The Wheel of Time

It was bad. Not merely from an adaption perspective (though it was horrific there) but from a merely television perspective. The acting is poor, the pacing is horribly rushed, and the CGI is downright terrible at times. I've no clue where the budget all went? As despite apparently having a budget of 10 million an episode is looks very cheap. This feels far more like the Shannara Chronicles or Legend of the Seeker than either GoT or LotR...

I'll probably continue watching since I love fantasy and WoT was a favorite series of mine when I was younger but it's just a shame to see what they've done with it.

watched the first 2 episodes

it was horrid to watch... who are these people,,, hopefully starting with episode 3efus improves but i highly doubt it

Originally posted by ares834

It was bad. Not merely from an adaption perspective (though it was horrific there) but from a merely television perspective. The acting is poor, the pacing is horribly rushed, and the CGI is downright terrible at times. I've no clue where the budget all went? As despite apparently having a budget of 10 million an episode is looks very cheap. This feels far more like the Shannara Chronicles or Legend of the Seeker than either GoT or LotR...

I'll probably continue watching since I love fantasy and WoT was a favorite series of mine when I was younger but it's just a shame to see what they've done with it.

Yeah, first two were a hard pill to swallow. Third is better, but still not very good. Going to try four and go from their due to the book nostalgia. But really have no idea how an Amazon backed show that was supposed to be on GoT level f**ked up this bad.

The CGI alone is low rent, which makes no sense. They could at least get that right as all that needs is gobs of money thrown at it.

Originally posted by Robtard
Yeah, first two were a hard pill to swallow. Third is better, but still not very good. Going to try four and go from their due to the book nostalgia. But really have no idea how an Amazon backed show that was supposed to be on GoT level f**ked up this bad.

The CGI alone is low rent, which makes no sense. They could at least get that right as all that needs is gobs of money thrown at it.

Yeah, just look at Arcane, it's spectacular CGI. Wheel of Time is a far bigger brand than League of Legends, bizarre they'd go cheap on it.

Originally posted by cdtm
Yeah, just look at Arcane, it's spectacular CGI. Wheel of Time is a far bigger brand than League of Legends, bizarre they'd go cheap on it.

LoL is pretty big. It has like 180 million odd players and host international championships with a lot of money involved.

On topic though, yeah, I couldn't even make it through episode one of this. Tried twice, got bored both times and gave up. Even Cowboy Bebop, which is not great, kept me interested enough to finish the first episode, though I haven't continued with that yet.

Boring show

Absolutely awful.

It's nothing like the books either. The last two episodes were pretty much entirely new content. But I have to admit I've found it pretty entertaining seeing some of the so-called "fans" defend these changes.

There was only a few things that seemed familiar to me, was not sure if it's due different writing or my memory of the books has really faded as I read them back in the 90's.

This show is really pretentious, trying too hard to be Game Of Thrones IMO.

I read the first three books in this series and found them a rather tedious slog. I also could clearly see by the end of the third book that the author was needlessly stretching the story and fully intended to pump out books in this series until he dropped dead. And that is precisely what he did. Not because the story warrented it but just because he was riding his one and only cash cow for every cent it would make him. If Jordan were still alive book 21 would be coming out this year with still no end in sight. The people who made it through all the books in this series should win some kind of prize like a coupon for free soup for life at the deli of their choice. For this reason I had little hope for the TV series. I watched the first two episodes and even with low expectations I was still underwhelmed. The acting is Xena Warrior Princess level and the special effects don't look any better than some of the crap you used to see on TV in the 80's. If this series has a 10 million per episode budget as someone said earlier in this thread then I echo their wonder at where the hell that money is going. For comparison go watch the Dragon/Dothraki attack on the Lannister wagon train in season 7 of GOT. Now that's what the special effects should look like in a TV series spending 10 million per episode.

Originally posted by samhain
This show is really pretentious, trying too hard to be Game Of Thrones IMO.

TBF, the WoT books predate GoT.

GoT is just much better, both in books and TV show. Even the shit seasons of GoT are better than this thus far.

Is this show good for someone who is completely uninitiated?

I know nothing of the books.

I only kinda like it because of the book nostalgia.

The first two eps are really bland, but it improves a bit after that. Still not a good show.

You should be fine without the book knowledge, it explains things fairly well enough and the story isn't complex.

Originally posted by Robtard
TBF, the WoT books predate GoT.

GoT is just much better, both in books and TV show. Even the shit seasons of GoT are better than this thus far.

To be fair though, at least the wheel of time books have an ending. GoT never will.

Originally posted by Robtard
TBF, the WoT books predate GoT.

GoT is just much better, both in books and TV show. Even the shit seasons of GoT are better than this thus far.

I was specifically referring to the show. Probably gonna ditch this soon, don't know why TV shows are hell-bent on creating unlikable characters for people to root for. Might take a few days to think about if this problem lies with me but as of right now I see the problem as being too much content and not enough talented, educated writers to go around and we end up with arrogant, entitled protagonists having shouting matches with an incompetent villain who never comes close to posing a threat to the hero.