As a TV show in the Fantasy genre, up until the final episode, I would have given it a 7/10. That drops down to a 6/10 following the god awful S1 Finale. I do give them some leeway in having the Casting issues with Mat causing re-writes and Covid shut downs playing a big role in the final Episodes. But bad writing is still bad writing ?‍♂️

As an adaption of the WoT Books: 2/10. I mean they got most of the names right I guess????

Good points:

• Casting was good imo
• Acting is pretty good, especially with some of the newcomers. Not perfect but decent
• Some really nice looking scenic shots ala LotR
• Some really good Episodes. For me 7 and 4 were really good

Not So Good Points:

• Episode 8
• The writing on this show is bad. Like, really bad. The dialogue especially is super cringey. There is nearly zero dialogue taken from the books. It jumps out at me when I do hear it and I get surprised lol. I've read several times that Rafe is a massive WoT fan? Where??? Also, what is Sarah N's role in the show as a Book specialist? Cos the show only loosely follows the books. They need better talent in that writing room. Rafe is clearly average. I mean he personally wrote the 2 worst Eps in the series (1 and 8). 
• Editing is all over the place. Pacing is all over the place. It feels so rushed in places and super slow in others
• CGI is hit and miss. Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it's meh. I am not a fan of the depiction of Channeling still. 
• Too many changes for the sake of change that don't improve the story and in many cases make it worse. I'm all for an adaption and the constraints it brings (condensing the story, changing things here and there for example), but I find the many SMALL changes to be far more annoying than the large ones. I find myself saying "But why though???" several times an episode. 

Overall, I feel that Rafe as a rookie show runner is in way over his head and has the suits at Amazon running things. Can I do better? Of course not, but as a consumer, these are my thoughts. I think the 2 things that could save the show are more Episodes a Season and better writing. However I fear it's too late already. If this show makes it past Season 3, I will eat my words, because for now, I don't think it will. Happy to be proven wrong though.

9 hours ago, Ralph said:

Personally I find the dialogue quite clunky, especially Moiraine. 

That was my impression as well. I thought Zoe's acting was quite good here, but not Rosamund's. Could be the dialog or just a weird edit though. Guess I'll see tomorrow when the show drops.

On 2/2/2021 at 8:04 AM, Elder_Haman said:

The video is very interesting, but I think it comes to the wrong conclusion

This sums up most of Jon's videos ? Great guy but his theories tend to be out there haha

16 hours ago, Carebear Sedai said:

Now that we know the episode titles and that we only get 8, my new prediction is gonna be... 

 

1. Leavetaking  

- Starts with Rand and Tam on the Road. 

- Ends with Moiraine and gang leaving EF

 

2. Shadow's Waiting

- Starts with Ferry Crossing

- Ends with Shadar Logoth split

 

3. A Place of Safety

- Starts with Perrin finding land.

- Ends with Perrin's escape from the Whitecloaks.

 

4. The Dragon Reborn

- Starts with the team reunion at Caemlyn

- Ends with the events at The Eye (no initial stop at Fal Dara).

 

5. Blood Calls Blood

- Starts with the gang leaving the Blight and arriving at Fal Dara. 

- Ends with  Verin explaining the Shadow Prophecy. Cliffhanger when she outs Moiraine/Siuane about knowing their secrets. 

 

6. The Flame of Tar Valon

- Starts with Rand meeting Siuan. (The EF5 parts ways within the first 15 minutes) 

- Ends with Rand's arrival in Cairhienin 

 

7. Unknown 1

- Starts with Rand reuniting with everyone in Cairhienin 

- Ends with Egwene collared - or - Rand getting ready to travel using the portal stone (no stops at the stedding)

 

8. Unknown 2

- Starts with Flicker-Flicker sequence

- Ends with the battle at Falme - or - Lanfear revealing herself to Min by Rand's unconscious body. 

 

 

I think this is going to be pretty close to what we will end up with. I like it.

I am really keen to see how this adaption pans out. What is the ONE scene you have always wanted to see visualised? For me it has always been a toss up between The Prologue in TEOTW or Dumai's Wells. 

What do you want to see?