mordsith on TV!

June 3, 2009

 

That’s right, mordsith will be on TV!

Errr, I meant Mord-Sith, the fierce women whose task is to be the personal guards of the Lord Rahl, the leader of the D’Haran empire—the same women who fascinate me so, I even took their name to be my own.

I know, I know. Not all of you have read this series by Terry Goodkind. I’m just thrilled, to say the least, that the Sword of Truth series will now be on television in the Philippines. The TV series was named the Legend of the Seeker. I’ve always wanted at least one of these books to be on the big screen, but TV series works just fine!

Discover boxes of Orden, have all three in play, and unleash the Keeper of the underworld in the world of life—these are the devious plans of Darken Rahl. The sole person who will play the most vital role in Darken Rahl’s conquest isn’t even half-aware that magic exists. This person of prophecy, Richard Cypher, now finds the brink of life and death all in his hands. In this, two people will be fighting on his side: (1) the most beautiful woman he has ever laid eyes on, Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor herself, leader of the alliance of nations in the Midlands, and (2) his elderly friend and neighbor, whom townspeople think was just a crazy old hermit, and who Richard just found out to be a powerful wizard, Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander (my ultrafavorite character for his wit and wisdom).

I only saw the trailer on TV. The characters seemed to be different from what I envisioned them to be, but of course, we all have our perspective of what a “raptor gaze” is, right? Mine’s better than the director. haha. I am excited how the story will unfold or what the discrepancy (understandable if there would be any) would be between television and book. I wonder how wizard’s fire looks like on TV. I wonder how Richard handles his sword, succumbing himself to the “dance of death”. I wonder how the Confessor’s touch happens. I hope the TV series gives justice to the novel; at least I hope it has first-class special effects.

Like all fantasy novels, behind the magic, there are so many lessons in life. Behind the grand palaces, there are so many criticisms. Behind the shimmer and spark, there are so many shortcomings in the way of life. The core principles of the novel are reason and the value of life. I remembered sharing the Wizard’s Rules here in this blog, when this was  just starting. I was so happy when people left substantial comments on that post.

I am looking forward to watch the first episode. I bet fellow fans of the book would be the TV series’ greatest critics. We’ll be “watching.” haha.

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