The Shannara Chronicles: TV Series

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‘The Shannara Chronicles” New Trailer Defines The Word ‘Epic’

“It has begun,” indeed.

The brand-new trailer for “The Shannara Chronicles” has arrived, giving fans of Terry Brooks’ best-selling novels a glimpse of the upcoming MTV show. And what a glimpse it is.

Alongside shots of majestic landscapes (the show is filmed in stunning New Zealand), the clip boasts action aplenty: Between elves, druids and humans, the residents of the fictional Four Lands launch epic battles using a whole lot of swords and some supernatural tricks to boot. And if you look carefully, you might just spot elven Princess Amberle (played by Poppy Drayton) and half-human/half elf Wil Ohmsford (Austin Butler).

Speaking of Wil, the character certainly takes after one side of the family — when an apparent foe pushes his hair aside (with a knife, no less), his elf-like ears are exposed. But the unconventional look apparently doesn’t hurt Wil’s game with the ladies: Ohmsford — who represents the last of the legendary Shannara family and joins forces with the Druid who’ll guide him to his destiny — will have not one but two love interests on the show. The lucky gals: Princess Amberle herself and a human named Eretria (Ivana Baquero).

But back to the we-can’t-wait-for-more trailer. Watch it in all its glory below, then tell us what you think of life in the Four Lands. And get ready for “The Shannara Chronicles,” premiering on MTV in January 2016!
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http://www.mtv.com/news/2250831/the-shannara-chronicles-new-trailer/

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Looking forward to this!!! HIs books were a bit slow. Hope the series is better.
 
I see the first four episodes are available on MTv's site.
 
It's refreshing and has loads of potential.The acting ranges from excellent to terrible and some of the writing is poor but I'll keep definitely check the rest of the episodes out and see where they go.
 
Four episodes in - now the only problem is the wait for episode 5 :o
 
theratman said:
It's refreshing and has loads of potential.The acting ranges from excellent to terrible and some of the writing is poor but I'll keep definitely check the rest of the episodes out and see where they go.
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This guy has a few shots into the camera where he looks like he has no clue what he's meant to be doing. Big sparkly eyes and nothing else.

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The Druid is cool and actually the show on a whole ain't bad. The demon fx are pretty good and it doesn't look low budget - which was a lot of the preemptive criticism seemed to be aimed at.
 
The_Librarian said:
How did I miss this?

Allanon approving of this?
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I'm not so sure.

I'm not all that impressed with the show, to be honest.

It's good, but I expected more. :o

One of the major sore points for me is Allanon. He's supposed to be a 7' tall monster of a man. He's not anywhere close to the badass he's portrayed as in the books. :erm:

We'll maar see how it goes with the rest of the eps.

(It's not bad...but I don't know...I expected more.)
 
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Sl8er said:
One of the major sore points for me is Allanon. He's supposed to be a 7' tall monster of a man. He's not anywhere close to the badass he's portrayed as in the books. :erm:
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Yeah - I haven't read the books but his first encounter with a demon he went tumbling down the hill (by the beach)? And ripping the wall also seemed like it taxed him way more than it should have.
 
Sl8er said:
EDIT: ************MINOR EPISODE 1&2 SPOILERS***********************

I'm not so sure.

I'm not all that impressed with the show, to be honest.

It's good, but I expected more. :o

One of the major sore points for me is Allanon. He's supposed to be a 7' tall monster of a man. He's not anywhere close to the badass he's portrayed as in the books. :erm:

We'll maar see how it goes with the rest of the eps.

(It's not bad...but I don't know...I expected more.)
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Ag no man :(

**** SPOILER ALERT FOR LEGEND OF SEEKER ****

Same for Wizard's First Rule or Legend of the Seeker...

...pictured Richard as a big man, but in the series he's not that close...


ah well... will have to download and see.
 
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