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^^Thom is kind of the best character, so I'm down for that. I actually find Sanderson's statement makes me less concerned about the show lol. Sounds like the showrunners should be framing it that way to fans. But maybe they fear killing the fan buzz and losing some of their momentum among the broader audience as a result. edit: I wonder if they've had to rewrite any of the prophecies, lol.
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Changes were inevitable in a series as long and as "dense" as it is. I am aware none of the books are heavy reading, but honestly things need to be ADAPTED for the screen not translated there. I'm just happy it's getting a major money production at all, just hoping they can last long enough to do all the really big set pieces justice. Thom would be a great narrative center piece, Moraine i think is a really good place to launch it with. There are a lot of other characters that don't get central viewpoint chapters that would be cool to see from others in the TV. I think given we won't have literal internal monlogues, I'll be curious if they really play with the "who is our narrator central viewpoint" as it could get played with in a similar fashion to the books which would be very cool.
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Sep 10, 2021 19:12
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yeah, nothing about what sanderson said is a surprise. we've been saying it constantly for months now in that stuff is going to have to be changed. there's literally no way to adapt every single thing from the series, nor would i even want them to.
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Sep 10, 2021 19:43
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I would want them to, but obviously it can't work that way.
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Johnny Joestar posted:yeah, nothing about what sanderson said is a surprise. we've been saying it constantly for months now in that stuff is going to have to be changed. there's literally no way to adapt every single thing from the series, nor would i even want them to. Yeah I'm kinda incredibly psyched to see if they can do it well, because I think it could at least turn out way better than the base series. Like, imagine if (plot threads from the books here) A huge swathe of the Perrin wanders in the wilderness looking for Shaido and Faile, Elayne and company loving around in Ebou Dar, Elayne's Caemlyn poo poo, the interminable trudge from Salidar to the Tower, etc were slashed and condensed down to a much more well focused narrative that avoids the pitfalls of the books those plotlines appear in and drag down.
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Sep 10, 2021 20:44
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We already knew they were doing some of this with at least Aei Sedei characters, having as many one or two appearances by unique women was never in the cards for a TV show so may as well consolidate into less but more recurring characters. And obviously Logain. I wonder what major character could just be cut entirely?
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Sep 10, 2021 21:16
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They didn't even cut Else Grinwell so who knows.
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Sep 10, 2021 21:17
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Sab669 posted:Yea, it's the same story we all know but just a little different. If they're notable, you didn't use enough balefire.
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Sep 10, 2021 21:18
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Edit sorry wrong thread
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Sep 10, 2021 21:20
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please keep in mind that this is the tv show thread and not the book thread
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Sep 10, 2021 21:25
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Johnny Joestar posted:please keep in mind that this is the tv show thread and not the book thread At least one of the two threads should have their names changed, they're too similar in my Bookmakrs page  Jeff Bezos Amazon Presents Robert Jordans The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan's The Waste of Time - Spanking the Dragon: Amazon Prime! [SPOILERS] Why do they both need the author's full name as well as Amazon in the title.
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Sep 10, 2021 21:41
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One's got [SPOILERS] at the end and one doesn't hth
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Sep 10, 2021 21:56
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CainsDescendant posted:One's got [SPOILERS] at the end and one doesn't hth You're right, I have no idea why I'm getting them confused so easily. 
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Sep 10, 2021 22:13
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[SPOILERS] should probably move to the front of the title, yeah, lol
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Sep 10, 2021 22:15
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They just better not cut that horse that follows them around.
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Sep 10, 2021 22:31
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IRQ posted:They just better not cut that horse that follows them around. They already cast Lan
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Sep 10, 2021 22:39
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I have always thought the best series would have been set at the Breaking
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Sep 11, 2021 01:32
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Also the first scene better be the Blood Snow and “He is risen!” *falls over dead*
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Sep 11, 2021 01:33
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Upgrade posted:Also the first scene better be the Blood Snow and “He is risen!” *falls over dead* This would actually make for a pretty good little prologue-replacement scene to kick off the series and set Moraine going, darn.
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Sep 11, 2021 01:50
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As long as they cut Faile from the show I will be happy.
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Sep 11, 2021 03:34
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I read 14 books, some of them twice, and it's going to take this dang TV show to teach me how to pronounce "Aes Sedai".
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Sep 11, 2021 05:31
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Omnomnomnivore posted:it's going to take this dang TV show to teach me how to pronounce "Aes Sedai". ...It's in the glossary
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Sep 11, 2021 05:36
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Omnomnomnivore posted:I read 14 books, some of them twice, and it's going to take this dang TV show to teach me how to pronounce "Aes Sedai". Eyes Said-I
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Sep 11, 2021 07:24
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Omnomnomnivore posted:I read 14 books, some of them twice, and it's going to take this dang TV show to teach me how to pronounce "Aes Sedai". Silly, it's only 19 days of audiobooks runtime to learn this secret.
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Sep 11, 2021 07:31
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Pleads posted:Silly, it's only 19 days of audiobooks runtime to learn this secret. Tbf it'll only take a couple of hours to reach the first mention
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Sep 11, 2021 07:48
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I just want to hear how Nynaeve is pronounced.
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Sep 11, 2021 07:49
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Oasx posted:I just want to hear how Nynaeve is pronounced. Nigh-kneeve
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Sep 11, 2021 07:53
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Rarity posted:Tbf it'll only take a couple of hours to reach the first mention Yeah but at least 3 books before they settle into the pronunciation.
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Sep 11, 2021 08:29
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Pleads posted:Yeah but at least 3 books before they settle into the pronunciation. And don't get me started on how many different versions of "Moghedien" they went through! 
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Sep 11, 2021 08:34
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jng2058 posted:And don't get me started on how many different versions of "Moghedien" they went through! That one's amazing because they very clearly got a note from the author saying "No, say it this way," and they totally do! ... For like a book, book and a half. And then slide back toward their earlier, awful, pronunciation as the series goes on.
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Sep 11, 2021 08:52
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I distinctly remember hearing Loial pronounced two different ways in the same paragraph
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Sep 11, 2021 14:37
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I only ever remember them pronouncing it like the word Loyal
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Sep 11, 2021 14:40
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Johnny Joestar posted:yeah, nothing about what sanderson said is a surprise. we've been saying it constantly for months now in that stuff is going to have to be changed. there's literally no way to adapt every single thing from the series, nor would i even want them to. I don’t feel too worried about character changes. There are parts of the books where it feels that there were changes anyways (as there always is with editing a book or tv series). For example, in The Great Hunt, some of the Elayne and Egwene characterization seems mixed up, almost as if they were originally the same character and got switched up for some reason, probably love interest reasons.
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The list of named characters in WoT is absurdly long, especially female channelers and random nobles. You can easily cut the number of Saidar users in half and still end up with a cast that has more women than men. There are also insane things like the characters Perival and Pelivar, who are both Andoran high seats. So two of the 12 most powerful nobles in Andor have near identical names, which is just bad. Combining or outright eliminating a lot of characters is a necessity for a TV adaption, and wouldn't have hurt the book series either.
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Sep 11, 2021 18:11
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I'm willing to bet that they either truncate or completely cut Moiraine's wild ride. No way they can make that work like in the books.
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Really looking forward to the WoT-head in my life, the one who claims to have visited Jordan at his house and was at his deathbed and was imparted special knowledge about WoT that nobody else knows, even his wife, and who I just unloaded all his luggage after a cross-country move and a heron-marked sword fell out, the one who insists, per RJ's own mouth, that Aviendha is pronounced "EH-vee-end-ha", to go into a rage when the TV show pronounces it the way the glossary says
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Data Graham posted:Really looking forward to the WoT-head in my life, the one who claims to have visited Jordan at his house and was at his deathbed and was imparted special knowledge about WoT that nobody else knows, even his wife, and who I just unloaded all his luggage after a cross-country move and a heron-marked sword fell out, Why do people get like this about WoT? I don't understand it.
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Sab669 posted:I only ever remember them pronouncing it like the word Loyal somewhere early on, michael says loyal and low-eye-ul. I'm on my 4th or 5th listen so I feel fairly confident it happened, I think posted about it in the BB thread when I first noticed. Never going to rule out my brain making it up though.
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Sep 11, 2021 22:29
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Yeah they say Loial a little weird a few times when he's first introduced for sure.
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Pleads posted:Yeah they say Loial a little weird a few times when he's first introduced for sure. I can see thinking "it can't just be Loyal, can it? That's too on the nose"
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