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Wheel of Time season 2 trailer (youtu.be)
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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] 9 points 1 year ago

What a trash-ass show. It's a damned shame too, because I loved the books. I read the entire series and was very excited for a show or movie. When I heard Amazon got the rights to it I was apprehensive, but cautiously hopeful. Unfortunately my caution was fully warranted. Rafe is a hack, as is the writing staff. The hubris of that team to completely ignore Sanderson's advice and re-write a beloved classic, to make such an awful show is unbelievable.