The One Ring Forums: Off Topic: Off Topic: Amazon Wheel of Time now available to watch

The One Ring Forums: Off Topic: Off Topic:
Amazon Wheel of Time now available to watch

Eruonen
Valinor

Nov 19 2021, 5:42pm

Views: 1658

Amazon Wheel of Time now available to watch

https://www.amazon.com/...ason-1/dp/B09F59CZ7R

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Lorien

Nov 26 2021, 12:36am

Views: 1559

Bleh

I'm on the third episode and I can barely stand it. Carnival Row had better pacing. I thought for sure every episode of WoT was over an hour long. Turns out, it's half that. They are so dull, and the characters are all obnoxious except Lan. The set design might be great, but costuming looks like its from an American Eagle reject pile. I hope the LotR show is better than this.

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Eruonen
Valinor

Nov 26 2021, 12:56am

Views: 1555

I find the landscape in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia to be stunning.

I think after these difficult introductory episodes it will pick up.

Annael
Immortal

Nov 29 2021, 5:37pm

Views: 1447

as someone who has never read the books

I've watched two episodes and am not hooked. Can't help noticing all the parallels with LOTR (Moraine = Gandalf, Lan = Aragorn, trollocs = orcs, taking the ferry across the river to get away from the Eyeless/Black Riders, etc.)

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Lorien

Nov 29 2021, 6:12pm

Views: 1446

Yeah

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Did you notice the "Mountains of Mist" they mentioned?

Anyway, the shows are diverging so much from the books now and the characters are getting stupider (the ferryman thinking he can get his son for instance). The Witcher and Carnival Row seem like existential meditations compared to this show.

My Low-Magic Fantasy Novel on eBook/hardback: The Huntsman and the She-Wolf

The Huntsman and the She-Wolf on audio Book.