Things I Liked
Trollocs. Jesus Christ these things are beasts! Awesomely done.
Agreed. They were really well done.
Moiraine. Totally Boss. Has the balance between ruthless, powerful and fragile. Dominates every episode.
Agreed again.
Channelling. I didn’t know what to expect. I like it. It simply conveys the impression of gathering magic.
I like how they do it. The gathering of the power is a good way to express it.
Egwene. I like her confidence and pragmatism. She has charisma.
I'm conflicted on Egwene. I do really like Nynaeve, though.
The scene with the wolves. It was fun.
All of the scenes with the wolves.
The dream sequence. Bats? As creepy as it should be though.
Yep.
The White Cloaks Style. A little one dimensional but they look pretty cool. I imagined knights templars but wasn’t disappointed with their slightly punky robed look.
I thought were portrayed well. In the books they were very one dimensional as well. Only the elder Bornhold seems to have thoughts that people could dislike the White Cloaks and not be darkfriends.
Things That Missed the Mark
Mashadar. None of the quiet creeping menace of the silvery mist. It was a missed opportunity.
Maybe the mist would have cost more money. The darkness spreading around them was still pretty creepy and menacing.
He doesn't exist. Padan Fain was at the Two Rivers and he goes into Shadar Logoth after the group leaves. There mashadar mingles with the dark one's influence and changes him into Ordeith. You're probably thinking of Mordeth, and I wondered the same thing. Again, it was probably an attempt to save money.
Where were the trollocs in shader lorgoth. Driven by the forsaken?
Checking the bank account for the series
Where was Tams farewell to Rand?
That I missed and I think should have happened. It would have been a fairly short addition to the episode.
Why isn’t Rand very nice? He’s supposed to be a serious, but charismatic guy who does the right thing. He seems like a bit of a brat.
He shows up in episode three at the inn.
The scenery feels… too much… not like real places. I love mountains, but there are definitely too many mountains.
Yeah. There are definitely too many mountains. There weren't that many in the book.
Where is the characterization. Apart from Moiraine and Egwene I don’t feel like I know anything about their characters.
Nynaeve we learn about a bit in episode 3. We pick up on some of Perrin and Egwene as they travel after leaving Shadar Logoth. Matt shows up a bit at the inn as well, but he's a bit dark by then.
In overview. Acceptable but not gripping. I score it so far a B-
Better than Shanara’s F, but no where near Game of Thrones first season A.
Agreed.
One of the things I really liked is the way they have been using blood imagery. When Nynaeve killed the trolloc and the flame of Tar Valon appeared in the water, and when the darkfriend was killed and her blood faded into the mountain scene with Moiraine.
