How different is too different?

[king of nowhere]

is it just me seeing what i want to see, or is the show coming closer to the books? the rhuidean episode is taken very closely from the books, and the whole first half of the season bears a lot more similarity to the fourth book than the other season.

[Elder_Haman]

  On 3/21/2025 at 4:49 PM, king of nowhere said:

is it just me seeing what i want to see, or is the show coming closer to the books? the rhuidean episode is taken very closely from the books, and the whole first half of the season bears a lot more similarity to the fourth book than the other season.

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I think you’re seeing things accurately. 

[Mailman]

  On 3/21/2025 at 4:49 PM, king of nowhere said:

is it just me seeing what i want to see, or is the show coming closer to the books? the rhuidean episode is taken very closely from the books, and the whole first half of the season bears a lot more similarity to the fourth book than the other season.

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I dont think the whole season falls into this category. However most of episode 4 does and it could be a tipping point to correct the show.

 

Episode 4 is currently at 9.5/10 on IMDB nearly a full point better than all other episodes this season. It is being praised from everyone here. My hope is that someone at the studio is taking notes on this and they change the direction to follow the books like this episode has done.

 

This season is already made but the future could be bright.

 

9.5\10 on IMDB is just about the highest rank I have seen for anything.

Edited yesterday at 08:20 AM by Mailman

[books of Robert Jordan]

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9.5\10 on IMDB

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IMDB is a joke (see IMDb Top 250 Movies and so on), and it's very sad that even this episode (which is getting so many praises) is missing what Robert Jordan wrote in those chapters in TSR entirely. But hey, they got 3-4 very little things right, so let's celebrate!

 

Edited yesterday at 09:05 AM by books of Robert Jordan

[Turin Turambar]

  On 3/22/2025 at 8:18 AM, Mailman said:

I dont think the whole season falls into this category. However most of episode 4 does and it could be a tipping point to correct the show.

 

Episode 4 is currently at 9.5/10 on IMDB nearly a full point better than all other episodes this season. It is being praised from everyone here. My hope is that someone at the studio is taking notes on this and they change the direction to follow the books like this episode has done.

 

This season is already made but the future could be bright.

 

9.5\10 on IMDB is just about the highest rank I have seen for anything.

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I've read and or saw ( maybe LezbiNerdy) about how Rafe said they specifically wanted to give an entire episode to the columns and rings. This required many other things to be rearranged,  cut, shortened to accommodate. She also expressed a desire to have one more scene in the columns (the water sharing) but after going through the entire episode couldn't find a valid thing to remove. There is only so much time, money etc... We aren't going  to get word for word of the books.  It's just not feasible. Some of it would be boring on film as well. 

 

One thing out of the episode that I wanted to mention was the great job the actress playing Avi did in the scene where she sees Rand with the dragons on his arms. I think she conveyed some of what she would be uniquely feeling after her trip through the rings( even though we don't see it ).

[king of nowhere]

  On 3/22/2025 at 8:18 AM, Mailman said:

My hope is that someone at the studio is taking notes on this and they change the direction to follow the books like this episode has done.

 

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Will be almost impossibile. We are approachimg the slog, and we have 5 seasons left for 10 books. The writers will have to cut more plots. And then they will have to invent new plots to give the main characters something to do and convey the same major plot points.

It won't be possibile to follow the books closely. At best, they will be able to keep the occasional pivotal scene, like they did with rhuidean