I came to say this very thing. I've never been a joiner in the WoT online community. I picked up WoT when book one came out and have re-read the entire series every time a new book was released. I have listened to the audio books a few times as well. I have been a long-standing fan of the series since its inception. Years ago, there were teasing's of a series, but it never came to pass. However, when this started to come about, I was absolutely ecstatic. I waited with bated breath for the first episode and was sorely disappointed from episode 1. The cast is horrible; the script writing is pathetic; the character development is abysmal; the acting is mediocre at best; the sceanery is crowded; and the series itself is rushed to conclusions. I think Amazon decided to do this as cheaply as they could and refused good production studios in favor of cheap ones. As a result, this garbage was produced. I wish I could apologize to Robert Jordan for the hatchet job these people did to the beloved story he produced and touched so many people with.