Eh, yet he has worked with them on several new shows. And the final end events happen to line up with the foreshadowing of the novels? Doesn't seem like a coincidence.
Yes, he gave them an outline of what was to happen, but its not like he wrote what they produced. He has been vocal about it not being what he wanted and the showrunners have not been shy about Martin being cagey either. Maybe it was the GoT experience that turned him off the writing, maybe he just got bored of it and wanted to do other things? Im not sure, but its clearly not fair to attribute how the series turned out to him. They wrote like 3 seasons with very little input from him.
Doubley interesting, since that is not really how it goes down in the books, so thst is some show original drama: Rahvin's work was mostly "off-camera".
I’m definitely warming to some of the short cuts and scenes added to covey information about the world convincingly without hammering you over the head with it.
For instance the S1 episode 4 stilling of Logain while off screen in the books and different managed to introduce Logain, the concept of a Dragon Reborn, what it means to be a male channeler, linking, shielding, stilling, relative power, Nyneave’s strength and about a dozen other things. It was also a lot of fun.
On a separate note someone earlier criticized Nyneave healing with the burst of power that she would never be able to do that. While It’s well documented in the books that channelling at first can be unconscious and uncontrolled. Where you want something to happen and it does.
I think we’re going to have to get used to these adjustments. They said WoT was unfilmable, but I think the episode that just dropped - probably one of the most ambitious episodes yet proves this isn’t the case.
Interesting. I'm halfway through the third episode and so far this is the best season for me. Seasons 1 and 2 were a mix of brilliant changes to the book, because you have to cut out storylines or reduce them quite a bit, and just plain stupid changes that were super frustrating to watch. So far I've only seen good changes in season 3. No frustrations for me yet!
That makes sense. I'm almost the exact opposite when it comes to stories in two different mediums. All I see is the resonant threads, and forget all the differences. Heck, I'm a huge Dark Tower book series fan, and can even enjoy the movie for what it is.
Though I will say it's odd when I see something in one that my brain instantly puts into the other whether it was meant to be there or not. For example
Elaine's mom's Ae Sedai (Avisarala from the expanse) being the person pushing the coup post Black Aja reveal. If that is who was responsible in the books, I had completly missed that connection. And if not, it feels totally right. So now in my head that's the way it went down in the books, even though a part of my brain thinks it's wrong.)
And just to be clear again. I'm absolutely loving Jordan's novels, it's just taking me a while to get through these middle books. Especially after the high that was 4-6. And I'm loving the show too. Season 2 was responsible for me giving the books another try after I gave up 10 years or so ago after the Eye of the World. Now I can't believe I waited so long to read them.
IDK, I keep thinking why WoT kinda bores me at times. I dont dislike it, but I do go through long periods where I feel like its wheel spinning. It's like only one character can have anything substatnial happen at a time, yet everyone else gets screen time despite nothing particular of note happens for them. I attribute that a lot more to how Amazon produces things, then I do the books, writing, casting, money for production, etc.. Maybe this would've been a bigger hit somewhere else?
- Setting Elaida up as an adversary of Siuan (apart from being a red) by suggesting she failed the election to Amyrlin Seat and chose to leave the tower to go to Andor.
Elaida is an adversary is in the books as well, I think. I'm not sure if that was the reason, though. In the books it might just have been the ajahs they belong to.
IDK, I keep thinking why WoT kinda bores me at times. I dont dislike it, but I do go through long periods where I feel like its wheel spinning. It's like only one character can have anything substatnial happen at a time, yet everyone else gets screen time despite nothing particular of note happens for them. I attribute that a lot more to how Amazon produces things, then I do the books, writing, casting, money for production, etc.. Maybe this would've been a bigger hit somewhere else?
I don’t really understand what you mean that only one character can have anything happen? Can you say more? It feels to me like they have their own elements going on.
I don’t really understand what you mean that only one character can have anything happen? Can you say more? It feels to me like they have their own elements going on.
Its like only one character is moving forward at a time. Meanwhile, there is a ton of sweeping floors, crying in bowls of soup, exposition that is repeated until its that character's turn to actually accomplish something. Then, the former character that was actually arcing and driving forward goes off to tailor clothes or ride in wagons and talk about talking about doing something some time at some point.
Elaida is an adversary is in the books as well, I think. I'm not sure if that was the reason, though. In the books it might just have been the ajahs they belong to.
Yes, I was glad they selected that piece to put in. I feel like there is a conscious decision to make her more human and likeable in the series than in the books. It will make what comes next (probably this season) far more impactful. Where in the books she doesn’t really get much screen time until after she’s on the road.
