One 30 second scene (which wasn't even that intense) does not reshape the other 40-some-minutes of the episode. THOSE were mediocre.
One 30 second scene (which wasn't even that intense) does not reshape the other 40-some-minutes of the episode. THOSE were mediocre.
^lulz.
Haha, it's pretty predictable, but not necessarily bad. I've gotten to episode 12 so far, it's enjoyable.Originally Posted by Raistlin
I'll be looking forward to reading the books if they indeed are better.
I thought the episode had a lot of good moments. The overall plot was predictable, but the individual parts were interesting. I loved Confessor!Kahlan and the "You can get out of my chair."
Also, Bridget Regan doing two sex scenes at once? Bravo, writers, bravo!
Yeah, that "take off your clothes... don't kiss me, just get to it" scene where they didn't actually show anything was very intense.
I didn't say anything about being intense. The episode was interesting. :expee:
1. I was really hoping Kahlan would have given the potion to Richard to make him immune to her powers, I had already forgotten about Chase.
2. So a wizard of the first order, a seeker, and a pristinely ungifted all in one family? If it turns out Darken is an evil uncle or something I'm going murder someone.
Hahaha, yeah... um...
Anyway, in the books, the whole "pristinely ungifted" thing makes a lot more sense (though not introduced until book 7). That was one example of the TV show literally taking a premise behind an entire book and cramming it into one episode, all the while butchering the parts that make the premise make sense to begin with.
In the books (SPOILER)Richard is immune to Kahlan's powers.
Ummm, close enough. The books have it that (SPOILER)Darken Rahl is Richard's father after raping his mother/Zed's daughter.
BTW episode 11, season 2, I couldn't stop laughing at the Kahlan that was the heart. They was she reacted to Cara was hilarious. Oh hysterical Kahlin is funny~
Aydendril looked majestic from without, but like a small trader's town from within. The Tower of Aydendril I always imagined was a lot more beautiful than what they showed in the TV series. :/
I advise you not to read either of TSoL's spoilers, and I don't know why he'd even post them, since you were going to read the books anyway.
You just described most of the episodes.
That's the main problem with the series: they take really great storylines and cram them into one episode, and then they are "resolved" and never mentioned again, when they would've made a really great arc. Meanwhile the whole season is based on one big arc that hardly ever gets any progress until the season finale. The show is way too episodic, and they've really dropped the ball in going that route, when the books did have a lot of potential to be turned into a great show.
Still pretty though.
Totally not going to read the spoilers.
I'm not even sure which point this refers to, but I still don't like the implications.
Well, that's actually kind of a relief. I'll be looking forward to that then, but when should I actually start the books? The show is barely on the tail end of season 2 and it seems that they don't really follow a set order.
You can start the books whenever you want. Though if you want to follow Shlup's advice of TV show before books, you might want to wait until you finish the second season. The first season's arcing plot roughly corresponds to the events of the first book, and so far the second season very (very) loosely corresponds to the second. I can't see a point in waiting months/years for every season to come out first, though.
Yeah, that certainly didn't seem like a very promising prospect. I'll wait until the end of the second season, I'm just about to start it and then I should have plenty of time until the beginning of season 3 to read.
Yeah, I think you've got a fair head start with the series and can start the books whenever. The second season is bullting it's way through book two but whatever, it's not that close that you should worry about trailing through the whole series.
A third season isn't even confirmed yet anyway.
Man, it better continue or I'm going to be pissed.
I'd miss Khalan.
I'll see about getting all the books soon on eBay or something.
EDIT:smurfing hell. Darken is Richard's brother? I just thought he was lying when he told Jensen that. smurfing keeping it in the family.
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