Wheel of Time TV series (1 Viewer)

[larso]

The Wheel of Time was a fourteen book fantasy series, mostly written by Robert Jordan but finished by Brandon Sanderson. It is an epic adventure featuring a HOST of characters engaging in a good vs evil story. It is primarily set in a medieval world, with elements of other cultures like the Zulus. There is quite a bit of magic, which I don't usually care for but it worked well in the way it was done here. It took me a couple of books to get into it, then it was excellent! Before meandering for a few volumes but finishing strongly. There were some epic battles and good political intrigues contributing to a fascinating read all up.

The TV show has left me bemused though. There are the key characters but too much has been cut, or rushed through. There are different characters and new developments. I've watched it because it's so different overall that I haven't known what's going to happen next. Not that it's got me very enthused. It's just not very compelling. There have been some good elements and I'm happy to see a fantasy show of this scale, it's just not what it could be.

Anyone else come across it?

 

[marco55]

It's been on my to watch list. Finishing up Yellowstone first.
Mark

 

[Fullyautomatic]

I just started watching it to. They walk a very thin line of what the books actually tell. The characters are not even close to what I would have guessed the on screen characters are portrayed as. I guess a fourteen book series needs to be whittled down to TV time.
So far for me the only book series made into movies that has held close to what was written and what was filmed has been LOTR.

 

[larso]

Maybe it was a budget thing, or Covid impacting the number of extras but the trollocs were too CGI, especially in big battles. Those were epic in the books but they were not at all compelling in the show.

 

[Mirof]

I guess the guy has only read the backover of the 14 volumes and believed it was enough to lay a scenario, after shacking them .
The hero wandering with his dudes like invertabreted adolescents .... American Pye XIV ?
The lady is old enough to be the hero's mother
Where is the epic . Where is the story .
I know .... the 14 seasons of the serie are filmed at the same time, and te final cut instrucions is :
14 episodes14 seasons means that each episode is mounted with a piece of the others

I was expecting this serie since many years, I even dreamed about what it would be . Now it's a nightmare . {eek3}