Time to wake up and to Save Our Seeker or "The Seeker Fever"*

Note : "The Seeker fever" is an expression created by a member of the group on Facebook (hey Dennis). All credit to him.


While I remember the exact moment and the exact place of my first encounter with 30 Seconds to Mars, I fail to remember how and when I first met the Seeker even if on my own love-scale, the band and the TV show both get a 10 out of 10.


But there's no need to worry about this, is there ? Even if my mind is blurry about the 1st encounter (I only recall that it happened 2 or 3 months ago), the most important thing is that I did meet the Seeker and that it has since enlightened my world.


Truly enlightened my world the way as Mars had done, back (nearly) a couple of years ago.


In terms of fandom, the Seeker's has nothing to be ashamed of. It is dedicated, faithful, committed, loving and more. As far as I know, powerful "Echelon" only can compete with the "Seekers" and trust me, if you knew what Echelon is capable of, you'd understand what I mean.


Those of you who know nothing yet about who the Seeker is, read carefully what will follow and I bet you'll soon get as addicted as I am...


As addicted as thousands of us all over the world are.


Legend of the Seeker is a TV show . It is loosely based on the book series written by Terry Goodkind : "The Sword Of Truth"

"Loosely based" does not mean "bad". Just because it does not strictly follow the books stories does not make the show less amazing. "Loosely based" just means that for the sake of creating a story for each episode, changes had to be made. Terry Goodkind himself wrote :


"The nature of TV syndication requires that each week's episode be a story in itself, meaning that while the TV series will follow the background story of the book, it will not be able to follow the book exactly because there would be parts that would make an incomplete episode...Sam Raimi and his team want to keep the TV series true to my vision, so rest assured that I am going to be intimately involved in the writing of each of the episodes. If you love the book just the way it is, then enjoy the book for what it is and come to the TV series prepared to enjoy the show for what it is."


When I first watched the 1st episode of season 1, I got intrigued enough to want to watch episode 2. I had to anyway because episode 1 and 2 are one story. I will not say that I was overwhelmed. It'd be a lie. I was not overwhelmed but I was very much interested.


Interested enough to keep on watching.


I got interested because, first, I love fantasy genre but also because the actors who played the major characters got into my heart (just as the "listener" got into Richard's and Kahlan's in episode 5 of season 1). So I kept on watching and the more I watched, the more I loved it. Every bit of it.


By the time I was done with Season 1, I wanted nothing but to start with Season 2. I was not disappointed....I was overwhelmed. I was getting addicted and I soon enough realized that I was deeply in love with this show with no possible way back.


I will not tell you how many times I have watched LEGEND OF THE SEEKER. It won't be decent. Let's just say that as soon as I was done with season 2, I would come back to episode 1 S1 and re-start everything all over again...


...until I decided to read the books. I had then to slow down a bit with the watching ("slow down" but not "stop"...I couldn't stop even if I wanted to anyway).


Today, I simply wanted to talk about this wonderful show (the book series is another amazing and wonderful story).


Why LEGEND OF THE SEEKER has been cancelled is beyond me. And it must be beyond many others since a campaign called "Save Our Seeker" (we want more seasons) was raised after the show was cancelled. This campaign gained the support of Terry Goodkind himself : " Fans of the television series LEGEND OF THE SEEKER have organized and formed a campaign called SAVE OUR SEEKER. Very cool. They've got our full support."


Two years later, the campaign is still raging and is being noticed :

"There is no such rumbling (yet) but we hear (often) of the fans' continued interest and it hasn't gone unnoticed by all parties involved." Terry Goodkind.

The cast also supports the campaign :

Craig Horner - Our Seeker of Truth

 Jay Laga'aia - Chase

Bruce Spence - Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
Craig Parker - Darken Rahl

Apart from the SAVE OUR SEEKER campaign, many actions are taking place here and there. Among them, there is an attempt on Facebook to try and break the record of 1,000,000 comments on one post. Please do have a look HERE


Smart people, waaaayyy smarter than me, will explain why LEGEND OF THE SEEKER was cancelled after only 2 seasons (while there is enough material in the book series to go for a great many other seasons). You will find the reasons of the cancellation everywhere on the internet.


What I know is that would they have given the show a proper airing time and proper promotional actions, we would not now be fighting to renew the show as it would have never ever been cancelled.


My 2 cents.


Anyway. What I would like you to do now my kind reader is to watch the show. Give it a chance and watch the 1st two episodes. You will undoubtedly get addicted and you will hopefully join the fight.


It took me time to write a post about the Seeker. An Echelon-friend of mine told me this morning that there was no post about the Seeker on my blog and she was wondering if she had missed something. I told her that time was my enemy but I decided a minute later to take the time and to write about this wonderful show, about this wonderful campaign, about this wonderful cast, about the wonderful books and about the wonderful fandom...or at least if not "write" properly, talk about it so that many more people get to know the Seeker and all what revolves around him.


We would love you to be part of this fandom. We would love it if you came and joined. The show is worth it. It truly deserves our commitment and our love.





You want more ? Here are links to help :


Save Our Seeker
Legendofseeker - Journey Book
Facebook Guiness attempt
Legend of the Seeker


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Where the legend meet facts

Me, myself and I woke up the other day and thought that we should leave Mars for a while. "Why ?" would you ask. Well, simply because there are so many beautiful things on Earth that deserve to turn our attention to.


The Arthurian legend is one of those beautiful things.


I've always been fond of legends. Fond of ? Hum, fascinated would be a better word. When I was a kid, I'd read a lot. I still read a lot. I've already told you about that, haven't I ? ( HERE ). And when those legends tell about chivalry, when those legends tell about a time when the word "honor" was not (yet) just a word but a way of life, when they tell about life in the Middle Ages, then I am 200% captivated.


So, when I recently discovered a TV series called "Merlin" (which is actually broadcasted on british people's screens since 2008 via BBC One : Official Merlin site ), I immediately knew that I had found something full of promises.


I was not wrong.


Ok, the scriptwriter(s) of "Merlin" took a few liberties with what I would call the "conventional history". But, as long as no-one really knows if Arthur really belongs to history or if he's just a legendary King, scriptwriters all over the world have the right not to curb their imagination...provided their imagination does not lead them to nonsense. Which, to me, is not the case here even if :


- Guinevere is not anymore of noble birth (she's commonly known as the daughter of King Leodegrance in the non-welsh medieval romance) but she is a servant,
- Merlin is younger than Arthur,
- Lancelot is gonna...oops ! (can't tell you more. Sorry guys)...


...and so on and so forth.


Anyway, if I wanted to be honest...completely, totally, entirely honest, I'd say that I do like this version of the Arthurian legend...perhaps because of the amount of romance contained in it (we all need a bit of romance in our lives don't we ?) but more likely because the actors are very good, the CGI is so well done that you don't even realize there is CGI, because of the costumes, the knights, the tournaments, the decor, the music...and the magic. Oh God ! I had nearly forgotten to mention the magic. The most important part. This evil magic which main goal is to destroy the King and the Kingdom as opposed to the good magic which aims at protecting the King, the Kingdom and its people...


...but above all, because of the beautiful alchemy going on between the two main actors (Colin/Merlin Bradley/Arthur).


This is why, the day before yesterday, I went to a DVD shop and bought the 3 first seasons of Merlin. So, since the day before yesterday, I'm deeply drowned in the Middle Ages, in the Kingdom of Camelott, greedily following the story of Merlin and of Arthur, laughing (a lot), crying (a bit...mainly because of Merlin and Balinor), being scared sometimes (I know, I know...), disgusted either (Uther and the troll. Yuuuurk)...


...and loving it a lot (always).


Now if you are interested in the Arthurian legend and want to know more about it, follow Colin Morgan (Merlin) and Bradley James (Arthur) in their tour of Wales which is the place where it all started (and where it ended as it seems).


However, one has to be extremely cautious. When you will have started with the legend, you will never ever be able to get away from it.


Don't say I did not warn you.













French speakers will also love a hilarious version of Arthur's life called Kaamelott LINK TO SITE

"Kaamelott is a french television series running originally 2005-2009. It combines medieval fantasy and comedy to present a new "realistic epic" version of the Arthurian legend.
While the series takes place in the 5th century, it uses modern language and situations to create a humorous view of the Arthurian legend..."


Wanna read more ? Source : Kaamelott

I must be leaving now. Need to "re-watch" episodes 12 and 13 of season 3 and the five first ones of the 4th season.


Yummy.



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Mars Week or the Power of Echelon

Have you ever heard about what is called "The Power of Echelon" ? Have you ever heard about this powerful force which carries tons of unconditional, ungrudging, fervent and unquestioning love for Mars ?


If you have not (which, I confess, would stun/stupefy/astound/stagger me), let me teach you one thing : this overwhelming love is precisely where the Power of Echelon lies.

But the Power of Echelon also lies in their unity. Have a look at the pic below and you'll understand the spirit. This drawing was created by and belongs to @sugaronmars (aussie Echelon). It summarizes what I mean by Unity and being one...(and in case you have not read Sugar's letter to Mars - which, I confess, would stun/stupefy/astound/stagger me, especially if you are a member of Echelon (I got it Helios, didn't I ?) ;) -, please feel free to read it HERE

Thanks for this amazing piece of Art Blondie <3

Last week was Mars Week on Twitter. I'm sure you know what it was about. If not...hem...well...it would stun/stupefy/astound/stagger me :) Well, actually it was about making Mars related topics trend worldwide. The deal was to trend one topic per day (I actually do not know who suggested this idea/mission). Anyway, Echelon is one, right ?


It had all started on 09/03 with HAPPY BDAY TOMO MILICEVIC. We were so proud to see it trending this high in the list.

And then, Mars Week started

Jared Leto

Jared Leto is the boss

30 Seconds To Mars Forever

Thank You 30 Seconds To Mars

Shannon Leto Day

Find the Argus Apocraphex 

This one must have puzzled many "tweoples" in  'Tweopolis" (thank you Shannon for creating these 2 beautiful words)

Bart Cubbins is the Genius

Mars Crew

From Echelon with Love

Twitter is Echelon

Well, Echelon actually owned Twitter last week and we had to state it ;)


Ha !! I know you are puzzled. There are 7 days in a week (unless things have changed recently which would stun/stupefy...blahblahblah)...so, there are 7 days but 10 trends WW. "Huh?" would say some of you "how come ?"


Easy answer guys. Echelon has made 2 Mars related topic trend on the same day. Example : MARS CREW and FIND THE ARGUS APOCRAPHEX both trended on Sept.9. But we are talking about Echelon Power, aren't we ? When Echelon is fighting altogether as one, 2 worldwide trends a day is dead easy *smug*


It has been a beautiful Mars Week, full of love and of dedication.


I'm telling you again Echelon, I'm proud to be part of this huge family spread all over the world.


"THEY'RE HERE FOR US AND WE'RE HERE FOR THEM. IT'S ALL FUCKING GOOD". Jared Leto about Echelon






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PS : Echelon Power is NEEDED the soonest as possible on Fuse. Poll closes on Sept.20. If you think Jared writes the most meaningful lyrics, it is time to show it HERE

YOU KNOW YOU ARE ECHELON WHEN...

Thank you @30STM_fanatic for this series of tweets defining what ECHELON is. This is so true. I know now that I am a member of the ECHELON (thanks Helios) ;)


I will add something though : You are ECHELON when you just hope that Jared, Shannon and Tomo read this and reply, not to you, but to @30STM_fanatic


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU KEEP HAVING FAITH THAT JARED, SHANNON OR TOMO WILL TWEET YOU SOMEDAY


And, you are ECHELON when you feel for the band the way @sugaronmars does. Click here ==> ECHELON LOVE <3

I love that sentence : "Jared is the brain, Shannon is the heart and Tomo is the soul." They are indeed <3 <3 <3


There we go :

YOU KNOW YOU'RE #ECHELON WHEN YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF "PROVEHITO IN ALTUM"

YOU KNOW YOU'RE #ECHELON WHEN YOU KNOW WHO IS... BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF NUMBER 6277

YOU KNOW YOU'RE #ECHELON WHEN U SEE A TRIANGLE AND HAVE THE IMMEDIATE URGE TO DRAW A LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT

YOU KNOW YOU'RE #ECHELON WHEN PEOPLE SAY "JUMP" AND YOU SAY "AND TOUCH THE SKY"

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU DELAY ANSWERING YOUR PHONE BECAUSE YOU WERE LISTENING TO YOUR 30STM RINGTONE (and you sometimes even miss the call !)


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF TYPING MUDDAFUGGAZ INSTEAD OF MOTHERFUCKERS (unknown author)


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU MAKE PUNS ON "HUNGRY" AND "HUNGARY" (sorry Shannon lol) ;)


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN U SEE SOMEONE WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK ABOUT TOMO


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT 30 SECONDS TO MARS GAVE YOU THE CHANCE TO BE PART OF AN AMAZING FAMILY


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU FELT LIKE A PROUD MOTHER WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT TOMO AND VICKY GOT MARRIED


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU REFER TO A MOHAWK AS A MARSHAWK


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU LISTEN TO 30 SECONDS TO MARS AND GET STRONGER TO WIN YOUR WAR! @lenicesouza


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU TWEET LIKE CRAZY TO JARED, SHANNON OR TOMO WHEN THEY ARE ONLINE.


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU'VE BECOME A BETTER PERSON


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD "SOON" AND YOU AUTOMATICALLY ADD "NOT JARED'S  SOON"


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN NO MATTER WHAT MARS SONG COMES ON YOU BREATH "OMFG I LOVE THIS SONG" @OzKatieC


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU RELATE 30STM WITH EVERYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS YOU AND YOU'RE HAPPY AS SHIT BECAUSE OF IT

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOUR MOM, DAD, BROTHER OR SISTER ARE NOT YOUR ONLY FAMILY

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN EVERY MORNING JARED SCREAMS “COME BREAK ME DOWN" IN YOU EARS TO WAKE YOU UP BUT YOU ALWAYS FORGIVE HIM

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN SOMEONE SAYS "START AGAIN" AND YOU SAY "WITH A BRAND NEW NAME"

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT LISTENING TO 30STM SONGS


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU CAN HEAR MARS PLAYING 2 CARS DOWN OVER TOP OF YOUR RADIO AND YOU GO RADIO SURFING TO FIND IT! @OzKatieC


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU LISTEN TO A 30STM SONG AND TELL EVERYONE TO SHUT UP!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR YOUR 30STM FAVORITE SONG AND YOU ARE LIKE "WTF ?!" BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU TRY HARD U CANT CHOOSE

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU STALK JARED's, SHANNON's AND TOMO's TWITTER PAGE WAITING FOR A NEW TWEET

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD "THIS" AND YOU HAVE TO SAY "IS WAR"

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN MORE THAN A HALF OF THE PEOPLE YOU FOLLOW ON TWITTER ARE JUST AS ADDICTED WITH 30STM AS YOU!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIKE 30 SECONDS TO MARS


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU HAVE LISTENED TO 30 SECONDS TO MARS MUSIC NON STOP SINCE YOU HEARD THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME @shougM

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU DRAW THE GLYPHICS EVERYWHERE ₪ ø lll ·o. 


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU TWEET TO JARED 2947845635294860 TIMES JUST TO GET 1 REPLY @Diyorasummer (LOL)

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU KEEP MARS PARTIES WHEN YOU'RE ALONE AT HOME.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU STARTED TO SAY MOTHERFUCKERS, FUCKING AND SO ON BECAUSE JARED SAYS IT

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU FALL ASLEEP AND YOU WAKE UP WITH THEIR MUSIC IN YOUR MIND

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU OVERREACT WHEN YOU FIND OUT SOMEONE ELSE LIKES 30 SECONDS TO MARS TOO

YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOUR MOTHER TELLS YOU TO WAIT "30 SECONDS" AND YOU ANSWER "TO MARS"


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU SIT IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTER SMILING WHEN YOU SEE PICS OF JARED, SHANNON AND TOMO


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOUR MOBILE PHONE IS FULL OF 30STM SONGS, PICS AND VIDEOS


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS WHEN YOU SAW 30STM LIVE


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU DRIVE OTHERS CRAZY BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT 30STM ALL THE TIME AND YOU LOVE IT


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU LOVE DOING PROJECTS FOR 30STM


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU CAN START SINGING A WHOLE 30STM SONG, WHEREVER, WHENEVER!


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU ALWAYS SING 30 SECONDS TO MARS IN YOUR SHOWER @AllEchelonHelp


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE ON A BICYCLE AND YOU THINK ABOUT "KINGS & QUEENS" VIDEO @miss_soon


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU POST 30 SECONDS TO MARS LYRICS AS YOUR STATUS HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL GOOGLE THE WORDS AND BECOME ADDICTED @ashmash_turtle


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN YOU GO TO A HOTEL AND YOU LOOK FOR ROOM 6277 @Ivanabh


YOU KNOW YOU ARE #ECHELON WHEN EVERY TIME YOU SEE A PYRAMID OR A TRIANGLE, YOU THINK OF THE TRIAD @IAm_ECHELON

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PS : Each time @30STM-fanatic will tweet a "You Know You are An Echelon When", I'll complete the list :)


PS2 : Thank you UK ECHELON, you rock :) ("you rock" is a clickable link)


PS3 (lol) : Thank you either ITALIAN BELIEVERS, you also rock guys :) (clickable link here either)