Ryujin
Legend
I got the opposite impression. Because they could break up into small groups and not be anywhere near communication range with each other, it made the ship feel big to me.
EDIT - Actually both big and claustrophobic, at the same time.
I'm beginning to dislike Netflix (re: Archive 81, 1899, Warrior Nun etc cancellations)
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EDIT - Actually both big and claustrophobic, at the same time.
Sabathius42
Bree-Yark
One specific example was the multiple times they used the First Class Berth hallway set where it was completely empty other than the main characters in the shot.
Also several conversations on the promenade with maybe a single couple or crewman walking by. That deck would be packed with people during the day.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Yeah. Totally agree. It was almost as if in the middle of production Amazon went to them and said, "We're dropping you from 12 episodes to 8. Have fun!"
payn
Legend
Maybe, they did it to The Expanse. Though, honestly Prime loves 8 episode seasons with total wheel spinning middles and overloaded finales. Hardly unique to WoT.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I feel like I've read a completely different Eye of the World from you guys. There were no issues with my understanding what happened there. It was pretty clear to me. And it's not like I haven't heard this complaint before. I have and multiple times. It's bewildering to me.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
My wife and I stopped in the middle of the season where they met Negan.
eyeheartawk
#1 Enworld Jerk™
I think it's two things.
1. Is that it was described in the books in a way that can be unclear and things manifesting in a way that isn't repeated in later books (don't really want to get into spoilers).
2. The sort of soft de-emphasizing on what The Eye of the World actually is and how important it is in later books.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
That's why I like both. I like binging good shows on Netflix or older shows that have full seasons out, but I also enjoy shows from HBO like The Madalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The once a week pacing gives me something to talk about with my gaming group before the game starts.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Yeah. If I hear "It gets good after the first season." I will watch the first few episodes so I understand the beginning and then skip the rest of the season and get to the good part. It doesn't take long for me to put the pieces together about what happened in the episodes that I missed.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I loved the original Midway so much(It's my all time favorite war movie) that I haven't even felt the urge to see the new one.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
I thought it was good, but I don't remember seeing the earlier version (I probably did a long time ago).
But I'm pretty sure it's a sequel to The Final Countdown.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
Maybe you're just super-tuned-in to how Jordan writes? Or maybe your understanding is actually wrong, but you're very sure about it lol? I dunno. But the fact that you've heard this complaint a ton should tell you there's some reason it's coming up a lot, and it sure isn't "everyone but me is stupid" lol.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Yep. That's why I said that it seems like I read something different, instead of, "You guys are wrong! Plththththt!"
Ryujin
Legend
Clearly, you are internetting wrong.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I'll try to do better? worse? next time.
trappedslider
Legend
Netflix Claims It's 'Never Canceled a Successful Show' - IGN
Netflix has a history of canceling series shortly after they begin, but the company says it doesn't drop the successful ones.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
As a general point, I agree with the initial premise, Netfix is too quick to cancel shows. Some of the greatest TV series ever have taken several years to get into their stride and find their audience. Netflix throw too much stuff at the wall, hoping something will stick. They should create fewer shows, but shows they really believe in, and fully get behind. I also agree that they have problem with journalistic integrity over shows marketed as "documentary".
On 1899:
But a second series of 1899 was set up to be a completely different genre to the first, had it happened.
On Wheel of Time/ The Witcher:
It's a lot harder to do world-building on TV than in a novel (or RPG). There are both based on books I haven't read, so the TV show had to do most of the world building for me. And although I watched them, I can't say I ever really got into them. Personally, I preferred Willow, Rings of Power, and His Dark Materials, but then maybe I have idiosyncratic tastes.
And the best recent SF TV is The Orville, by far.
On 1899:
This is one of the reasons I called it out as being an old school Doctor Who story (specifically, Carnival of Monsters (1973)). They did a lot of running up and down strangely identical corridors in Doctor Who! Amazon Prime also has it's own writers-grew-up-watching-too-much-Doctor-Who show: The Rig.
But a second series of 1899 was set up to be a completely different genre to the first, had it happened.
On Wheel of Time/ The Witcher:
It's a lot harder to do world-building on TV than in a novel (or RPG). There are both based on books I haven't read, so the TV show had to do most of the world building for me. And although I watched them, I can't say I ever really got into them. Personally, I preferred Willow, Rings of Power, and His Dark Materials, but then maybe I have idiosyncratic tastes.
And the best recent SF TV is The Orville, by far.
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You need to ask him: If he won't, then who watches the Watchmen?
Well, history proves them right. Every show quickly plummeted once they cancelled them. There you see how accurate their foresight isNetflix Claims It's 'Never Canceled a Successful Show' - IGN
Netflix has a history of canceling series shortly after they begin, but the company says it doesn't drop the successful ones.www.ign.com
Rabulias
the Incomparably Shrewd and Clever
I wish shows could write for the story, not to fit some pre-set length. I have seen shows that should have been 6 episodes stretched out to 18 or more. And I have seen 10-episode seasons that needed more room to breathe and expand. I tell you, once I get that ring of wishes...
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