So, any ideas and suggestions on the soundtrack, whether they be styles or particular songs or composers?  I'd really like to hear some Celtic music as part of the track.

I'll throw this one out.  In the Stone of Tear where Rand kills all the Trollocs and Myrrdraal and then breaks down when he can't resurrect a child.

Honestly, I say that if they can get Zoe Robins anywhere close to that in terms of costume, I will be very happy:

http://www.thedailytrolloc.com/2019/08/the-daily-trolloc-102.html

Not that much of a fan of the Perrin image, for some reason.  Comes off as way too wild for Perrin's character.

On 8/17/2019 at 4:09 PM, imlad said:

 

Nor does Martin's series have anything come anywhere near as brutal, disgusting, and astonishingly horrific as Dumai's Wells. Yes, I mentioned it up above, but it cannot be stressed enough. This battle is the most terrible thing I have ever read descriptions of in fantasy or science fiction in my entire life. That one scene alone would garner the show a TV-MA rating, or if in the cinema an NC-17 rating (formerly an X rating). 

 

You haven't heard that quote from Marilyn Chambers:  "You can stab a breast, but God help you if you kiss one."  R at most.

Use Silly string?

4 hours ago, Jaglover said:

 

You had me very worried there for a moment but I believe this was his follow up response

 

"Let’s just say I’m much more interested in polyamory than polygamy. And maybe give me a little more credit than assuming I’m gonna gut that entire story and ruin everything off a one word answer? ;)"

 

Looking at the thread where this is discussed many think he is going to make the relationship between Elayne and Aviendha sexual as well.  To early to tell anyway in my view. 

 

I'd put more of a bet of him reupping the sexual tension between Moiraine and Siuan.

Guess who didn't read the book.

https://www.distractify.com/p/the-wheel-of-time-cast

The Daily Trolloc had a pretty good analysis on the quote http://www.thedailytrolloc.com/2019/08/the-daily-trolloc-101.html  I'm guessing big three, possibly big five + Lan and or Min

On 8/9/2019 at 12:44 PM, DemandredFO said:

That's what we mean, Morgase will appear two or three times and then I advocate the approach of being killed by Rhavin or in the crossfire of Rand and Rhavin. The whole fleeing to the whitecloaks, assaulted by Valda and fleeing to Perrin is too complicated.

It's also a MeToo moment when you think about it.  Also, given the fact that they are going to have to adapt the material somewhat, depending on the actor you want you could expand the role.

I'm thinking it's going to be that, and that the reason it got postponed is that something didn't quite go through completely (either a contract didn't get fully signed or somebody may have had a prior engagement).    Hopefully we get the big five plus maybe a couple of others (Min, Lan, etc).

*sigh*  I'm only surprised it took this long.

https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1144900564481916934

#SickSadWorld

3 hours ago, Dagon Thyne said:

I think they will have Min still there, but they might cut her relationship with Rand.  I think they will end up being close friends instead of lovers, and Min's part in the story will be her being an associate of Moiraine's more than her being in love with Rand.  I do think her visions will play a part of the story though.  

No way.  I think Min and Rand's is possibly the strongest relationship that they have going.  If anything this needs to be expanded.

On 10/5/2018 at 2:28 PM, Maedelin said:

Oh Light.  Will they keep the Aes Sedai ageless looking face?  If they keep it, how would they show it?  I do not think I can even explain how I see it in my head. xD

 

What does everyone else thing?

I think that's something that will be glossed over or just ignored.

So, now that we have Moiraine, who does everybody think should be the next big casting?  I'd go with Rand/Mat/Perrin followed by the wonder twits...err Egwene/Nynaeve/Elayne

2 minutes ago, Berta2 said:

 

 

Asians != dwarfs.

 

And yes, Faile is white. Davram is white, Deira is white - their EYES are dark, that's true.

 

Faile struck me (ow ow!) more as either southern Italian or Brazilian.

Also, and this is a random smartass thought, but if Rosamund Pike from gone girl is signing on, I really hope we don't get Ben Affleck as sad Lan Mandragoran.

4 hours ago, Elgee said:

Oh dear. I love her as an actress, and I think she would make an amazing Cads, or even Morgase, or Amys, but just ... not Moiraine. Why oh why must they kick off by "whitewashing" a character who's always seemed more Asian by description? You don't get more "perfect porcelain doll" than Asian women. This does not bode well for the rest of the casting. Just my humble opinion.

Really, I viewed her more as either French or Italian/Byzantine Greek

It's certainly an interesting choice.  Height is a factor, but if they cast Rand as his actual height I don't think it should be that much of an issue.  I really want to see how she can work alongside a character that is a hothead (aka Nynaeve) and play off that.

14 minutes ago, SinisterDeath said:

https://deadline.com/2018/10/amazon-robert-jordans-the-wheel-of-time-1202474485/

 

Make of it what ya will.

Oh I can make a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl....

 From what it sounds, looks like the rookie writer drew this and spent all of approximately five minutes digging this up from a press and a random google search that went sideways.  Still, Rafe has been spot on with a lot of things and I don't think this is how it is going.  I also think this is an important step as the series is going up the chain and it's not just lingering in development purgatory.

1 minute ago, Sabio said:

One of the Asha'man know that's a forsaken, he mentioned something like it's not fair that one gets better as the dragon dies.  99.999% of the world has no idea what Moridin looks like and any DF who did is hardly going to shout it's a forsaken.  We can be pretty sure Cas isn't going to have the WT go after him.  

 

The DO had his guys go out and take Ishy's new body for his soul to be stuffed into.  Like all the forsaken stuffed into new bodies we have no idea how they were found or who they were before.  I am sure there were qualities that were sought.  Like Aran'gar had to be beautiful, Gren had to be super ugly.  They probably found a body for Moiridin that looked intimidating.   

It's a pretty good bet that if that happens, the Asha'man will mention it to somebody and I don't think Cads will be able to control the BT as well as the WT.

I got another question:  whose body did Ishmael take?  For all we know, Rand could be out there in the body of a guy who was driving around the free candy wagon.

8 hours ago, solarz said:

 

The Dark One is sealed away, and Moridin's body could no longer channel. Perhaps they just didn't believe Moridin was a threat anymore.

How would they know it couldn't channel?

1 minute ago, Wulf said:

The yellow AS offers to bear the child of the Asha'man that semi-heals Rand of the dagger would if he'll show her how he did it.

Samitsu Tamagowa also offered Flinn gold as I recall, and we're not talking about the AS as bribers.  Point is I think it's a mistake to assume that all or even most are magical Mata Haris or shameless hussys.  Yes they may sleep with a man to gain knowledge and/or influence, but I don't think that's the default go to route with them.

On 5/19/2018 at 3:50 PM, DojoToad said:

They wouldn’t have had their abilities from the past - compulsion, balefire, traveling. Nor old allies like dark hounds and trollocs. Or at least would have to rediscover. 

Compulsion and balefire did exist.  (the dark ajah knew of Compulsion, and Moiraine certainly knew about balefire).  Trollocs and Myrrdraal are still there regardless of whether or not the Forsaken are reborn.  IMO the Forsaken suffered a really bad case of "Old World Blues" ("Age of Legends Blues" I guess).  They couldn't see the present for what it was and adapt their strategies accordingly.  They pinned their hopes on one or two sa'angreal and didn't use what the age offered them.  As a result it was the people that were supposedly backward that were coming up with the new strategies that the Dark Side couldn't imagine in a hundred years (Warder Bonding being the biggest example)

22 hours ago, Sabio said:

When you might live to 300, 70 isn't that old.  Their bodies aging slow down with the agelessness look.  Aes Sedai would be rather ineffective if they could live to be 300 and age of 70 they were bed ridden from old age.

 

Maybe its just me but I don't remember a lot of Aes Sedai seducing people in the book.  Only the Reds really found men repulsive.  So it doesn't mean Aes Sedai don't get urges.

The issue is that according to reproduction 101, women are born with all the eggs they will ever have and they lose those eggs at more or less at a  constant rate.  That's not even dealing with the genetic problems of giving birth later on in life.  So unless they're cycles slow down tremendously we have a logic hole here.