if I ever see it out on DVD at the video store I might give it a whirl. I'd feel weird starting second season though, wouldn't I miss a whole set up or something?

Definitely rent it!

Oh, here's a picspam on shallow reasons for watching the show.
http://xlivvielockex.livejournal.com/129037.html

I particularly like the 'Amoral Attractive Asshole' part. Heh.
And there was particularly good reasoning behind the 'best portrayal of a relationship' part. It's self-aggrandizement, for sure, but very good points- on tv today, not having sex is the death knell to any relationship, but Kahlan and Richard make it work. It's like Pushing Daisies in that respect, they can't have sex [but oh, they will find loopholes!] but they're nonetheless committed to each other in a strong, binding emotional relationship. They'd rather be together without the sex than with anyone else. I love that.

And Cordelia gets killed in it! Nooooooo!

I'M SORRYYYY. *comforts you* Yah, I'm stumped, there is no spinning this.

Does LOTS have a prophecy in it? Probably. LOL

Oh, yes. I just hate how people proceed on the assumption that a prophecy will come true and there's no point trying to circumvent it.

[I don't know if you ever saw Point Pleasant, it was a cool premise, the Devil's Daughter let loose on Earth and the idea was that he didn't even need to meddle, dealing with humans would be enough to drive her crazy and unleash destruction upon them all. And he was right- she made friends, had a boyfriend, then when they found out about her creepy powers- which could be used for GOOD as well as evil- her adoptive family turned against her and decided she had to be put down! Like, wouldn't you want to cultivate her as an ally? Get her to protect you against other dark forces? Why the hell are they making an enemy out of someone that was part of the family!]

So the allies try to kill Richard [I don't blame them] and the enemies protect him [except for T'Pol in that moment of epic WTF!ery] because the prophecy is the gospel truth and why act as if the future's malleable when it's clearly set in stone? Argh, so infuriating.

I now believe it wasn't you who tarted up Emma Watson. It is a little raunchy though, I'll agree. She's showing off a bit of cleavage there, the wee young lass! (wee young lass teehee)

I hear that last part in a fake Scottish accent, just so you know. A terrible attempt at a Scottish accent, anyway. :P

And well, if that's the worst it gets, I'll count my blessings. She ain't doing a Miley Cyrus by posing in bedsheets [although I never thought that deserved all the vitriol and criticism that got heaped on her head] and she ain't no Britney or Amy Winehouse, so the kid's doing all right.

a decent young role model.

I like that she's a good role model without up and announcing 'I AM A GOOD ROLE MODEL'. I don't believe all celebs need to be role models [it puzzles me that people have higher expectations of them than other people- like with Tiger Woods, stfu, yes, he's a scumbag but no average cheating manwhore would get raked over the coals like him and berated for influencing impressionable young cheaters-in-the-making, so stop acting like he's single-handedly responsible for the breakdown of the marital institution in our society] but when there's someone decent like her, it makes me feel a little more cheerful about our society.

Then I watch Next Top Model or some other show and want to bash the contestants over the head for saying rubbish like 'I want to inspire people...I want to be a role model...' FFS, people CHOOSE whether they find you inspirational or not, it sounds so pretentious saying it like that's the main thing they're wanting to achieve, ugh. Get real, you're there for the fame and fortune.

PS. I like your icon! What's the story behind it?