[Chance]

the broken, on 01 April 2025 - 12:25 AM, said:

That's network TV, though. Streaming is different, because it's much easier to rewatch. WOt is one of the most expensive TV shows ever made, it's not on a Xena budget.

Sometimes I think these series are cursed with a high budget, Xena and "older" fantasy/scfi series where cheap and they knew it, they used those small budgets very well. Just look at what battlestar galactica, babylon 5 or firefly accomplished with comparably tiny budgets. Recent expensive series like Wheel of Time and Rings of Power but also lots of marvel and star wars content kind of get lost in huge budgets when what they really need is some extra time in the writing room and planning stage which is basically free compared to CGI fights few people find very exciting anyway.

[the broken]

I wish they would be less afraid of CG. You can see the marketing being all 'practical effects', and so Tar Valon becomes a series of small rooms with no windows