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

Saw the first episode. I remember when I watched the "It" made for TV miniseries thinking, "Why'd they do that instead of just following the story?" All the pointless changes that served no purpose. They did a lot of that in Wheel of Time.

It also is a very obvious "diversity" pick for the cast and they smutted up the Three Rivers story. The entire point was a simple, innocent, close knit community that was destroyed by real world events. Even if they weren't going to be white (and I'd be fine if they weren't), they should have been homogenous and not been throwing in the smut. It was just awkward, missed the point, and doesn't bode well for the future.

There's also the fact that it's supposed to end in balance and as strong as they're coming on with the girl power, I'm skeptical they're ever going to get to the balance between the sexes that Jordan envisioned.