re: Wheel of Time TV, Full Trailer Oct 27, show premieres Nov 19

Well... this will SPOILERS for the show as it differs from the books, so if you don't want to know, don't read.









We pretty much know that Thom does not show up in Emond's Field. It appears he shows up later, maybe while Mat and Rand are on the Road. So its sort of unclear how long he is with them and if teaching them to play for supper is a part of the plot. We just don't know.









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That is not a problem I have with the changes. It seems like a decent and fair change.

I think some of the other changes will have purists with their panties in a bunch, but nothing that I have heard so far fundamentally changes things.

I dont think that will be as necessary here since they cant have as much of the quest, stay at small tavern stuff. But it is possible.

It is kind of pointless to focus on litle changes and if they will work or not. The story is going to be vastly different in a lot of ways.

But they appear to be doing everything right to try and make this a fantastic retelling in terms of budget, strong actors and solid director, production and costume / set people.

I dont want to get my hopes up but i think it is going to be really good, i just hope it is marketed well and that it catches on so we can see it to the end (and get more big budget fantasy productions)

I don't think I fully appreciated what a big star Alvaro Morte is in Spain and I guess Europe in general until I watched Money Heist. That show is a cultural phenom over there and he is a big big star.

In order to keep him, Logain's character will have to continuously get increasing screen time.

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Logain's character will have to continuously get increasing screen time.

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In the books, Logain seemed to be almost crammed in as an afterthought. I think he deserves more screen time. As a false dragon, he can be played off the real dragon if done right.

FB, FB: I believe I had seen that as well before any casting announcement.

To be clear, what would drive me bonkers would not be stroking an actor's ego, but rather using precious screen time and money on anything other than the original story (for whatever reason).

And don't get me started (again) on efforts to "modernize" the story with woke messaging and character reimagining.

I remain cautiously optimistic and I love this story so much that I am both willing to accept some bastardization if the spirit of the story remains intact and it is told beautifully, but also fiercely and possibly mildly irrationally protective of its original form

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but rather using precious screen time and money on anything other than the original story (for whatever reason).

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Well, from the spoilers I have seen, you are going to be disappointed. They spent a good chunk of time filming in Spain, and it wasn't for original story, I can tell you that.

Logain became really important moments in the latter half of the series and has some fantastic development and change. I find the guy who was tricked into thinking he was the chosen one to be fascinating and am excited to see him fully fleshed out.

I dont think rand and other emonds fielders, moraine, etc. Will have their character arcs cut short

I really dont understand why people care so much about the race of the actors. Racw wasnt a big compenent of the story at all, so havent the emonds fielders be a diverse cast doesnt impact the spirit of the story in any way.

Sanderson did a great job, honestly in some parts better than RJ did for a few books.

He really just did a poor job with two things:

Mat, which he admits and says he just could not get right or find the voice for, and it shows

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Logain/Androl, which was completely unneccessary.