re: The Wheel of Time -- Season 2 coming in September -- Wise Ones Thread (Book Spoilers)

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I agree with this. They are going to need some really positive word of mouth to bring some people back to watch.

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This is where this show will dissipate.

Us GoT book readers wouldnt shut the frick up about the series until it caught so much hype it became a pop culture phenomenon. I had group texts will all my non reader friends who would ask me countless questions every episode, helping them understand what was going on. Go look at the views for each season. It just kept building. Watch parties were fairly common, where we would have the show on one TV and whatever NFL game was on the other.

WoT books are outstanding to me. I told some of those same friends about this show and they were excited to check it out. They are pretty much making fun of it at this point.

I'll continue to watch, but absolutely will not be trying to get others on board, as it is NOT that great. I just don't understand WHY the plot inconveniently misses opportunities to make sense. A few that stood out to me during finale:

1. Why wouldn't Loial/Perrin wreck shop on the horn stealers, only to have Fain get away at the last second with it. It would have been a great transition from Perrin the weak to Perrin the angry. We kept seeing Perrin looking at the axe. Are we supposed to believe he is buying into the Tinker's theology about no violence, after he was tortured? This would have added another character that non-readers could root for, instead of making him look like a giant pussy the entire season. Put him in wolf rage and just wreak havoc.


2. Loial is not a giant. The scenes with him and Perrin make them almost eye level. This makes no sense, as you could have easily made him 7ft tall or more, by having a taller actor, or some forced perspective. This is not expensive to pull off. It seems in the show Loial was just for fan service and will be disposed of.

3. Lan - where to start? I guess we needed another weak male side plot. Arguably the best swordsman in Rand Land spends the last few episodes touching women's faces.

4. Tarwins gap. I don't care if Eg healed Nyn, at all. What I do care is, why on earth was the gate so ill equiped, and why the hell weren't channelers on top of, or above, the actual gate? I guess they needed to kill off more men, to make room for strong independent women

5. Seanchans - wife turned to me and said "that made no sense, are they good or bad". Fade to black.


edit: forgot the cold opening. It was season 1 Battlestar Galactica level of bad CGI