Review: tv-show, "The Legend of the Seeker" season 1

Ha, I found this ridiculous review of a bad tv show recently. It was in draft mode, so I published it, pretty much unchanged from when I wrote it in 2014. 

I saw the first few episodes when it first came out, but never continued. I found it on youtube.com recently and decided to watch the first season from beginning to end.

The 2-part first episode is pretty much the story of Star Wars. A wizard (Jedi) named Zed (Obiwan) kidnaps a special baby named Richard (Luke) and hides him away in a far away place with some good people. He lives near-by as a crazy old hermit/wizard for years while the boy grows up.

Kahlan/Princess Leia runs away from the D'harans/Empire and is rescued by Richard/Luke and the wizard and then go off on adventures. It's Richard/Luke's destiny to kill the evil Darkan Rahl/Darth Vader. It wouldn't surprise me if Rahl ends up being Richard's dad, but to find out, I'd have to look ahead. :)

Based on Terry Goodkind's quite appalling "The Wizard's First Rule", which depends on deus ex machina at every step of the story - some new magic, some new skill suddenly appears to save the day. Rahl had no chance I guess. Whatever.

The tv-series is pretty low quality, with lazy writing quite similar to the book. I found there are obvious solutions or hints that are ignored until something hits the characters on the head to warn them. Also, an extraordinary number of episodes ends in a big sword fight, where the invincible seeker comes out ahead (of course). There is also a ridiculous number of lazy bits where someone sneaks past a guard, or "tricks" them with some obvious and ridiculous ruse that no decent soldier would ever fall for. Also, there is little continuity, and past plans are often ignored just to have a battle scene or more wizard's fire. Also, there is a running theme where the seeker puts the entire mission/quest in jeopardy in nearly every episode in order to save someone, do the right thing etc.. etc... Somehow, no one else sees this, including the evil Darth Vader/Darken Rahl, who could use this at any time to beat the seeker. Funny too, Kahlan the confessor and Zed the wizard also seem to forget this quite often for some reason.

On the plus side, the cast is ridiculously attractive, especially Bridget Regan who plays Princess Leia/Kahlan.