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re: The Wheel of Time -- Season 2 coming in September -- Wise Ones Thread (Book Spoilers)
Posted on 11/18/21 at 11:53 pm to nopants
Posted on 11/18/21 at 11:53 pm to nopants
Pretty much all this. I thought it worked really well in spite of the obvious issues with pacing and having to rush through things with only 8 episodes. Kind of an underrated point to remember since GOT early seasons had 10 each.
Ended strong with ep 3 which I probably enjoyed the most.
Nynaeve, Rand and Egwene were all on point character-wise.
Perrin and the wife thing actually worked ok, it adds to his push/pull relationship with violence.
Will have much more to say later.
Ended strong with ep 3 which I probably enjoyed the most.
Nynaeve, Rand and Egwene were all on point character-wise.
Perrin and the wife thing actually worked ok, it adds to his push/pull relationship with violence.
Will have much more to say later.
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Posted on 11/19/21 at 12:29 am to Raistlins Apprentice
I found the new series to be low-caliber
It was an CBS/ABC/NBC show, and had all the theatrics and graphics of Heroes ca.2006 on NBC, but with worse dialouge.
Here you have a book with massive source material, and rather than take some and forget the rest, they decided to just throw it all out
Gripes:
- Lan and Moraine just announcing who and what they are to the town, rather than it being hidden (this helps the viewer understand what the Two Rivers is like)
- diverse town. It's supposed to be a sheltered place where everyone is of a similar background, and closely related. They did this just to be PC
They are all supposed to go out and see the world, and then experience the diverseness of it. Like Tuon is supposed to be unique. Rand's physique as an Aeil is supposed to be unique.
- Saying that the Dragon Reborn could be a boy or a girl. (No need for that, Moraine wanted Egwene for the White Tower, that's it)
- Saying Egwene was in the Womens Circle, and inventing some ritual
- Perrin married. Jeezus
- Mat's father some cheating bastard who is dirt poor
- Trollocs weren't done well
- Nynaeve gets kidnapped by a trolloc
There was no mystery to this. It's all low-brow, on-the-nose. No mystery, no suspense, nothing.
On top of that, they made the kids seem post-innoncent. Rand/Egwene having sex, the 3 guys griping about "another year of this stuff"/etc. In the books, they were almost as innocent as Hobbits, isolated, and living an idyllic life. The books were about a journey of young adults losing their innocence, seeing the real world, and then overcoming everything to defeat the Dark One.
It was bad. Plain and simple.
It was an CBS/ABC/NBC show, and had all the theatrics and graphics of Heroes ca.2006 on NBC, but with worse dialouge.
Here you have a book with massive source material, and rather than take some and forget the rest, they decided to just throw it all out
Gripes:
- Lan and Moraine just announcing who and what they are to the town, rather than it being hidden (this helps the viewer understand what the Two Rivers is like)
- diverse town. It's supposed to be a sheltered place where everyone is of a similar background, and closely related. They did this just to be PC
They are all supposed to go out and see the world, and then experience the diverseness of it. Like Tuon is supposed to be unique. Rand's physique as an Aeil is supposed to be unique.
- Saying that the Dragon Reborn could be a boy or a girl. (No need for that, Moraine wanted Egwene for the White Tower, that's it)
- Saying Egwene was in the Womens Circle, and inventing some ritual
- Perrin married. Jeezus
- Mat's father some cheating bastard who is dirt poor
- Trollocs weren't done well
- Nynaeve gets kidnapped by a trolloc
There was no mystery to this. It's all low-brow, on-the-nose. No mystery, no suspense, nothing.
On top of that, they made the kids seem post-innoncent. Rand/Egwene having sex, the 3 guys griping about "another year of this stuff"/etc. In the books, they were almost as innocent as Hobbits, isolated, and living an idyllic life. The books were about a journey of young adults losing their innocence, seeing the real world, and then overcoming everything to defeat the Dark One.
It was bad. Plain and simple.
This post was edited on 11/19/21 at 12:31 am
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