[Aptorian]

Admit it, you were turned on... or was that just me? Nothing like cracked ribs to get you in the mood.

I've only ever read the first book in the dreamers series by Eddings. I was not impressed. Not impressed at all.

[mxlm]

Yes, I was turned on. I was, what, 13?

Unlike Terry, however, I have since matured a wee bit.

[Darkwatch]

mxlm;231332 said:

A bit sadomasochistic by the end?

There's something like 70 continuous pages of sexual torture.

Wow...
That sounds almost on par with Bakker and his freaky weird pseudo-humanoid rape scenes.

@ Mxlm:
That friend of mine is a she, and I don't intend on turning her away because she reads Goodkind.

[veni_vici]

wow, well it must suck for all of you to know that the Spiderman director Sam Raimi is directing an HBO mini-series for Goodkind's "Wizard's First Rule"

[Aptorian]

I wouldn't mind since the first book was okay. There should be a warning at the bottom of the screen at all time though, saying:

"Attention, reading the sword of truth can cause headaches, nausea, projectile vomiting, brain cancer and death."

[Coco with marshmallows]

veni_vici;232510 said:

wow, well it must suck for all of you to know that the Spiderman director Sam Raimi is directing an HBO mini-series for Goodkind's "Wizard's First Rule"

hmmm. who wants to bet that the scene where he kicks an 8 year old girl in the jaw, thus causing her to bite her tongue off, won't get filmed?

[Aptorian]

Cocoreturns;232541 said:

hmmm. who wants to bet that the scene where he kicks an 8 year old girl in the jaw, thus causing her to bite her tongue off, won't get filmed?

It was one of the best scenes though, gods I was happy.

[mxlm]

veni_vici;232510 said:

wow, well it must suck for all of you to know that the Spiderman director Sam Raimi is directing an HBO mini-series for Goodkind's "Wizard's First Rule"

Not an HBO miniseries. See, they have taste.

[Werthead]

And he's producing it, not directing. Raimi's got too many other things lined up to actually direct a 10-hour series by himself. And until the WGA Strike ends, nothing is happening on the project at all.

I am hoping that Raimi puts his film adaption of Pratchett's Wee Free Men as a higher priority though. The Sky One adaptions are cool, but seeing Discworld on screen with a big budget will be more impressive. And obviously it's a far more lucrative project than SoT (as Pratchett has outsold Goodkind by nearly four-to-one).

That said, if he casts Bruce Campbell as Zedd, I'll watch the SoT series. An action-comedy-horror treatment of the source material could work quite well. Although I'd fear for Goodkind's heart if he saw it.

[Aptorian]

Gods I had¨n't even considered Bruce Campbells involment.

What if Bruce campbell got the role as Richard?! That would be 10 hours of awesome.

[Darkwatch]

If Bruce Campbell is in it, then I don't care how bad It may be in the book it will be awesome on screen.

[veni_vici]

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And he's producing it, not directing.

No, he's producing and directing it (check IMDB). I agree that Bruce Campbell would make an awesome Zedd, either he or Christopher Lloyd would be great.

[Werthead]

Because IMDB is so reliable. I could see Raimi directing one episode but the whole thing? He has about four films in pre-production, including Wee Free Men and Spider-Man 4. They'll probably get a bunch of different directors in to do it. And given that the American TV system revolves around having about four episodes in production simultaneously, it would be impossible for any one director to do the whole lot.

And finally HBO aren't doing it. They've already got two fantasy projects in development (A Song of Ice and Fire and King Arthur) and will only make one of those, so they won't be considering a third. HBO buy the rights themselves and then assign directors to the project. I think The Wire is the only exception they've ever made to this rule. In this case Raimi's production company seems to have bought the rights and they'll be showing it to interested studios (if none of them are interested, this could be a problem but given Raimi is pretty hot right now, at least a few should be interested).

[amphibian]

Werthead;232747 said:

And finally HBO aren't doing it. They've already got two fantasy projects in development (A Song of Ice and Fire and King Arthur) and will only make one of those, so they won't be considering a third. HBO buy the rights themselves and then assign directors to the project.

This may be a slight hijack, but why say "HBO aren't doing it" - instead of "HBO isn't doing it"? Is this a British thing where you'll name a singular organization and then refer to it as a collective making the same decision simultaneously like "Bolton are at the top, let's riot!"?

[caladanbrood]

In one word, yes.

[Werthead]

Yes, because HBO is a singular organisation but comprised of hundreds/thousands of people so you can kind of use both. Erm. Or I just couldn't be bothered to type properly.

[caladanbrood]

Werthead;232934 said:

Or I just couldn't be bothered to type properly.

Keep some spine man, don't back down! We're English, we can tell other people how to speak it, not the other way round!!:folken:

[mxlm]

Does Eddings have anything to rival this? No?

Then Goodkind 'wins'.

[Aptorian]

mxlm;232955 said:

Does Eddings have anything to rival this? No?

Then Goodkind 'wins'.

That was terrible. It reminds me of that time I sat and saw the interview with Tom Cruise and he goes on to lecture a psychitrist on psycology, talking out of his ass. That is my impression of listening to Goodkind. It's not that what he says is that stupid, it has its merrit, and he certainly argues it well. It's the way he says it. He talks like his view is the ultimate truth.

When I read this, my heart broke:

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Terry Goodkind: When you finish “Confessor�, you'll understand better what I'm saying, but the Sword of Truth series is, in essence, a prelude to what comes next. It's a prologue to all the things in my head. There are stories that branch out from this point into all sorts of directions

Why oh why don't you put this drivel to bed and go write something else, Goodkind?

[Abyss]

Aptorian;232966 said:

...When I read this, my heart broke:

Terry Goodkind: When you finish “Confessor�, you'll understand better what I'm saying, but the Sword of Truth series is, in essence, a prelude to what comes next. It's a prologue to all the things in my head. There are stories that branch out from this point into all sorts of directions ...

That sound you hear was my eyes actually geysering blood. Blew out a wall, they did.

- Abyss, notes there are all KINDS of things in Tarry's head, apparently...