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king of nowhere

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  1. yes. I can see the scene city of falme. palace of the governor. the governor and a few seanchan officers watch the wave. the governor is shocked and terrified. The seanchan make some threat, maybe vague, maybe overt, not that there's much need when they showed already they could level the city with a tsunami. the governor kneels and swears allegiance to the seanchan. the seanchan board a toraken and go back to the ships. Such a scene would totally recover that final scene, that looked a bit silly otherwise.
  2. Not sure if it was mentioned already, but apparently in the show channelers can't feel each other. Book moiraine immediately knew the relative strengths of egwene and nynaeve; in the show, it's unclear
  3. they are a sort of jewelry piece work on the last phalanx of each finger. as I said, they changed it from the actual fingernails because it's much more practical. turak can take them off - assuming he still fights rand. as for why they are so long, I'd guess is for the same reason the aes sedai ring is incredibly huge: because otherwise people on tv won't notice it.
  4. yes. i suppose getting some actor to shave her head bald or to grow some fingernails to insane lenghts is going to be very expensive. and they may not even be noticed. they kept the style of extreme sophistication and formality for the nobles, though, which is what matters. you see suroth, and you understand that this is a supremely classist society
  5. the episodes of season 1 are included in the list. in fact, that's too few names - only 14, which would imply 6 episodes for season 2. mind you, if they are 6 episodes 90 minutes long, we're still gaining. If, instead, those meddling executives decided to cut by 25% the already inadequate screen time, the quality of the show can only take a turn downward
  6. nah. we're wheel of time fans. jordan created a world full of intricate details with a lot of easter eggs hidden within, and we liked it. we are the kind of people who would nitpick over aprons regardless.
  7. In the final book, in the final battle of elayne's army, gareth bryne surrounds the trolloc in what's basically a rehearsal of the battle of cannae (before a second trolloc army came and the black tower men came to rescue). That was easy to notice. Now I randomly came across a description of the battle of austerlitz, and I noticed it's very similar to what mat does in the last battle - surrender the high ground, lure the enemy into attacking, then take back the high ground and use it to shell the enemy. Even the name is similar, polov heights compared to rea life pratzen heights. It's clear sanderson has researched some famous battles to have the great generals come across as capable. I wonder, are there other real battles used as inspiration in the books? did jordan do it too?
  8. the end. i'd really like to see the end of the books. you know, because it would mean that the tv show does not get canceled halfway. and if it does not get canceled, it probably means the quality was at least passable
  9. I am bad at imagining people. I can't really form a mental image of a person unless I devote all my attention to it, and then I'm not reading the story anymore. in my mind, the characters are dark shadows. with that premise, I like getting a movie of a book - even when the movie is not very good - because it lets me imagine real characters. I have no problems imagining a person if I saw the actor in the movie, and it certainly beats a dark shadow.
  10. oh, right. I assumed everyone reading here is a book nerd, but there can be people who started the show without reading the book. spoiler is appropriate
  11. regarding verin's role in the story if I was the screenwriters, I would expand her role, giving her parts of other minor sisters, because she's otherwise a minor character, disappearing for whole seasons, and that's not good for keeping an actor.
  12. She looks excellent. of course, this doesn't allow to draw any conclusion - good or bad - on the plot.
  13. good point. though still going to be missed by any but the most observant viewer. that said, the books are full of subtle things that nobody will notice unless they look for an internet guide, so in this the tv show keeps to the spirit of the book
  14. after the latest wotwednesday drop on the topic, I feel kinda bad for all the work that went into it and that nobody noticed. you don't really see it much unless you stop the frame and focus on it anyway
  15. for those who want to criticize the series, there are a lot of threads for that. please, keep on topic. as for the video, the costumes look good - but they always do. i lacked the patience to follow it all to the end, especially because i have troubles with some of the accents. did I miss something special?
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