Wheel of Time (Amazon)

CastorTroy · 23-04-2025 08:27AM

Me watching:

Glebee · 23-04-2025 12:13PM

Same here, no idea and I've read some of the books along time ago.

Sleepy · 23-04-2025 02:49PM

It's been over a decade since I read the books so I'm missing a lot of the changes. Really enjoyed Season 3, particularly the "Golden Eyes" episode focused on Perrin's defense of the Two Rivers.

odyssey06 · 23-05-2025 07:25PM

Bit of a kicker for those of us following it. Cancelled.

https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-wheel-of-time-canceled-prime-video-1236409657/

fitz · 23-05-2025 07:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123479037#Comment_123479037

Just when it had hit it's stride, imo.

Brief_Lives · 23-05-2025 07:38PM

balls

TitianGerm · 23-05-2025 07:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123479037#Comment_123479037

That's disappointing. We'll probably get an AI generated reboot in 5 years time.

odyssey06 · 23-05-2025 07:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123479061#Comment_123479061

Yep. And season 2 probably had more of a finale feel than season 3 which ended with so many balls in the air.

CastorTroy · 23-05-2025 08:50PM

Yeah, while season 1 was slow it got better as it went on and season 3 was really good. I haven't read the books.

I assumed they were just going to keep the pattern of alternating years for this and Rings of Power.

CiaranW · 23-05-2025 11:58PM

oh no………

I loved the tv show.

AbusesToilets · 24-05-2025 01:37AM

The rings of power shite will keep chugging along though

facehugger99 · 24-05-2025 08:41AM

Not terribly surprising. Too niche and too expensive. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Rings of Power go the same way.

I gave up on the books around the same point, think I was about halfway through the fourth book. There was some really interesting and good stuff in them but way too much boring stuff to wade through to get to those bits.

Ultimately I just couldn’t justify the time commitment required.

I would like to know how the story pans out. Is there anywhere you can get a decent condensed version of what happens?

paulbok · 24-05-2025 09:43AM

Very disappointing news, though it would get at least 1 more season.

I do think it's going to be difficult for any such multi-book fantasy series to get made any more due to the costs involved. Definitely not on streaming, but is the will/money there with terrestrial/ cable TV studios?

Unless in a few years when ai can generate the bulk of the visual effects. Aside from costs, taking 2-3 years between seasons, which them only have 6-8 episodes doesn't help with watcher engagement. Surely with all the book material for WoT, they could have come up with a few more episodes each season that didn't need much vfx, without it being just "filler"?

Perhaps it'll resurface as an animated series in the near future?

CiaranW · 24-05-2025 10:02AM

I was surprised yday.
But I’m actually really pissed off about it now.
The third season was really good.

Dave_The_Sheep · 29-05-2025 03:43AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123479037#Comment_123479037

But on the bright side, vindication for those of us who thought it was an aberration from the start.

**** the showrunner and the writers (and frankly the actors they shoehorned in). They tried to think they were better than an author that sold millions.

They were wrong. Amazingly.

Nody · 29-05-2025 07:09AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123495289#Comment_123495289

Here's the fun part though; a full season of WoT would still only pay for 1 or 2 episodes of the LoTR:RoP (yea, figure that one out for cancellations and egos).

Brief_Lives · 02-06-2025 03:39PM

there's a petition to save wheel of time, petition to another studio to save it..

https://savewot.com/

byrne249 · 02-06-2025 04:13PM

@Dave_The_Sheep Been a long time since I read it and I can't remember the timeline. What were the main changes? Seanchan seemed to arrive a lot earlier than I recalled? Other than that it was very weak but improved season on season to where 3 was decent.

So as someone who wasn't too bothered by the changes I wouldnt have minded they kept going, could be a while if ever we see wot again

Dave_The_Sheep · 06-06-2025 12:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123495397#Comment_123495397

I mean, both were total muck. Just one has bigger brand name recognition.

Wheel of Time (Amazon)

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