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Yes, that works very well.Someone like Gerard Butler could play Lan well.
Benedict Cumberbatch!
Yes, that works very well.Someone like Gerard Butler could play Lan well.
Benedict Cumberbatch!
They said that the show will be more mature, have less good vs evil (so more multi-dimensional characters) and that it will have nudity/sex.Weird that Amazon will be doing LOTR and WOT at the same time, until Martin exploded via HBO those are probably the 2 biggest fantasy series of all time, might be a problem of focus.
I have concerns over how Wot, which on the surface is rather tame compared to Game of Thrones(but very much in keeping with traditional fantasy from that time) will be received by the modern audience. It has some very dark themes as it progresses but it might not catch the attention immediately as much as GOT's tit fest did. I expected the diverse casting, though that could lessen the impact of the main characters journey, much of which is discovering the vast diversity and cultural differences of the wider world.
Actors perhaps a little too old for the characters they are supposed to be playing.
SorryI really don't understand why you feel the need to talk about book plot events, can you stick to casting or just at least spoiler tag for the first book? Is it really necessary to talk about things happening 10+ books deep? I never get this attitude tbh.
There is a mixed opinion about it. Some fans who have followed this fantasy closely say they imagined Lan as some Tibetan lookalike.I always imagined Lan as Aragorn (cause you know, he is essentially Aragorn if Aragorn was the 10th main character), however the Northern nations are supposed to be Asian-looking, right?
Only Kandor has distinct Asian (Japanese) names. I've always placed Lan as more Nordic/Viking'esque than Asian. However Daniel does fit the description, taller than Moiraine (He's 6'2 to Rosamund's 5'9 and Zoe's 5'8) and abit dour looking. All he needs is to be stone faced and utter comments with lots of gravitas. Reckon he should fit in.however the Northern nations are supposed to be Asian-looking, right?
That's very goodJust saw the Wheel of Time theme
Composed by Nikhil Koparkar... Impressive!
Nah. Even Sheinarans had distinctly asian features.Only Kandor has distinct Asian (Japanese) names. I've always placed Lan as more Nordic/Viking'esque than Asian. However Daniel does fit the description, taller than Moiraine (He's 6'2 to Rosamund's 5'9 and Zoe's 5'8) and abit dour looking. All he needs is to be stone faced and utter comments with lots of gravitas. Reckon he should fit in.
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I like the look of Moraine and Lan. It's Rand I'm a bit dubious of.I'm not sold.on Moiraine/Lan pairing in that photo. Rest look spot on.
Playing Tam. Another father of the year award for him thenLooks like the actor who played Roose Bolton is going to play some major role.
WowThe Wheel of Time was better than GOT
Its all opinion my friend, GOT went to shit since a Feast for Crows, still will finish it but its been an absolute chore at times. Then we had the TV show...Wow
Just... wow.
For a start, Robert Jordan clearly does not understand women at all.
How many paragraphs on the pleating of skirts, the folding of arms and the touching of hair do we need.
All of his female characters follow a familiar “beautiful BITCH” archetype and it’s painful to read.
I got to the 1/3 through the second book which wasn’t really going anywhere and I was done, couldn’t read another 7 books of pleated skirt bitchiness.
Game of Thrones is an infinitely superior read.
I do hope the series is good, and transferring the pleating of skirts to the small screen seems oddly modern, and will definitely be watching.
Yea I respect that. Feast for crows was ok at best.Its all opinion my friend, GOT went to shit since a Feast for Crows, still will finish it but its been an absolute chore at times. Then we had the TV show...
Honestly I think the show will most likely be shit but I’m hopeful. While I didn’t like the GOT TV Series HBO did produce it very well. I doubt that Amazon can but I could be wrong.Yea I respect that. Feast for crows was ok at best.
Wheel of time might be a better show than book - they could easily cut down on the filler (the aforementioned women bitching nonstop)
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Amazon PrimeWhich network will this be on? HBO?
Ahh ok. i can only see this becoming a phenomenon if its released weekly.Amazon Prime
Cannot wait for the episode when Elayne takes a bath. They really should do a Flie-like episode (Breaking Bad) for that event.I assume they're heavily editing the content or there'll need to be 74 episodes a series (or season since this is American)?
Of which 7% will be braid tugging.
There are a lot of descriptions, so that will obviously have to be done differently in the television format. There's an awful lot of story too, though, so there will definitely loads of compromises made. Characters will be cut or merged, or moved in time, storylines as well, and places. You can't really have characters showing up in an episode in Season 1, and then have them return in Season 6 (or whatever). Then you end up with plenty of recasts. Nor can you have 14 seasons. So Season 1 will probably be books 1+2, for example.I assume they're heavily editing the content or there'll need to be 74 episodes a series (or season since this is American)?
Of which 7% will be braid tugging.
I think she'll be great. She's obviously nothing like the book character in physical appearance, but that doesn't really matter. She'll also play a larger role in the series (at least to begin with) than in the books, for a few different reasons.Tweet
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If you liked it you should love 2 and 3. Honestly, you should like all of them, so don't let anyone convince you you're not supposed to (it's quite popular to try).Literally just finished Book 1 this morning after putting it down for 6 months
I loved it, I’ve found it hard to make time to read recently but realised I had a bunch of audible credits to use so downloaded the audio book and have been listening to it on my walks in the morning and weekend and ended up doing 17 hours of walking over the last week to get through the half of the book I hadn’t read. Already downloaded book 2If you liked it you should love 2 and 3. Honestly, you should like all of them, so don't let anyone convince you you're not supposed to (it's quite popular to try).
Also don't read the prequel New Spring until you're at least a few books in.