kahlan's curse, for she
> finds herself drawn to Richard, as he does to her. But theirs is a love that
> can never be fulfilled. For Kahlan must endure the lonely life of a
> Confessor. And her purpose is to make certain Richard realizes the destiny
> of the Seeker, to stop the ruthless Darken Rahl. Nothing else matters for
> Kahlan, not even her own happiness.
>
> This is the embodiment of pure evil, in the face and golden form of a
> handsome young man. *Darken Rahl* wants nothing less than total dominion
> over all of the free world. He has expanded his empire of tyranny far beyond
> his homeland of D'Hara and into the Midlands, town by town, person by
> person. In the words of the wizard Zedd: "Rahl's cruelty, his joy in the
> agonizing pain of others, is equaled only by the mask of gentleness he wears
> to draw his victims into his spell, and then enslave them forever."
>
> Through the use of dark magic and sorcery, evil wizards, duplicitous
> collaborators and legions of soldiers, Rahl has stopped at nothing to
> achieve his ultimate goal. And nothing stands in his way, except the
> prophecy of the Seeker. This is the one man who can take down Darken Rahl,
> free the people enslaved under his rule and restore peace to the world. Now
> that Richard Cypher is revealed to be the true Seeker, Rahl has targeted him
> for death. Two men on a collision course with destiny. Only one will
> survive.
>
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