No.

Older fantasy fans will remember "bad" adaptations of LotR (e.g., Bakshi, Rankin-Bass). Or the Chronicles of Narnia for 80s BBC tv. Those didn't prevent later better adaptations from occurring. It probably won't be amazon, but I'm certain someone else will take a crack at it....and animation makes more sense than another big budget live-action blockbuster. I'm tired of hearing people say, "Because THIS adaptation has failed, there will never be another adaptation." That's a logical fallacy, and even a cursory glance of past fantasy IP history will prove otherwise. Might not be soon. But it'll happen.

While I didn't watch past season 1, one thing I did like was Barney Harris as the first Mat. While I dislike some of the story changes regarding Mat and his backstory, I felt the actor himself was well cast and capable of "book Mat." I wonder if we'll ever find out (if we haven't already) whatever happened in regard to him leaving, etc. His leaving before season 1 wrapped really put up warning signals that all might not be well in a broader sense with the production.

I sure hope so. The second read through, I tried picturing many scenes thru an anime lens, much to my internal vision's delight. Not saying it should use full-blown anime style, per se, just something visually lush and able to be (more) true to source material.

The show just wasn't very good. Sorry.

Unfortunately, these are exactly the "cool" sort of scenes I cherished and was looking forward to seeing, but which I have absolutely zero faith in their ability to deliver them properly (or even at all).