SummaryThe adaptation of the fantasy book series by Terry Brooks set thousands of year in the future where follows Elvin Princess Amberle (Poppy Drayton); Eretria (Ivana Baquero), a Human Rover; and Wil(Austin Butler), a Half-Elf, Half-Human, seek to stop a Demon army from destroying the world.
Created By:Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
The Shannara Chronicles
Season 1 Premiere:
Jan 5, 2016
Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
33% Positive
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40% Mixed
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27% Negative
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4 Reviews
Apr 6, 2016
91
First rate production value, interesting characters and an intriguing story make for a world well worth escaping to.
Jan 5, 2016
70
The series is sassier than the book.... Moving pictures require something different; messianic folderol is best served there with a little sex, and a little seltzer. That has been provided.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
62% Positive
225 Ratings
225 Ratings
15% Mixed
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
24% Negative
86 Ratings
86 Ratings
Aug 22, 2024
10
The Shannara Chronicles is an Amazing series! Everything, from acting, story, to characters, visuals, literally everything is just downright perfect!!I really really hope they make a third season! And I think the probability is not low; probably not from this company, but from another. I definitely have hope for that! Much love from me for this series!!
Aug 26, 2019
10
This is up there as one of my favorite tv shows. It was done incredible well, and actually does the book justice. The story line is really well written and the charterers did an excellent job. I'm incredible bummed about the shuffling around with this show, causing it to end with season 2. Someone really needs to pick up the licences and resume the show.
Jan 5, 2016
58
Though there’s plenty of reasons to mourn a show that’s covering up its central emptiness with so much narrative busy work, there are glimmers of hope that maybe, if the show gains some footing in its second act, it might still find itself in time.
Jan 4, 2016
50
The world-building is imaginative and impressive, but the mythology is exhausting to keep up with, especially when the reward is basically just a romance-novel version of The Lord of the Rings.
Jan 4, 2016
40
MTV's big swing at epic fantasy is a lot of hokey bombast, wasted on a cast of callow babes in the exotic woods. [4-17 Jan 2015, p.15]
Jan 4, 2016
30
Every time a character opens their mouth for some tin-eared quip that wouldn’t be out of place on a soapy drama like Gossip Girl, it knee-caps the rest of the storytelling. And wherever the dialogue isn’t weirdly contemporary, it’s frustratingly clunky.
Aug 9, 2019
10
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Sep 15, 2022
9
I actually loved the show. Compare that to the Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power which is absolutely awful. They probably could have ended after the first season since the second season was anti-climactic.. that's why I didn't give it a 10
Dec 6, 2019
2
This show is a waste of time. These are the some most stupid characters that i've seen in a show. Please save your time and do something worthwhile.
Dec 3, 2022
0
Yet again, a great book is decimated and perverted by modern TV/Movie hacks. Poor casting, horrid acting and modern identity politics meshed together into a mockery **** story. The acting is this show was sub CW quality. I got so tired of hearing Austin Butler cry out "Amberle." Who copy/pasted that into the script? I enjoyed the books and wanted to like this show, but it was so disappointingly bad.
Production Company:
- Farah Films
- Music Television (MTV)
- Sonar Entertainment
Initial Release Date:Jan 5, 2016
Number of seasons:2 Seasons
Rating:TV-14
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
