The Wheel of Time is my favorite fantasy world, so I knew I was going to be disappointed by the show.  Season 1 was not as bad as I feared, but two of the changes were incredibly irritating.  Mat is my boy, I know the actor dropped out and had to be replaced so him not going north I can understand.  But in the books, Mat was the most excited and upbeat of the three boys.  He wanted to leave home and go on an adventure, it was only due to the side effects of possessing the dagger that made him all moody.  So Mat's whole broken home situation and desire to return and watch out for his sisters was garbage.  Then the entirety of the journey through the Blight and the Eye of the World scenes.  Also total garbage.  Everyone goes to the Eye, three of thirteen Forsaken (now it doesn't look like we get the hilarious gender swap there) and the Greenman (I know the Nim or whatever they are called are only mentioned like one other time, but come on!)  Other than those two, I can stomach the rest of the changes and still enjoy the story.

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I love the Wheel of Time, my favorite book series ever.  I have read the entire series @ least a dozen times.  That being said, I do not know about the show.  I do not have a problem with the idea of it being brought to the screen, I have a problem with Amazon.  They do not deserve any of my $$$, so I am going to have to figure out a way to watch it without that scum making any profit off of me.  No, I will not pirate, thieves are also scum, but waiting until some sort of dvd/Blu-ray release then picking that up from my local library seems like my best option.