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I use AppleTV and yes the Prime UI sucks, not sure why they won't fix it. Their Marketing also sucks, they have lots of issues, but what they charge compared to others is not an issue for me. Also they have good shows, just no one can find them.
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In my case getting Prime Video was kind of free because we had Prime already, so spending $36 a year for no commercial is pretty cheap streaming service.
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Potential fix for the overpowered Moiraine issue:
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Shawlee's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I normally go to wheeloftime.fandom.com to check myself: Under the TV Three Oaths they have this comment: The Three Oaths are an adaption of the oaths of the same name which is a link to were I got the ones above. So they may be wrong, will need to check the books again -
Potential fix for the overpowered Moiraine issue:
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Shawlee's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I thought it was the following from the books, but I could be wrong: -
WoT Season 2 Episode 8: What Was Meant to Be
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to SinisterDeath's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I think you missed were I said "I have felt like", this was my opinion, did not say it was fact or should affect anyone else opinion. Guess I should just not make comments on how I see things. -
WoT Season 2 Episode 8: What Was Meant to Be
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to SinisterDeath's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Watching the show I have felt like they really want Egwene to be the Dragon Reborn, guessing Harriet would not allow it. So instead they are giving Egwene an arch that makes her look like the Dragon Reborn version 1a. -
Saw they were going to charge 2.99 month extra for ad free, I hate ads, so $36 US dollars more a year for no ads is the way I will go.
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Rewatching season 1 before season 2 starts
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Wassup's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
nope -
Interviews and News Articles
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to WhiteVeils's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Just think if this was done by a streaming service that knows how to market a show. -
WoT Season 2 Episode 1: A Taste of Solitude
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to SinisterDeath's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Best part of S2 E1 is the fact they are just pretending that certain things in S1 E8 just didn't happen or maybe saying are bad let's just move on. I like S2 E1 better than anything in S1- 226 replies
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Rewatching season 1 before season 2 starts
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Wassup's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I agree totally, hopefully they will make changes when Hopper is introduced -
Rewatching season 1 before season 2 starts
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Wassup's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Well I finished 5-8, I didn't remember that even the first time through I like episode 5 and gave it a B+. I really like the White Cloak scene, I still think they can do better with the wolves. The Wolves look more like dogs to me, its fantasy give me bad ass wolves. I still think the whole Steven/funeral scene could have been done in half the time. Episode 6 was better than I thought the first couple of times. Taking away the books really help make this episode better. Using the oath rod to force Moraine to take a 4th oath seem strange to me and seems to be against what was explained early in the show. Now episodes 7 & 8 is when things really started going done hill and maybe those two episodes clouded my judgement on the series. I understand COVID and loosing Matt hurt, but does not explain what I see as just bad writing. Now with that said, I am looking forward now to season 2 and hope we can just put the last two episodes behind us. -
Rewatching season 1 before season 2 starts
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Wassup's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Well I finished episode 3 & 4 and like both a lot better then my first watch. In fact the only negative I had for episode 3 was with the look of the wolf scene and I need more Rand and Matt, just like their story in both episode (that ignoring the books). I really like the Logan scene and thought they have nailed that casting, he is another of my favorite characters from the book. Nynaeve healing scene was cool, but as a book reading I don't like how they are not following the book magic system a very well, but for this review I am ignore the book. So I give episode 3 a solid A and episode 4 a A-, so the first four episode is sitting at a B+/A-. I am going to have to really fight by book bias for the next 4, but let see maybe I will see them differently. -
Rewatching season 1 before season 2 starts
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Wassup's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Started my rewatch, finished the first 2 episode. I have read the books 4 times and this will be my 4 watch of the series. Decide I would treat this rewatch as a different story from the books to see if I liked it better or not. I did look at by previous ratings of the series and the first two episodes got a solid B/B+ from me. Somethings that I didn't notice from my previous watch. The pacing in episode 1 seem bad to me this time around, wondering if others thought that way. The pacing was a lot better in episode 2. I thought the pushing of Egwene of the cliff seem kind of cruel and wonder if any previous member ever die from that tradition? Also besides Rand, Tam and Perrin are all the other men in two rivers cowards. I see the women fighting trollocs , but most of the men seems to be just running away. The scene when Moiraine enters the tavern and Nynaeve reaches for her knife seems silly to me. Since no one else really did anything. Overall this time I thought episode 1 was a C+ at best. I didn't like Perrin killing his wife or Matts story line but that may be my book bias. Episode 2 pacing was much better and in fact I really liked most of this episode. Now still have some book issues but ignoring those for now. I thought the wolf scene could have been done better, just think they went cheap. Some of the dialog was pretty poor, special the whole dream sequence. I really like the whole scene when Moiraine explains the song of Manetheren, thought that was one of the best part of the episode. Overall I think this episode should have gotten an A- from me. So I guess B for both makes some sense. -
Season 1 Honest Review to refresh for Season 2
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Luinedhel's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I don't agree with everything in this video but it covers most of the issues I had with the show -
Rewatching season 1 before season 2 starts
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to Wassup's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I have rewatch the show 3 times and each time I have like it a little more except for episode 8 which to me was just horrible. I plan on watching it again this week since it has been a while and I want to refresher before season 2. I have decided to just accept this is not going to be the books and hope I can just enjoy it. My biggest disappoint is that all the people that I ask to watch season 1 have told me they are not sure they are going to watch season 2. Maybe I just got their hopes up too much. I hope season 2 is better and I can convince them to try it again. -
Why not follow the books more closely?
BookMattBetterThanShow replied to phanooglestixs's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
I agree strongly with Samt. Making changes is fine, but many of the changes didn't seem necessary. I have just ignored episodes 7 & 8 since I believe that was caused by COVID and actor changes (Will say if it had been left to me, I would have just stop at episode 6). My biggest complain is the fact that we spent entire episode on a character that wasn't in the book, yet skimped on going into more details with the main characters. Also I think they just ignored all the magic rules completely.