Wheel of Time

Burns said:

I liked both Legend of the Seeker (2008)

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You're dead to me.

I'm a Terry Goodkind fan.

Raes said:

That wasn't a "real" pilot. They only made that so they wouldn't lose the license.

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I know, I couldn't think of what else to call it than 'pilot'.

I just don't understand why they would change much of anything, which is what makes me so uneasy about this. WOT lends itself to the medium of a TV series (much more so than something like GoT), wokeness included, as is. From an easy comparison standpoint, there is a clear protagonist that follows the hero's journey who is incredibly likeable in Rand (your average viewer would root for him a heck of a lot more than they would for a Jon or Daenerys), side characters that most audiences will enjoy (Matt & Thom) to take the place of Tyrion, bad ass characters that are badass (Lan) to substitute for an Arya, etc. As already stated, the women are in charge of everything because men 'fucked up the world'. Your diversity is already there with the Seanchan -- who quite literally get to chain white people up. You have so many absolutely epic moments to go through from a TV series perspective and the writers just need to get the characters there while providing the context of why these moments matter so much through the build up across the season. Since you're removing the braid tugging (please) suddenly the audience that got lost because of how annoying Jordan was with detail can stay hooked. You can clearly plot out the seasons ahead of time and hire the actors at low cost (no need to renegotiate contracts or deal with increased market value because the actress you picked no longer wants to show her tits) and focus the budget on the bad ass scale of the world. They can market this as GOT only with far likeable characters and an absolutely incredible ending so again, why change anything?

Zindan said:

The only hope for this show would be to get to the point where we see Graendel in that transparent gown, and the casting of someone with a fantastic body. Actually, add Lanfear and Aviendha to the list of nudes as well.

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There's pretty much no chance of this, Jordan was a real prude and was known for sending angry cease and desist legal notices to erotic fanfic writers.

Brahma said:

This legit for real?

There are plenty of side characters they could have used for their diversity. The Aiel you could have easily made diverse since they were a desert people. Give Tuon and the Seanchan a more screen time if you need to.

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The Aiel are the whitest of white folk, it's what makes Rand stick out in Emond's field - that's he so much whiter than they are.

velk said:

The Aiel are the whitest of white folk, it's what makes Rand stick out in Emond's field - that's he so much whiter than they are.

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Red hair and grey eyes.

Raes said:

Nynaeve is already the most annoying character in fantasy, much less WoT. Making her a "strong, black woman" on top of that is just intolerable. WoT, before it went to shit (after LoC?) was one of my favorite series of all time. Blackwashing half the main cast is total bullshit. People want a diverse cast? Make your own fucking IP.

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I dunno, making the most awful female ever written black seems almost redpilled.

Deathwing said:

A black guy that doesn't abandon his baby momma and doesn't tell his side ho to stfu? Perrin CANNOT be black.

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And he's the biggest cuck in all of literature. So.... he's black now. Honestly, what RJ did to Perrin's character was probably one of the biggest disappointments in that whole series.

Sterling said:

Red hair and grey eyes.

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"Two Rivers people are dark of hair and eye, and they seldom have such height.” Her hand darted out to push back his coat sleeve, exposing lighter skin the sun had not reached so often. “Or such skin.”

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velk said:

There's pretty much no chance of this, Jordan was a real prude and was known for sending angry cease and desist legal notices to erotic fanfic writers.

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You've read the books, right? There are plenty of scenes in the series with nudity, now whether this show would show it or not. Probably not.

Burns said:

I liked both Legend of the Seeker (2008) and Merlin (2008 from BBC).

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Seeker was a hot show for syndicated network TV. It's too bad it didn't get another season.

They had a lot of good casting. Cara was on point and fun to watch, namely because the dialogue writers killed it. Solid writing.

episode 1 will drop Nov 2021 on amazon prime. show already has been renewed for season 2

rosamund pike as moraine

spronk said:

The Wheel of Time: Rosamund Pike’s Moiraine, Amazon Release Date Teased in Poster for Fantasy Adaptation

Rosamund Pike’s Moiraine and the incredibly journey ahead of her are teased in the first poster for Amazon Prime’s adaptation of The Wheel of Time.

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episode 1 will drop Nov 2021 on amazon prime. show already has been renewed for season 2

rosamund pike as moraine

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I'm sure I'll watch some non zero number of episodes, but my expectations are absurdly low and I'd be pleasantly surprised if it's better than Seeker or Shannara.

Just looked it up on imdb. Half the cast is diversity hires. Probably not going to bother unless I hear they knocked it out of the park.

moonarchia said:

Just looked it up on imdb. Half the cast is diversity hires. Probably not going to bother unless I hear they knocked it out of the park.

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Imagine what they're doing to LOTR series. It's going to be epic, just the wrong kind of epic..

The Amazon production memo was clear, it explicitly stated there must be diversity hires, no exception. I figure LOTR will be the most disrespected IP of all time.

jayrebb said:

Imagine what they're doing to LOTR series. It's going to be epic, just the wrong kind of epic..

The Amazon production memo was clear, it explicitly stated there must be diversity hires, no exception. I figure LOTR will be the most disrespected IP of all time.

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Given that Lord of the Rings was an attempt to create an epic, English national mythology... yes.

jayrebb said:

Imagine what they're doing to LOTR series. It's going to be epic, just the wrong kind of epic..

The Amazon production memo was clear, it explicitly stated there must be diversity hires, no exception. I figure LOTR will be the most disrespected IP of all time.

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Really depends on how they cast the actual Numenoreans themselves, if they are diversified...then we'll know Amazon doesn't care about the IP. They could make the peoples of Harad / Far Harad and Easterlings as diverse as their quota's demand though, and there should be plenty of them on Numenor isle as slaves / servants.