We have gotten very short glimpses of Lan and Moiraine which I will post below, as well as photos of the main cast in costume which I will link to as well.
What do the fellow fans think? I’m HYPED. Can’t wait for the trailer to drop. I’m currently busy with Book 9 in my re-read as well and I might just finish it before the show comes, but time will tell.
So lots of mixed feelings. i personally did not watch the trailers, so did not know how everyone looks. Except for Moraine, no one looked like I imagined they had. 2 Rivers also not the same as I pictured in my head.
Guess that is what is amazing about reading, everyone has their own picture in their head.
My wife loved the first eps, i was a bit on the fence though.
Had a lot of discussions with a friend who loves the books, like I do.
Basically we agreed in the end that you CANNOT watch this series and think it is based on the books. You cannot expect it to be like the books at all. In fact it diverges so much from the books that it is best to see it as a series about an alternate universe to the one in the books.
If you watch this series with the expectation that it is a series that brings the books to life, you will be sorely disappointed, as we were. I love the series now. Now that I don’t see it as a depiction of the books at all.
Exactly how I’ve been watching the Foundation series on Prime Apple TV+. There’s a lot of divergence from the books, and if you watch it with the expectation of seeing the books come to life you are going to be very disappointed. If you watch it from the perspective of a new generation spanning sci-fi space opera series that is based on Asimov’s ideas and in his Foundation universe, then it is an exceptional series.
I never read the Foundation books but LOVED the series, for me it’s the next expanse/space drama. So well done.
The wheel of time, I’m struggling, not so much that they are straying from the books, but as I said elsewhere they spent a lot of money on sets but failed to deliver - I’m sorry those trollocks just didn’t scare me.
Also the underlying metoo movement feeling (which I know was in the books to a degree pushed as well, but Im tired of everyone being so woke these days)
Also changing the ages of the kids - cos in the books I feel they start at 15/16, and the forced early romances and straight-up fiction for Matt and Perrin is just meh
Who is Will? And I’m pretty sure in the books they are around 19 and Nynaeve is around 25 ish. Also in the books its made clear from the beginning that Rand and Egwene are "meant for each other ". They are all but betrothed pretty much. Perrin’s new wife I don’t like but I understand why they did it - to accelerate his character progression.
I dunno. I think the Trollocs look really good and when I watched the show with a friend she found them pretty scary, but that’s obviously subjective. I find porcelain dolls scary for example.
As far as casting goes I really like Moraine, Rand and Lan and I think Nynaeve is absolutely perfect. In fact, if I ever read the books again I’ll see her as my head Canon.
