So, news is floating around that Sam Raimi is going to a fantasy syndication of Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series.
I have decidedly ambivalent feelings about this. The first book was really great, but it included… mature… themes such as man-boy rape, sado-masochistic torture-magic-sex, and satanic summoning (no joke). That being said, the series definately got extremely didactic and bad as it went on, and I’ve yet to finish the last two books. On the other hand, the core story about a woodsman turned super-wizard-king-of-the-world-hero-of-destiny and his lovely mate traveling about righting wrongs may work great in syndication. Thoughts?
I agree. The first book was decent and I could barely get through the second book.
I’m much more excited about A Song of Ice and Fire coming to HBO where it’s mature themes can actually occur.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6468840.html
I also agree; the sword of truth series got increasingly painful to read as it went on. I doubt I’ll revisit it in a new format.