Made a mistake, damnit. >_< I meant Knife of Dreams. Actually did get through crossroads qhite easily, but I do think the fact that I basically skimmed the book is what's making Knife so hard to read. Cause I know I have to go through Crossroads again to remember a bunch.
Yeah I know, might just have to resort to her recaps in the end. What's really hurting ke is having to revive my old thread that I made for my first reading of the back half of the series.
Yup, wish every series had recaps like that. Tor should really look into that.
I'm not expecting a line to line adaptation, but I'm also gonna give them the benefit of doubt that its not going to be as extensive a change as you yourself suggested.
The cuts from GoT where hamfisted as shit with no plan even for next season let alone the whole storyline. It's not about how much has to be cut, but how to do it in a planned and intelligent manner. WoT has literal books worth of fluff that you can cut without affecting any of the story.
Words don't translate directly into seconds on the screen. If you've read the books you know how much of it is descriptions, internal thoughts and intricate descriptions of the magic system.
Hyperbole here we come!
I can appreciate Jordan's style, but yeah, he tends to get bogged down a bit too frequently. I actually found that in audiobook format it works much better, as I avoid the temptation of skipping stuff.
Even if the Children of the Light become less important later on, they are absolutely pivotal early on in the novels. Not only do they play important plot roles in books 1, 2, and 4, but they show how even humans who are strident enemies of the Dark One can still be horrible. But even being horrible people they still fought against the bad guys at Falme. They also serve as some of the most difficult enemies to deal with because you can't just kill them all the way you could with Trollocs. It'd be murder and there are tons of people who support them. Finally, the Children of the Light is one of the most visually interesting factions, and that alone would be enough to justify their existence in a visual medium like TV.
I mostly agree. There was no way that the Wheel of Time could survive unchanged as a TV show. Adaptations in general shouldn't adhere too close to their parent materials, and the Wheel of Time is less well suited to a literal translation than most series. It's just too big and too ambitious to work. In particular, the Eye of the World needs to be altered because it would feel too much like a Fellowship of the Ring rehash otherwise. Also, Mat was an ass in the books until he got Healed. I can't imagine a TV show doing the same thing with probably the most popular character in the series.
The most important part is how sick the Asha'man coats will be.
Add some scrollwork, dye it blacker than the night sky, add the dragom and tower pins and you have the Ashaman Coats.
Throw in some metal buttons and you might be getting there.
Yeab this is the first casting I'm not entirely on board with. Actually slightly worried now, this cast is CW tier attractive and Lan should be a bit older looking than this. Moraine is like in her mid 80s and Lan is about 40, the hell they doing.
Yep, 1 announcement per month.
Eh I guess. Age differences really shouldn't matter after a certain point but I could see why they would want to avoid it. Still though, making Lan attractive feels like a negative, they are likely gonna skip over the fact that they love each other because of their pragmatism and hands on approach to life and skip straight to ooooh look how dreamy and badass of a Warrior he is. I hope to hell this isn't the case and I am absolutely wrong cause that basically means they have drastically altered Nyneave's character.
You're likely thinking of Galad Damodred, Wonder Douche Supreme. Lan was stonefaced with blue eyes and long slowly graying hair. I don't recall him as being attractive as mucn as having a darkness that mjght attract some.
