Terry Goodkind’s The Sword of Truth novels are considered by some as an equal to the better known Lord of the Rings novels. I cannot attest to that claim however, I’ve never read a Goodkind novel… but I do find it interesting that there’s a television series that is bringing the stories to your homes: Legend of the Seeker.

There are a couple of big names behind this production too, namely Sam Raimi (yes, that Sam Raimi) and his buddy Robert Tapert whom are listed amongst the executive producers of the show. With Raimi involved, it doesn’t surprise me that the show looks great (more on that later), I am guessing this show is getting good gobs of cash thrown at it.

I have watched the first two episodes now. It introduces our young hero Richard Cypher (played by Craig Horner), the beautiful Kahlan Amnell (played by Bridget Regan), a wizened Zeddicus Z’ul Zorander (played by Bruce Spence), along with a few other known faces. I believe the first two episodes were shown together as a two-hour special when it first aired, and to be honest, it felt more like a 2 hour episode than two separate episodes in a series.

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