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re: The Wheel of Time -- Season 2 coming in September -- Wise Ones Thread (Book Spoilers)
Posted on 7/22/22 at 2:48 pm to Raistlins Apprentice
Posted on 7/22/22 at 2:48 pm to Raistlins Apprentice
So the people whose livelihood depends on the continued production of the show are murmuring that season 2 is going to be even better than the Magnificent first?
Has there been any mention of what being better means? Better production values? Has there actually been any mention of return to the source material?
I will keep tagging along on the off chance that the showrunners have had a Coming to the Creator moment, but I am not holding my breath.
It has been nice though to have this uncensored space to share my grievances with fellow fans of the series, and hear from those fans who were prepared to tolerate a great deal more than me in an effort to give the show every chance to prove itself. And disappointed that the show is so overwhelmingly bad that very few defenders remain
Has there been any mention of what being better means? Better production values? Has there actually been any mention of return to the source material?
I will keep tagging along on the off chance that the showrunners have had a Coming to the Creator moment, but I am not holding my breath.
It has been nice though to have this uncensored space to share my grievances with fellow fans of the series, and hear from those fans who were prepared to tolerate a great deal more than me in an effort to give the show every chance to prove itself. And disappointed that the show is so overwhelmingly bad that very few defenders remain
This post was edited on 7/22/22 at 5:16 pm
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Posted on 7/22/22 at 4:44 pm to luvdoc
Yeah, I get that it can be hard to believe this type of stuff but you can get clues from reading between the lines on these things and usually its not that out of whack with the end result.
For example, there were similar whispers before season 1 that were quite negative and ended up panning out so the fact that these same whispers are much more positive for season 2 does mean a little more than you might think. Also, the leaks are usually coming from people working on the show that arent necessarily committed to the show in any real way so they have no incentive to lie about these things. And usually if things are going poorly, they want to leak it and get out ahead of it to not be associated so strongly with it.
As to the specifics, I have heard the production values are supposed to be alot better for season 2. They got an expanded budget for season 2, plus they have much more time to do the VFX and stuff. Season 1 was rushed out by Amazon because they wanted a trial run for the Lord of the Rings show, which is why The Wheel of Time exists at all. Amazon used it as a training ground for directors, production staff, and just a general feel of doing a big fantasy tv show.
As for the source material question, thats more of a subjective thing. Of season 1's many problems, not following the source material closely enough would not rank in my top 10. The ultimate story of season 1 tracks pretty closely to book 1, with a couple of brief exceptions to flesh out certain story beats. But anyway, I would assume season 2 will probably follow season 1 from a structure standpoint. But thats pure speculation.
And while this board is very out on the show, the WOT fandom at large is much more split. There are still huge numbers of WOT fans who love the show, another group that were pretty meh on the show, and a group that hated it. Individual boards have a tendency to become hive mind groupthinks about various shows or whatever, so it depends on where you look.
For example, there were similar whispers before season 1 that were quite negative and ended up panning out so the fact that these same whispers are much more positive for season 2 does mean a little more than you might think. Also, the leaks are usually coming from people working on the show that arent necessarily committed to the show in any real way so they have no incentive to lie about these things. And usually if things are going poorly, they want to leak it and get out ahead of it to not be associated so strongly with it.
As to the specifics, I have heard the production values are supposed to be alot better for season 2. They got an expanded budget for season 2, plus they have much more time to do the VFX and stuff. Season 1 was rushed out by Amazon because they wanted a trial run for the Lord of the Rings show, which is why The Wheel of Time exists at all. Amazon used it as a training ground for directors, production staff, and just a general feel of doing a big fantasy tv show.
As for the source material question, thats more of a subjective thing. Of season 1's many problems, not following the source material closely enough would not rank in my top 10. The ultimate story of season 1 tracks pretty closely to book 1, with a couple of brief exceptions to flesh out certain story beats. But anyway, I would assume season 2 will probably follow season 1 from a structure standpoint. But thats pure speculation.
And while this board is very out on the show, the WOT fandom at large is much more split. There are still huge numbers of WOT fans who love the show, another group that were pretty meh on the show, and a group that hated it. Individual boards have a tendency to become hive mind groupthinks about various shows or whatever, so it depends on where you look.
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