I've been away, several issues not the least of which a de-laminating tyre causing 1000's in damage to my X5. Paying work restarting, the boss away for 6 weeks and a desperate need to invest more time on my own writing. I've had a quick perusal of a few messages here and it's clear this thread is going nowhere. My final statement, anyone who has read the books and believes the TV series is an acceptable adaptation of the books is NOT a fan of the books and is in desperate need of psychological evaluation. The books are awesome ! The show is barely average ! EVERY person who has influence over the scripting of the show needs to be PUBLICLY FLOGGED ! It's that simple ! Ciao for now.

It's not me trying to have it both ways. You are not reading or not understanding. I really don't feel like dumbing it down this far. In fact I don't have time now I'm back at work. I'll do it later, maybe. Oh WTF is "the motte and bailey game" ?????

You need to go back and slowly read the original posts. Keep them in context and then read my responses. Don't try and read between my lines, there is nothing there, I type upfront nothing hidden. Slow down, preferably stop, the knee jerk reactions. read only what I type, don't put words or thoughts that are not there in my mouth/typing. I'm reading what you are typing and responding to that. Please do the same for me.

At no stage did I say that. READ what is written. Again READ what is written and refresh what you think you know about the suit in 2015. You are clearly confused about it.

Wow it is clearly you who does not know what they are on about here. Of course there is a written agreement, regardless of the form it takes. What you think they just shook hands do you? Again wrong, I thought you knew what the suit was about. It was regards whether or not she new about the production or not. She said she did not they said of course you did. The fact that the production was utter garbage did not come in to it. ( read my reply above again after this and tell me there was no contract).

I must question this myself. I would expect the last thing Amazon "wants" to do is divide the fan base. A large consolidated fan base has the potential to bring more viewers, just what Amazon wants.

So wrong it's funny. As I've pointed out I doubt Harriet could get herself removed from the project even if she wanted to. The producers love her name attached to the project and would even if she never did a single seconds work on it. Can't fault her for joining in in the first place. It's Amazon, they've done good work in the past.

Wow so naive. I'd day she is contractually bound. What is shown on paper often varies wildly from what a project ultimately winds up being. Dune (1984) can act as an example again here. David Lynch was the director of this movie and left quite a bit of shot footage on the cutting room floor. He was pleased with the released version. Some time later (well after the successful release) the producers re-edited the movie and put a lot of what Lynch had cut back in. The producers had the gall to call it the directors cut. Lynch had told them he removed those scenes to improve the flow, continuity and watch-ability of the movie. He was so incensed he insisted his name not be included in the credits. If you are unfortunate enough to watch the "Directors Cut" of Dune (1984) you will quickly realise Lynch was right to do so. It's a dreadful version with the smooth flow and pace of the original completely lost. Did you watch the interview on you tube. I'm pretty sure you know about the 2015 law suit. The law suit alone negates your argument here. Sorry you've lost me with this. How is this relavent to what I said? Before anyone jumps in. Harriet, if she wanted to, can not get he name removed from the show as a consultant unless the producers agree. Almost any word spoken from her mouth whilst on set could be argued as her consulting, " I like that costume" would be enough. Legally she did consult so there is no legal argument to force removal of her name. It could be argued that there is a legal requirement her name must be included. I apologise for the formatting of the replay, It's clear I've had issues with this post, it would be great if a person could delete and start again. The software does not appear to support that.

My point is I find nothing to support claims that Harriet likes what the series has done to the books! Find me one Harriet quote made after the shows release in 2021 that supports this claim. You will almost certainly not find one in either direction as it's clear she is being "legally" careful. Possibly due to the 2015 debacle during which she was sued directly. If she had only good things to say she would be saying them. I've never heard of anyone getting jumped on or sued for saying positive things about someone else's work.

Hmmm. Simple I thought. They are platitudes. A tactical response. Meaningless words to sidetrack an awkward question. Non specific, diversionary and placating.

Watching the interview again, the interviewer states she submitted her questions to Harriet before time. It's not hard to see both of them dance around the TV series. The only direct question, asked in jest and as an after thought, about the TV series was "can you tell us when season 2 is coming out".

As for the YouTube video interview I especially like Harriet's response when asked what she thought was the overall message or her favourite theme or themes from the books. "Good and Evil always fighting. Always going to rule the world."

I disagree and would suggest that Harriet had her husbands books in her mind when speaking. Also this is a quote from a 2023 live stream. In 2019 these platitudes were spoken by the show runner; Showrunner Rafe Judkins has repeatedly praised McDougal's helpful involvement in the series, saying that she's been a "hugely helpful support".[1] On her involvement in the series, Judkins said:[2] If you can't see that for what it is then ..... This is while it's being filmed. I haven't found anything from Harriet, directly related to the series, since the completion of season one. Just to clarify Harriet's 2023 quote has no context from the source I garnered it from. We do not know what prompted this quote.

I just now found this. What a great lady.

Interesting. When I Googled; "What does Harriet McDougal think of The Wheel of Time TV series" I got; What does Harriet McDougal think of The Wheel of Time show? My feeling is that television is a different medium from the written word, and what happens on the screen is as different from what happens in the book as swimming is from walking. They're very different.