Wheel of Time Discussion - Spoilers(with book spoilers)

[Parmandur]

Yeah, but that goes in direct contradiction with the statement that two rivers is completelly isolated and has no outside influence. Those two statements seem pretty contradictory to me. (I know you are not making this argument)

Yeah, it's not that isolated.

 

[Bolares]

The books ending is fairly abrupt and awkward: the original story outline, for a trilogy snort, had the first book end where the third book climaxes, and in retrospect that "opening trilogy" does feel like a tight unit.

Basically, the series ended needing nearly 5 books for every book Jordan thought he would need. Brevity was not his strong suit.

There is also Covid messing everything up. I'd bet A LOT of the finale had to be changed because of covid and the Mat actor leaving...

 

[Parmandur]

Pretty cool post-mortem for the Season here:

"Mainly what we have to focus on is compression, and then reacting to those compressions. Like, we can't go to Caemlyn because we can't afford it and we don't have time, so that is a great compression, but it has ripple effects. All of those things have ripple effects, so we have to take the stories and tie them back together. We have a big round-up point at the end of season 2 that reconnects everything and pushes us off in a new direction where we've completed all the stories we need to get through, albeit in a slightly different order so we can compress them. We only add new stories when we need to. In season 1, we really needed to emotionally explain mythological things about Aes Sedai and Warders, so we had to add story there. We'll obviously have to add story for Moiraine and Lan (Daniel Henney) because they're basically sidelined for a couple books, but we're not going to put Rosamund Pike on the bench. We have to add some story while we're compressing, so it's still a tense battle to fit every season into those eight episodes."

'The Wheel of Time' showrunner answers our burning questions about the season 1 finale

Rafe Judkins tells EW about revisions to Perrin's backstory, compression as part of adaptation, and what to expect from season 2.

ew.com

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Well, Moraine gets sidelined for an important story reason, though I guess they could compress that into an episode or two. I don't recall Lan being sidelined all that long in story time (given that a relatively short time gets stretched into three plus novels).

 

[Demetrios1453]

Well, Moraine gets sidelined for an important story reason, though I guess they could compress that into an episode or two. I don't recall Lan being sidelined all that long in story time (given that a relatively short time gets stretched into three plus novels).

Lan and Moiraine are almost completely absent in Book 2. They're there at the start, end, and a single chapter in the middle.

 

[Parmandur]

Lan and Moiraine are almost completely absent in Book 2. They're there at the start, end, and a single chapter in the middle.

Big difference between doing that in a book with a practically infinite cast with no acting budget, versus series stars...

 

[Bolares]

Well, Moraine gets sidelined for an important story reason, though I guess they could compress that into an episode or two. I don't recall Lan being sidelined all that long in story time (given that a relatively short time gets stretched into three plus novels).

The showrunner already said they will compress her sidelining because they can't/shouldn't put Rosamund Pike on the shelf for that long.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

You have to take the high level mentor off the board so the PCs can shine.

Once they catch up levels the mentor can re-join the party.

 

[Bolares]

You have to take the high level mentor off the board so the PCs can shine.

I think her being stilled acomplishes that...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think her being stilled acomplishes that...

Yeah, depowering means you can still have her around, rather than have her temporarily killed by the balrog/Darth Vader/Morgan-le-Fey.

If it was 1st edition, she could have an unfortunate run-in with a vampire...