Is the Wheel of Time impossible to bring to TV? Is AI our only hope?

[king of nowhere]

regarding what AI is already capable of

this "trailer" was made by a single person in one week. I am not an expert, but I don't see any quality difference with stuff made with real actors for large budgets.

In 20 years from now, perhaps one of the people posting here will be able to make his own adaptation. 

 

which we will all be allowed to shot down as not close enough to the books, too close to the books, too dark, too light, or whatever.

[Samt]

On 6/25/2025 at 8:34 AM, WoTwasThat said:

Okaaayy… and all that internal dialogue could be replaced with two or three sentences spoken to Egwene. “Gee I’m really sad and upset about violence. Woe is me. Etc.” It’s not that hard. This is how you adapt a book to screen. 

That’s actually what happens in the book, too.  Perrin and Elyas have this discussion, right after the Ravens pursuit.  It would hardly have been adapting.  Just acting out a scene from the book as written.

Edited July 16 by Samt

[Mailman]

11 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

regarding what AI is already capable of

this "trailer" was made by a single person in one week. I am not an expert, but I don't see any quality difference with stuff made with real actors for large budgets.

In 20 years from now, perhaps one of the people posting here will be able to make his own adaptation. 

 

which we will all be allowed to shot down as not close enough to the books, too close to the books, too dark, too light, or whatever.

The visuals are pretty impressive.

 

Really wish they had hired that guy for the show to just put some bloody extras in.

[SinisterDeath]

On 6/27/2025 at 4:03 PM, WoTwasThat said:

Thank you for locating this. This is what I was referring to. One particular mod went off and started banning people just for using a perfectly acceptable (and appropriate, in my opinion) word for a while. Thankfully, this practice no longer appears to be in effect. And I think critics of the “woke” adaptation have been largely vindicated at this point. 

Hey ya you know, if ya'll ever bothered to actually read the code of conduct you would notice rule number Section II, #6, particularly 6b

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6. Instructions by staff.

 

(a) Ignoring instructions given by staff, or these rules is grounds for discipline, which will, for first offenses, typically take the form of a 30-day temp ban. However, if the nature of the conduct requires it, the discipline imposed may vary at the discretion of the Admins, up to and including a permanent ban even for a first offense. Should the conduct continue after the expiration of any temp ban or imposition of other discipline, or should the member require further discipline for other misconduct, the member will typically be permanently banned from the site. Again, however, the Admins have discretion to impose a lesser punishment should the situation warrant it.
 
(b) If you believe Staff is wrong in an instruction they gave you, open a discussion with them about it via PM (not on-thread). If, after making an attempt to discuss the issue with the Staff member, you believe you are not being adequately heard, feel free to include the relevant supervisor (see below for information on the Staff hierarchy).
In the interim, follow the Staffer's instructions even if you disagree with them

 

And Section III, #1b

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(b) If a member has an issue with a Dragonmount Staff member’s actions as Dragonmount Staff (i.e. a problem with how a particular issue or situation was handled by the Staff member in their official capacity) please PM both the Staff member and the Staff member’s supervisor.
 

Tldr, don't talk shit about staff on public threads. You bring your issues to other staff, or with the staff.

 

Now, as far as the Woke stuff goes? 

I put a word filter on that, because none of you were capable of having big boy discussions at the time without turning into flaming trolls and driving members away.

 

And why were people being banned left and right 5+ years ago for using the word Woke?

 

Because People were literally coming here, first post, and posting how WoT tirades about how "Woke" the WoT show was. Those people were nothing but trolls, and we didn't need that shit here. They weren't going to discuss shit. They just wanted to post their tirade, troll, and leave.

 

Don't believe me? Go look at the cesspit that is facebook comments any day of the week.

 

People DID NOT read the code of conduct, nor did they bother to come here to be part of a community. They came here, to troll, and disrupt, and push an agenda.

 

DM is about community, not your "Anti-Woke" agenda.