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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4533019" data-attributes="member: 8863">Yup, Raimi again.&nbsp; Any bets on how long it'll be before Bruce Campbell shows up in a guest spot? I'm saying no earlier than February sweeps.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I think so.&nbsp; This was played straight, quite a bit different from Herc.&nbsp; Yeah, not bad, but predictable.&nbsp; It was largely Plot by Numbers, the usual old fantasy tropes.&nbsp; The <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne" target="_blank">orphan of prophesy</a>, the old mentor, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlord" target="_blank">the evil overlord</a>, and I could just go on and on. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp; I suspect this is an artifact from Goodkind's books, because while I was looking for those links at tvtropes, I checked the Sword of Truth page:So yeah, I'm guessing the books (which I haven't read, and which I suspect some people will say I'm lucky, because I've seen the series get slagged quite often) are this badly predictable.&nbsp; (If it is, dammit I should pursue my dream of writing because I know better than to follow this tired old plot).&nbsp; Though Darken Rahl isn't bad for a villain name, best name in the entire story, really. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Still, it was enjoyable.&nbsp; Some of the effects were obviously blue screen, but it depends on how much budget they have to work with.&nbsp; I thought it was worth watching, anyway.How many caught the 30-minute preview for the show?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 4533019, member: 8863"] Yup, Raimi again. Any bets on how long it'll be before Bruce Campbell shows up in a guest spot? I'm saying no earlier than February sweeps. ;) I think so. This was played straight, quite a bit different from Herc. Yeah, not bad, but predictable. It was largely Plot by Numbers, the usual old fantasy tropes. The [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne]orphan of prophesy[/url], the old mentor, [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlord]the evil overlord[/url], and I could just go on and on. :p I suspect this is an artifact from Goodkind's books, because while I was looking for those links at tvtropes, I checked the [i]Sword of Truth[/i] page: So yeah, I'm guessing the books (which I haven't read, and which I suspect some people will say I'm lucky, because I've seen the series get slagged quite often) are this badly predictable. (If it is, dammit I should pursue my dream of writing because I know better than to follow this tired old plot). Though Darken Rahl isn't bad for a villain name, best name in the entire story, really. :p Still, it was enjoyable. Some of the effects were obviously blue screen, but it depends on how much budget they have to work with. I thought it was worth watching, anyway. How many caught the 30-minute preview for the show? [/QUOTE]

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