[PnP] Seeker And Other Films Through The P&P Lens

[Phineas Cromwell]

Another fantasy film that is special to me but is hard to regard simply is
Ridley Scott's Legend. Its a 'love-it-or-hate-it' film. There is something
about it, an ethereal quality, and Scott's visceral imagery and sensorial
presentation. The movie, considered as to what makes a good or bad film,
definitely could have been better. But its the 'extra' or special aspects of
it that make it a strange kind of quasi-masterpiece.
It was this ambient, ethereal quality that makes me regard it as a special
fantasy film, and somehow with an 'idyllic' vision of part of the P&P world.
Most likely the Elder and Shidhe, and likely the Kotothi; if not directly,
just impressionistically.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Phineas Cromwell
<phineascromwell at gmail.com>wrote:

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>   On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Scott Adams <longshot at darktech.org>wrote:
>
>>  At 06:12 PM 12/2/08, you wrote:
>> >At first glance, I wasn't sure if you were talking about the film "The
>> >Seeker" or the TV series "Legend Of The Seeker"; I haven't seen either
>> yet.
>> >The thread made me think of something I do all the time. I have a huge
>> DVD
>> >collection and I re-watch my favorite films, particularly the
>> >fantasy-oriented ones, endlessly.
>> >In addition to general inspiration, I try to imagine placing the film's
>> >content in terms of P&P. Some of my favorites are Conan The Barbarian,
>> >Dragonslayer, Excalibur, The Beastmaster, The Dark Crystal, Krull,
>> >Ladyhawke; period films also that spark different kinds of inspiration
>> for
>> >me include many, like Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers/The Four
>> >Musketeers/The Return Of The Musketeers, Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden
>> >Age, Shogun, Braveheart, Rob-Roy; etc,etc,etc...
>> >I was curious to hear anyone else's favorites, and maybe what aspects of
>> >them draw similarities to P&P, or what might downright fit right in The
>> >Lands Perilous.
>> When the Seeker movie came out on Hbo last month I was planning on seeing
>> it anyway.  Then I saw the behind the scenes stuff on a Seeker Series.  I
>> was talking above in reference to TV series.  The movie was as far as I can
>> tell totally opposite.  Young kid.  TV older guy maybe mid-20s.  I think its
>> 2 distinct universes as plot is a bit different and may have been tweaked
>> for the series.  But so far the TV series is the best for pnp fans.  The
>> magic alone is something to awe at.  It may be hard to find but you can
>> yahoo it on their tv guide or something.  Legend of the Seeker.
>>
>> As far as movies you named all good ones though I vaguely recall
>> Rob-roy....  I like fantasy movies but none have come too cose to pnp for
>> me.  I suppose movie wise I'd have to say Hobbit, maybe lord of the rings.
>>
>> TV series theres a few like Xena, Hercules and Seeker (teh best).  Oddly
>> the same guy did all three.
>>
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