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I really liked these three episodes. I genuinely hope they continue with Liandrin in this fashion, she is such a great character. I'll admit it took until the second episode for nuMat to grab me, but he's a good fit for the part. Every major complaint I had about Season 1 was addressed in these 3 episodes.
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I love Ishamael's little Darkfriend sales pitch of "do you know how unfair it is that everyone knows me only as 'the Father of Lies'? I mean, I totally am, but, like, do you have any idea how much it hurts my feelings? That poo poo sucks, man."
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Sep 1, 2023 07:07
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Halfway through episode 1 and just taking a break to say Horny Alanna is quite possibly the best thing I've ever seen on television
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Sep 1, 2023 08:06
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The departures from the books are greater than ever, but I think that works in it's favor. I only watched 2 episodes so far because Starfield came out at the exact same time, but S2 is really grabbing me in a way that S1 didn't and it's really working. Liandrin is massively improved over her book character. You have so much ground to cover I think you really needed to make the kind of moves they did.
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Sep 1, 2023 08:14
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Oh my god Elayne is perfect
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Sep 1, 2023 10:23
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sweet geek swag posted:I really liked these three episodes. I genuinely hope they continue with Liandrin in this fashion, she is such a great character. I can fix her 
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Sep 1, 2023 10:31
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Are there animated episodes this time? I couldn't find any, but I couldn't find the old ones either when I looked back.
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Sep 1, 2023 10:54
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I finished the three episodes, really dug them. Some particular thoughts in random order: - Mat might be the best character continuation over a recasting I've ever seen. Sure he looks slightly different but Donal Finn feels like he's the exact same person as Barney Harris. The language, the physicality, it's all identical. - Also very excited to see how they handle Mat and Min's insane sexual chemistry. - The Accepted test was fantastic. Firstly in how much time they devoted to it and then the fakeout in the third arch. Just when I was thinking they'd whiffed on the last test they flipped it all over. - They've done a fabulous job of making the Seanchan a completely alien culture, they're so creepy - Cairhien is every bit as hosed up as I wanted it to be The only real issue I have with these episodes is there's no Siuan. I demand Sophie Okenwedo on my screen at all times 
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Sep 1, 2023 14:05
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I did my first read through of the books last year but watching this show has me in the mood to go through them again. I’m going audiobooks this time, should I start with the new Rosamund Pike ones or the originals?
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Sep 1, 2023 15:13
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loudog999 posted:I did my first read through of the books last year but watching this show has me in the mood to go through them again. I’m going audiobooks this time, should I start with the new Rosamund Pike ones or the originals? There are only 2 RP audiobooks so far, I would listen to them and then switch over. You’ll have hundreds of hours with the original duo and can always go back and listen to their version of the first two later. Pike kicks rear end though, she’s giving 110% on her performances
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Sep 1, 2023 15:19
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buffalo all day posted:There are only 2 RP audiobooks so far, I would listen to them and then switch over. You’ll have hundreds of hours with the original duo and can always go back and listen to their version of the first two later. Pike kicks rear end though, she’s giving 110% on her performances That’s what I was leaning towards. I already own the classic book 1 and about seven chapters in the narrator sounds not so good to me, but I’ve read that he gets better and I haven’t even made it to the female narrator yet. I think I’ll give it until she shows up at least before I decide. Luckily, since I own the kindle edition of the books, I can add the audible versions for around $7 so I can continue hoarding my credits.
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Sep 1, 2023 15:32
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The original audiobooks seem to have completely insane pronunciation of names. You get used to it but it's kind of bananas. Though maybe those are the official pronunciations and the show is doing them wrong?
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Sep 1, 2023 16:25
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El Grillo posted:The original audiobooks seem to have completely insane pronunciation of names. You get used to it but it's kind of bananas. Though maybe those are the official pronunciations and the show is doing them wrong? I’m sure I was butchering most of the names in my head while I was reading so either are probably closer to correct than what I have. I had no idea how Aes Sedai was supposed to be pronounced and read ogier as ogre throughout the books.
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Sep 1, 2023 16:45
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I watched the first ep and it was pretty decent. I was going to say Perrin's actor was a lot better than last season but then he tried to emote anger and it fell apart for me. the last scene didn't seem to make sense to me though, where the hell is that meant to take place?
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Sep 1, 2023 17:51
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If you pause at any given moment, there is an icon which says where the scene it taking place with a little blurb. Everything with Moiraine takes place in Arafel at small village called Tifan's Well.
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Sep 1, 2023 18:52
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loudog999 posted:I’m sure I was butchering most of the names in my head while I was reading so either are probably closer to correct than what I have. I had no idea how Aes Sedai was supposed to be pronounced and read ogier as ogre throughout the books. From what I've seen, both narrators have mostly similar pronunciations as the show does, the only sticking point seems to be Tar Valon, which the book narrators seem to treat as one word and say it "TarVALen" and the show treats as two words and says it as "Tar VA-lon". I haven't heard Rosamund Pike's version of the books, but I assume she uses the show pronunciation.
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Sep 1, 2023 21:00
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I'm enjoying this season much more than the latter half of the first.
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Sep 2, 2023 04:21
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I will continue to rage at what they did to my boy Loial but I guess they make up for it with HotLan
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Sep 2, 2023 06:13
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Did anyone say “abs’Lan” Mandragoran yet.
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Sep 2, 2023 06:34
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lol yea i was like GODDAMN i gotta stop slacking on my workouts
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Sep 2, 2023 06:56
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When are the next episodes coming out?
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Sep 2, 2023 07:32
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only saw the first two but wow they're way better than season one. alanna and everything in the tower rules, everything else is s a C+ they're really doing well with the tower and I'm hyped for ep 3
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Sep 2, 2023 08:55
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Vim Fuego posted:When are the next episodes coming out? Thursday at 8pm EST
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Sep 2, 2023 12:14
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I guess it's better? As a book purist it feels very much like people read the books as a spurce for the wiki (I hated the kid in the Forsaken meeting scene) but the first episode felt very disjointed and they were paying a lot for the questionable decisions made in Season 1, when they clearly didn't have enough faith in the material for it to be worth adapting. See: Perrin's wife, "who is the Dragon?", cutting the Dragonmount prologue.
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If you want to discuss more about material that hasn’t been, but may yet be, shown in the series, mosey on over to the Book Barn thread where spoilers abound.
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:As a book purist
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CainFortea posted:What possible engagement can you gleen from posting as a book purist in the thread that isn't about the books and specifically doesn't want to talk about the books? I mean, we can mock the show doing another fake death of Nynaeve for a desperate attempt at pathos, can we do that? Is there a book barn thread to take this to?
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:I mean, we can mock the show doing another fake death of Nynaeve for a desperate attempt at pathos, can we do that?
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:I mean, we can mock the show doing another fake death of Nynaeve for a desperate attempt at pathos, can we do that? yes, and we can’t wait for your insights (the accepted test was good, op)
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:I mean, we can mock the show doing another fake death of Nynaeve for a desperate attempt at pathos, can we do that? Yes. Discuss the show and not the book in this here thread which is about the show and not the books.
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Sep 2, 2023 20:41
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Liandrin when Nynaeve talks about her sword training:
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My own impressions are similar to my impressions with season 1. I see why they've made some of the changes they have made since I know the books so well and know where characters are headed. Beyond that, I think they did a pretty good job of the plot so far, Elayne is perfect, and I enjoyed Egewne's visible annoyance at Nynaeve being the one the Aes Sedai are interested in. My only complaint so far is that the Seanchen accents need to be more exaggerated, I want them all to sound like Foghorn Leghorn.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:
Imagine hearing lady suroths voice talking in a southern accent and being mad that it’s not southern enough!!! Seriously though has any other show filmed with the main cast using a British accent tried the “show a group is foreign by having them talk like they’re from the Deep South” approach? Feel like that’s a new one.
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My only complaint other than Uno  is Nynaeve's test. In the first two arches she had to make a hard choice, she didn't in the third one. The choice was made for her.She didn't even have to abandon her daughter, in her mind she was running away with her
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In episode 3, I don’t think the second time the arch showed up was part of the test. You aren’t supposed to be able to channel in the alternate worlds presented to you by that ter’angreal. Nynaeve did during the trolloc attack, and my supposition is that that triggered the reappearance of the arch. We’ll have to see if the show addresses this in later episodes.
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Grundulum posted:In episode 3, I don’t think the second time the arch showed up was part of the test. You aren’t supposed to be able to channel in the alternate worlds presented to you by that ter’angreal. Nynaeve did during the trolloc attack, and my supposition is that that triggered the reappearance of the arch. We’ll have to see if the show addresses this in later episodes. Yeah I saw that as her failing the choice (or it being sabotaged because it barely even appeared??) when she initially sees lan, then she breaks the test by channeling inside (because she’s so powerful/angry) which reactivates it.
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canepazzo posted:My only complaint other than Uno The choice was even harder. Her child was the last one of her loved ones left. She could have run off into the woods and escaped with her.
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CainFortea posted:The choice was even harder. Her child was the last one of her loved ones left. She could have run off into the woods and escaped with her. Yeah, it's pretty clear that she knew that she wouldn't be able to take her daughter with her.
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Logain is very good in this.
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I like the kinda choppy, disjointed editing in the parts with Rand. Making scenes start and end suddenly and otherwise feel like dreams expresses his worry about losing his grip on reality. Also, having so many swerves in his arc so far - oh poo poo, he's shacking up with some woman! oh poo poo, he's super nice to the sanatorium patients, in contrast to the mean guy! oh poo poo, he's totally brutalizing the mean guy! oh poo poo, it's because he's in deep cover! - are really doing a lot to give him more interest than he carried in season 1.
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