It’s been my experience that everyone has a dirty little secret. Some of us read US Weekly, some really like toy trains, and some watch really bad reality TV. Mine, since I was young, has been the fantasy genre. I can count on one hand the number fantasy novels that I would say are actually good literature, and yet I’ve read far more than a handful in my lifetime. Formulaic? Yes, in general they are. Corny? Oh the heights of corniness I have seen. Fun? Yes. This and the sense of escapism that they bring makes me keep coming back to the genre. It is with this being said, that I present to you Legend of the Seeker. It’s a fantasy series based on the books of Terry Goodkind, that follows the prototypical Hero through the gorgeous landscape of New Zealand (oddly I think that I’ve seen this before), as he fights baddies with beautiful women and a wise wizard. The acting? Questionable. The story? Good to passable to laughable. Do I watch it every week despite all of this. Yes.

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