The Wheel of Time TV Thread

[Welshy]

Starts November 19



This trailer has me MUCH more interested; the first made it look a little hokey and low budget, whereas this newer one gives a much broader, more epic scope.

 

[Dylan]

The books are mixed bag. In my opinion, they start great. But about midway, the author (as often happens) lost the run of himself, too many characters, too many story arcs. When he realised he was ill he drafted in another writer to tighten it up, and then the new writer finished the series after the original author passed away. Lots of great ideas though. If you like fantasy it's one of the classics IMO.

I suspect it will be improved by condensing it for the screen.

 

[Cherub]

The books had a great story and an epic scale but the quality of the writing would be considered very poor by modern standards for the fantasy genre. It'll benefit greatly from being condensed for the screen... there's one whole book in the series which you could summarise into a paragraph and not lose anything before moving on to the next!

 

[Jason]

The books had a great story and an epic scale but the quality of the writing would be considered very poor by modern standards for the fantasy genre. It'll benefit greatly from being condensed for the screen... there's one whole book in the series which you could summarise into a paragraph and not lose anything before moving on to the next!

Very shortly after I finished all the books, I missed the world so much that I just had to go back and read them all again. Second time around there were a lot of times when I just skipped pages and pages of meaningless conversations or scenes where I knew it wasn't moving the story along. Overall, though, I agree it's a wonderful world to get lost in. It is like a cross between Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings (with a lot more magic).

 

[Legion]

Looking forward to this one.

I've never actually finished the books, I stopped around book 6.

 

[Boot Cleaner]

I've never actually finished the books, I stopped around book 6.

I think I gave up around book five or six too. I'm still confused by how some people laud the series because I found the characters very poorly written and eventually found myself skipping whole paragraphs of prose. I still liked the core story and look forward to seeing it on screen.

 

[Franco Pinion]

One episode down.

Eh, not great. A few immediate strays from the book, three or four are quite significant. Also sped quite quickly through things to get the party on the road, like, unnaturally so.

 

[Son Of Jack]

Episode 1 was brilliant. I think there have been some deviations from the book, but if the rest of the season is this good, who cares.

 

[Gemma]

Watched all three episodes. The first one was not so good, Moiraine seemed like the book character and the same with Rand.

Lan, Gwayne and Nynaeve are nothing like the books. Personally, the actor who plays Thom Merrilin looked more like the Lan I had pictured from the books.

Got more into it for the second and third episodes.