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i feel like future seasons will likely hew closer to the books in terms of some events if only because there's less need to basically whip up whatever like there is for the first book. this isn't even like hopeful wishing or whatever, it's just going off the idea that eotw has the most 'gaps' to fill with like tv-friendly plotting and pacing poo poo and the finale itself is like the most vaguely confusing thing in relation to the rest of the series that they have room to play with. meanwhile you have stuff like dumai's wells later on where there's not much you have to do to make that interesting or impactful. i dunno. it was a random thought. they had to do a lot of heavy lifting to compress and tweak eotw to fit the schedule and plotting they had in terms of making it all interesting for non-readers.
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also yeah lol at that cast list ben affleck as rand sticks out to me in particular for some reason
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Data Graham posted:Can I just say that the Ogier wedding was the most basic poo poo ever ?
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I mean I'm just speaking from memory when I went through it like 5 years ago, but I remember expecting at least something that felt like it was from a different species and completely alien to human experience, but it proceeded like beat-for-beat what you'd expect out of some Presbyterian ceremony in like ... Kansas or whatever Data Graham fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Dec 18, 2021 |
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Just got to the Golden Crane chapter of Knife of Dreams and it is loving bad rear end. However it is also hilarious that Nynaeve dumps Lan off in the middle of loving nowhere.
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Hollismason posted:Just got to the Golden Crane chapter of Knife of Dreams and it is loving bad rear end. However it is also hilarious that Nynaeve dumps Lan off in the middle of loving nowhere. now now, it's not the middle of nowhere, it's the western periphery of nowhere.
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Rand learning toxic masculinity from Lan and then having to find a way out of it is, like, the crux of his entire arc. If that's not happening... what exactly is Rand's arc, now? Again someone puts a finger on something that bothered me, but which I couldn't pin down.
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MegaZeroX posted:According to this interview, Josha Stradowski just started reading book 12. I wonder what he is going to think of Darth Rand haha. This is a bigger commitment than Christian Bale losing 90lbs for The Machinist.
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kumail deformed his skull for eternals but rand's actor will never forget crossroads of twilight
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i say swears online posted:kumail deformed his skull for eternals but rand's actor will never forget crossroads of twilight He's a Method actor, he wanted to know what it was like to go insane.
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Do we know who’s playing Selene in Season 2 yet?
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From the other thread:Ihmemies posted:The books were a feelgood story from start until the end The books were a feel good story! *multiple characters get raped* Nothing bad ever happens here! *multiple characters are enslaved* This is a happy fun time! *multiple armies are destroyed in moments*
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theblackw0lf posted:Do we know who’s playing Selene in Season 2 yet? It is suspected that it's Natasha O’Keeffe, but all we know for sure is that she's been cast as "one of the most important roles." Which sounds like it could be Selene but isn't proven as yet.
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theblackw0lf posted:Do we know who’s playing Selene in Season 2 yet? To quote Rafe on the subject: Lanfear
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jng2058 posted:It is suspected that it's Natasha O’Keeffe, but all we know for sure is that she's been cast as "one of the most important roles." Which sounds like it could be Selene but isn't proven as yet. (Goes to IMDB). Yea I can totally see it. Also I can’t think of any other character in The Great Hunt that is super important and would fit that look. theblackw0lf fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Dec 18, 2021 |
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Speaking of Selene/Lanfear, I’m re-reading TGH and Rand must have been really thinking with his dick because Selene does so many things that throw out warning signs. I’m surprised she was so blunt in her thirst for power. I had thought she was more subtle and crafty than that.
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theblackw0lf posted:Speaking of Selene/Lanfear, I’m re-reading TGH and Rand must have been really thinking with his dick because Selene does so many things that throw out warning signs. I’m surprised she was so blunt in her thirst for power. I had thought she was more subtle and crafty than that. Lanfear is, like, the least subtle of the Chosen.
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Not because she can't be, but because she absolutely refuses to be anything less than the hottest and most cool
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Huh I had completely forgotten about the line Morgase had in LoC. She was considering whether she should order tallanvor and lamgwin to carve a way free, and that she would take up a sword too if she gave that order, despite never doing so before. That sure is a familiar kind of scene, eight goddamn books later.
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i bet selene/lanfear will be a big focus for season 2 and they gonna try to keep it a surprise that she's a forsaken until it's relevant
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Johnny Joestar posted:i bet selene/lanfear will be a big focus for season 2 and they gonna try to keep it a surprise that she's a forsaken until it's relevant They’ll have to do a better job at making her less suspicious than the book does.
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I don't think you can. Instead, I'd just play up the low-level compulsion angle, and make it clear they are being fooled. Try and keep her entering and leaving in a single episode, so people don't get worked up over it over the week.
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at the very least i feel they might keep her being a forsaken close to their chest, because that's a big distinction compared to 'suspicious weirdo who is probably a darkfriend', and then pop up with the 'i am in love with your previous self and subsequently you and want to subjugate you before we both subjugate the world' crazy poo poo as a big reveal, since it adds an extra layer to the whole thing that will probably be somewhat touched on in this season finale with ishamael. mainly in the sense of 'these sociopathic malcontents knew lews therin'
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Selene/Lanfear also gets Mat/the girls out of Tar Valon and to Tear in TDR, so you probably don't want the audience hating her on sight then?
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Man I love Redlaytee's reactions, she has so many correct (and also wrong) predictions. In her episode 7 reaction, she correctly guesses that Egwene will become the Amyrlin seat from the "gold ring" vision.
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drat I forgot that Egwane, Elane, Min, and Nynaeve got tricked into leaving the tower to "save Rand" by Liandrin who's obviously hated him at every opportunity they've seen her in the past, and who now telling them that there are black ajah everywhere in the tower. Not the brightest bunch. Egwane I could see being tricked because she basically falls over herself to be obsequious to every Aes Sedai she sees, but Nynaeve, Min! You two aren't idiots.
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The Lord Bude posted:To quote Rafe on the subject: Lanfear This made me laugh in light of the other thread being super militant about book spoilers. The loving show runner spoiled a major twist for season 2 in a Reddit AMA.
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MegaZeroX posted:Man I love Redlaytee's reactions, she has so many correct (and also wrong) predictions. In her episode 7 reaction, she correctly guesses that Egwene will become the Amyrlin seat from the "gold ring" vision. This is why they didn't show the white flame and gold ring visions. Book readers know it refers to Egwene as Amrylin, Nynaeve with Lan's ring. But show watchers will probably get Aes Sedai from gold ring instead.
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Dr. Clockwork posted:This made me laugh in light of the other thread being super militant about book spoilers. The loving show runner spoiled a major twist for season 2 in a Reddit AMA. One way they might create tension on the show would be to show the audience that Lanfear=Selene but not have Rand know. Kind of like when Hans fakes the American accent in Die Hard.
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I think they could make Lanfear a lot less suspicious, especially if they don't have Rand/Loial/Hurin going through the portal world. That's the big first clue - what the gently caress is this random Cairhien noble lady doing in this alternate world, and why does she know more about it than even Loial?
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Episode 8 ad on instagram somebody screencapped https://twitter.com/lynx_time/status/1472212445158592518
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Gully Foyle posted:I think they could make Lanfear a lot less suspicious, especially if they don't have Rand/Loial/Hurin going through the portal world. That's the big first clue - what the gently caress is this random Cairhien noble lady doing in this alternate world, and why does she know more about it than even Loial? Plus later on its clear she knows more than Verin of the brown (and black) ajah. She keeps referring to Loial using the old tongue name for their species while the rest of the Cairhien nobles Rand encountered called him a "Builder". No one has heard of her in Cairhien, nor does anyone know what house she is supposed to belong to, despite knowledge of other nobles for the great game being vital in that city.
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Hexel posted:Episode 8 ad on instagram somebody screencapped
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Catching up with the thread, but posting my thoughts first bc gotta post - I thought the crosscutting of scenes was pretty cool. Nice subversion of what has been a pretty straight forward approach to storytelling. - Rand's actor stepped up in a big way. He was great. Which he had to be bc he was shouldering so much. Great find. - Still think I have a problem with the writing staff's instincts. If you've got your young primary cast in a room, deciding to make the dialogue about who is sleeping with who, while maybe realistic, is perhaps not the best use of your time in a fantasy adventure story. When in doubt, it seems they always break the plot box of "make your actors cry at each other." Eager to see how all this resolves!
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that brief shot in the leaked trailer is interesting. what are the logistics behind having more barney harris scenes and also mat looking haggard like he's relapsing. what are they gonna show in episode 8.
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I checked the prime video aunz youtube channel for a high res version but it's not there If they're running sponsored ads for it, that must be the next teaser the official accounts drop, maybe today or tomorrow
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Johnny Joestar posted:that brief shot in the leaked trailer is interesting. what are the logistics behind having more barney harris scenes and also mat looking haggard like he's relapsing. what are they gonna show in episode 8. My guess is it's an Ishy dream that they shot early. Either that or the rumours are wrong and he was actually always going to stay in Tar Valon so they did his finale scenes while filming the ep5-6 block
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