September 23
2009
First photo of Charisma Carpenter in 'Legend of the Seeker'.
"Carpenter plays Triana, one of the feisty Mord-Sith warrior women."
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| Cast&Crew
| 15:29 CET
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| tags: charisma carpenter, cordy, angel, buffy
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Leaf | September 23, 15:57 CET
CowboyCliche | September 23, 16:06 CET
cabri | September 23, 16:48 CET
Egghead | September 23, 17:00 CET
"Feisty warrior women" is a rather glib description of Mord-Sith. Are they less awful in the tv version?
Sunfire | September 23, 17:12 CET
What I like best is the "found family" feel of the three main characters. It doesn't really start getting enjoyable until midway through the season, so that may be too much of a wait for some.
StinkyCats | September 23, 17:21 CET
As for the series itself, it took me a few episodes to get into it but once the writing settled down a bit I found it enjoyable (not at all intellectually challenging though). It's your basic good guy with destiny vs tyrant - Robin Hood-esque, especially all the running around in forests/sword fighting. Plus, doomed love (if they ever sleep together her power will cause him to lose his soul...). Has some interesting fantasy elements (the confessors and Mord-sith being two of them) which I'd guess are faithful to the books as they're definitely more interesting/original/developed than some other aspects of the series.
Also I think it has to be impossible to watch without developing a crush on Bridget Regan (Kahlan).
Leaf | September 23, 17:35 CET
cabri | September 23, 18:15 CET
Willowy | September 23, 20:17 CET
Which is fitting, I guess, since the pilot felt like a remake of Star Wars (with worse dialogue and no Han), filmed with leftover LOTR sets and costumes.
erendis | September 23, 20:30 CET
There's not much to it IMO, it's a bit too earnest and it's got a tedious will they/won't they unrequited love thing going on but the acting's OK, the dialogue's only occasionally clunky and it has the Aviator from the Mad Max movies in a lead role so not all bad. Must admit, when I watch it it's usually on the level of "Bridget Regan is teh hotzor", bit of a guilty pleasure (glad Ms Carpenter's working though and as the article points out, I can't imagine her looking bad in head-to-toe skintight leather ;).
Saje | September 23, 22:23 CET
And as for the Leia hair and slow motion rationing (erendis and Saje), I cant get the prom scene from Romy and Michele's High School Reunion out of my head. While dancing, Romy swings her Madonna pony tail around and around until she accidentally smacks someone in the face with it.
I can only assume Charisma doing the same ponytail spin in slow motion wearing skin tight leather would be one of the greatest things in the history of film. Maybe that's a slight embellishment (but only slightly).
alexreager | September 24, 06:22 CET
DaddyCatALSO | September 24, 06:35 CET
... would be one of the greatest things in the history of film. Maybe that's a slight embellishment (but only slightly).
Well, it'd at least be an appropriate use of slow-motion ;).
(there's an episode where Kahlan disguises herself as a Mord-Sith with all the leather etc. and we see her walking - yes walking - in slow motion. It was like a montage out of 'Baywatch'. Only dryer)
Saje | September 24, 07:01 CET
i love the books, and the show is nothing like it.
Unfortunately.
m0j0NL | September 24, 07:44 CET
Although there are wet ones too. I think the shamelessness of these scenes is hilarious, and at least it's equal opportunity with Richard.
As long as you just take it for what it is, it's fun, enjoyable fantasy television. The pilot is definitely derivative of Star Wars, but it gets better (IMO anyway). Every time we have one of these threads, the opinions vary widely, so really you just gotta try it out and see for yourself. I'm looking forward to seeing Charisma anyway. I love that she said Craig Horner geeked out over meeting her.
hacksaway | September 24, 08:38 CET
(and also yep, the shamelessness is pretty funny, I just think i'd appreciate it more if I thought the show was laughing along with me. Seems a bit too earnest for that though and i'm kinda with Jack O'Neill on that one - I don't trust people or TV shows that don't have a sense of humour ;)
That said, it's harmless enough, the leads are likable and nobody's phoning it in, they're all trying to make the best show they can so it's hard to be too mean about it.
Saje | September 24, 12:28 CET
Little Green Kid | September 24, 12:34 CET
iwantthefireback64 | September 24, 13:05 CET
Kinda makes it sound as if between the torture sessions they take him out to dinner and buy him flowers.
Skytteflickan88 | September 24, 13:26 CET