Just an amazing series. Especially liked the ending. I look forward to continuing
Just an amazing series. Especially liked the ending. I look forward to continuing
Burn it and salt the ground after, then through in some balefire for good measure. It seems credible enough, however their description of season one seems a bit wonky. We didn't get the coming of age thing, we didn't get the 'testing relationships' or is that how they sum up Rand mooning over Egwene and Nynaeve telling everyone Perrin fancies Egwene? I really don't need more Moiraine in my life to justify hiring Rosamund Pike.
ah. hence the spelling errors and weird phrasing. the plot points may or may not be true, but the way its written - smacks of personal bias. taking it as confirmed, even though they were right... once? ALSO smacks of personal bias, though that is not surprising given that its coming from you. /shrug
we do know that they plan on pulling from book 2 and 3 both for season 2, that has been confirmed by showrunner. also, deaths of characters that do not die in books have been confirmed, though we don't know which characters. could be Rafe being extra dumb about fan reactions. could be Rafe misdirecting so when deaths do not happen, fans feel relieved and grateful. who knows before we actualy see the season.
my biggest concern is this particular quote from Rafe
this tells me that despite my hopes otherwise, he IS very much aiming for the next game of thrones (that fantasy show for people who do not like fantasy), and him being happy that show is watched mostly by non fans of the books - doesn't bode well to just how much he is going to diverge from them.but a big majority of our audience is people who don't know anything about the books and aren't even necessarily fantasy fans. That's a really gratifying thing to see
and stuff like this
but.... still the hate and the gloating and the misattributions and just general attitudes from some of you are just... guys... get a life maybe? I don't know...We only add new stories when we need to. In season 1, we really needed to emotionally explain mythological things about Aes Sedai and Warders, so we had to add story there. We'll obviously have to add story for Moiraine and Lan (Daniel Henney) because they're basically sidelined for a couple books, but we're not going to put Rosamund Pike on the bench.
But the details don't matter in this instance because the statement about the show does not currently contradict those details. It didn't say his entire life he hated the tower only that he was the last one to challenge the female supremacy of the tower which is objectively true as you, and others, have pointed out. Again you are arguing that a murder can't be called a murder because they lived X amount of years as a non-murder.
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The original story was a coming of age story however rafe of time aged up the characters and basically got rid of any innocence they have so it certainly isn't anymore.
Also the white tower doesn't hold supremacy it has a lot of power and influence but there are countries that are not under their sway and those that pay lip service as well. If the white tower held supremacy many of the events that happen in the books couldn't happen because it would be aes sedai puppets being displaced rather than rulers which would bring the full weight of the tower down on the replacer.
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Agree 100% There is no meaningful character growth at all in season 1 (don't mention the waste of time the Stephen arc was)... as for challenging female supremacy, that is not what Hawking did. He went for the Aes Sedai, not for women in particular and not BECAUSE they were women.
Also, I get that Hawking's feats are in the past at the time of season 2, but the white tower doesn't feel like it has any supremacy at all in the show. There is a whitecloak inquisitor operating in the open under the white tower's very nose. That doesn't sound like an organisation that projects any signficant power. Imo they are actually portrayed a bit to weak.
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Why are you so mad about the tv series being more popular and entertaining than the book series, you are not going to get the story from the book no matter how much you complain about it, WoT isnt the most interesting story as it is, shanara chronicles is a much better story and world.
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Not that I should have to point this out, but it's a bit of a stretch to conclusively argue that the TV series is "more popular and entertaining" than the book series when we have absolutely no way to realistically quantify how much of that "popularity" is due to the simple fact that TV is a vastly more accessible and easier to consume form of media VS written books. Being able to binge watch WoT in a weekend while only half paying attention to what's going on isn't exactly a great measurement of if a thing is actually "popular", regardless of how many people might actually watch it, if we have no idea why they are watching it.
This. I noticed the absence of names. This is a "female" show. Even though Rand is Dragon Reborn and hence, Rafe is forced to carry the name, expect little screen time. Season 2 will show even more Moiraine with Egwene and Nyaneve stealing rest of the screen time.
Season one was coming of age story for women, I suppose. Men were useless at best.
To fight off madness, Rand went to a cosmopolitan city and not some isolated forest? Ofcourse, this world has no map so don't expect people to understand where Falme even is or how Rand managed to reach it from Blight since he...doesn't know where it is. Even Witcher has better world building which is funny since Witcher has zero world building.
Alright. Hawking left instructions that are being executed 1000 years later: Burn WT to ground. Funny, Hawking wanted to destroy Aes Sedai. Seanchan want to enslave them. Different turning this is. Cool.
Clearly, Hawking is a man hence trying to fight these kindly women of WT. Women are good.
I do wonder if they will make Seanchan a male empire because you know, ....
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Nah..From looks of it, they have received a budget cut. With smaller budget, on prime, they can survive with smaller fanbase..for show.
TV is superior entertainment and much more popular since it has the largest audiance, a book just cant beat the amount of ppl who can just watch a tv series since a tv series is easy to access, most ppl dont really care about the story as long as the show is enjoyable so it can be bad or good it doesnt matter.
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just because more people watch tv than read books doesnt mean its superior.
Mcdonalds sell the most burgers in the world id imagine but they are not the best ones.
id agree that tv is easier to get into and more throw away but that doesnt make it superior imho, i mean how often do you get adaptations where the main thoughts of the audience are 'yeah well better than the book'? for me its probably only fight club
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Shanara Chronciles world is better, more interesting magic, world and story, Wheel of Time story overall is not that interesting at all, the wheel of time story overall sucks compared to many others.
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It does mean its superior, its creates more money, more entertainment for more ppl that helps generate money to make other tv series, books are just for a small niche and thats it.
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Just because you have failed over and over again to prove any sort of point, you are just mad you didnt get the tv series you thought you wanted.
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