The Sword of Truth Series (AKA RaistlinxTheMan luvluv)

[Raistlin]

I had to fight the urge at times to turn off this episode. I know it's a campy show and I've been entertained by it for a good while, but it seems to have lost any effort to take itself seriously at all. A ruler who makes women speak in poetry? Cara dressing up, Zedd cross-dressing? Richard having to make out with an ugly girl? Richard then being forced into marrying that girl? Jesus Christ.

Also, Cara cutting out and eating the raw liver was gross. Not exactly my idea of seduction. Kahlan's quip at the end about Cara's cleavage was amusing, though.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I liked Cara dressing up, I pretty much drooled all over myself. But Richard and Zedd's situations just were awkward for me and made me uncomfortable watching.

But the episode was pretty whack, the poetry bit was retarded and just made me mad.

[Breine]

I'm seriously not surprised by the campy and silly nature of this episode, considering the fact that the people behind this show also produced shows like Xena and Hercules (that sometimes got a whole lot more campy than this episode ever did - and they did it better imo).
It definitely wasn't a great episode, but I thought it had its moments. E.g. Cara being forced into uncomfortable and amusing situations, and Richard looking ridonkulously silly with that blonde hair of his.

[Miriel]

So I read Wizard's First Rule and simply put, it is the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. It was pure .

Worse than all the drivel Stephanie Meyers or Dan Brown has ever put out. I mean my god, this book makes Twilight seem GREAT in comparison.

The fact that anyone was able to look through that steaming pile of crap and pull from it a few positive things to use for the TV show is mindboggling to me. Whoever did that is a smurfing genius.

Repetitive (!!!) juvinile writing, awful annoying characters who are stupid to the point of retardation and who just cry all the time, and a plot that's just frustrating and pointless. Ugh.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Worse than all the drivel Stephanie Meyers or Dan Brown has ever put out. I mean my god, this book makes Twilight seem GREAT in comparison.

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[Shlup]

I lol'd.

Please read Stone of Tears. If you think Wizard's First Rule was bad you must read the second one. Maybe the third. You must not stop reading until every single character that is ever even briefly mentioned has been raped! Don't worry, it doesn't take long.

The dude is so demented. It's like "Hey, there's an epic battle going on, I'm going to say a couple of lines about the blood and then spend the rest of the chapter describing the rape."

Terri Goodkind is smurfed up.

P.S. I'm like halfway through Temple of the Winds (book four) but I haven't read it since FFXIII came out...

[Raistlin]

So I read Wizard's First Rule and simply put, it is the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. It was pure .

Worse than all the drivel Stephanie Meyers or Dan Brown has ever put out. I mean my god, this book makes Twilight seem GREAT in comparison.

It is not nearly that bad. The characters get much better, too, and are the main reason I enjoyed the series. The writing has good and bad periods, but picks up after the first couple books. The plot is also SO much more deep and complex than the TV show, and actually becomes quite engaging once you get into the series.

If you want crazy, though, read or listen to any of Goodkind's interviews. They're kind of entertaining in a "wow, is this guy connected to reality?" kind of way.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Just saw the latest episode, I missed Kahlan.

I'd say it wasn't a bad episode, it was nice seeing how things turned out with Kahlan's father. And seeing some character growth from Nicci was cool too.

I'd write more but I'm tired.

[Raistlin]

My response to the last episode: bye bye, 6th book. Yes, yet again they condensed an entire book (probably the best in the series) and butchered it into an episode.

However, not considering the books, it actually was a pretty strong episode for the TV series. I can't forgive them for using the terrible spider things again, but overall not bad.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Lol. I suppose I can appreciate it more not having read the books yet so I don't really know how things are supposed to play out. But damn, that does suck.

[Shlup]

Seeing as I'm still on book four, I thought it was a great episode. Darker than usual. Loved it.

[Raistlin]

Oh man, where are you in book four? That book far and away has the most disturbing scenes in the series.

[Breine]

I rather enjoyed this episode a lot. It's probably one of the best in a while.

I thought the story was handled well, especially considering it could have been dealt with in a very cliché and bad manner. The next episode looks like it's gonna turn up the volume of epicness as well. It's gonna be interesting seeing the actress from "Whale Rider".

[Raistlin]

Yeah, the last episode was certainly a good episode for the series. I am also very happy the show actually did something interesting with Nicci's character -- it's different from her dramatic development in book 6, but it seems like it could be very interesting.

[Shlup]

I'm at the part where Kahlan went to visit Shota and they're having a very awkward tea party.