On 9/5/2021 at 2:00 AM, Mavin said:

So well put!!!!  I agree completely. I also LOVED the three quick images of overhead shots of circles. The dancing circle cuts to the circle of apparent dead Sisters which cuts to an overhead shot of the circular room in the Tower.  I just loved ALL OF IT SO MUCH!!!!!!  OMG I cannot WAIT!!!!

For me, this has become the best part of the teaser (the very first time, it was the Fade :-)).

After a couple of times, I realized that the circle shots together with Tams words IMO capture the soul of the books. To me, that is the most important. I accept that there will be (has to be) changes compared to the books. I hope they don't do them "just be different". I hope they do it because that makes a better TV show while staying true to the spirit of the books. The LOTR movies were very true to the books, and all the changes felt "natural". I hope the same will be true for the WoT TV show. After having seen the trailer, I'm quite confident they will do an excellent job.

I agree that it would make sense to remove the GM from the TV show. And even that there may be good reasons to do it (less confusing to the casual TV viewer). Anyway, it could be used as a basis for some background knowledge drop about the age of legends. Moiraine could explain about the green man and how these creatures were used in the Age of Legends (along other knowledge). The GM would also serve as a nod to all the nerdy readers (we get "something special that only we truly understand"). I guess a relatively short sequence with the GM wouldn't be that expensive CGI wise?

A side note on the Forsaken: I think we'll see some hint of the Forsaken in S1. Maybe it won't be clear to the viewer that a certain figure is a Forsaken (maybe the nerd readers will figure out that it is a Forsaken). Before Sean Connery died, a had a fantasy about him being cast as Aginor or Belthamel: a very brief appearance (not required for the next - hopefully many - seasons). I think he would have liked playing the villain to the chok of the audience. Wow, that could've been a major scoop. Unfortunately, not going to happen, I guess.

Last thing about the Forsaken in S1: in the trailer, we see a pair of black boots. Immediately after, we see Moiraine removing a hood. So we're inclined to think the boots belong to her. Everytime I watch the boots, something in me says: those boots belong to Ishamael (likely just a wild theory, but there it is) :-)