Hello World,
So last week when I wasn't working or watching bad movies I was watching totally nerdy TV and reading equally nerdy books. I started by watching "Legend of the Seeker", which is ABC's take on the book The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. After geting about half way through the first season of LOTS i started bugging Luke, who recomend the book; about different elements of the series. (I like to chalenge myself by guessing endings and plot developments.) After two failed conversations about the series vs the book I finnaly started reading the book. The two are the same but very different. In fact I was torn between posting two different blogs since I could treat each part like a seperate idea. Both the series and the book relay hevaly on architypes and common elemnts of adventure quest fantasy books. Yong man coming of age. Father figure burns in his house, dies (Star Wars/ Eragon). New father figure/wizard/teacher steps in. Love interest arives on the scene that he can possible fall in love with no matter what. Oh and the world is going to come to an end unless you go do this right now. And don't forget the evil guy will be your father and or brother that you never knew about! Gasp in shock and awe!!!!
LOL ok maybe that was a synical plot line break down but its true. I realy did like both the series and the book. I like the book better; but I allways like the book better. It was a four out of five stars for me. The only reason it didn't get five was I wasn't overly wowed by the plot line. Mind you I'm only on book one. But book onw was season one of the series. Heres to hopeing and knowing books usualy get better as they go.
In regards to the series, I would have given it four out of five stars if I had not started reading the book. But after reading the book it's geting bumped down to three stars. The production took some liberties with the storie line that did not make sense and seemed to take away from the point of the story. The show got better as it went. The actors found there character and came to terms with who they were and became more belivable. It also looked like the production got a great bump in the budget especially for effects. If you like fantasy this is right up your alley.
(I can't wait to get book number two to read --- Oliver...!)
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