Story Pacing: The episode appears to start strongly, especially after what they feel was a more setup-heavy prior episode. Egwene and Nynaeve: Both commentators seem to agree that the Egwene-Nynaeve storyline is the strongest of the season and closest to the books.ħ. Character Arcs: They feel that some characters like Lan and Moiraine had less compelling storylines this season, especially when compared to the books.Ħ. They particularly liked the set design of Falme.ĥ. Visual Effects and Set Design: Generally, they praise the set design and visual effects but note some areas where they could be improved. They also talk about how the series fast-forwards certain events or brings forward developments from the books to fit the pacing of a TV show.Ĥ. Narrative Choices: They discuss changes such as Moiraine losing her powers and Rand leaving his friends, considering whether these adaptational choices served the story well or not. Character Depth: The commentators are impressed by the villains in the TV adaptation, especially the Forsaken, saying that the actors bring a depth to the characters that even exceeds that in the books.ģ. Adaptation Choices: They discuss the difficulty of adapting Min's visions and Perrin's ability to smell emotions from the books to the TV format, generally approving of the changes.Ģ. Totally no guarantees that it's a good summary.ġ. I used OpenAI Whisper to get a text transcript of the audio, did some Find and Replace for names, and had GPT-4 summarise part by part. Is there a chance somebody pious put up a summary somewhere? I loved what he did with gateways, the different ways they could be used but that was about all he did with the magic system that I loved. None of that view comes across in the watch along, none of that is expressed clearly I also disagree that he stuck to the "rules of the magic in the world" he overpowered Rand to a stupid level, seeing the "dark mark" on anyone, appearing as a burning bright light to the followers of the dark. I also hold Rafe, and the writers, in very high regard for the difficult job they are doing quite well. I feel more passionate about some of these weaknesses than I might when it comes to another property. Even if I weren't a producer, my name is on some of the books. Indeed, it's looking stronger than a lot of fantasy television, this season. If I'm more critical of WoT, it's not because it's bad. That reflects on me, because having me involved should be able to help with this. I consider one of my other big strengths to be character arcs with powerful resolutions, and both seasons have really had troubles with this in the last episodes. If you play loose and free with magic systems, then that reflects badly on me-as this is one of my specialties, and people will watch and be annoyed about things that I really, in a perfect world, should have been able to help the writers fix. And so, it being weak in areas that are important to me is something that I find a bigger worry in it than I might in another show. I came around on what was happening with Rand in the early episodes, and really ended up liking it.Īt the same time, people need to understand: I have a stake in this they do not. The stuff with Perrin/Valda/Hopper in episode eight was great. Nynaeve's accepted test-and, indeed, a lot of the Wonder Girls up until episode eight. And I know they made some revisions, which have largely been improvements. Even if the scripts had been filmed as I read them, I would think it an improvement on Season One. Let's be very clear, for the record, that I do not hate Season Two. Nobody involved ever asked me to be quiet. I'm surprised people would even have those rumors, after I did multiple podcast episodes talking very bluntly about season one. Rafe has always told me I can say what I feel I need to, and it's one of the things I most appreciate about this all.
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