Having read many of the Shanarra books years ago, I was (initially, at least) excited to see the story turned into a series; but what a disappointment.
The first three books are a trilogy, collectively known as "The Sword of Shanarra" and season one more or less follows Book Two of the trilogy.
Some of the characters are especially attractive, including, but not limited to:
Austin Butler as Wil Ohmsford
Marcus Vanco is particularly appealing as Bandon (a character that does not appear in the books):
Manu Bennett, who spent much of his time in the Sparactus series totally naked, appears as the Druid Allanon, but unlike his role in Spartacus, he's totally clothed in this series:
And lets not overlook John Rhys-Davies, who at age 73, is still going strong. His portrayal of the elf king was very good.
The series was done by MTV, and it was obviously targeted at a teenaged audience. Season one was decently done, but in Season two, they went off the deep end. The end result of the story more or less matched the book, but the storyline got there in a totally different way. Characters were added; characters were changed; and there were too many extraneous storylines added. The story turned in to a gigantic soap opera of sorts.
The film makers bowed to the current cries for "diversity" and added a pair of lesbians, several black characters and others. Good grief, the book has elves; gnomes; druids; demons; and what have you - it could hardly have been more diverse.
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