13 minutes ago, thievingsackofpotatoes said:

The last track on Vol. 3 of the The Wheel of Time soundtrack is…

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From the West

Looks like certain group are all but confirmed for a end of season tease!

I've just had a listen.  You can almost picture what it's going to be, then the end credits kick in 2 minutes in.

Just when all hope is lost, Mat (who we only see from behind) arrives out of nowhere and stabs the "Dark One" with the dagger.  The resulting explosion melts his face.  Nynaeve heals him as best as she can, but he'll never look the same again.

Prediction. Rand brings a sword to a one power fight, but gets lucky and just about survives. Egwene levels up and saves someone/everyone. Perrin kills a shedload of trollocs, but in a story arc redemption kind of way, no friendly fire this time. Moiraine takes one for the team for the cliffhanger (we find out in season 2 she's ok).  Doomseer has read the spoilers and she was just drinking in her bar the whole time, because why not, the Pattern is basically just trolling the Dark One, again. No wonder he (or she) is angry and evil.

I just think Perrin needs to murder a few Whitecloaks early on in season 2 to get him back on track.

On Mat and the Reds, my first thought was that it was for the show to tell Liandrin where the group had gone to, to explain her getting there (if she does).  But maybe they're also using it to set up a Mat / Teslyn introduction.  Although the way season 1 has gone I don't think Teslyn's characater is important enough to make it into the show.  Probably it's just to show Moiraine's ruthless side.

2 hours ago, qlorin said:

Mat vs. Red Ajah... Wait what?... Why?...
 

Maybe just moving pieces on the board?  How do you get Liandrin and Mat2.0 to Fal Dara for the start of season 2.

Thoughts from my 1 am viewing - a decent episode to start wrapping season one up, best of the lot for me. Don't care about the CGI or the shortcuts.  Having the cold open tie in with Doomseer's confirmation to Rand worked ok for me.  Not bothered that some people think Perrin had a thing for Egwene.  Rand and Egwene didn't know, hardly a love triangle.  I always enjoy a silence of the lambs door-knock, so bonus points there.

I might rewatch after work.  I didn't bother with last weeks.

GoT rules - in battle scenes only important characters don't need helmets...

45 minutes ago, notpropaganda73 said:

Ep7 Teaser is out: 

 

 

We finally get to see the Second Captain of the Illianer Companions. Whoever that is.

1 hour ago, fra85uk said:

 

Completely erase ep. 4-6 and follow the actual book plot instead of doing fan-fiction? This is my humble opinion of course.

 

I liked episode 4, it could have been better but I didn't mind the change.  One of my favourite GoT episodes is Hardhome, but in the books Jon wasn't there and I'm pretty sure we don't get a PoV of what happened.  I'd compare ep 4 to that type of "it happened but we only heard about it in the books".

5 & 6 were weaker, not for the changes that they made, but for how long they spent on them at the expense of other threads we should be following.  Just my opinion.

1 minute ago, Kazhvar said:

So these are changes made by the people making the show? I don't recall seeing anything in the books suggesting it could be female simply based upon the fact Saidar was never tainted.

Just accept it as something that they thought was needed to get the show made, that won't change the overall story too much. Until it does. Save the pitchforks until then.

1 hour ago, Elder_Haman said:

Another shoutout to Everday Negroes. Also Unravelling the Pattern. My amount of spare time varies, but those are the two that I will not miss.

Yes, those are the two that I'm watching. One for a very entertaining view of how anyone new to the story might be seeing the show.  The other for the best analysis of all the details that I might have missed.

7 hours ago, DojoToad said:

I wouldn't leave due to my opinions, but would for two other reasons:

• I've stopped watching the show so my opinions would become increasingly irrelevant
• I've decided that I can't enjoy the show so why waste time dwelling on it - either by watching it "because it is all we have" or by discussing it because I like to rant

I'll read about what you all think of episode 6 and go from there...

Episode 6 - confirming that the show is not the book, it's definitly something else. 7/10.

6 hours ago, Reader said:

I'm not sure if I'm influenced by watching it from midnight UK time, when I know I have to be up for work at 7am.  I might save tonight's episode for the weekend.

There again, sleep is overrated, and I'm now working from home tomorrow...

16 hours ago, TheMountain said:

I'm pretty sure this deserves it's own thread!

 

Well, off the back of this (17/18 minutes in) I've bought Ghost Station by Dan Wells on audible.  I don't mind a cold war thriller and it will do for next week's commute.  I don't know if Dan gets any extra money from my purchase though, or if it all goes straight to Bezos.

1 hour ago, DojoToad said:

Why would this poll be any more meaningless that IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes/Etc.?  In fact, Dragonmount being much smaller (miniscule in comparison) is much less likely to be spammed by bots/sock puppets.

 

I made the point that the show is killing it, and so is unlikely to change.  Just wondering what other folks thoughts were.

 

Didn't mean to pee in your Cheerios.

 

The good news is, that episode 6 is likely to be just as bad for me as the previous ones have been.  So I'll be off the boards in a few days.  Don't have to worry about me getting you all torqued out of shape.

I don't mind reading the views of people who don't like the show, and see no need for you to leave or stop commenting.  For me the show is still in the "like it" option, at around 7.5/10 overall, but I'm not sure if I'm influenced by watching it from midnight UK time, when I know I have to be up for work at 7am.  I might save tonight's episode for the weekend.

On 12/4/2021 at 11:27 PM, Agitel said:

I'm not satisfied yet with the show's explanation (or still lack there of) of how Valda is capturing sisters. There are plausible ways to do it available to Rafe. We should have been shown something.

 

But WC operating immediately around TV under Valda is in the books themselves.

I posted a Valda theory yesterday half joking, but thinking it through:

(posted as a spoiler but it's only speculation)

4 hours ago, Maximillion said:

 

 

1) He's one of the Foresaken

2) He has some object (Angreal) that nullifys or diminishes the OP  

 

3) He's the Gholam

Since there is a forum for it, let me introduce myself. I'm old enough to remember reading Tolkien, Feist and various others in the 80s.  Robert Jordan, Glen Cook, GRRM and many others after that.  I like epic fantasy, intelligent sci fi, but not limited to that.

I've seen so many book adaptions I've been disapointed with I think I have become immune, whether it be Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum or John Grisham.  I really did like The Shawshank Redeption though.  It will take a lot for me to stop watching WoT even if it does turn out to be disapointing. I'm hoping it will not.  I don't feel my opinions on it are useful.  It's sort of in the ball park of "nostalgia meets my favourite sports team", or something.

I'm old, tired and sometimes like a beer on a Friday or Saturday night. I'll try not to post anything too stupid because of that though.

9 minutes ago, MasterAblar said:

 

Yes, but my point is that isn't known in book 1, it's only revealed later on. So the scene in the show is loyal to the books in that sense. The readers and viewers are not aware that Logain is reacting to Rand.

Yes, you're right. I replied to your post, but it was more a general reply to the Logain laughing topic. I should have made that clear.

2 hours ago, MasterAblar said:

 

Nope, just read through the 1st book, there's 0 mention of Logain seeing Rand, and it's all but stated that he's laughing at the crowd who are clearly scared of him but yell at him as soon as he looks elsewhere.

book 6 spoiler

7 minutes ago, JaimAybara said:

Side Question neither good/or bad just curious: is Jain Farstrider a woman now? Or did Rand just imply that Egwene would pretend to be him?

Yes, Jain Farstrider is a woman now, but Birgitte is actually Ihvon, so it all balances out ok.

1 minute ago, Harad the White said:

I can't recall as many "tips" in other franchises. 

Thom "you can never have too many knives" Merrilin

35 minutes ago, Dead Warder said:

I suppose then (as opinion) that this adaptation is just another medium (unintentional or not) to divide the fanbase deeper into their home camps. I don't predict this episode or any subsequent ones in this season will bring the tents closer together.

Wise ones can continue to wander between camps though? With popcorn ? ?

Watching other people's view of the episode, to help form my view of the episode.