The Legend of the Seeker

I started watching "The Legend of the Seeker" the first day it aired and for those that dont know it is the TV version of Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series. At first I thought it was going to be great. The producers followed the book fairly well in the first 30 min and all was good. But then some strange events started taking place and I lost interest due to irritation on how far they stray from the actual story. After skipping the rest of the episodes, and taking some time to reflect, I went back and watched all the episodes that were available on the programs website. I now find myself, although still disappointed that the story is not the book, really quite enjoying it. I was just wondering how everyone else felt about the TV series.

I've watched a few episodes, and I liked it so far. I think the trick is to just think of it as totally separate from the books.

I've watched Seeker since the first episode and love it. I have never read any of the books it's based on so I had no expectations. I love fantasy in general and there is definitely very little of it on TV. I also figured since it was done by the same people that did Xena it would be good.

Kahlan rocks!

I also have never read the books. I have heard that the first book sometimes dwells rather heavy-handedly on scenes of torture and child abuse... I'm glad that seems to be missing from the TV show. The tone of the show is just right IMHO... not too campy, but at the same time not morose or over-the-top. It's great entertainment fluff with an extremely strong but feminine heroine. Though I do wish Richard was cast a little older and more rugged... instead of a wiry too-eager-to-please puppy.

I also wish the romance was a little more subtle. The writers really dropped the ball with prolonging the romantic tension.

Again, my only frame of reference is the show itself. I hope it sparks a renaissance of first-run syndicated TV so that there can be more niche programming like this that isn't at the mercy of one network.

I've also been enjoying the TV series, after having read the first couple of books. It does depart from them. I agree with the comment that the trick is to treat them as totally separate. To me, it's like "The Dresden Files", which was a very enjoyable (but short-lived) cable TV series that didn't follow the books very closely at all.

I think the actor playing the First Wizard may be the same guy who played the kooky airplane pilot in "The Road Warrior" movie many years ago.

I've also been enjoying the TV series, after having read the first couple of books. It does depart from them. I agree with the comment that the trick is to treat them as totally separate. To me, it's like "The Dresden Files", which was a very enjoyable (but short-lived) cable TV series that didn't follow the books very closely at all.

I think the actor playing the First Wizard may be the same guy who played the kooky airplane pilot in "The Road Warrior" movie many years ago.

At first I was disappointed in the series since it deviated from the books a little too much for my tastes and I was having trouble trying to figure how they were going to resolve these "problems" they were creating....but now I'm just enjoying it for the good series that it is. I'm viewing some of the episodes that didn't appear in the books as just side quests that didn't make it into the books. Overall I'm enjoying the series.

I've never read the books but I'm quite enjoying the series.

I really like Zedd. The actor who plays him makes an awesome wizard in my opinion.

One of my favorite episodes was "Puppeteer".

Ya i am a die hard fan of the book series and can't get into the tv at all. I couldn't even make it through the first episode. I tried i really tried. I might try again since a lot of u seem to like it but it just has absolutely nothing to do with the book series other than some character names and a general plot.

Yeah I know what you mean Nostiger. But like I said earlier after stepping back and looking at it like harpua said, just side journeys that were not in the book. some times its still hard because there are characters that get killed off in a different way or way too early.

I caught half of an episode a few weeks ago. the first thing I thought was "Cool, a fantasy series on tv". But I haven't seen it since then. (I'm not a big tv watcher)

Have they done any chickens-as-evil-manifest yet?

See here if you have no idea what I'm talking about. Goodkind's prose style is, umm, unique, I guess you could say.

Ok after the last episode the series has totally strayed from the book. I am still finding myself attached to it though. Anyone else?

I found the TV series first and picked up Wizards First Rule, but I think I enjoyed the TV series better, as kooky as it is. The book felt very cheesy in moments and I much prefer the kick-butt Kahlan in the TV series as opposed to the book-Kahlan who doesn't do all that much except angst about her powers.

Not that the TV series is perfect by any means, but as someone said previously, decent fantasy on TV is hard to get.

Did anyone else recognize the actor playing Darken Rahl? It's Haldir from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings!

Sunny_jim: you're absolutely right on about the romance. It seems like many of the past few episodes have just been "oh let's get Kahlan and Richard nearly naked for some reason". Yawn.