cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/1085247
Just putting this here for those who might miss it.
I saw season 1 and it was…okay? I gather that Wheel of Time diehards were upset about plot deviations. I never read the books so that didn’t matter much to me. IMO the world setting seemed janky - it was as though Robert Jordan couldn’t build an original world to save his life and borrowed bits and pieces of different Earth cultures and threw them in a blender. I could pass on the next season but I have too many people around me who will want to watch it so I feel somewhat compelled to.
What did you think of season 1? Will you be watching season 2?
I had to put away my interpretations of the books and let the TV series stand on its own. Once I did that, I thought it was pretty cool. Looking forward to season two!
I read Brandon’s post where he discussed this, and he recommended it too. He said something along the lines of, The Wheel of Time turns. Ages come and pass, and this is another 3rd age, different from the 3rd age in the books, and in this age, this is how things happened.
I’m going to preface this by stating that I did like the show.
It is different, and it had it’s problems, as all shows do. But Sanderson was overly cautious in his language early on. On his podcast, at a later time, he was a little more critical, though he did still stick to it being another turning of the wheel. He said there were some changes made that he would not have made. But he also added a lot more context with those criticisms. Covid hit mid-production, and the complications that brought meant they had to rethink a lot of what they wanted to do and how to do it. But the showrunner is a huge WOT fan and the intended changes were done with thought and intent. I probably won’t agree with a lot of them, but that’s what happens when someone else creates a thing and I don’t. I still liked the show, and the 2nd season will likely be much improved now that Covid restrictions aren’t so harsh. Though I’ll miss the actor who played Matt. I really liked his portrayal.
I have good news and bad news: I agree with all of this and I too think it will only get better, but much of season 2 was filmed with covid restrictions.
Hopefully with planning for it this time. It won’t come as a surprise midway through filming, so they won’t have to scramble and change all the plans they had after the work they already did was done with more freedom. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for the input. I specifically bought a month of Prime to watch the show, but didn’t realize the full show wasn’t out, and then I got busy with other stuff and didn’t get around to watching it.
I’ll give it another try when second season has released.
What happened to Matt’s actor?
He decided to leave after the first season. I wasn’t sure why originally. When it was announced they refused to say. But I did just check and it sounds like he didn’t want to get vaccinated possibly? So good riddance I guess. Real shame. As a reader of the books, it really felt like he embodied that character better than most. But the character is kind of a piece of shit, so I guess it fits.
Heh.
Thanks for the info.
He also heavily alluded to the fact that he doesn’t like what they did with the show and outright said that they ignored his input. He said if he ever has an opportunity to get a film deal he’ll insist on full control and won’t do it otherwise.
Oh, that’s sad. Let’s hope he gets better deals with rest of his work.
It’s not his work per-se, he just finished it. He’s a WOT expert obviously, but this is not his work (yet).
Yeah, you are right. The full rights belong to Jordan estate, and if they are happy, it doesn’t matter.
I agree with you btw, I hope he can do Mistborn movies with full control :)
I tried that several times. It doesn’t stand as an extension of the books and it doesn’t stand on its own. It’s sooo ridiculously boring and contrived.