My $.02 as a first time poster (started reading the books in the 90s, so no stranger to the World, though) is the Prologue will not appear until later, if at all. Simply because attracting a talented enough actor to pull off such an emotionally fraught scene would be extremely difficult, i.e. I would think presenting an actor with the talent to pull it off well with only a 5 minute part in an unknown series doesn't seem feasible. (I would think that if the show takes off and is wildly popular, Rafe could find someone to pull it off, though.)
As for the baby, I think we could see a Saving Private Ryan schtick and maybe the other babies for the other scenes.
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For anyone who hasn't seen it (Spoiler!). Remember in the beginning, the old guy is crying at the WWII cemetery and they fade from his eyes directly to the Captain's eyes and you think it's just that guy remembering (Spoiler alert again to be safe!). In the end, you realize, those two are not the same people, the audience has been hood-winked!
Could be the same thing...baby on Dragonmount/Moiraine and a couple Aes Sedai are shown freaking out over a Foretelling/a young man you wouldn't recognize later as Tam lifts the baby up/voiceover about the Dragon/Prophecies/what-have-you, etc./Fade to Logain as one his men runs up to him and says, "Lord Dragon...blah, blah, blah". They wanna hood-wink the audience for a while and keep up the suspense. I, of course, could be completely wrong, but I can see that actually working. Are there really enough fans out there to give it away to a larger audience that "No! That's not Logain!"? Maybe they think we'll keep our mouths shut so other folks can experience the world and enjoy it? Like we did for the Red Wedding. I dunno, I might be stretching it on that one.
All that being said, Logain's story could do all those things folks have been saying on here. Show that the highly complex world of the WOT is full of folks with different personalities, beliefs, motivations, hatreds, fears and ideologies. It could show why people in world are terrified of the awful Power channelers can wield and why it's not unreasonable for some folks to want to snuff it out anytime it shows itself. If they show him going mad, I think that would be going too far from the books. Logain is pretty important in the last few books. Maybe if he had a companion who also channeled, but went mad and Logain had to take him out and then got brutally ganked by the Aes Sedai after he was exhausted from that fight? Hmmm, that's interesting...just thought of that and thought I would share. Going waaaay too far with really a tiny amount of actual info about the show! I'm gonna leave it there anyway, you can pick it up if you like, or just leave there ?
Anyway, in terms of presenting the world to folks who don't really immerse themselves in fantasy, it might be weird (or even eyerolling, "oh, another prophecy about a savior that everyone believes is completely true, huh?") for them to see people in world talking about Prophecies of the Dragon like it's a fact. They would see it as a religion, I would think. Showing the contrast between Aes Sedai going after Logain with the opinion that the Prophecies are gooblygook nonsense and all male channelers must be destroyed or contained, and Moiraine's POV as she is seeking out the EF5 really might better illustrate the different approaches, personalities and conflicts within the White Tower. That would also demonstrate the stakes for Suian, Moiraine and Verin later.
Like I said, just my $02. I apologize for rambling so much...this thread got a lot of nonsense swirling around in my noggin.
Logain's Story and the Babies...
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My $.02 as a first time poster (started reading the books in the 90s, so no stranger to the World, though) is the Prologue will not appear until later, if at all. Simply because attracting a talented enough actor to pull off such an emotionally fraught scene would be extremely difficult, i.e. I would think presenting an actor with the talent to pull it off well with only a 5 minute part in an unknown series doesn't seem feasible. (I would think that if the show takes off and is wildly popular, Rafe could find someone to pull it off, though.)
As for the baby, I think we could see a Saving Private Ryan schtick and maybe the other babies for the other scenes.
For anyone who hasn't seen it (Spoiler!). Remember in the beginning, the old guy is crying at the WWII cemetery and they fade from his eyes directly to the Captain's eyes and you think it's just that guy remembering (Spoiler alert again to be safe!). In the end, you realize, those two are not the same people, the audience has been hood-winked!
Could be the same thing...baby on Dragonmount/Moiraine and a couple Aes Sedai are shown freaking out over a Foretelling/a young man you wouldn't recognize later as Tam lifts the baby up/voiceover about the Dragon/Prophecies/what-have-you, etc./Fade to Logain as one his men runs up to him and says, "Lord Dragon...blah, blah, blah". They wanna hood-wink the audience for a while and keep up the suspense. I, of course, could be completely wrong, but I can see that actually working. Are there really enough fans out there to give it away to a larger audience that "No! That's not Logain!"? Maybe they think we'll keep our mouths shut so other folks can experience the world and enjoy it? Like we did for the Red Wedding. I dunno, I might be stretching it on that one.
All that being said, Logain's story could do all those things folks have been saying on here. Show that the highly complex world of the WOT is full of folks with different personalities, beliefs, motivations, hatreds, fears and ideologies. It could show why people in world are terrified of the awful Power channelers can wield and why it's not unreasonable for some folks to want to snuff it out anytime it shows itself. If they show him going mad, I think that would be going too far from the books. Logain is pretty important in the last few books. Maybe if he had a companion who also channeled, but went mad and Logain had to take him out and then got brutally ganked by the Aes Sedai after he was exhausted from that fight? Hmmm, that's interesting...just thought of that and thought I would share. Going waaaay too far with really a tiny amount of actual info about the show! I'm gonna leave it there anyway, you can pick it up if you like, or just leave there ?
Anyway, in terms of presenting the world to folks who don't really immerse themselves in fantasy, it might be weird (or even eyerolling, "oh, another prophecy about a savior that everyone believes is completely true, huh?") for them to see people in world talking about Prophecies of the Dragon like it's a fact. They would see it as a religion, I would think. Showing the contrast between Aes Sedai going after Logain with the opinion that the Prophecies are gooblygook nonsense and all male channelers must be destroyed or contained, and Moiraine's POV as she is seeking out the EF5 really might better illustrate the different approaches, personalities and conflicts within the White Tower. That would also demonstrate the stakes for Suian, Moiraine and Verin later.
Like I said, just my $02. I apologize for rambling so much...this thread got a lot of nonsense swirling around in my noggin.