[BOOK SPOILERS] Robert Jordan's Waste of Time -- so cheesy but so good

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calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Book 6 is the worst one to skip. It probably has the best last quarter of a book with Dumai's Well.

# ¿ Sep 24, 2019 02:05

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 18:22

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

If they do nudity just do it like Spartacus. There was a good comprise there between male and female nudity. In fact they just need to make more Spartacus, or I need to sit down and watch it again.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2019 00:11

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Atlas Hugged posted:

the soundtrack.

Is this the soundtrack? Apparently, I bought this back in 2003. :lol:

# ¿ Feb 18, 2020 23:49

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

The Neal! posted:

oh my gosh, it's on spotify and now I'm listening to it and it is AWFUL. Loving it.

At least you didn't spend money on it like I did! Also, bought the terrible art book as well. I was apparently quite dumb with my money back in the day.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2020 01:29

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Well she did play a demon in Ash vs Evil Dead. So definitely some kind of Black Ajah.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2020 22:20

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

DarkHorse posted:

Spoilers for the end of the series (A Memory of Light)

The best example of how badass Thom is comes when he's just chilling outside the cave in Shoyol Ghul while Rand is doing his thing. Channelers keep trying to get in, and he keeps killing them and stacking their bodies like cordwood behind a rock.

And he's done it so much and so confidently he spends the time in between composing a song, because apparently murdering a bunch of channelers is no big thang for him

Holy poo poo, I do not remember this. Guess I need to finish my re-read. I made to the end of book 6 before I decided I was done for a bit.

# ¿ May 19, 2020 01:15

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Isn't Faile also a few years younger than the group? I thought she was younger than Egwene but I may be misremembering.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2020 22:14

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

The ending of that book was so amazing to read for the first time back in the day. It never even crossed my mind about Taim knowing where to gate to and I've read those first 7 books so many times.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2021 00:10

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

The Gathering Storm is great because it's like Rand yelling at the clouds.

The eBook covers came out pretty awesome, specially Lord of Chaos.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2021 03:14

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Data Graham posted:

Isn't that the one they had to have him redraw from scratch because at first he drew Rand facing the house?

e:

That's the one I remember, and had on my books.

Vavrek posted:

To be clear: Rand does shout at the sky in The Gathering Storm.

fake edit: Actually, looking at the cover, that's exactly the scene being depicted.

This one is much better, and honestly I have no recollection of the Sanderson books since I only read them once.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2021 11:27

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

I want to say the soundtrack was one of my first purchases on Amazon. Got the CD buried somewhere in a box.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2021 01:55

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

There is already awesome merch. I bought that when it first came out all of these years ago.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2021 00:40

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

I wonder if they'll show what easing the badger is.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2021 18:51

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

I just want an epic Dumai's well. Easily the best sequence in the series m

# ¿ Sep 9, 2021 01:47

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

I gotta say though, for as much as darrell k sweet's work generally missed the mark both artistically and subject matter wise it is still invocative as gently caress and makes me want to exist in that strange world.

One of my first Amazon purchases. I still have that and the BBoBA sitting near my computer. I open the artbook occasionally to get a good chuckle.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2021 10:58

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

CainsDescendant posted:

Also the White Tower in general may as well have been an institution serving the shadow. Ishamael popping by to sabotage it every thousand years and a solid third of its members being darkfriends means that lovely cliquey behavior preventing any real progress or good from happening was not only human behavior but baked into the institution itself. I often complain about the Aes Sedai being useless, but it's a systemic failure that was basically impossible to fix until the shakeup of the books' events happened.

The perfect description of academia. Which is how I've always imagined the Aes Sedi being, other than the obvious metaphor of the white tower.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2021 01:38

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

I want to series to survive just to see this. One of my favorite parts of the entire series.

I keep realizing I do not remember anything from the last 3 books. I need to finish my re-read one of these days. I burned through 1-6 last year but stopped at 7.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2021 21:19

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

MajorBonnet posted:

Fingers crossed for Darrell K. Sweet cover t-shirts.

I want a scene from each season that look exactly like his covers. Specially Rand yelling at the sky one.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 22:34

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

CainFortea posted:

This video makes a few references to things past this point in the book, but mostly out of context I think. Makes me laugh every time.

https://i.imgur.com/K2HxLhs.mp4

Lol. Old clothes, balefire.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2021 23:29

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Gwaihir posted:

quoting this for lmaos later

I can't wait for the reaction at the end. I hope the makes it that far.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2021 00:35

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

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# ¿ Dec 24, 2021 01:14

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Hot
Thom
Merillin
Love

# ¿ Dec 29, 2021 17:56

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Now I'm imagining the fight between Mr. Bean and Rand in Rhuidean. drat it, now I want it to happen.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2022 18:41

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

CainsDescendant posted:

In the reread I did last year she was my mental casting for Sorilea, I think she would do well in that role

That's one I imagined her in when that tweet popped up last year. I always imagined Sorilea with that gravely voice.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2022 13:25

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Hexel posted:

Thankfully we have a meme for this

drat it, I know that the show will never be able to live up to this.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2022 16:53

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

She was in Killing Eve and I remember her being pretty decent. Those pictures are making me excited to see her in action.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2022 14:25

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

gently caress, this better come out soon.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 01:43

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

The whole Dumai's Well is still one of my favorite scenes in the book. The brand new Asha'man just wasting everyone. I need to sit down and do a full re-read and finish it this time.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2022 19:58

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Data Graham posted:

Lol I've always thought the theme park caricaturist guy in Falme would have to be one of the most iconic and visual parts of any TV adaptation.

e: I scribbled this during my first readthrough

Legit

That is now canon.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2023 00:58

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Those spears look ridiculously long. I always imagined them about 3ft with maybe a foot long tip.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2023 02:00

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

I'm not sure if I want to see Moridin, the actor for Ishy is killing it.

One thing I'm curious about is how are they going to work Rand becoming a blademaster.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2023 21:56

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

We finally got to the last episode. Our daughter who never paid attention was really sad with Hopper's death. Overall I thought it was good, a few scenes from the book I would have liked to see with more impact, i.e. Ingtar's death. I'm hoping for more episodes to let the show breath some.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2023 00:30

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Dr. Clockwork posted:

Sea Folk women will be fully clothed, and the men will be dicks out in a shocking twist in this new turning of the wheel!

I mean my wife is only in it for Lan so this will really keep her attention.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2023 21:43

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

God drat. My wife will definitely want season 3 sooner. Though I think she's more of a Lan fan.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2023 22:24

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

I can not wait for episode 8. That title makes me so excited.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2024 01:13

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

As long as we get Dumai's Well. I'll be extremely happy.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2024 01:21

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

mastajake posted:

Guest director Sam Raimi for Dumai's Wells.

Sold! Bruce Campbell as Taim.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2024 17:38

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 18:22

calandryll: Apr 25, 2003; Ask me where I do my best drinking!; Pillbug

Invalid Validation posted:

Lanfear in cool clothes!

I want every episode of season 3 to up her outfits. Loved those outfits in season 2.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2024 23:52

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