[Tsundoku]

<_>, on 20 November 2021 - 04:08 AM, said:

I think it’s going to be better to look at the show as one of the uncountable mirror worlds the books mentioned.

Rand al'Thor and the Multiverse of Madness?

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Watched episode 1... seemed like they were really setting up the video game. Overall, felt like watching someone play a mediocre generic video game rpg....

Some of the special effects were so bad I literally lol'd.

Gave me more appreciation for GoT and The Witcher....

Hopefully it will get better though. Had maybe one or two good moments.

[worry]

So far so good imo. Agree with TRB pretty much down the line.

Spoiler

Maria Doyle Kennedy as a Tinker is essentially stunt casting though.

[Macros]

Not bad.
I'd say we're in for the first season anyway

[HoosierDaddy]

I can't tell if these reviews are positive or not, lol. Y'all are very lukewarm. Guess the best to say is give it a try, hmm?

Looks like what I'm reading.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 21 November 2021 - 06:46 PM

[Macros]

give it a try.
if you're a WoT purist you'll probably hate it, but just as a TV show I think it stands up on its own just fine based on the first three eps

[ContrarianMalazanReader]

I'll wait until all episodes are available and binge watch the whole thing and decide if I like it or not. As stated before, I have no interest in reading the book series and will look up the differences between source material and adaptation later on.

[Dadding]

Just watched the first three episodes, I loved them! And I was surprised but I think my girlfriend liked them even more than me.

I'm not sure if it was the frame rate or just the brightness or something, but some scenes had a weird modern feeling to them. Otherwise, so far it's basically like the books with most of the annoying stuff stripped out.

[Macros]

If Mins trousers don't get progressively tighter to the point of absurdity the nerds will riot.

One thing that distressed me greatly, the only time Nyneaves braid saw any action was when the trollock dragged her about by it

[Morgoth]

Watched the first to episodes with Laura last night. We did not like it, not at all.

I don't care about the changes, they're fine, and I definitely understand the need to polish some of the source material. To us the main issues were the at times extremely stilted dialogue, the bad special effects, and we at least found the camera work to be rather shoddy. And seriously we have the Witcher and Game of Thrones to show some decent sword fighting, so how in the world could anyone let that Tywin Lannister vs trollock fight slip through without serious revisions? It all felt a little cheap, which is somewhat weird considering how expensive the show is. Someone upthread also said it felt a little rushed while at the same time standing still, or something like that, and I agree completely.

[Tsundoku]

I wasn't fussed on the first episode changes until the Trollocs showed up and got everyone back on track.
I thought it got better by ep 3 and I'll hang out until the end of this season, but I don't see it going the distance at this rate given the lukewarm reviews from noobs and book fans alike. Not unless they really hit their stride in the next few eps. People and media companies have much less tolerance for waiting until it gets good these days, given the massive competition of quality product for our eye time.

[QuickTidal]

Morgoth, on 22 November 2021 - 07:57 AM, said:

Watched the first to episodes with Laura last night. We did not like it, not at all.
To us the main issues were the at times extremely stilted dialogue, the bad special effects, and we at least found the camera work to be rather shoddy.

This is what my buddy said, that it feels like a CW-quality level from action, to sets to dialogue.

[Gorefest]

What is the target audience? Is it a bit like GoT in feel, or does it have 'young adult' stamped all over it? Nothing wrong with either option of course, but if the latter I don't think it will be for me. The WoT books always had a bit more of a young adult vibe to me than GoT and MBotF, which is why I keep expecting some sort of Shannara Chronicles product.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Watched episode 1 with Mr Not a Blacksmith. He hasn't read the books, and other than asking me a couple of questions he was fine with it all and wants to watch some more. Did say he felt the CGI was a bit janky and that they're getting away with it quite a lot with very quick camera cuts (agreed) but it didn't throw him out of it.

Not sure how to answer your question Gorefest. I think it's doing its best to get away from the YA feel, but at the moment it's getting bogged down in the fact the first book is such clear LOTR worship. Hopefully it'll settle down.

[Tattersail_]

I'm not a TV snob. I take everything on my own merit. I liked the first 3 episodes. I like to think of it as its own thing, not an adaptation of the books. Just like Harry Potter books vs film. Both good in their own right

[WhiskeyJackDaniels]

Just finished the first 3 books. Lots of differences from the books, even at a really basic level. Some of them I understand, some of them I don’t like, but I DO like that it shows they were willing to make big changes early on, because for the show to have any chance of remaining comprehensible to a TV audience past 1-2 seasons they will need to make a lot of changes.

[Slow Ben]

Watched the first 3 last night. It was very much just ok. Not bad enough to stop watching and just ok enough to keep going.

I don’t care about changes. Although at the first shot of Emonds Field I did note that there were no thatched roofs, Unforgivable.

[QuickTidal]

Slow Ben, on 24 November 2021 - 03:12 PM, said:

Although at the first shot of Emonds Field I did note that there were no thatched roofs, Unforgivable.

Bro, that would upset me!

[Avatar]

Watched ep 1 and 2 last 2 days. It was not bad, enjoyed it.

I was wondering, did anyone watch Goodkind's Legend of the Seeker, from 2008? I remember that I thought it was terrible. But on imdb, the rating is even higher than WoT, 7,6 vs 7,4. Was it not so bad?

[QuickTidal]

Avatar, on 24 November 2021 - 06:37 PM, said:

I was wondering, did anyone watch Goodkind's Legend of the Seeker, from 2008? I remember that I thought it was terrible. But on imdb, the rating is even higher than WoT, 7,6 vs 7,4. Was it not so bad?

I watched it. It was bad, but it also was absolutely leaning into the Xena/Hercules vibe (made by the very same people in fact, including the composer from those shows Joseph LoDuca), and had scantily clad women in it to lure young people to watch. It wasn't a prestige show trying to be a serious fantasy adaptation. It knew it was a bad show and rolled about in the muck as a result.

Like watch this scene, both women have their cleavage out for titilation reasons.

So yeah, I can see why it has a higher rating simply because it was not trying to be more than the fantasy beef/cheesecake it was.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 24 November 2021 - 06:57 PM