8 minutes ago, Yojimbo said:

Thanks!  Now if I can only get them published.   

I have three books. If I only I could get them written.

18 minutes ago, WhiteVeils said:

This is quite the wow article.
Wheel of Time: Amazon’s Prime Video series isn’t the new Game of Thrones. It’s better. (slate.com)

I question why they have to use GoT as a whipping post.

5 minutes ago, Theseus78 said:

We may disagree with their choices, but they're not arbitrary

There goes my theory of a dart board with Kill, Marry, Kiss.

2 minutes ago, Yojimbo said:

So anyone not that age should not even be in the conversation. 

All mythology is adept at making exceptions. E.g.: "Nyn was 25 years old but at age 5, she accidentally fell into a frozen lake. She went into a coma, and they thought she would die. When she awoke she acted like a baby, and had visions." Voila: Nyn qualifies.

3 minutes ago, Jaysen Gore said:

They're not mad - they are policing agencies (self-appointed maybe) overseeing an organization that can - and in fact did - shatter the entire world.

Sorta like the Schutzstaffel and Gestapo. No one ever accused Himmler of being "mad."

4 minutes ago, Jaysen Gore said:

applies to Logain, and soon will apply to others.

Agreed. I would think that any non=book reader would conclude that Logain is being unjustly accused of "madness" so that he can be persecuted and forced to suffer a fate worse than death. I wonder whether Amazon's playing down the manifestations of "madness" is deliberate and will be ongoing. The maddest characters I see so far are Liandrin and The Questioner.

15 minutes ago, KakitaOCU said:

There's a reason not guilty for insanity is a thing.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you. In this series so far, there have not been any outward manifestations of "madness." In fact, Logain appears to be the sanest of that crowd. In Ghealdan he is calm, reasonable, and refutes the evil voices in his ear. With Moiraine, he speaks rationally, and from his point of view, since there is no comparison, he may very well be the DR.

BTW this thread has "full book spoilers" so why hide things?

Does anybody fault Logain for attacking the Aes Sedai? They are after him and are going to inflict a punishment worse than death (see Thom's story to Rand). And, despite the fact that he is only defending himself, Liandrin has cooked the jury to inflict summary judgement. 

10 minutes ago, Wolfbrother31 said:

Probably along the lines of "wokeness"?? Or simply that the Warders seem ... To soft thus far?

Keerect. They added something like, "I don't mean 'gay' so don't attack me.'" Funny-ish.

I thought they were fine, as in, real warriors. Funny might have been casting them all to look like The Rock, with bare chests.

5 minutes ago, Beidomon said:

And then Mo should have responded “welp, maybe the Dragon will be a girl!” to make Alanna feel better. You know, because maybe Mo (who has devoted her life to finding the DR) “misunderstood the prophesy.” LOL

Not needed. Every single word doesn't have to be spelled out for most. LMAOLKITA

9 minutes ago, KakitaOCU said:

You can see this type of disagreement in episode 4, though it's subtle.  Moraine says "we don't know if it's a boy or a girl."  But Alanna specifically says "What if we're supposed to fight with the Dragon but the reds gentled him?"   

Don't see that as a disagreement. Alanna might have meant "What if we're supposed to fight with the Dragon  (but he is a male) and the reds gentled him?"

https://www.mediaweek.com.au/tv-demand-amazon-scores-a-clean-sweep-with-the-wheel-of-time/

"This week 'The Wheel of Time" came in at 28.43 points above market average in Australia and 25.05 points above average in New Zealand."

Those guys, especially NZ, know their fantasy.

I didn't see the movie, but, yes!, that famous "asian" David Carradine held the red hot metal against his arms to be Shaolin forever in the series. Ty

1 hour ago, 2RiversFan said:

makes it very difficult for Rand to be branded

I have an image of some character in some famous fantasy (?) movie branding his arms by holding some metal artifact over a brazier. Due to incipient alzenheimers ?, can't remember. Anybody with intact brain cells?

1 hour ago, Wolfbrother31 said:

And the Warders around the fire.

? On another thread, (mildish) criticism of "cuddly" warders.

1 minute ago, MasterAblar said:

No idea how to get the full version in english

blu ray from oxfordshire ?

12 minutes ago, MasterAblar said:

Most of what I remember is the music and the marching,

1812 Overture?

Grrrr. Not available on Netflix.

Cinematic Randomness sez,

Straight forward, yet eloquent dialogue gives context and enables the viewer to easily understand the circumstances which lead to Napoleon’s final bid for “power and glory”, to quote one of the film’s several taglines. We also spend significant time with our two leads. Rod Steiger steps into the boots of Napoleon with an accent by way of New York,

?

But gives it ****

1 minute ago, Gothic Flame said:

Every charge against Fort Wagner during the US Civil War was a total loss. (They made a movie about the 2nd desperate charge depicting the first African-American regiment going against it ("Glory")

An excellent movie, but a bummer. I suppose that's the way a racist might feel about Gettysburg ?

1 minute ago, MasterAblar said:

I love that Waterloo movie. Like all historical movies its accuracy is mediocre for the most part but it looks absolutely amazing.

And how do the battle scenes look?

30 minutes ago, danweasel said:

Hardly an expert, but real world desperate charges (that failed) include:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickett's_Charge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo#Attack_of_the_Imperial_Guard

 

and maybe more risky than desperate, but:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar

The Waterloo wiki is really interesting. There was a 1970 movie called "Waterloo." It's got Rod Steiger, but I don't know anything about it. It's not a meme. Something as described in wiki might make a good modern movie with drones flying overhead to capture the action from a Seachan eye's view. 

6 minutes ago, AdamA said:

Not exactly a desperate last charge, but the Ride of the Rohirrim scene from Return of the King is based somewhat on the Battle of Hastings during the Norman conquest of England.

Going forward a bit is Henry V at Agincourt. Desperate? Or just a far superior, yet smaller force.  Also not desperate, but epic, Kursk, the biggest cavalry (tank) battle of WW2.

As mentioned above, The Hobbit, sadly maligned, had some great battles: The Gates of Moria, and the Battle of the Five Armies. These, especially the last, are the result of giving an inventive filmmaker, unlimited (?) budget. 

18 minutes ago, ArrylT said:

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-movies/best-battles-television-epic/

 

 

Here is an article that specifically focuses on what they feel are the best/epic Television battles (ie no film)

I counted 7 of the 10 from HBO. Pretty amazing. (Of course I've already proven I can't count.)

11 minutes ago, danweasel said:

The air component makes me think of the Seanchan raid on the Tower -- not a 'desperate charge' but a good candidate for a major set-piece.

The desperate charge may have originated, cinematically, with the "7th Cavalry." There must be any number of Westerns with this trope. And what about the "Charge of the Light Brigade," movie and irl. Any experts here who know about other desperate charges irl? 

Just thought of "Gettysburg," although all of the desperate charges where failures, such as Little Round Top, and the poster child for failure "Pickett's Charge." The movie battle was well-done, imho.

Recently, Villeneuve's Dune showed the Harkonnens/Sardaukar sneak attack on the Atreides. Despite being a "big budget" movie, it was modest by the standards above. Maybe they could have enhanced the air component, since the 'thopters were fun to watch.