Wheel of Time Full Trailer is out *No Spoilers Please*

[doctorbadwolf]

Well, whatever else it may be, I will predict that it will be better than the previous television adaptation of Wheel of Time.

I just wish there was some chance of them still using Billy Zane in the new adaptation. Such a waste of a brilliant casting decision.

Pretty much give me Zane as Ishamael and Kenneth Brannagh as Lews Therin. In a perfect world.

 

[TheSword]

Well, whatever else it may be, I will predict that it will be better than the previous television adaptation of Wheel of Time.

How true.

What I will say, is that had they been able to make their half arsed version back in 2015 we wouldn’t have the full glory of this season, with the backing of Amazon, and the lessons learnt from Game of Thrones or The Witcher etc.

So thank god their pilot was so dire!

 

[TheSword]

To be fair, I had trouble tracking who a lot of the characters were without help. My wife had to point out that Egwene is the girl in the river and in the half naked scene, and I've no idea who the old guy in the "no matter what happens, the wheel keeps turning" bit was.

But yeah, its very much a "build hype by inviting fans to dig into the trailer shot by shot to find all the details" trailer. Still, diverse cast, a mysterious council of female mages that protect the world, a city consumed by living shadow, a monster with a mouth for a face, etc. Not exactly bringing any other fantasy property I can think of in recent years to mind.

It’s Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton from GOT) playing Tam Al’Thor.

Excited by this casting. He was one of the experienced actors I referenced that I didn’t know was in it. Along with Sophie Okenedo as Siuan Sanche who I also really like.

Trailer treats!!!

 

[Garthanos]

Like a lot of people here, I ground to a stop around Book 7. But yes, I will watch. My wife, who has not read the books at all, will be very interested in watching.

You should have stuck through book 9... Or at least I thought that was the one->

Spoiler

in which the male side of the one power was cleansed.

(my memory is shoddy though)

 

[TheSword]

You should have stuck through book 9... Or at least I thought that was the one-> in XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (my memory is shoddy though)

Arggghhh… Spoilers!!!!!

Dude use the tags, this is a trailer thread and that’s a major spoiler. Particularly where there are people here commenting that they haven’t read that far.

It’s not actually that funny to do that either so I don’t know why you’re laughing at this post.

 

[Rune]

Like a lot of people here, I ground to a stop around Book 7. But yes, I will watch. My wife, who has not read the books at all, will be very interested in watching.

i read all of them except the posthumous ones.

My most vivid memory is that there were a stretch of three books where nothing really happened. In one of them, literally nothing happened until the last few pages.

I would read the last books, but it’s been so long, I’d have to start the series over to know what’s going on. And I am definitely not going to do that!

 

[doctorbadwolf]

It’s Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton from GOT) playing Tam Al’Thor.

Excited by this casting. He was one of the experienced actors I referenced that I didn’t know was in it. Along with Sophie Okenedo as Siuan Sanche who I also really like.

Trailer treats!!!

My wife is thinking that scene might be showing the last Amyrlin, rather than Siuan Sanche, as it might show us when Morraine left the tower.

Arggghhh… Spoilers!!!!!

Dude use the tags, this is a trailer thread and that’s a major spoiler.

It’s not actually that funny to do that either so I don’t know why you’re laughing at this post.

It's not so much funny to "do" a spoiler, as it is...very odd for many of us to get upset about spoilers. I mean we're talking about a trailer for an adaptation of a series that we could discuss in any other thread in the same way without anyone yelling "spoilers!" at us.

 

[Parmandur]

To be fair, I had trouble tracking who a lot of the characters were without help. My wife had to point out that Egwene is the girl in the river and in the half naked scene, and I've no idea who the old guy in the "no matter what happens, the wheel keeps turning" bit was.

But yeah, its very much a "build hype by inviting fans to dig into the trailer shot by shot to find all the details" trailer. Still, diverse cast, a mysterious council of female mages that protect the world, a city consumed by living shadow, a monster with a mouth for a face, etc. Not exactly bringing any other fantasy property I can think of in recent years to mind.

Pretty sure that is Tam al'Thor.

 

[Parmandur]

My wife is thinking that scene might be showing the last Amyrlin, rather than Siuan Sanche, as it might show us when Morraine left the tower.

It's not so much funny to "do" a spoiler, as it is...very odd for many of us to get upset about spoilers. I mean we're talking about a trailer for an adaptation of a series that we could discuss in any other thread in the same way without anyone yelling "spoilers!" at us.

Sophie Okenado is Siuan Sanche, per the cast listings.

 

[TheSword]

My wife is thinking that scene might be showing the last Amyrlin, rather than Siuan Sanche, as it might show us when Morraine left the tower.

It's not so much funny to "do" a spoiler, as it is...very odd for many of us to get upset about spoilers. I mean we're talking about a trailer for an adaptation of a series that we could discuss in any other thread in the same way without anyone yelling "spoilers!" at us.

I’m referring to @Garthanos laughing at a post calling for a spoiler tag. For a thread about a trailer where people have posted saying they don’t know it but plan on watching. I get that you and Parmander and others have read some or part of the series, but there is a difference between referencing a characters name or a place vs mentioning the outcome of a major plot event.

It’s just common courtesy. Or mark the whole thread as spoilerific so people can choose not to comment. That wasn’t the intention here though. It was to gauge reaction to the new trailer.

Maybe it’s just me and people don’t have an issue with it. In the other forums/discord’s I post you’d be crucified for sharing that kind of info though.