Legend of the Seeker

Show Info

Genre(s): Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Created By: Terry Goodkind (Book)

First Air Date: November 1, 2008

Summary

Starring Craig Horner, Bridgey Regan, Bruce Spence, Craig Parker, and Jay Laga'aia

The producers of syndicated hits "Hercules" and "Xena" look for a hat trick with its latest fantasy show based on Terry Goodkind's books.

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 64 User Votes

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R C gave it a10:
Having not read the books on which the series is based, I can't say whether the show is faithful/not faithful to the characters, plot, etc. That said, this is probably my new favorite show. Yes, the pilot and the first few episodes were a little rough, but as the series progressed, the character interactions and plot deepened. I'm on episode 12 right now (watching online), but I can't wait to see the rest of season 1 (and start season 2 this November!!).

Xero W gave it a0:
I understand that this isn't suppose to be taken directly from the book but Wizards First Rule is my favorite book. I am particular in a lot of things but there are other things I can overlook, such as Richard's young looking age, but other I just cannot get passed, like the Boundry being breached in the first episode and Richard the woods guide can take down multiple battle hardened D'haran solders. I know that the show is very very loosely. Just because I can put a BMW logo on a 70's style volks wagon van, doesn't make it a BMW. The same goes for this show. I have to admit I'm very disappointed and haven't watched it since my heart broke after the first episode

Chris P gave it a3:
I wanted to see everything i'd imagined from the books in technicolor glory, but so far it's been disappointing. Many of the facts from the book have been twisted, there are few surprises, the viewer is told everything at a different time than in the books, arg... so many irregularities. I'm of the opinion it could've been converted to the screen and still appeal to the masses, this translation has been poor. Sadly i won't be continuing to watch, i'll keep up the reading though.

kess c gave it a9:
The season got better and darker towards the mid-season.

Z H gave it a9:
Very entertaining show. Although it is different than the books in MANY ways, I feel the show is a good watch. The only 3 things I would even attempt to watch besides this are Fox Saturday Afternoon Baseball or Iron Chef America. This show is much more entertaining than either of them. I will admit that the show started off extremely weak. But after watching more episodes it picked up speed. It ended on a high point, and the entire season as a whole was quite good.

Sam B gave it a2:
I tried watching it under the context that it was a different story from the books. On three separate occasions I have tried watching it and was too bored. I felt like turning off the tv was a more productive thing to do. Why isn't it a 1? The sword fight was sick. But i don't think I could watch the show just for that.

Jon C gave it a3:
I guess I had too high expectations for the series. I know they had to omit stuff which is acceptable, but they changed things also. Stuff like Zedd saying a weird incarnation to get the thorn out of his hand, and smoke shaped like a snake popping out, give me a break. That's not how magic works in that universe, and they didn't even use magic at all to do it in the books. Or the barrier being green and glowing and definite like that, and of course they have to use magic catapult juice to bring it down. Or how there was a ring of fire around Richard when he got the sword, and suddenly a bolt of lightning comes down and touches it. Sorry but there is too much of that cheap, Saturday morning kind of fantasy in it for my taste (which I guess is the only thing Raimi is good at). I couldn't stand to see one of my favorite book series get changed (mauled really) like that.

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