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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8493820" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>I agree 100% with [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] about the episodes likes and dislikes.</p><p></p><p>However there are a couple of things that really trouble me, and make me think the series may not get very far past series two.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The characters all take themselves very very seriously. There is almost no humor, and when someone does tell a joke it’s usually very bleak, or slightly off. Like a joke that they won’t have to worry about something if they’re all dead. Comfortable humor is essential in making characters human and likeable. It doesn’t have to be all the time, but there should be some. Look at the difference this makes between Thor 2 and Thor 3.</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The series flits around and doesn’t explain stuff. There’s not even any concept of space or location because of the jumping around. It makes it very hard to understand what’s going on. The mumbling diction of a lot of the characters means explanations are often one liners tossed into conversations that get missed. Maybe individually there would be far too much to ever explain thoroughly, but in which case either slow down or don’t put it in.</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Several characters still aren’t very likeable. This is kinda linked to my first point. Too many are either surly like Lord Agelmar, or in the still in the ‘Luke Skywalker before Obi-wan dies’ phase. Complaining and whining about things. I find that gets tired fast. I’m worried that people who don’t know the story won’t care about characters.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I hope I’m wrong, but I think these are the three main reasons why it’s getting three stars and not four or five.</p><p></p><p>NB. I really hate that if Nyneave burnt herself out that she could be healed by Egwene. That really rankled probably more so than anything else. It also seemed that the destruction of the trollocs at the end was far too powerful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8493820, member: 6879661"] I agree 100% with [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] about the episodes likes and dislikes. However there are a couple of things that really trouble me, and make me think the series may not get very far past series two. [LIST] [*]The characters all take themselves very very seriously. There is almost no humor, and when someone does tell a joke it’s usually very bleak, or slightly off. Like a joke that they won’t have to worry about something if they’re all dead. Comfortable humor is essential in making characters human and likeable. It doesn’t have to be all the time, but there should be some. Look at the difference this makes between Thor 2 and Thor 3. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The series flits around and doesn’t explain stuff. There’s not even any concept of space or location because of the jumping around. It makes it very hard to understand what’s going on. The mumbling diction of a lot of the characters means explanations are often one liners tossed into conversations that get missed. Maybe individually there would be far too much to ever explain thoroughly, but in which case either slow down or don’t put it in. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Several characters still aren’t very likeable. This is kinda linked to my first point. Too many are either surly like Lord Agelmar, or in the still in the ‘Luke Skywalker before Obi-wan dies’ phase. Complaining and whining about things. I find that gets tired fast. I’m worried that people who don’t know the story won’t care about characters. [/LIST] I hope I’m wrong, but I think these are the three main reasons why it’s getting three stars and not four or five. NB. I really hate that if Nyneave burnt herself out that she could be healed by Egwene. That really rankled probably more so than anything else. It also seemed that the destruction of the trollocs at the end was far too powerful. [/QUOTE]
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