From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V7 #215 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Tuesday, November 11 2008 Volume 07 : Number 215 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] Legned of Seeker ["Mark B." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:32:49 -0600 From: "Mark B." Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] Legned of Seeker > I kind of liked it as well. It didn't 'hit' me like Xena did. I > didn't really like the slo-mo fight scenes all the times. I feel I'm > ready to get hooked on a new series by the 'old team' and hope the > chemistry or something will click with me. I thought several of the > sets were old XWP sets -- one of the starting scenes along the hugh > sand dunes, one long shot over a valley and the Northern Amazon forest > where they were all impaled. > > I liked watching the credits and seeing several familiar names too! > > Mark B. > > Cyane wrote: >> I actually liked this show and was hoping it would do well. It's nothing like >> Xena, but I never expected it to be. It's really interesting and I thought it >> was very entertaining. I'll cross my fingers that more people will start >> watching. I found the first 2 eps online and also it's site, here's the >> links. >> Somewhere in the videos link is the one Lucy Lawless did for this show: >> http://www.legendoftheseeker.com/ >> Press play at the bottom of the viewing window, not the middle. When the >> middle button stops buffering, press, the bottom play button again, then it >> should begin (doing it this way helps to avoid the annoying ad): >> http://www.megavideo.com/?v=J8R3M9BK >> Here's an info site with more links: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Seeker >> >> "I've got my own past to deal with, I'm not taking the weight of your crimes >> anymore." >> >> -- KLOSSNER9@aol.com wrote: >> Legend of the Seeker, the new syndicated series by Tapert and >> Raimi, introduced by a making-of special hosted by Lawless, >> arrived with a thud over the weekend. After destroying the world >> he created in the last season of Xena (most of the gods, the Amazons, >> the centaurs), Tapert is now going in a different direction, to a >> sort of low-budget LOTR. No one would call the fight scenes >> in Xena stark realism, but in this series we get a sorceress >> in a long flowing dress and an untrained farm boy with a magic >> sword wiping out dozens of soldiers. It's sword and sorcery >> without any grit. The backgrounds are so dark they are almost >> b&w. There is a lot of comic book style CGI, with dialogue to >> match. Most important, the pretty boy and pretty girl leads have >> about a quarter the presence of Lawless and O'Connor. These >> two have as much charisma as an average one-episode guest >> on Xena/Herc. I'll keep watching but just too see if they do >> anything unexpected. >> >> Boeotian >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> A New Way to Get Free & Discounted Offers -- FreeInternet.com! >> Visit http://offers.juno.com/TGL1111/?u=http://www.freeinternet.com >> ========================================================= >> This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. >> To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with >> "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. >> Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. >> ========================================================= >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.8.6/1766 - Release Date: 11/4/2008 8:26 AM ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V7 #215 **************************************