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

I mean you are way off-base but its fine for you to feel that way.


Sure he had lots of aspects that emulate Tolkein, particularly in the first book, Trollocs and orcs bbut the world is so much deeper than that (I love Tolkein so don't get me wrong). The variety of races, the history, the descriptions, the foreshadowing is all incredible.

But WoT expounds on magic in a far more complete sense, things like reincarnation, the dreamworld, the game of houses, the ways, the Aeil and even the idea of a "chosen one" and how a person would handle that sort of pressure as the series drags on was all very unique and original for its time. It has more in depth political aspect, battle tactics including showing development of cannons and other technology in a medieval / fantasy setting and in one instance gives you a glimpse of the past "age of legends" where technology and the magic system are used in conjunction. Saying that the series is a Tolkein ripoff in totality is just flat out incorrect.

The series have tons of flaws and I am not going to go into a big back and forth but half porn? You can't honestly say that and then be a fan of something like ASOIAF can you? Rand bangs exactly 3 chicks in the series and it doesn't even go into detail other than making the reader aware that it is happening. Most criticism you see is that it is too puritan.