From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V7 #219 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 Wednesday, November 26 2008 Volume 07 : Number 219 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] Legned of Seeker ["Cyane" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:01:27 GMT From: "Cyane" Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] Legned of Seeker That's one of the reasons I like it, the slow motion reminded me of "The Matrix." It was great seeing Ted Raimi in one of the episodes, I am hoping they'll have him return somehow. If anyone still wants to check it out, there are other sites cropping up with the episodes, here are two that have some listed. http://www.sidereel.com/Legend_of_the_Seeker http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/61164.html I missed CSI Miami with Lucy, but found it at the following site if anyone else missed it. http://tv-video.net/video/csimiami/csimiami7/index.htm Cy "I've got my own past to deal with; I'm not taking the weight of your crimes anymore." - -- "Mark B." wrote: > 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 ____________________________________________________________ Save on Security Cameras. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/PnY6rbuKPHoNtsRHfkKg3owbJoIVqpBoK e0ANtHslFrIK6supSRqx/ ========================================================= 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 #219 **************************************