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The
Legend of the Seeker
will be the last
notable first-run
syndication show.
There are hundreds
of channels,
on-demand
programming, DVRs,
internet television,
tons of DVD, Blu-ray,
and Netflix… tons of
competing things for
consumers’
attention. It’s
amazing that it
lasted two seasons,
but it was produced
Sam Raimi and a
group of others.
Raimi is seasoned as
a producer of
first-run
syndication shows-
he produced
Hercules
and
Xena:
Warrior Princess-
two shows that had
amazing runs in
first-run
syndication. Still,
the show was
canceled after two
seasons and it made
sense for it to
happen. There’s just
not an audience for
the genre anymore,
it’s a sign of the
times. The good news
is that for people
who loved the show-
they can own the two
seasons on DVD.
Season two of the
show has our hero
Richard Cypher, The
Seeker, fresh off of
his victory over
Darken Rahl. But
things aren’t right
with the world.
There’s a tear
between the
underworld and the
normal world that
opened up when
Darken Rahl fell,
and that’s allowing
him to wreak havoc
on the good people
by serving the ruler
of the underworld.
Basically it’s pretty
simple, with the aid
of Zeddicus "Zedd"
Zu'l Zorander- the
Wizard, and Kahlan
Amnell- the
Confessor, it’s up
to Richard Cypher
the Seeker to save
the day.
There
are lots of things
wrong with this
show- special
effects budget might
not have been the
best in the world,
the acting in
first-run
syndication has
never been
spectacular (Kevin
Sorbo might be up
for an Oscar in
2015, but I’ll still
place bets against
it)
and
the casting of
extras… well it’s
usually a little
weird.
Anyway, this
thing had its
problems but it also
had its positives.
The source material
of the show is
awesome with that
being
The Sword of
Truth book series by
Terry Goodkind, and
the show paid homage
to the books well.
The action scenes
were cool in the
show when they were
there, and they
didn’t ever stray
from some violence
even though the show
would ran during
some pretty odd
times.
The
second season of
Legend of the Seeker
isn’t as good as the
first season because
the original story
was superior, but
it’s still cool
following these
characters through
another large
adventure… even if
some of the more
serious moments end
up being a little
comical.
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