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How is Willow not sticking to the theme of its setting?
Have you watched the movie recently?
How is Willow not sticking to the theme of its setting?
I haven't watched the series, and won't, but the original books didn't seem all that generic to me. Whatever faults he had as an author, he managed to create a setting that felt real. The Domani, the Seanchan, and the people of Two Rivers were fairly well thought out and he was pretty good about coming up with characters. A little too good after a few books, but I digress. It's got a fairly generic fantasy plot, but the Aes Sedai were something new to me, the Whitecloaks were interesting, and even the Trollocs and Myrddraal were interesting. It probably helps that there aren't a bunch of elves, dwarves, or other non humans populating the world save for the Ogier. It was certainly very different from D&D in 1989.yeah I'm curious myself. I mean WOT was just incredibly generic, RoP was....fine....just not great. But at no point did I get a GoT or DND vibe from either of them.
... no?Its left me wondering if a lot of the showrunners are CR fans frustrated that they don't have access to D&D worlds like Forgotten Realms or Exandria, so they try and make the fantasy setting they get into D&D shows even when it doesn't fit the setting.
What?I think its actually due to creators prioritizing evangelizing the same shared progressive ideals rather than be faithful to the source materials and their fandoms.
Bad fantasy shows are crushingly bad these days because in addition to the reasons you gave and as Jaydin mentioned, the creative teams behind these awful shows prioritize evangelizing the same shared progressive ideals rather than being faithful to the source materials and their fandoms. All this leads to unlikable characters which doesn't bode well for the series/movie.The bad fantasy shows are bad for the same reason bad fantasy shows have always been bad. Cocaine is easy to get and a lot of these showrunners don't have any ambitions beyond getting paid.
Not sure what you're asking?What?
How on earth are the flaws of Wheel of Time (which are many) due to its non-existent politics?
What shared vision? Modern fabrics? Modern speech patterns or wisecracks? A notion of respect toward individual rights?I'm saying Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, Blood Origins, and Willow all look incredibly similar due to the creators' shared "vision" of how "modernizing" these franchises should look like. Instead of unique settings with their own morals, cultures, and fashions, we get slight variations of fantasy "modern day Hollywood".