The Wheel of Time

A month?  I did 10-14 in less than two weeks when Memory of Light finally came out. That was a good two weeks.

Based on the casting choices we already know that the show is going to be pure ass.

Have you ever seen who Jordan himself thought of when he looked at his characters? Utterly unacceptable in WokeWorld2020, and completely different form the Burger King Kid’s Club we’re getting. Source.

uuuuuuhhhhhhhh wut? they chose an 85 year old actress for a 18 – 20 year old character?

There are a few things that give me hope for the show – the main one being that the showrunner, Rafe Judkins, is actually a huge WoT fan. He’s actually read the source material, and understands it. He’s been doing Q&As on the show that you can find with a quick google search, and he seems to know his stuff.

Jordan’s widow/editor also consults on the show, reads all the scripts, and has been on set.

Brandon Sanderson is consulting too.

Its also not hard to bill Moiraine as the Season 1 lead, especially to get a show greenlit in woke Hollywood. In the beginning, she’s an extremely important character – moreso even than Rand, Mat, and Perrin. She’s the one responsible for saving the village, she brings the boys out of The Two Rivers, and is the one pretty much explaining the world to them (and us) up until the point that they separate in Shadar Logoth. I think that as time moves on, especially after the character’s separation in book one, the show will pivot to be more about the three boys, as well as Egwene, Nyneave, and Elaine.

I see a lot of complaining about the cast in this thread so I’ll throw in my thoughts as well.

I was put off by a lot of the casting when it was first announced, for the same reasons that were listed here. I hate identity politics as much as the next guy – perhaps moreso. Buuut, in this case, the races of the characters aren’t something I’ll get hung up on until they make it a big deal in the show. Its a bit strange that such a small place like the Two Rivers would have such a diverse population, but I can set that aside for the time being. If they get to the borderlands for example, and it is the same way, despite being heavily portayed as a more Asian culture, I’ll have some things to say. But until then, I don’t see the benefit in jumping to conclusions about the show based solely on the race of the actors cast. Its not like Fant4stic where they cast a brother and sister as different races. The race of those cast doesn’t necessitate a change within the overall story.

I hold out hope.

Also, its been confirmed that S1 will be books one and two.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by FischersOfMen.

When you think about it though – Jackson’s LOTR films fit each of Tolkien’s books into a 3 hour movie, and Jordan’s style is very reminiscent of Tolkien. Lots of the word count comes down to descriptions and detail. Things you see, but don’t actually take time on screen. So 5 hours per book, at least in the beginning, should be doable. I’d question combining books 3 and 4, because a lot happens in there that is really interesting.

They’ve released episode titles for the first five, and people have been theorizing as to what happens in each episode. Here’s my thoughts.

1 – Leavetaking: Everything leading up to fleeing the two rivers.

2 – Shadow’s Waiting: Shadar Logoth and the split up.

3 –  A Place of Safety: Matt and Rand get to Caemlyn, Perrin and Egwene meet the Tuatha’an

4 – The Dragon Reborn: Rand sees Logain in his cage, meets Elayne, the group leaves Caemlyn

5 – Blood Calls Blood: End of Book 1 – travel to the borderlands, and to the Eye of the World.

6 – The Flame of Tar Valon: Beginning of Book 2 when the Amyrlin comes to Shienar.

As far as The Sword of Truth, Goodkind’s fantasy was always extremely derivative. He’s not on the same level as Jordan or Sanderson. It never surprised me that that show ended up the way it did.

That said, history is full of fantasy adaptations that blew. Eragon, Shannara, The Dark Tower, etc.

I’ll definitely be reviewing the show on my YouTube channel too. And I’ll bash it hard if I think it’s bad. But for now, I’m still hyped that one of my favorite fantasy series is at least getting a chance.

In her prime… Hell yea. Sophia Loren 60 years ago was one of the most beautiful women on the planet.

I wonder if he was using this list you mention when making the characters descriptions?

I made it half way through book 6 “The Lords of Chaos”. The characters seemed to not grow and I especially got tired of Nynaeve’s interactions with other characters like she was still the Three River’s wisdom.

Is this thing worth getting through the middle books?

If I start back up to finish it, when should I read the prequel book?  I don’t want to ruin anything in the story.