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Wheel of Time season 2 trailer (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am all for a different interpretation, but I was looking forward to a really bad-ass Lan.

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Try reading the whole comment