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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?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

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