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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4623462" data-attributes="member: 8863">That does not sound good.  I've also read that as time went on, he got on some kind of kick that he isn't writing fantasy either, but high-minded philosophical tracts or some such nonsense.  And getting derivative of Jordan (who did know where he was going with it, more or less) is probably not a good idea if you lack the writing skills to do so.In complicated fat fantasy fiction, you can't get away with that approach for long until the inconsistencies break the tale or, at the least, the setting.Syndicated TV is not going to be anywhere near on the level of pay able or movies.  There's only so much money one can get out of ads.  But the producers have plenty of experience with doing Hercules and Xena, and they're showing that they're up to the task here.  They've been consistantly delivering a solid show that's worth watching.  Also, it looks like they've been using a lot of talent from those shows as extras and guest stars so far in this series, and this week's episode was directed by Michael Hurst (Iolaus from Herc).That brings me to something I've been wondering for a while.  IIRC, Hypersmurf did stuntwork or something on Xena.   I've been wondering if he's done anything in this show so far.</blockquote>