Oh noes!

[giandujakiss]

via meredith44, I see that Legend of the Seeker has been canceled.

Even though I was essentially only watching for Cara (and thus found the last two episodes largely unbearable), I'll miss my intermittent amusement.

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[scrollgirl]

That's too bad! It looked like a shiny show--I've been meaning to check it out, based solely on people's icons. From what I could tell, it passed the Bechdel test pretty regularly, right?

[giandujakiss]

I ... think so. I mean, I didn't sit and do an actual count. There's a terrific amount of femmeslashy vibe between the female leads but often what they talk about is Richard and his quest, or the evil overlord they're fighting, so ... I don't know? They do talk about other things, though, I just didn't actually count.

It's a very ... odd ... show. I can see how it would have trouble finding a niche because it's set up like a kids' action show, or a show that's at least appropriate for kids while the adults get the subtext, but it never was, in fact, actually kid-appropriate.

Kind of like The Middleman, actually - very different sort of show, but I felt it's flaw was that I couldn't tell what age group it was aiming for.

[lauredhel]

"but it never was, in fact, actually kid-appropriate. "

*does bad-parent walk of shame*

[giandujakiss]

Heh. No judgments - I'm just saying as an adult, the BDSM was making me uncomfortable!

[lauredhel]

Oh, I hear you!

The Lad's at that rather interesting age where he takes in what he can understand, and either ignores or asks for brief factual explanations on the rest. So we've explained that a 'brothel' is a place where people have sex for money, and that it's not ok to torture or kiss someone who doesn't want to be tortured or kissed by you... but overall, he's far more interested in the whys and wherefores of Banelings and in weaseling out how the magic system works than in anything else. The series, uneven and sketchy though it is, has occasionally thrown up a relatively interesting moral question. Plus, shiny. I do wonder how it might have worked if the two leads weren't quite so charmless.

[giandujakiss]

Hey, if he can figure out the magic system on that show, tell him to share it, okay? I just remember the episode where there was a big moral dilemma because a Baneling knew the Critical Spell and he couldn't teach it to anyone because it takes years to learn - except then for some reason he couldn't perform it, so he taught it to Richard in five minutes.

And oh god, hear you on the leads. Plenty of people on my reading/FList love Richard and Kahlan but I find them terribly boring - Cara's the only one with spark as far as I'm concerned.

[lauredhel]

Oh, I really should have modified that "weaseling" with a "try". We've got nowhere on that one, just spent a while trying.

Richard, in particular, I find quite actively charmless. Kahlan I find just rather wet. But Cara sure makes up for a lot - she even puts an occasional touch of fire into Kahlan, though it fades fast.