Legend of the Seeker - Finale Review!
I'm about ready to crash and burn. I hate working split shifts.
Finally! A review!
So, it appears that there's a lot of debate over this finale. Personally, I thought it was fantastic. Yes yes, there was limited Richard/Kahlan, but there was the overwhelming significance of what she did for Richard. It was extremely painful to watch Kahlan go through that, though. Rahl officially creeped me out more than he ever did before, and my powerful imagination took over quite a few times before I beat it back into the dark corners of my mind and then scrubbed it with Clorox. LOL
I think it was also really difficult to hear Kahlan talking about killing her baby boy, but then the sneaky bastard Rahl forced her emotions and instincts into play, and GAH. Also side note. WTF TOE HEAD CHILD with two brunettes? As if. lol But oh my gosh. Kahlan with toddler!Nicholas.
by _deejay_
Cuuuuuute!
By the way... The name Nicholas means "victory of the people." I thought that was incredibly interesting, and no doubt Kahlan's doing. ;)
Too bad the kid grew up to be a psychotic maniac. AND FUGLY. He much reminded me of old Vader. LOL Although I have to hand it to him, it was pretty fantastic when he had Rahl knifed through.
Also. CARA OMG!!!!!! PWNAGE! So of course I was all holding my breath to see how well she was cast b/c she's become like one of my favorite characters from the books, and dude, I think she NAILED it. Personally I've always pictured Cara closer to Denna in looks, but her presence and underlying snarkasm, was PERFECT. I'm so flipping excited that they found a good cast, and srsly, they need to take advantage of it and start having her around more next season! WINNNN!
OLD!Shota was AWESOME. Seriously, I loved how she was half mad from age. She's creepy, but incredibly entertaining! I demand more old!Shota!
Richard finding out that Kahlan was "Queen" to Rahl and was dead was possibly my favorite scene out of the whole episode. Craig Horner did a phenomenal job, crashing to his knees. AND THE SINGLE TEAR. GAH. And then later caressing the tomb. HOLY CRAP. THAT RIPPED MY HEART OUT. The emotions were very REAL for me in this episode. It could have not felt that way, considering it moved through so much time in so little footage, but the editing was great, and the actors made it incredibly believable.
And then of course the end scene!
1) I was not expecting to see Rahl die so soon. It just feels like this season has flown by so fast. But still, there is SO much more awesome and adventures, and plenty of more baddies to chase after. This season covered approximately 70% of the first book...of twelve. ;) So I'm fairly excited that they're moving it along.
2) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to have a lot of fun iconning this end scene once I replenish my creative juices. If you were to ask me whether or not I prefer a cliffhanger ending to a peaceful ending, 90% of the time I'll say cliffhanger. But honestly, I don't think I'd make it to November in this particular case. lol
3) I was SO flipping relieved that Kahlan didn't remember any of what happened to her. SO relieved.
4) ZEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU! HE TOTALLY C-BLOCKED THEM. AGAIN!!!! TWICE! ARGGG!
ALSO MAJOR SPOILERY COMMENTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ "WIZARD'S FIRST RULE"
So if you want to avoid, just skip the rest of the post.
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I think Richard is finally at the point where he recognizes that he could never be confessed. I kept waiting for there to be something, or some EVENT that finally drove his understanding and love over the edge. After him witnessing and experiencing what Kahlan did for him, I personally think he understands this, or will come to understand it very soon. Because the fact remains, for him and Kahlan to BE TOGETHER, he has to have NO DOUBTS, NO FEAR, 100% CONFIDENCE that he could never be confessed, because she already OWNS 100% of his soul.
SO YES. NEXT SEASON? BRING ON THE SEXAGE!
Finally! A review!
So, it appears that there's a lot of debate over this finale. Personally, I thought it was fantastic. Yes yes, there was limited Richard/Kahlan, but there was the overwhelming significance of what she did for Richard. It was extremely painful to watch Kahlan go through that, though. Rahl officially creeped me out more than he ever did before, and my powerful imagination took over quite a few times before I beat it back into the dark corners of my mind and then scrubbed it with Clorox. LOL
I think it was also really difficult to hear Kahlan talking about killing her baby boy, but then the sneaky bastard Rahl forced her emotions and instincts into play, and GAH. Also side note. WTF TOE HEAD CHILD with two brunettes? As if. lol But oh my gosh. Kahlan with toddler!Nicholas.
by _deejay_
Cuuuuuute!
By the way... The name Nicholas means "victory of the people." I thought that was incredibly interesting, and no doubt Kahlan's doing. ;)
Too bad the kid grew up to be a psychotic maniac. AND FUGLY. He much reminded me of old Vader. LOL Although I have to hand it to him, it was pretty fantastic when he had Rahl knifed through.
Also. CARA OMG!!!!!! PWNAGE! So of course I was all holding my breath to see how well she was cast b/c she's become like one of my favorite characters from the books, and dude, I think she NAILED it. Personally I've always pictured Cara closer to Denna in looks, but her presence and underlying snarkasm, was PERFECT. I'm so flipping excited that they found a good cast, and srsly, they need to take advantage of it and start having her around more next season! WINNNN!
OLD!Shota was AWESOME. Seriously, I loved how she was half mad from age. She's creepy, but incredibly entertaining! I demand more old!Shota!
Richard finding out that Kahlan was "Queen" to Rahl and was dead was possibly my favorite scene out of the whole episode. Craig Horner did a phenomenal job, crashing to his knees. AND THE SINGLE TEAR. GAH. And then later caressing the tomb. HOLY CRAP. THAT RIPPED MY HEART OUT. The emotions were very REAL for me in this episode. It could have not felt that way, considering it moved through so much time in so little footage, but the editing was great, and the actors made it incredibly believable.
And then of course the end scene!
1) I was not expecting to see Rahl die so soon. It just feels like this season has flown by so fast. But still, there is SO much more awesome and adventures, and plenty of more baddies to chase after. This season covered approximately 70% of the first book...of twelve. ;) So I'm fairly excited that they're moving it along.
2) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to have a lot of fun iconning this end scene once I replenish my creative juices. If you were to ask me whether or not I prefer a cliffhanger ending to a peaceful ending, 90% of the time I'll say cliffhanger. But honestly, I don't think I'd make it to November in this particular case. lol
3) I was SO flipping relieved that Kahlan didn't remember any of what happened to her. SO relieved.
4) ZEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU! HE TOTALLY C-BLOCKED THEM. AGAIN!!!! TWICE! ARGGG!
ALSO MAJOR SPOILERY COMMENTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ "WIZARD'S FIRST RULE"
So if you want to avoid, just skip the rest of the post.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
.
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I think Richard is finally at the point where he recognizes that he could never be confessed. I kept waiting for there to be something, or some EVENT that finally drove his understanding and love over the edge. After him witnessing and experiencing what Kahlan did for him, I personally think he understands this, or will come to understand it very soon. Because the fact remains, for him and Kahlan to BE TOGETHER, he has to have NO DOUBTS, NO FEAR, 100% CONFIDENCE that he could never be confessed, because she already OWNS 100% of his soul.
SO YES. NEXT SEASON? BRING ON THE SEXAGE!