Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic The Wheel of Time coming to TV

C Kent said:
His hesitancy with using an axe is nothing to do with 'some unknown white cloaks' though :confused: it's more about what an axe symbolises - the change with giving him a family added nothing to his character, it was a pointless change in a sea of pointless changes.
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Is it not all tied in to his rage and guilt in using the axe to kill after getting trapped with Egwene in a stedding? He even agrees to stand trial for killing the white cloaks at a later point in the books. It is where it all starts, with him having to decide to be a weapon of destruction and war (the axe) or to build and be something better, while having to fight when there is no other option (the hammer). The tv show is using it as a huge shortcut. Considering what utter arses the white cloaks are in the show, would anyone really care if Perrin killed a few? It would have no where near the impact or character growth, when compared to killing his wife.
 
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McGray said:
Memories are a but dusty by I thought the axe represented him accepting his new life rather than his old (blacksmith).
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That would be how I remember it, then of course there is Winter's Heart which reframes the relationship again. I agree with @C Kent there were a lot of pointless changes... a LOT of pointless changes. The whle arc of growth away from home in the first book is hugely underplayed we're not left with the feeling that they are on their own in different ways for weeks learning things about themselves.
 
A couple of episodes into season 2 and so far it is a lot of people being sulky with each other, generally for no apparent reason, and not much else...
 
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I'm not sure I can watch season 2. Season 1 was ok, I managed because I've read the books and I'm a fan. Just started season 2 and it feels like very mediocre. The acting isn't good, it feels like a sci-fi channel special.
 
Rroff said:
A couple of episodes into season 2 and so far it is a lot of people being sulky with each other, generally for no apparent reason, and not much else...
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Yup, you're certainly right there. What a load of drivel so far.

And I could have sworn three of the men from that desert city (incl. the Ogier) were killed in the last episode by Padan Fain and the two Fades! But they've all reappeared.

Let's hope it gets better anyhow. They've already commissioned season 3...

The Wheel of Time was recommissioned for a third season before the second had even debuted, with Prime Video announcing the news on 21st July 2023.

Showrunner Rafe Judkins said at the time: "I’m so thrilled that we’ll be making a third season of The Wheel of Time.

"The Shadow Rising has always been my favourite book in the series, so being able to bring it to television and introduce new audiences to the stories that made me fall in love with these books in the first place is such an honour, and something I’ve been working toward since I first pitched the show years and years ago."
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Rroff said:
A couple of episodes into season 2 and so far it is a lot of people being sulky with each other, generally for no apparent reason, and not much else...
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Indeed, the season (Season 2) has no urgency, crap acting (looking at you Perrin actor). The plot of books two and three of the WOT seem almost chucked out of a window, because the writers of the show thought they could do better.

Oh Robert Jordan, you wrote a classic work of fiction which was far better than what is being shown on screen.

Season 2, could have had impetus, urgency and focus, with the subtle introduction of important plot points. But no, we do not get it at all. And in the first episode, the most important character in the books gets a couple of seconds (Rand Al Thor)!

Finally, the casting of this show is really bad. It is like they spent most of the budget employing Rosamund Pike, and then spent the rest of the budget (or lack of budget) on raiding various drama schools for the rest, the acting is that bad. HBO, seems far better on getting talent than Amazon Studios.
 
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Trying to avoid spoilers despite having read the books. S2 E1 left me exasperated, so many of last seasons crap choices coming home to roost already. They had a good sequence of books that needed cutting down but the basic arc of an epic story was there and they have fluffed it.

The only advantage it has is I can watch in my tablet whilst eating my lunch at my desk. Otherwise I'm seriously considering binning it off.
 
I must admit to being a bit bored watching season two so far but I am intrigued by certain things - like who are these sea people that have appeared, will Moiraine get her power back, (when) will Perrin turn into a werewolf?
 
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