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Tenar: So this is our destiny?
Ged: If not us, then who?
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Archmagus: That's impossible, no-one can break through these doors.
King Tygath: Maybe you should ask for your money back.
Archmagus: [sees that Jasper betrayed him] Jasper! We gave you the power to bring good to the world, but instead you picked evil. You break my heart!
King Tygath: No, I think I will do that.
[throws dagger into Archmagus' heart]
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Ged: Vetch, with the entire fate of Earthsea at hand you stop to eat?
Vetch: I'm hungry.
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Vetch: [after Ged transforms] Yeah, I'm talking to a bird.
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Jasper: [after conjuring up a tree] Blacksmith, why don't you show us what you can do? You could make something miniscule become enormous. Your brain for instance.
Ged: You might want to try that trick on yourself too, Jasper, just aim a little lower.
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Ged: [following hooded creature] This is a bleak place. I suppose it's more cheerful on the other side of the mountain... did you hear me, I said I hope it's more cheerful on the other side of the mountain. Hey Buddy, we've been walking for an hour, did you fall asleep on your feet?
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Vetch: - Speaking to the cook at Roque - Is there anything eadible in there?... Hidden away?... It's his first day... have some compassion.
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Ged: Ogion, is there something moving in my soup?
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The Dragon: Ask me two questions, wizard, and I will give you the answers.
Ged: Isn't it usually three?
The Dragon: Yes, but with that you're back to two.
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King Tygath: Riddles? I *hate* riddles!
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Lady Elfarren: [after Ged sets an Un-named one free] What have you done?
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Description
Based on Ursula K. Le Guin's multiple award-winning classic tale comes this richly imagined epic mini-series. In the magical world of EarthSea, the Amulet of Peace has ensured harmony between humans and dragons for centuries. But when the Amulet is broken and a piece of it disappears, it's up to a neophyte wizard to restore balance and stop a nefarious king from conquering EarthSea's islands.
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Originally broadcast as Legend of Earthsea in December 2004, the Sci-Fi Channel's four-hour miniseries of Earthsea rides the coattails of the Lord of the Rings trilogy with its quest-driven story of humble blacksmith Ged (Shawn Ashmore), a wizard-to-be who is mentored by the magical Ogion (Danny Glover) as he seeks to preserve the realm of Earthsea from the evil King Tygath (Sebastian Roché). Ged's adventures lead him to the priestess Tenar (Kristen Kreuk, from Smallville) and with secrets shared by High Priestess Thar (Isabella Rossellini), they gain the power to prevail over Tygath. As presented by Robert Halmi Sr. (producer of Merlin, Gulliver's Travels and several other fantasy miniseries), this skeletal rendering of Earthsea boasts a wealth of digital effects and semi-lavish set design, but Ashmore's lack of charisma hampers a production already fraught with problems. It provoked the wrath of fantasy fans and a firm rejection by author Ursula K. Le Guin, who had watched helplessly (she wasn't involved or consulted) as her classic novels A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan were racially "whitewashed" (in Le Guin's words) nearly beyond recognition. As TV fantasy goes, Earthsea is admirably ambitious, but best enjoyed by those with no awareness of the classic books it is very loosely based on. --Jeff Shannon
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