So here I am both of the kids I'm watching are sound asleep and hopefully will continue until 3:00 when they leave. They're just the cutest little buggers....they don't talk yet.
When lady hatter first set me down to watch Legend of the Seeker, I was apprehensive at best. I mean epic fantasy just doesn't translate well on to the T.V., but despite my apprehension and my deeply buried fears from repetitive childhood nightmares from Xena:Warrior Princess, I got past my initial attitude and realized I really love the show. All the characters are like-able, even the crazy-ass-half-cocked-perfectly-devious Mordsith. One of the things I enjoy is that they aren't squeamish about taking it to the level that it was originally meant to be. It's not softened up or dumbed down just to be more family friendly but at the same time it's not HBO.
Craig Horner and Bridget Regan are surprisingly good actors for daytime T.V. and I'm boggled as to the reason that I haven't seen them in anything else. Bruce Spence, the tall wiry guy that plays Zed has played in many other fantasy roles, but he's still off the grid enough that it's not like watching Tom Cruise tromp about.
Craig Horner is Australian but he doesn't have an accent in the show. Why I don't know but he pulls it off quiet well. Pretty much the good majority of female watchers are drooling over him but who can blame them the directors have a topless shot of him strategically placed ever so often and Bridget Regan is a fox, every fantasy geek is eating his heart out over her, with her contently sword fighting and the very shape fitting white dress she wears, shes a dream come true for every lonely hearts nerd in the world a true Princess Leia appeal. Again the directors know what they're doing.
My main beef with the show has only come up lately with the new season 2 episodes, because:
1. Several of the shots done on the green screen were just terrible especially when they are focusing on one person at a time (like when Denna met her end for a second time or when he's putting on the cloak he got off the dead Mriswith), but I can forgive that because most fantasy show are pretty hard to pull off anyways and with out the special effects they would be totally lost.
2. The editors are doing something different with how they edit the scenes that is now a bit cheesy for my taste. Like foggy visions of Richard reminiscing about his Lady Love while they wait to be reunited. Sigh, again I can't be to harsh with them, just because I think they'll stop once Richard and Kahlan get back to being the dynamic duo.
This is something I hope stays around for awhile and isn't going to be one of those shows they just leave lying in the dirt somewhere crying.
--The Last Nugget and Lady Hatter
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