The advertising was very persuasive. The cinematography on the advertisements blew me away. And Terry Brooks’ books had been favourites of mine as a teenager. I can remember reading Sword of Shannara in the library and then going out and buying Elfstones the moment that it was published (1982?).
But still there was lingering doubt. I still remember the appalling mess that was the 2004 mini series based upon A Wizard of
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I haven’t read the books and I haven’t seen the series, but I feel for that poor Elven king. Running that kingdom must be a lot like running a family counselling service 🙂
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I’ll not take the time to watch that then 🙂
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A good friend of mine calls that channel “eMpTyV”. Kinda fitting.
…and that blonde male kid doesn’t look even remotely attractive to me. And I thought Orlando Bloom was too ugly for an elf! Live and learn.
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Too true. 🙁 Oh well, I will watch them anyway because Rhiannon finds it enjoyable and I guess that she is close to the target group. Anyway, it’s nice having daddy-daughter television viewing 🙂 Thanks 🙂
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You could probably try to lure her into watching something like Hercules (with Kevin Sorbo). Or does she know it by heart already?
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Actually I have not shown her Hercules. Perhaps I should and throw some Xena in too 🙂
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Xena got a little trippy toward the end, but she’s iconic, of course =) I’m amazed we still have Xena reruns on kid channels (Disney) – apparently no-one noticed the “gay propaganda” yet. And that’s good. I feel very bad for our gay minors who are rendered invisible by the law.