Welcome to my alternate universe.
The Seeker in Shannara – Location, Camera, Action! You might have noticed how many characters from fantasy TV shows filmed in New Zealand sooner or later end up under the same waterfall. Or in the same lake, or leaning on the same trees, or passing the same deserts and coming to the same coast… The […]
A Threesome in The Shannara Chronicles? The chemistry between Wil and Eretria in the first episode of Shannara was so promising and rewarding that it consumed all my interest in the series. Well, until Wil met Amberle (naked under a waterfall, I might add), or Eretria met her in the woods (Amberle sticking a knife […]
And so The Journey begins… or ends? Welcome to the Four Lands that in 2016 had sprung out of Terry Brooks fantasy novels into the TV screens – The Shannara Chronicles. In this post-apocalyptic fantasy world, epic storylines unfold and magical beings in tight and eye-catching leather costumes follow their destiny to become the […]
Alternate Stories from Parallel Universes A parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained reality coexisting with one’s own. Fantasy has long borrowed an idea of “another world” from myth, legend, and religion. Heaven, Hell, Olympus and Valhalla are all “alternative universes” different from the familiar material realm. Any book, movie or a TV show that deals with history, real-life events or is based on something created before is […]
New Zealand as Middle Earth As the home of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the subsequent Hobbit movies, the country had been resoundingly stamped as a center for fantasy film production and lovingly referred to by many as “Middle Earth”. New Zealand has been a key filming and production location for some of the most popular and highest grossing […]