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Terry Goodkind's Wizards First Rule to be a miniseries
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Hmm I wonder how the S&M, and leather outfits will be portrayed...
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big fan of the books... this has a lot of potential to be very cool
hopefully it wont be neutered for TV... |
I'm looking forwards to this. I really hope it's well done, the way lord of the rings was... there is just so much material to cover, i'm wondering what will be cut out
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I never really got into the style of these books, so maybe this may help with the whole understanding thang.
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thanks! -Mav |
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They have a good summary of the 9 novels there. |
Yea, I just read phantom. Waiting this next however long for the next book is going to be excruciating. While I'll be interested in seeing the mini-series, I know damn well they're going to fuck it up.
It might be decent though. Casting is going to be absolutely crucial. Id love to see who they cast for Chase. Richard and Kahlan I'm sure will not fit my imagination. Seeing how they dress the Mord Sith (Please Please Please don't ruin my fantasy about THEIR costumes) will be interesting. However, I don't know how you can put the kind of torture inflicted on Richard on a TV screen for a general audience. Maybe an HBO miniseries? Then it would have serious potential. I just don't want to see it on CBS. As said previously, there is some seriously brutal things in the whole series, much less Wizards First Rule alone. But it's part of what makes you get into the series. The blinding hatred for some characters, the realism, etc etc. Any of you ever read Feists Riftwar Saga? That's a set of books I'd love to see turned into some movies. But they have to be Rated R movies, or whats the point? |
I read one or two books in the series and enjoyed them very much, just never got around to any of the others, also had no idea it was such a long running series.
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Just finished Phantom. I have got to say, the more I read of this series, the more I am convinced that Terry Goodkind has a f*cking snakepit for a brain. I'll read the last one, and probably even enjoy it, but I don't see any point whatsoever in making a video production of it.
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snakepit for a brain? Haha, mind elaborating?
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if your gonna talk about phantom make another thread, one marked spoilers... not all of us can afford to buy the hardback and its nearly impossilbe to get at the libraries right now... |
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If you were but a bit closer man, I'd offer to send you my hardback copy, you could read it, and send it back to me. Provided you were kind on books that is. I enjoy sharing my books, its just the few that have come back to me broken and bruised, and or not come back at all that bother me. Though that's not a bad idea... TFP book exchange, I send you one youve never read, you send me one I've never read, when we're done send em back, or to someone else on a list... Hmm.... Possibilities. |
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On the other hand, if you get a kick out of his stuff, I have to heartily recommend American Psycho, the only book that ever made me nauseous. So what I am getting at is, I suppose, the books can be a good-ish read in a sort of Robert Jordan meets Steven King sort of way, but, for my money, I think they would make a lousy miniseries. Everyone's a little sick in the head, and that responds to this sort of thing on the printed page, but when someone else is defining the pictures for you, I think you'll find that there aren't a lot of people who are precisely that kind of sick. (No Spoilers here, unless a lot more of the same is a spoiler.) |
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I know what you mean... 99% of the time books I've read dont even look like they've been read... dont crease the spine or fold the pages or anything... occasionally on a camping trip or something the odd book will get a lil messed up... but nothing too bad... especially a loaner book... and yah he does have a pretty twisted mind... a couple books ago it seemed like he was getting a bit preachy...but that seemed to lighten up in chainfire |
I read Wizard's First Rule and enjoyed it very much. Never picked up any of the others though, don't know why. Will have to start again if Raimi is at the helm!
And don't worry about "softening the content" for television until we see what channel it's playing on. For all we know it will be on HBO, which would be a perfect fit. |
Does the writing get any better?
I picked up Wizard's First Rule a few weeks ago and I just can't seem to find my way through it. I've tried for the last two nights to read just a little bit more in the hopes of jumpstarting my interest, but no such luck; I read a few pages and then just replace the bookmark. I like the story, I dig the characters, but the writing is just...I don't know...too clunky? disjointed? |
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That said, I think WFR picks up a lot in the second half so if you persevere it may get better for you. |
Well, I rather like his writing style personally. I critique it as I'm reading, but I do that with any book.
As for his gore-a-thon running through all the books, yea, I'd have to agree, it can be over the top. I mean, detailed battle scenes full of gore is one thing... Dreaming up reading limited prophecy from human entrails, tons of rape and sodomy, and gaining entrance to the underworld by pouring molten lead down a little boys throat... Yea, it's over the top. Then again, while it's extreme, I don't imagine any of us would be any less sickened were we to witness say a... Civil War med tent? |
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Either way, I like the story and I'd like to see what Raimi does with it. |
[QUOTE=Tophat665]Well, it seems to me that in all the books he really dwells on the horror of any number of horrid situations.
Right I think that anyone who agrees with this needs a little dose of reallity. What do you think goes on during a war? It's not just simple killing, it's a lot more than that. Wars are horrific and believe it or not in some cases it is worse than what Terry discribes. Torture is part of war and so is all the horror that goes along with it. Terry Goodkind isn't afraid to show this reallity in his books. War is a terrible thing which is only really understood by those who have lived through one. As for the miniseries I hope it's good but a movie can never be as good as a book. |
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I read Wizard's First Rule, and while I thought it was 'ok', I didn't like it enough to continue reading. It seemed about like Robert Jordan, if RJ were into S&M. :-)
Plus, the...well...ickyness kinda bugged me. I mean, whatever hapenned to the days when wearing all black and a pointy beard was enough to prove you were the bad guy? |
Actually I think the first is book is the most "horrific". The later books don't have so much S&M. But anyway like I said that's the reallity of evil and war.
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Spoiler: I have no idea how they would get past the whole TOTW entrance/"betray him with her blood"/oral sex thing on TV. Cross that bridge when we get to it I suppose. |
I think the first three books are ok, then THE EXACT SAME THING keeps happening over and over again. Like, jeez, how many times can Kalahan and what's his face be mad at each other, or kidnapped, or seperated, or replaced by an evil twin, or whatever?
And seriously... Mord Sith? That guy has more issues than a magazine rack at Barnes and Noble. I would suscribe to HBO again if they had a series based on George RR Martin's books... but NOOOOO gotta go for Terry Goodkin. $0.02 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ryGoodkind.jpg See... he's actually a robot. A secret S&M robot come to SPANK YOU!:lol: |
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read my sig nuff said umm also you gotta remember in faith of the fallen.. er.. spoiler warning verna said.. i want to hear his screams when cara worked that turd over that killed warren.. wish they flayed him also. grr i liked warrens caracter. I bonded with him alot. |
Wizard First Rule cast
Daniel Cudmore as Richard http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/...n3_cast_11.jpg
Famke Jansen as Denna http://www.celebritypictureshow.com/img/famke_xmen.jpg Kelly Hu as Constance http://www.askmen.com/specials/2005_...3_kelly_hu.jpg Tyler Mane as Chase http://brutrec.nofate.ru/faces/tman.jpg Chantal Cousineau as Khalan just go see her picture here : http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/11549...eau,%20Chantal Let me know what you think about my choice |
Interesting...I would be skeptical as to how they couldconvincingly pull this story off on TV. Even HBO. Atleast from the perspective of someone that has read the entire series so far. His work does tend to dwell on extreme pain alot too,I have often thought about what kind of person he is, to be so transfixed by pain. I believe in every book there is several chapters devoted to one character or another being subjected to more pain then....well, more pain then 2 Terry Goodkind novels put together. Oh, wait this is Terry Goodkind...
Overall, I like the series and am quite interested in how it will end but on my top 10 list is down tword the bottom. |
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Honestly people sit here and say stuff like, oh god I wonder what they'll have to do to get it on TV, I hope they don't ruin it. Then others sit here and complain about gore as if they haven't noticed reality in what sick people can do. The beautiful part about this story is that it truly shows the amazing and sick side of humanity. It's what makes people hate the evil and sit there reading there books hoping frantically reading to find out if the good guy wins. It may be demented but you obviously haven't been through enough in life or seen enough to realize just how sick humanity can be when turned for the worse.
Rape is not something irregular in life don't be surprised that it can be in a book where a guy is trying to teach people about characters. The same thing can be said for anything in the books. Take some ancient civilizations where people did some really sick things. This stuff did not fall from the sky into Terry Goodkind's head where he made it up. I agree with Seeker82, this is war and it's not pretty. If you do not want to go into depth into something like this then don't read it. This isn't some kids book for kids under 18 and I wouldn't suggest it to anyone under that age. It gets a bit repeatative, but so does life. You ever realize the same stuff prolly happens to you a lot? Also one more thing. To what Sage recently said.....what in the world. Are people supposed to only be mad at each other once? Uhh like people are saying its War, you think something is only allowed to happen once.....especially when you have half the world wanting you dead. I think kidnapping and the lot are something that would probably be attempted more then once over the course of time when you are fighting that big of a war. I think its excellent with how evil the people in the book truly are, makes you afraid of them. I for one am not afraid of the classic bad guy who plays by the rules but oh no he wears black. |
This needs to happen sooner than later. Tomorrow works for me.
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I think Denna should be more musculer then her i dont know anyone but im sure there is still a woman who is musculer but still pretty:thumbsup:
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Still waiting for an update to this...bah.
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Anyone have any REAL news on this?
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I hope to god they don't nerf this. There are so many extreme parts to that book that they better not cut, namely the Mord Sith.
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You'll know in a few months it seems:
taken from terrygoodkind.com : DADT TAKES SAM RAIMI’S “WIZARD’S FIRST RULE” TO THE SYNDICATION MARKETPLACE FOR A FALL 2008 LAUNCH |
I am really interested to see how this turns out. Oh how I hope they do it well.
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Disney... Seriously, and ABC.. This has "epic failure" written all over it.
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Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind the Spider-Man trilogy, has found the leads for his upcoming weekly fantasy series, Wizard\\\\s First Rule.
Relative newcomers Craig Horner and Bridget Regan will star in the series, which is based on the eponymous book by Terry Goodkind, says the Reporter. Horner, who hails from Australia, will play Richard Cypher, a man who becomes a magical leader. Cypher joins the mysterious Kahlan (played by Regan) to try to put the kibosh on a tyrannical leaders who ostensibly ruining everyones lives. Production on the show starts this month in New Zealand, of course — the only country fit for magic and wizards. Could this new series match the action of Spider-Man? Only time (and some awesome special effects) will tell how Raimis imagination translates to the small screen. — Anna Dimond Source |
After I finish the Harry Potter series I am going to read the first book.
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Source According to the source (official source) we will have more of an updated cast list shortly. Zedd, Adie, and Rahl, I'm guessing. Horner and Regan are currently, learning sword fight, and horse riding.... hopefully, they'll be able to pull it off! |
I just finished Confessor today...
hopefully this will be good... |
I am reading this series for the first time, I am on book two and enjoying the read. I look forward to this to hit television. This is the second reason I will be watching ABC this fall, because I hear that "Scrubs" is going to be picked up for another season on ABC this year instead of NBC.
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mark your calendars folks.
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Series has been renamed "Legend of the Seeker" with new website and trailer at legendoftheseeker.com
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I want to see the mud people, Sister Verna, the prelate, the Palace of the Prophets, Warren, Baka Ban Mana blademasters, Adie, Zed, Gratch, Nathan, Emperor Jagang, Chase, Rachel, Cara, D'hara, Nicci...
pretty much everything. The is going to have some damn big shoes to fill, if it isn't on par with Harry Freaking Potter in scope and production, I am going to be upset. |
Legend of the Seeker here is the 1st 10 min of the 2hr movie. Hmm don't seem too much like xena or herc to me. So far im impressed yet annoyed.
i understand they have to rework it for tv but gah.. kalahn loses her green eyes richard always talks about. From what the offical site gives in the 6-7 vids all over it.. richard lacks the part where he memorizes the Book of Counted Shadows already they have to go out and find it.. yet another change. its showing on Fox33 here in north louisiana, I'd rather it had been on sci-fi, due to the dark topics that happen like with the Mord-sith. it airs this saturday at 5pm not counting local times. for me its 5pm central time. they already have about 6 epi done. and 4 or so left shooting from what ive seen. |
The Seeker has been named...!!!!!!
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Tried watching the first episode... the story so far has been butchered beyond reason.... if i knew how to do the spoiler code thingy I'd list a few but anyone who watched the first 15 minutes knows what im talking about... blah... may try to finish it later
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well the fact its "based on wizards first rule by terry goodkind" told me right there they wouldn't stay with the books.. its just a travel adventure series where they have the over all plot of killing/defeating darken rahl.. heh
just hope it gets better.. maybe sci-fi will pick it up next season and make it better. |
Dang forgot to watch it. The previews looked good, but from what everyone is saying now...
Unrelated note: Anyone else get this series mixed up in their head with the wheel of time series? |
dang... totally missed out on the recent posts here...
didnt even know it was being aired... well I'm acquiring the first episode and we'll see if I decide to start watching it regularly... |
lol i found out it was on the air the day it showed.. friend in up north she hooked me up to the show's time and my timezone. Although its nothing to the books but the overall 1st book plot to destroy Darken Rahl, and the main characters names, its good for something new.
Hey, at least we get to see magic being tossed around in a "magic fantasy" more than most movies and series now a days that promise it. |
Watched it...
it was pretty fun... there were a few places with a pretty high cheese factor... I'll prolly keep watching it... |
welp with the advent of them reaching out.. wonder if they will end up at the mud peoples area? Man, I've about memorized every book really. Its hard to keep from saying "OMFG why don't they show *insert name of character*
Thing is if you've read the whole series you know the "overall" plot, yet I just don't see it in there. Now Ive seen Richard use magic to save himself.. epi 2 with the 1st round of crossbow bolts coming at him. He used the sword on the next round.. Welp that's 1 outta 3 that onsets the problem with the Gift. hehe Thing about Goodkind's writing.... something you read that stood out but you passed it over comes back to bite ya 1 or two books later heh. |
I liked goodkind books the first few then it got to the point where being Richard enabled to him automatically solve the problem in 2 minutes flat at the end of the book, and presto next big problem. I did read the entire series, but just for closure rather then a real desire to read it in the end.
I saw the show, and it really butchered the book badly, had potential and outside of some cleavage the show has nothing of substance. |
This show is kind of . . . fail, but, I still watch it.
Anyone still sticking through it? I feel like it won't even make it to the end before they cancel it. |
I forced myself to finish one episode and start a second, time I will never get back.
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No, no... I didn't mean long and daunting, I said long running, meaning so many books in the series. |
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