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?

  • @Cypher@lemmy.world
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    171 year ago

    I lost all interest early on in season 1 but watched through the train wreck out of morbid curiosity. I have no interest in watching further.

    As a fan of the books, flaws and all, the show writers have ignored or flat out contradicted key plot elements and missed fundamental world building beats.

    Lan having a big fit crying and screaming at a funeral is such a stark contrast to his novel character that it cannot be reconciled.

    This is like making Aragorn a misogynist, or having him bully the hobbits for being so short. Just a complete backflip.

    • @dresden@discuss.online
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      21 year ago

      Lan having a big fit crying and screaming at a funeral is such a stark contrast to his novel character that it cannot be reconciled.

      Wait, Lan did what?

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        61 year ago

        He also spent most of the show sulking around and being a soft-ass emo dude. It was really annoying.

    • @nile@sopuli.xyz
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      -31 year ago

      Afaik that Lan bit was inspired by something from some asian culture(s). And your analogies are really terrible. I also didn’t like that version of Lan, but you come across as someone who tries to dislike it.

      • @Cypher@lemmy.world
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        -11 year ago

        So not inspired or informed by the character and his culture from the novels.

        You come across as someone who brown noses pathetic hack writers.