Well she isn't able to sneak up on him and stick a knife to his throat, she's more lurking in the shadows away from the campThat does happen in the book though, just not quite so dramatically, so bad example.
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Just listening to the audiobook again in the car while travelling to work and now up to chapter 10 where they had just fled the Two Rivers.
So much better and such a better story.
So much better and such a better story.
Where is Perrin's axe?
Why did they make Rand's father useless with the sword when he is actually a master swordsman?
Where was the foreboding leading up to the Trolloc attack with the sightings of the grey man by men of a certain age in the village?
Why on earth did they have Nynaeve get captured by the Trollocs?
They moved Morraine's speech about the Manetheren and what the people fo the two rivers used to stand for and what was in their blood which was given to the whole village which then stirs hem into action to form a militia and patrols and would then play a much bigger part later in the story?
Where was the Draghkar in the tv show?
Why did they make Rand's father useless with the sword when he is actually a master swordsman?
Where was the foreboding leading up to the Trolloc attack with the sightings of the grey man by men of a certain age in the village?
Why on earth did they have Nynaeve get captured by the Trollocs?
They moved Morraine's speech about the Manetheren and what the people fo the two rivers used to stand for and what was in their blood which was given to the whole village which then stirs hem into action to form a militia and patrols and would then play a much bigger part later in the story?
Where was the Draghkar in the tv show?
Agree on some of those points especially differentiating between types but the way some of it is in the books wouldn't translate well to movie/TV and they didn't just go with token magic effects.
This does get a bit of an explanation at the beginning of the next episode.
Also, maybe lay off the book spoilers? There will be people here who haven't read them...
Which one? The ginger?
Yeah, barely a blemish on him.
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Well, he is supposed to be somewhat different. I thought Rand was quite well cast, as were Perrin and Mat. The others....not so much.
I thought Rand was quite well cast, as were Perrin and Mat. The others....not so much.
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Well I've now watched episode 2. It was less jarring than episode 1 less to dislike about it. Pretty faithful to the book if my memory is any good. I still think the 3 lads are all a little off and some of this comes from the choices of episode 1. They are supposed to be childhood friends young and high spirited but you wouldn't know it.
Yeah that seems to be totally missed from the TV adaption. They were three young men coming of age who just laughed, joked, drank together and got into a bit of local bother.
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No Draghkar during the chase from Two Rivers 
I found the first half of episode one really bad but it livened up a fair bit towards the end. I really enjoyed the following two episodes and am looking forward to the rest.
As I’d always the case with these things, the TV series takes liberties with the books but at this moment I’m not going to whine too much as we’re storming along at a good rate.
No Draghkar during the chase from Two Rivers
Yeah
. Must be one or all three of budget, information overload for newbies and holding back for later reveals.No it's not, after they leave Shadar Logoth they are split as in the show until they reach <spoiler> (which will not feature in season 1 it seems, sadly).
Yeah
No it's not, after they leave Shadar Logoth they are split as in the show until they reach <spoiler> (which will not feature in season 1 it seems, sadly).
I dont remember the split as that in the books. But it has been a while.
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Yea they do split in the books after Shadar Logoth. Where is Bayle Domon
I’m hoping he turns up next episode.
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I forgot when they split too but the Matt-Rand Path and the Perrin-Egwene Path were very clear story threads that set up their characters development.
Its probably them not meeting Tom until after the Trollocs attack and the river crossing which is confusing me.
I can remember Matt, Rand and Tom escaping one way but couldnt remember Egwene going off with Perrin in the books. Way too many years ago since i have read them!
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Episode 3 has made me grizzlechops again. Characters felt off even if the plot was reasonable. Thought the Tinkers were under cooked plotwise I seem to remember them having more impact maybe that will come in future episodes.
Also hats off for making Nynaeve more annoying than in the books. That is just overachieving.
I didn’t understand the point of introducing Lorain early
Also hats off for making Nynaeve more annoying than in the books. That is just overachieving.