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Shageletic posted:Hearing reactions from friends who know nothing about the property has been a trip. I like how GoT watchers talk about asoiaf like it came out before the wheel of time and that the wheel of time steals ideas from their precious perfect show
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What'll really blow their minds is how the LOTR movies took cues in the adaptation from the WoT books.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:23
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Forget that, the LOTR films directly stole a shot from Army of Darkness.
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Nov 25, 2021 20:07
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Still kind of bugs me they didn’t use the book prologue to open the series. Would have been a nice way to say “see, this isn’t for kids and this isn’t GoT either”.
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Nov 25, 2021 20:32
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Moraine splattering Trollics made that abundantly clear in the first episode
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th3t00t posted:Still kind of bugs me they didn’t use the book prologue to open the series. I think they wanted to avoid anything to do with the Winter Dragon adaptation.
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Nov 25, 2021 21:43
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WHY?! Billy Zane was an amazing Ishamael.
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RC Cola posted:I like how GoT watchers talk about asoiaf like it came out before the wheel of time and that the wheel of time steals ideas from their precious perfect show Hot take: GRRM stole the north from Tad Williams and the Game of Houses from Jordan 
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Nov 25, 2021 21:54
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I don't think Tad Williams invented compass directions
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Nov 25, 2021 21:59
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and the game of houses/great game has been around as a concept since basically forever
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Give Jordan credit for where he was a literary pioneer: The sniffed-retort. The tugged braid. The smoothed skirt. Nobody has done justice to those plot elements since his passing.
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shadow puppet of a posted:Give Jordan credit for where he was a literary pioneer: The sniffed-retort. The tugged braid. The smoothed skirt. Nobody has done justice to those plot elements since his passing. Somebody wants his ears boxed.
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th3t00t posted:Still kind of bugs me they didn’t use the book prologue to open the series. Just like His Dark Materials, the moderately-talented people behind this adaptation seem to think they can pull off some brilliant artistic feat in restructuring what is (or at least starts off with) a very simple, well-paced and gripping narrative. The Witcher managed to come up with a cool and fun structure that worked, but it was dealing with a bunch of disparate short stories so that makes perfect sense - whatever happened, they were going to have to do something to tie them all together into a cohesive narrative whole. It just isn't necessary here. Anyways, nothing that can be done, and who knows how they're laying out the rest of the season - could be the next 5 episodes are good enough that their approach will make perfect sense when viewed with hindsight.
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El Grillo posted:Yeah it sucks. That prologue is great and could be incredibly effective if done by a decent director. We do know that Lews Therin was cast and had been filming in S1.
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Nov 25, 2021 22:40
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I am kinda wondering if they're going to have Rand see LTT a few times and then at some dramatic point they show the prologue and its revealed he is seeing someone who isn't there.
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Personally, I'm betting we'll get the LTT prologue as a cold open for episode seven or eight.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I am kinda wondering if they're going to have Rand see LTT a few times and then at some dramatic point they show the prologue and its revealed he is seeing someone who isn't there. Given they specifically did that sort of thing with the poor guy in the actual open, yeah that seems likely
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Nov 25, 2021 23:09
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one more hour (hopefully) til my boy logain
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jng2058 posted:Personally, I'm betting we'll get the LTT prologue as a cold open for episode seven or eight. yeah i'm absolutely betting on something in episode 8, maybe
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Woulda been cool if they had more time to have an extended LTT prologue integrated into each episode without giving away (to non-readers) that it was set in the past and that he was the dragon and gonna go crazy and murder his family at the end of the season right before they reveal Rand as the dragon reborn.
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Jose Valasquez posted:Woulda been cool if they had more time to have an extended LTT prologue integrated into each episode without giving away (to non-readers) that it was set in the past and that he was the dragon and gonna go crazy and murder his family at the end of the season right before they reveal Rand as the dragon reborn. That's one of those things that would be super cool to see for book readers, but would be horribly confusing for new viewers. Based on the non-book watchers I've seen, they're already struggling mightily with keeping track of all of the characters and groups and proper nouns that have been introduced already. A dragonmount prologue as the beginning of a 90 minute pilot would have been the dream for me, but I think getting the gang out of the shire quickly and doling out the bits we've sped by at a more judicious rate throughout their journey makes the most sense for keeping newbies engaged Saving Thom for episode 3 might be the smartest decision they've made, imo. It keeps introductions in the pilot down to a minimum, and assuming he's with the boys when they meet back up with Moiraine should lead to a really cool variant on "master bard"
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CainsDescendant posted:That's one of those things that would be super cool to see for book readers, but would be horribly confusing for new viewers. Based on the non-book watchers I've seen, they're already struggling mightily with keeping track of all of the characters and groups and proper nouns that have been introduced already. A dragonmount prologue as the beginning of a 90 minute pilot would have been the dream for me, but I think getting the gang out of the shire quickly and doling out the bits we've sped by at a more judicious rate throughout their journey makes the most sense for keeping newbies engaged also given how much rafe and others had to already fight to make sure they include, i think 'sort of confusing, drawn-out segments of a prologue before each episode that will confuse those who haven't read the books' would be a non-starter when pitching that to executives or whoever else
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Johnny Joestar posted:also given how much rafe and others had to already fight to make sure they include, i think 'sort of confusing, drawn-out segments of a prologue before each episode that will confuse those who haven't read the books' would be a non-starter when pitching that to executives or whoever else Yeah that too. The animated shorts are a good compromise there, but I don't know how many people are viewing or are even aware of the x-ray content
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Yeah I think people aren't finding the expanded content on Amazon because they don't know to look for it. I could be wrong.
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eke out posted:imo galad gotta be a hunk, not a waif Yes, this! Gawyn gives of twink vibes, Galad is definitely a (very pretty) hunk. Hollismason posted:I don't know if he does but I'm hoping Thom returns , they kind of left it ambigous as to whether he really died. I have a feeling he will be back but I don't know when. Hey, I think you're still in your very first read through of the series, right? This thread is full of unmarked spoilers for all the books, but there's a new readers thread where we still give feedback, but where you're far less likely to not be spoiled: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3983558&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 So if you're afraid of accidentally reading a spoiler, that might be a better place for you to post. If you don't mind spoilers, you're still welcome here as well 
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Yeah I think people aren't finding the expanded content on Amazon because they don't know to look for it. I could be wrong. I’m reasonably savvy and very interested in the content and I had no idea how to find it. They need to put the animated content on YouTube/IG
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given how episode 8 will be coming out on christmas eve and will be a time when they want to leave a lasting impression for people to talk about while they wait for season 2, i'm still absolutely banking on a full realization of how hosed it is to be the reincarnation of lews therin and i 100% think we'll be getting 'i win again' as a chaser to follow everything up. that's the kind of poo poo to get people going. rafe was being cagey about it in the ama stuff and it totally sounds like they're inserting it late into the season once it matters more and has actual context.
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I swear I read in the reddit ama that Rafe said he wants to wait on the EOTW prologue for when LTT is finally starting to become a real character in Rand's mind. This could very well be Thanksgiving talking
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Barreft posted:I swear I read in the reddit ama that Rafe said he wants to wait on the EOTW prologue for when LTT is finally starting to become a real character in Rand's mind. Nope, that was an answer. I wonder if it will be the season opener for season 2 or they wait until later.
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buffalo all day posted:I’m reasonably savvy and very interested in the content and I had no idea how to find it. They need to put the animated content on YouTube/IG Pretty much every time a new Amazon show comes out, I hear a lot about all of the content in the x-ray but I'm not pausing the show that often to see it. A pop-up video mode would be pretty cool
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Barreft posted:I swear I read in the reddit ama that Rafe said he wants to wait on the EOTW prologue for when LTT is finally starting to become a real character in Rand's mind. hey, you never know. we know in episode 7 that the dragon reborn will be revealed, so that leaves one more episode before the break between seasons! lews therin might be making some early appearances.
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Johnny Joestar posted:hey, you never know. You can spoil that here
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It's up! Logain time
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Nov 26, 2021 01:04
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I'm hooting and hollering over how they're portraying the taint and the madness, this is fantastic
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Nov 26, 2021 01:07
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Apparently it's popular, Amazon's not playing it for me.
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Nov 26, 2021 01:09
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I still can't believe I'm watching this
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Nov 26, 2021 01:10
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the taint literally personified, whispering in logain's ear, is a very cool choice
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