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Wheel of Time - Pilot aired last night

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  • #2
    wyrn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭wyrn


    I'm tugging my braid after watching* that!


    *I skipped through most of it


  • #3
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Can't watch it, they pronounce Aes Sedai wrong*.

    * Not the way my head does.

    There's an intro, then a sh!ttonne of ads (the first of which is incredibly jarring when you're expecting WoT-world), so the actual start is at http://youtu.be/cvNYIEN1vIg?t=4m56s

    ---

    Watched it. There's a lot I could criticise, but equally there's a lot done well - particularly on a low budget or so I'm guessing.

    This is very much a prologue and as a standalone pilot I'd have concerns whether it will appeal to those who haven't read WoT. That said, given have many have read the books, there's probably enough of an audience in the readership alone to get this kicked off.

    ---

    Edit: Robert Jordan's wife and editor said it was made without her knowledge or cooperation - good news IMO - and that she is "taking steps to prevent its reoccurrence" - not so good news.

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  • #4
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Illy-ayna

    *shudder*


  • #5
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,942 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    That was 'odd'. Seems like it was just something slapped together to try keep their rights. Maybe it might get some media traction though and lead to something done properly.

    An animated version would be interesting. I can't see live action working or gaining any interest with the general public though


  • #6
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    It has put me off reading the books, it was dreadful


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  • #7
    seamusk84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭seamusk84


    Terrible, had difficulty watching it all. Almost as boring as crossroads of twilight.

    (Tugs braid)


  • #8
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Son0vagun wrote: »
    It has put me off reading the books, it was dreadful

    Just read a wiki synopsis and save yourself the heartache.


  • #9
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    That was awful.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #10
    Crosby Shaggy Earth
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Crosby Shaggy Earth


    Brian? wrote: »
    That was awful.

    yep


  • #11
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,183 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Bad guy sounded like Bane.


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  • #12
    muff03
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭muff03


    Where's the "Unsee" button?


  • #13
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    bluewolf wrote: »
    yep

    When I saw "Starring Billy Zane" and "produced by Billy Zane" I knew it'd be bad. But I had no idea how bad.

    I've never thought The Wheel of Time would translate well to screen. This only confirms it.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #14
    Raging_Ninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭Raging_Ninja


    Gets better - the production company is suing Jordans widow.

    http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2015/02/wheel-of-time-tv-pilot-producers-sue-robert-jordans-widow-for-defamation/


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