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re: The Wheel of Time -- Season 2 coming in September -- Wise Ones Thread (Book Spoilers)
Posted on 11/20/21 at 6:16 am to Sneaky__Sally
Posted on 11/20/21 at 6:16 am to Sneaky__Sally
There was a lot of cheese factor in the first episode for me. Far too rushed for people unfamiliar with the books. The lack of focus on the Heron marked sword and it’s significance was just… not smart. The FX I dunno. I was hoping for at least being on the level of The Witcher, but the sets and settings seemed a bit… fake.
Too much time spent on the ceremony at the beginning. Could have used time far better in that first episode. Honestly should have been a 75 minute pilot. The source material is fricking dense and they rushed it a bit too much.
They made Mat a loser thief and I’m not huge in that. Wasn’t huge on giving Perrin a SO he kills either.
Basically. Production wise, it looked a little too close to Legend of the Seeker.
Trollocs we’re well done though I think.
That was stupid fricking signaling BS. It’s quite clear The Dragon is male in the books. You have all the false Dragons and the drama around it. It was a stupid line.
Too much time spent on the ceremony at the beginning. Could have used time far better in that first episode. Honestly should have been a 75 minute pilot. The source material is fricking dense and they rushed it a bit too much.
They made Mat a loser thief and I’m not huge in that. Wasn’t huge on giving Perrin a SO he kills either.
Basically. Production wise, it looked a little too close to Legend of the Seeker.
Trollocs we’re well done though I think.
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as a boy or a girl" in the first 10 seconds bothered me
That was stupid fricking signaling BS. It’s quite clear The Dragon is male in the books. You have all the false Dragons and the drama around it. It was a stupid line.
This post was edited on 11/20/21 at 6:19 am
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Posted on 11/20/21 at 8:01 am to PhineasFreakaZoid
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That was stupid fricking signaling BS. It’s quite clear The Dragon is male in the books. You have all the false Dragons and the drama around it. It was a stupid line.
Imma be real with you. Im not a ultra PC woke guy, but you’re just wrong on this. You just are. Changing this dialogue to make it possibly be Egwene (to the eye of the viewer) affects almost nothing material in the actual story. Rand will still be the dragon reborn. Egwene will still do what she does. That stuff won’t change. But what WILL happen, is that people who haven’t read the books that watch the show, will be more captured by the mystery of the dragon reborn and they will be more invested in the characters and the show as a result.
You may not have liked the show. shite, I’m not sure if I did yet. But, regardless, decisions like that are smart ones by the show runners because ultimately they need this show to appeal to more than just book readers if it’s going to be big enough to survive. Immaterial changes like that, that draw people in, are worth it 100% of the time.
This post was edited on 11/20/21 at 8:02 am
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