October 23, 20214 yr My brother has a house in the country and he built an outdoor movie theater for this premiere. Heading out there to see the first 3 episodes with him and my best friend. We all grew up reading these books. Trying to keep my expectations low.
October 23, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said: Is it really that hard to find pretty actresses right now? Yea those are the Red Ajah. They really hate men. Looks appropriately cast to me. Liandrin, the blonde, looks like a real cunt. Perfect.
October 23, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, UTGrad98 said: Yea those are the Red Ajah. uh yeah, thanks for the heads up. I've read the series 3 times and don't recall at any point Jordan referring to the Red Ajah sisters as "all homely or butt ugly".
October 23, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said: uh yeah, thanks for the heads up. I've read the series 3 times and don't recall at any point Jordan referring to the Red Ajah sisters as "all homely or butt ugly". It's inferred. They are female incels. I see nothing wrong with those choices.
October 23, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, UTGrad98 said: It's inferred. They are female incels. I see nothing wrong with those choices. "Implied" is the word you're looking for, and again, from reading the series 3 times, I never got the impression the Red Ajah was loaded with fugs. And seeing as how Jordan spent several hundred pages describing braid tugging and Aes Sedai beauty secrets, you're inferring something not based on facts.
October 23, 20214 yr Author 19 minutes ago, UTGrad98 said: It's inferred. They are female incels. I see nothing wrong with those choices. Just say "aggy".
October 26, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, seven said: Is anything more incel than getting angry at the above "fugs"? Must be a Whitecloak
October 27, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, immortal13 said: I wish they had picked a different lead actress Spoiler Well, you don't have to put up with her past The Fires of Heaven. Thanks, Lanfear!
October 27, 20214 yr I mean its clear they went the GoT route, 1 veteran recognizable actor in a main role along with a bunch of unknowns and combined it with the witcher by making random characters a person of color Edited October 27, 20214 yr by Michael Knight
October 27, 20214 yr 40 minutes ago, NWBuck said: Hide contents Well, you don't have to put up with her past The Fires of Heaven. Thanks, Lanfear! Spoiler Someone didn’t finish the books…
October 27, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, texasfight2025 said: Hide contents Someone didn’t finish the books… Spoiler Look, the man had primary amyloidosis.... you can't in good conscience call him a 'quitter'.
October 28, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Michael Knight said: I mean its clear they went the GoT route, 1 veteran recognizable actor in a main role along with a bunch of unknowns and combined it with the witcher by making random characters a person of color God the Witcher is bad
November 16, 20214 yr Starts this Friday, initial reviews seems to be its OK and some of the effects are lacking. The Expanse also started out as just OK so who knows. https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Season-1/dp/B09F59CZ7R Edited November 16, 20214 yr by Michael Knight
November 16, 20214 yr Author 15 minutes ago, Michael Knight said: Starts this Friday, initial reviews seems to be its OK and some of the effects are lacking. The Expanse also started out as just OK so who knows. Watched a few WOT book nerd reviews earlier today where they didn't get into specifics (embargo is not up yet I guess), and they seemed satisfied and basically said the changes that were made had to be made due to pacing of the book and/or not having the season be 20 episodes long. They did say that non-book readers would not even realize it because the flow works better or something. They seemed happy with the casting and said the effects in the trailers had been refined/altered for the release.
November 18, 20214 yr Author I'm not going to stay up tonight to watch this, but yeah, tomorrow evening is blocked out for it.
November 18, 20214 yr Fingers crossed. Read some reviews which seem to be all over the place (critics got the 1st 6 episodes.) It looks like they're going to include material from the prequel. I never got around to reading the prequel even though I've read the series a few times so maybe I can be surprised by some things. It looks like they decided to forego the "ageless face" of an Aes Sedai so I'm still left to wonder what Jordan meant by a group of women with "ageless faces" Please don't screw this up Amazon....
November 19, 20214 yr On 11/16/2021 at 6:02 PM, Michael Knight said: Starts this Friday, initial reviews seems to be its OK and some of the effects are lacking. The Expanse also started out as just OK so who knows. https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Season-1/dp/B09F59CZ7R Actually the first three episodes are now available. Amazon releases at midnight GMT.
November 19, 20214 yr Author 5 minutes ago, Keflex said: Actually the first three episodes are now available. Amazon releases at midnight GMT.
November 19, 20214 yr I turned the first episode off halfway through which is rare for me. I’ll wait to get the surly consensus but I wasn’t digging it. Uninteresting characters and a too-bright, kind of Harry Potter feeling world.
November 19, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Buzzrock said: I turned the first episode off halfway through which is rare for me. I’ll wait to get the surly consensus but I wasn’t digging it. Uninteresting characters and a too-bright, kind of Harry Potter feeling world. Same. Casting is dog shit for the most part. Witcher level of bad.
November 19, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Buzzrock said: I turned the first episode off halfway through which is rare for me. I’ll wait to get the surly consensus but I wasn’t digging it. Uninteresting characters and a too-bright, kind of Harry Potter feeling world. Same. Was boring as shit
November 19, 20214 yr OMG I went back and watched the rest. It got worse, like comically bad. It reminded me of one of those old crappy D&D movies. Out.
November 19, 20214 yr The CGI is shitty. I don't think Uncle Jeff is going to be very happy with what all his money got him.
November 19, 20214 yr Author 4 hours ago, kevwun said: The CGI is shitty. I don't think Uncle Jeff is going to be very happy with what all his money got him. The book has enough fans that will watch it all the way through, and I'm guessing changes will be made for the next book. I will finish the series, but I expected it to start out slow, but it's damn slow.
November 20, 20214 yr watched all 3 last night, spent most of it trying to remember if it was in the book that i read 20+ years ago.
November 20, 20214 yr Author I do not have a fancy 4K TV with HDR/etc. and I'm wondering if it looks odd because of that. Or is this the whole "Netflix has their look" "Marvel has their look" and "Amazon has their look" that we've talked about before.
November 20, 20214 yr Author If you want to do a deep dive, this guy is one of the YouTubers obsessed with the WoT series, and he's on Amazon's after-show show or whatever. And he's absolutely right, the cold opening of the first episode was absolute shit, but it did improve. Edited November 20, 20214 yr by atomheartbevo
November 20, 20214 yr My expectations were low and they exceeded them. It's nice to see these books come to life. I'll keep watching. Already renewed for 3 seasons so someone thinks it's good.
November 20, 20214 yr On 11/16/2021 at 5:02 PM, Michael Knight said: The Expanse also started out as just OK so who knows. I need to go back and actually get through the whole show but I remember the Expanse being pretty quality from the get go. At least production value-wise which seems to be an early compliant with this one.
November 20, 20214 yr 12 hours ago, elfenix said: watched all 3 last night, spent most of it trying to remember if it was in the book that i read 20+ years ago. I reread the first book in anticipation and it was a big mistake. The changes they made are jarring. I understand artistic license and having to add/omit for pacing, but JFC. I only got through one episode, maybe things will get on track deeper into the show.
November 20, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, TXSG8R said: I reread the first book in anticipation and it was a big mistake. The changes they made are jarring. I understand artistic license and having to add/omit for pacing, but JFC. I only got through one episode, maybe things will get on track deeper into the show. Episodes 2 and 3 play much closer to the books than episode 1. I agree there were lots of liberties taken in the first episode but I knew they were coming so it didn't upset me. Mats parents were my biggest issue.
November 21, 20214 yr I’m a huge bookfag, I also reread them a year ago in preparation for the show, so I’ll stick around watching it all the way through. I get some of y’all’s complaints though, I think the story itself is great so I keep hoping it improves, but yeah the cgi kinda sucks. what the fuck was up with Perrin having a wife that he kills? Like why is that even a thing? I thought it was funnier to have that ongoing joke where they were all awkward with woman and each one thought the other one was better at talking to women
November 21, 20214 yr 57 minutes ago, MillerEP said: Reveal hidden contents what the fuck was up with Perrin having a wife that he kills? Like why is that even a thing? I thought it was funnier to have that ongoing joke where they were all awkward with woman and each one thought the other one was better at talking to women I read them about 2 years ago, but IIRC that was all internal monologue, not saying they couldn’t do it, just that it wouldn’t naturally apply from the source material.
November 21, 20214 yr Author I'm glad they are making a go at this, and me thinks it will get better, but the best part of Wheel of Time is that Rosamund Pike is getting a helluva lot of attention on the social media sites. Which means you can get on those sites and talk about how Wheel of Time is the biggest fantasy series that Rosamund Pike has done since Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when she played Fleur Delacour. Now many will know that it was actually Clémence Poésy, but they are still going to have a strong urge to check Wikipedia or IMDB before chewing you out, and then they will get even more pissed off when they realize
November 22, 20214 yr Know zero about the book series but as I’m finishing up the 3rd episode, I find it fairly boring.
November 22, 20214 yr I've read the books and I'm kinda mystified by the complaints of it being slow so far. The books weren't exactly fast paced.
November 22, 20214 yr I havent read the books, but so far, the first 3 episodes seem like a live-action Forest Gump run-a-thon, with dudes in horned suits chasing him as he and his merry band of running enthusiasts (who got smart and jumped on horses), run faster and jump over deep water. in short, its basically 3 episodes of them running from the Trollics. with a smidge of random fantasy-ness mixed in, slightly moving the story along. considering all the folks filling up their jizz jars for this show getting all excited.... its been pretty slow and honestly, kinda bad. Maybe because I never read the books I am in the minority here. But I am gonna have a tough time watching the rest of the series if it doesnt improve.
November 22, 20214 yr I read the books, maybe the first 6, a long time ago. I remember the first 4 or so being great and then he started doing what Martin would later perfect, milking his franchise, just dragging shit out and adding new plot lines with every new book and not ever tying up any of the threads. I stopped reading and never finished and have never seriously considered a re-read now that someone else finished for him. The show is far worse than I expected. Maybe it's because Thrones was so much better than I expected (the TV show, first season). Casting, script, pacing and acting aside, I can't get over how terrible the special effects are. Seriously its like something you might stumble on randomly turning on SyFi. The Trollocs are one step up from a Gwar concert. Wherever they shot it is pretty dope though, I guess that is where all the budget went.
November 22, 20214 yr I was curious about locations because the scenery is pretty amazing. Most of it was shot in the Czech Republic with some scenes in Croatia and Slovenia.
November 22, 20214 yr If you think the show is slow now wait until the episode of Nynaeve tugging on her braid while Elaine narrates all the pretty things in the castle
November 28, 20214 yr I haven't read the books for a couple years, but I'm really enjoying the series so far. Have my youngest hooked, too.
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