Mirefox
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S3E8 - He Who Comes With The Dawn
Mirefox replied to A Memory Of Why's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Moiraine shielding Sammael is 100% what is wrong with the garbage-tier writing on this show. In Season 1, we had something like 8 Aes Sedai keeping a constant shield on Logain, Moiraine included. Skip two seasons forward and Moiraine just casually drops that, by the way, she can now tie off shields and subdue a Forsaken. Not earned, not explained, just written that way because that’s how the writers want it. -
I don’t think so. That would have been good motivation for Perrin but I think he just wanted to go home because he missed it.
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My point, though is that he said he wanted to chronicle history in the making (my words, not his; I’d have to go back for the direct quote), but then he doesn’t follow the Dragon Reborn, he doesn’t follow the blower of the Horn, he followed a guy who went home because he was homesick…
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Yes, but I keep being told we can’t compare these to the books. As far as the show story and the show logic, why was he there?
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Why was Loial even in Emond’s Field to begin with?
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Without knowing anything about him, I imagine he looks a bit like a heavyset version of those douchy Terry Gookind poses in the back of some of his books…
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Yeah, and I cannot begrudge a couple individuals playing hardball so the Amazon. If I could leverage Amazon for a billion dollars I would…
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While I agree completely, isn’t it pretty common in the business to have initial agreements for 3-4 years? I feel like I’ve hear somewhere that actors almost always get to re-negotiate around that time, which is why it used to be a big deal for shows to make it to a 4th season, meaning they got through that hurdle. Talking out of complete ignorance and heresay, here, though.
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Your second paragraph is true, but Netflix does it constantly. I honestly don’t know Amazon’s track record with actually concluding series
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I’ve heard repeatedly that their own internal metric is whether or not this performs at the level of season 1. I don’t particularly care about Nielson or any other stats in particular, other than that it seems very clear that the show is not at that level. So yeah, I agree that this number isn’t the be all, end all, but I think it is a harbinger off the end.
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Yeah, with the subtlety and finesse of a jackhammer.
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One Great Captain was already killed, so General Maksim stepping into that role completely makes sense in this show…
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Put a fork in it. Enjoy the series finale in 2 days.
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I don’t have enough faith in these writers to foreshadow the next scene, let alone the end of the series. I’d say time will tell but also don’t have much faith in this show going another season, so we will probably never know.
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That is something Lanfear should be aware of, though, so anything that happens there shouldn’t come as a surprise to her at all.
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It depends on Rafe’s real life relationship with the guy because that’s the only reason the role even exists.
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I’d put money on
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I had to pick and choose what to talk about but I almost mentioned that the trollocs, especially the one chasing Aram, were about on par with the trolls from Willow. So don’t worry, you’re not the only one.
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Gotcha. I thought it was inky by steddings.
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Yeah, I agree completely. I also felt like they elevated Maksim way too much, which kind of lessened Perrin’s importance to a degree. /shrug
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It’s a moot point now, but the entire point of the waygates is that they were built on the edge of stedding so that male channeled could travel around without the taint. Every one of them was build on the border of a stedding.
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Loial was underused in the show and his demise was heavily telegraphed. The “I can only destroy it from the inside” nonsense was so contrived and idiot that of course we knew he was dead. They may have wanted it to be the emotional punch, but the only emotions it elicited were probably not those intended by the writers.
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I also honestly don’t remember - was there a scene in season 1 where Moiraine first teaches Egwene to channel and the latter really struggles to do a very basic thing? That does not jive well with any untrained channeler, including children and elderly drunks, suddenly having abilities to rival all the trained channelers.
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Part of the problem here is that is isn’t even just an overuse of “temporary peril,” but it is virtually the exact same thing - grievous penetrating wounds that are seemingly shrugged off. It’s the exact same “temporary peril.”
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Wheel of Time Season 3 - Full Season Discussion
Mirefox replied to SinisterDeath's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I’m fine with Perrin’s story being done for the season. We had the climax of the arc and then an uncertain transition /cliffhanger that can be left until next season. Structurally it makes sense.
