It is based (apparently very loosely) on the Terry Goodkind series "The Sword of Truth." I haven't really read this series, but it falls right in to my niche of fantasy, so I thought I'd give the television series a shot.
I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. It was fun and silly and, to me, just a piece of entertaining fluff with awesome costumes and kickass swordfights. Sometimes you can't ask for more than that, really. It's something you can eat popcorn to. Every once in a while we need that kind of mindless fun I think. I was not the least little bit surprised to see that Sam Raimi had served as the executive producer for the first episode, either. This totally has the feel of Hercules and Xena to it. It is exactly that genre.
So after watching the show I of course had to go look it up on IMDB to figure out where I knew half of the actors from. Turns out several of them were in the new Star Wars movies, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Young Hercules. In finding this information I also made the delightful discovery that the entire series of Young Hercules is available to watch on Hulu. Dude.
This show came out the first semester of my freshman year of college and by sheer providence I somehow stumbled across it and instantly fell in love. For one thing, it was set in Ancient Greece and deeply steeped in Greek mythology, and at that point I was totally planning for the emphasis of my history major to be Western Civilization, primarily Ancient Greece and Egypt (though as fate would have it my emphasis ended up being British Empire, but hey, I still love Western Civ). For another, it starred Ryan Gosling. He hadn't been in a whole lot by that point but what he had been in was the Mickey Mouse Club revamp MMC, which I had of course been somewhat obsessed with throughout high school. Hey, I was a teenage girl, it was my thing.
So while last week at this time I would have expected that today I would be completely embroiled in The 4400, I actually got somewhat sidetracked and have been watching Young Hercules most of the week...I have to say I am really enjoying the blast from the past. It may be pure cheese, but that makes it no less entertaining. So if you feel like watching a young leather-clad Ryan Gosling galivanting around fighting mischevious gods, head on over to Hulu. Two caveats though--the episodes are listed all out of order on Hulu, but IMDB has them listed by air date, so you can use that as a reference if seeing things in a linear fashion is your preference. Also, Hulu claims that the first season of this show is available on DVD and it totally isn't (or I would own it already). What is available is the backdoor pilot for the series which was worked into the original Hercules series and stars some completely different actor as the young hero. It may make the rest of the series make more sense, but it's not Ryan Gosling, so my interest is limited.
Anyhoo. I'll probably get back on track with The 4400 this week though, since I am about to start a big crochet project, and I can't really work on that while sitting in front of the laptop...
Also, saw the new Kevin Smith flick Zack and Miri Make a Porno as well as Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa last night. I enjoyed both very much. November is kind of a crazy movie month. I am also looking forward to Twilight and Bolt.
Hey, I never actually claimed to have good taste...
You guys take care,
C
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