He's never said that in such explicit terms, obviously. However, we know the following about Rafe: -he has said that he is writing the show the way he thinks the books would have been written by RJ today -he knows Brandon disagrees with him on many issues, yet maintains his position -for each change, he'll often say something to the effect of "this works better," "this is actually more true to the books," "we HAD to do it this way because this is much more impactful and better set-up," "you need X or Y for a good narrative," etc etc etc -excerpt from an interview that WoTSeries did with Rafe: "Tidbit: apparently 70% of readers of all 14 books thought the show was as good or better than the books, he notes this is taken largely from non-online spaces." I don't know if he thinks he is better than the other two... but, taken as a whole his comments seem to paint a picture of a person who thinks he can go head-to-head with two great fantasy authors, and that when it comes to what works for film at least, he knows better.

Hard to say. He definitely didn't come across as rude to me, but definitely frustrated and baffled by certain writing choices at times. I think he can still appreciate the show overall while intensely disliking certain key parts of it.

The ChatGPT summary isn't bad, but the main problem is it is summarizing the comments of three people (Daniel, Matt, and Brandon) all at once in a dispassionate "scholarly" way. Brandon's comments definitely have more bite and bitter humor to them, and you can tell he is clearly disappointed and frustrated with certain decisions. That being said, it's true that he isn't straight up hating on the show, and he praises them in a few areas throughout and at the end.

We get it. Brandon's opinions are not important... and therefore boring, uninteresting, and not worthy of note... 😉

Personally I'm not surprised he had those opinions, but I'm surprised he voiced them.

Perhaps it will help your confusion to watch the video.

Wow, you DO have low-standards.

You're welcome. My non-solicitation consultation fee is five internet dollars 🤣

Having lurked on here since the end of Season 1 without once logging in, I've seen A LOT of your posts @Elder_Haman. I felt compelled to finally log in and tell you... from one random internet user to another... in my non-expert internet armchair opinion... you do, in fact, have very low standards. But that's okay. Plenty of people love reality TV, for example. Hell, I enjoy it myself from time to time as well. It's nice to switch off my brain sometimes and be taken along for a wild, if undemanding, ride. I just expected so much more from the Wheel of Time, and try as I might, I just can't get over it. I expect that I'm not alone in that sentiment.