Oh god, someone made a Sword of Truth live action?
 

Why does God hate us?

I watched this while at the bar due to no economy causing no customers and GOD is it awful, just like the books.

Because apparently you hate happiness? I mean yeah the live action was terrible, but I thought the book series was quite epic.

Personally, I did not enjoy the books. While all books are certainly influenced by the author's philosophy, the Sword of Truth was like a sledgehammer to the head. Repeated every several chapters.

He comes across pretty heavy sometimes, what I'm saying.

Allow me to teach you the errors of your ways!

A summary of the entire series.

Rape rape rape mary sue rape rape rape strong confident female lead becomes wussy helpless leads to male's gamebreaking personal strength who also has SPECIAL UNIQUE POWERS no one else has including the ONLY WAY to stop the Big Bad rape rape rape rape rape rape threatening your half sister queen with a rape pit rape rape bondage women in extremely sexualized and underdeveloped roles rape rape rape oh hey democracy is bad because they can vote for other people, oh look even though they joined with them they still get slaughtered rape rape rape shitty Objectivist philosophy (oxymoron, I know) rape rape rape school of magic pays for hookers for more magic users rape rape rape rape oh look Richard is SPECIALZ like we needed more of that blah blah rape rape rape Commies? KILL DA COMMIES! rape rape rape everyone is hot for richard! rape rape rape KILL UNARMED PACIFISTS HAHA THE GOOD GUYS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT rape rape rape rape.

Does the show capture that spirit, despite being on ABC?

I watched til the Mord Sith (sexy woman in red leather) was offscreen and turned the channel out of brain numbing horror.

You forgot to mention when Richard becomes Sarda, because I'm sure that's on it's way in the next book, Richard is Totally Not Terry Goodkind.

Yeah I caught this. It was like watching Xena or Hercules: The Legendary Journeys except even stupider writing and much less fun.

Terry Goodkind. Terry Brooks is Sword of Shannara.

Okay I'm seriously 0 for like 10 on the proper nouns thing by now.

He was doing well in the first and second book...

But when he got to Blood of the Fold, it ALLLLLL went to crap. After the Jagang thing got so overloaded in book 6, I didn't even finish the series.

Watching the TV show is one of those times you just go "why bother?"

There's a few main differences in that they're expanding on the side adventures of Richard Cypher before he's Lord Rahl, but there's nothing tying the story down right now. Maybe some small Big Bads but still...