Forget Rand being bald, I want to know how they justify him being marginally competent with a sword when they've cut all of Lan's lessons. The mentor relationship with Lan was a major loss in explaining how Rand was able to move into a leadership role and with how they ended season 1 it is extremely difficult to see an alternate route to it.
He does train with Lan in the beginning of book 2, but it was sad to see a lot of those small interactions that bring the characters together cut in season 1
Perrin's eyes were remarked as golden as soon as him and Egwene were rescued from the Children in book 1, and never changed back, as far as I remember.
I am rereading book two and I forget where but there's a comment from one character towards the beginning that his eyes were even more golden than they had been. Like, "his irises were now fully golden, not just the edges" or something.
While I get that people want to see them gradually change to yellow, in a visual medium where most people haven't read the books, I also get the choice to have it flare yellow for impact. I just hope we have CGI wolves because the wolves in S1 were extremely underwhelming.
and wtf are the seanchan doing with it, seriously...who ever made this shitshow has either never read the books are doesnt give a flying fuck about source material...but then so do most series
Indeed, it took me a second to put it together, weird chest and we don't see the horn completely, but when it clicked, I'll admit, it got me a bit of the tingles.
There's a scene in the book, I think it's the prologue, where a bunch of darkfriends are meeting up and showing little tells as to where they're from and who they are. Seeing all the bits and pieces exposed on cuffs, it might be that scene.
The scene in the trailer where there are a number of people sitting around a table? That was my thought when I saw it. If it is that scene, it looks different from how I imagined that scene going.
@@wolfdragonhorse It was written as a large gathering. Very much alive, everybody watching everybody and getting personal messages. It reads much larger. The table is static and very small. Instead of dozens of dark friends in high places, we get a handful.
I just reread book 2, nothing in the trailer looked remotely like the darkfriend gathering.... but why should that be surprising, nothing from s1 was remotely respectful of book one The show is just TOTAL SHIT
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"Don't abuse the damane that much". I'd like to remind everyone that they cut off hands, feet, and tongues, if it is expedient to do so. I always saw Damane treatment as similar to Handmaid's Tale. And that means sometimes there's a lot of blood.
That was actually rare. Sul'dam who resorted to such measures were looked down on by their peers, and honor is almost as big a part of Seanchan society as it is for Aiel.
@@PsyrenXY Yeah, but most of the ones they had to resort to those measures on were non-Seanchan because Seanchan learned quicker. I think a little bit of wounding and injury is plot-reasonable... and more importantly I think making the torture visible is screen-necessary.
Fairly small thing I really like about Damane, their design seems inspired by the look of Qunari mages in Dragon Age 2, who were themselves inspired by the Seachan and Damane originally!
The accepted test I never pictured as bigger or grander. Its kinda just described as a room in the basement with these rings they walk through and not much else.
The scene with the Amyrlin seems to be taking place in Cairhien. Although she's seated in the Amyrlin seat, the seat itself is not in the Hall of the Tower in this shot, it's on a dais with a rising sun pattern, and the floor of the chamber is a sun surrounded by sun beams. I'm guessing Moiraine finds Rand in Cairhien and summons the Amyrlin there. Although that doesn't explain Rand talking to Logain. So, who knows. Maybe I'm wrong.
@@swedishdad That would be very different. So I really hope not. The tower having access to the dream world this early removes it as a differentiator between the wise ones and them. At some point the tower has to get its comeuppance. I don't need the details to be the same, but really important themes like that I hope they don't just trash.
It's very likely Siuan has taken Logain on a tour to show him off in a gentled state to the heads of state. So it's just a chance encounter between Logain and Rand in Cairhien.
@@markcoburn8269 The poor servants who have to cart around that heavy Seat... Yeah I've heard the procession theory over the course of today as well. Makes sense, and Rand doesn't need to go to Tar Valon
@@swedishdad well in book 2 at the beginning she DID visit Shienar both because of Moirane, to 'handle' the horn AND see the dragon reborn in the flesh in a less formal setting
So I have a theory as to why Rand shaved his head- we know that the reddish hair is pretty uncommon outside of the Aiel, and therefore for anyone who's heard whispers of him who he may not want to tangle with, his hair would be a dead giveaway that he's who he is. So shaving his head gets rid of the super identifying hair of his is a pretty smart move to stay hidden better
Rand meets the Amyrilin in the beginning of the great hunt. Lab tells him walk like he owns the place. Siuon says she can see his greatness and is the most afraid she has ever been.
And there’s a zero percent chance we’ll see that great scene in the show, Rand will walk in, get lectured by Suiane on how stupid he is, and walk out like a good boy to contemplate what the wise woman told him, no Lan to be seen.
I hope they aren't going to replace Gaul by making Aviendha fill his role. That's the only reason I can imagine her being in the same place as Perrin so early in the series.
Damane training varies, I recall reading about a damane who had her tongue amputated, or maybe it was her hands, as punishment and someone commented that she didn't need that body part to channel. And there was some comments about how some suldam were harsher and some kinder. Tuon was supposed to be kinder, or maybe just more psychologically manipulative. So some damane could be trained with a lot of pain and corporal punishment.
I don't think Toun was kinder inherently, I think she simply believe the carrot was a better teacher than the stick, from a purely utilitarian standpoint.
@@TheLizardKing752I think she was kind of sheltered in that aspect - she seems to believe that punishing damane is rarely done not to mention torturing them
If I remember correctly, the damane you are referring to, was an Aes Sedai, and because they used their hands to channel due to learning how to in the tower the sul'dam cut the hands off as training.
I’m pretty sure that Rand does meet with the Amyrlin early in the books (hence Lan’s ‘Cat Crosses the Courtyard’ teachings) But I’m pretty sure this takes place in Fal Dara in the books. As other content creators have spotted, this exchange seems to take place in Cairhien for the show. But I’m sure the exchange between these two does happen in both though
Alvaro Morte was one of the the stand out performances from S1, I've seen a lot of of his spanish language stuff and he's just excellent. Really looking forward to seeing him and Josha Stradowski on screen together.
wheel of time first trailer came out. i got emotional...no crying but you get it. i got excited. this came out and im just hoping im not disappointed and they get back to the core wheel of time.
Yeah, when the actor was asked about it he said that he hadn't done anything for season 2, but was probably coming back for 3. Bit of a bummer since Thom and Matt are my two favorite book characters, and neither has received much love from the show
@@TheBrotherGrim That is a real shame, I haven't seen enough of the show version to determine if I like him or not, but it'll be weird to try to make him consequential again after he was already barely in the show, and won't be present for an entire season.
From what I heard, that's another thing covid screwed up for us. It messed with their schedule and the actor had something else to do and just couldn't make it to season two.
I'm always going to give the WoT series the benefit of the doubt because I love the books, but i'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried. Season 2 has SOO much work to do getting the series back on track, and 8 episodes just doesnt feel like enough.
This season is meant to get them to the beginning of book 4, so I expect this season would have more changes than season one cause fitting in everything from book 2-3 in one season would be bad/impossible anyways
Honest question: what did season 1 do for some people to consider it so maligned? I read all the books and thought the 1st season was pretty great (Covid disruptions aside). So I really don't understand most of the criticism
@@fedwyn there was a lot of complaining, some of it unjustified IMO. but i think for a lot of people the last episode was a trainwreck. no rand at the Gap, bizarre scene of the women destroying the trolloc army, Moiraine stilled..? it just seemed like a lot of stuff changed from the books, with no real reason. i dont mind changes, its an adaptation, but making changes for no reason is dumb.
It was one day to the next perrins eyes changing. He just hid them by being downturned or looking away from people. Now being named Golden eyes, that took a while.
The Sul'dam in the books do apply muzzles to their new damanes when they misbehave or are still in training. People seem to be forgetting that from the books
The shot with Rand and the Amyrlin is in Cairhein (there's the rising sun behind her seat). I'm guessing she smuggles Logain out of the white tower to help Rand... which could lead to her downfall in later seasons.
Likely they’re doing a tour to show off the tower’s ability to gentle men with the power, which wouldn’t be unheard of in the books. It would be weird imo for the amyrlin to go across the world herself just to bring logain to rand. It wouldn’t be conspicuous at all.
@@daphnea5447 You say that it is later on, but they now have like 6 seasons to do 13 books. There is no telling what sort of unholy Frankenstein mish mash they would cook up to fit it in. And there is little point to bringing Asmofean in if Logain has already fulfilled that role.
So funny story.. My friend is a super WoT fan and read all the books. Even when he was in high-school I remember that was the series he was reading . So he introduced me to it just as Amazon is coming out with the show. I read the books all the way through The Shadow Rising . The funny part is , he is an older fan of the books and likes the show. As a newer fan of the books, I dislike the show and the changes they made. So I'm not sure if that is my newness to the books clouding my opinion or if my criticisms of the show are justified.
Season 1 wasn't the best written tbh. Changes are fine if the changes make sense and elevate the material. Some of the changes made no sense like why was the horn under the throne when moraine took rand to fight the dark one. They literally went to the last battle under armed lol.
Season 1 aired about two weeks after I finished the books. I didn’t like the show as much at first. I like it more now, so I think it’s because you’ve read them recently.
Probably a mixture of both. I can say from the perspective of someone who's been reading and rereading these books for 20+ years, I catch a lot more of the nuance and layers the put into the show that newer readers, especially for anyone who hasn't completed the series, and the prequel, wouldn't necessarily pick up on. For the show they are definitely adapting the entire series as a whole rather than going book by book, so season 1 has refrences to the final book as well as the prequel, New Spring, and bits inbetween. They are setting things up and establishing parts of the world, politics, and interpersonal dynamics in season 1 that probably won't fully developed/understood until season 3 or 4(books 4, 5, 6, etc). But there are also valid criticisms too. Season 1 had pacing issues, big time, it felt really rushed at times. And Covid really messed up episodes 7 and 8.
@@ScootsRU-vid I didn't like the show initially, but upon rewatch I realized I'd had a weird sort of cognitive dissonance the first time thru, where the changes they made felt incredibly jarring and a bit upsetting. As a childhood book fan, it was like that feeling when you're in the shower and you can't remember if you washed/rinsed your hair already because it blurs together with the million other times you've taken a shower.
This just reminded me of when Egwene finally gets unleashed and is able to attack the Seanchan with the power after they've trained her. Hope they do that scene justice. There isn't much of early egwene that i liked but that part was bad ass
The first Lanfear (Selene) is supposed to be young though like early 20s, and the second Lanfear is meant to look like a mature version of that same woman i.e. in her 40s. The actress cast already looks like she's in her 40s, so I'm guessing they're not bothering with the young Selene thing, and this is the only Lanfear we'll get.
I certainly hope they take this "new mat" as an opportunity to retcon pathetic, mopey, emo, thieving goth Mat and turn him into the book Mat. The show Mat is utter trash.
Those muzzles might cause issues in a future storyline when a certain someone gets "leashed" but they disguise it as a necklace. Hard to do that with a muzzle. Of course they aren't really sticking to the books anyway so it probably wont even happen.
The collars are still there. They are big though. But if seen later by people not familiar with seanchan and Adam it won’t change the plot. Muzzles are to degrade slaves not control their power.
i mean when channellers start out they are unable to tell the difference between weaves so they wouldn’t see the colors in the weaves. it could also be argued that the audience is growing with the edmonds field five and since they can’t see different weaves neither can we
@@KarolYuukiwhy not? He also gets away in book two (not by his choice, but he does want to distance himself from the others already) and then gets to Cairhien. Not to mwntion him runnjng away in book tgree. The pattern can figure out a way to set him on the same path, or a similar one.
11:32 - 11:59 I have literally never been sold on the setting/world of a story quicker than learning this piece of lore. I had The Wheel of Time pushed way back because of some things I heard that made me hesitant to pick up the series, but man this changes everything. That sounds like an absolutely fascinating setting/world for a story to take place in, and I hope I'm not overestimating how important that detail is to the story.
The cloaked table shot looks like the Dark Friends Con, where everyone is supposed to be in disguise and as a first time reader you're left guessing wildly at who is who.
Looks like a WB show. That's really going to work for a lot of people which is great. It isn't really my thing, but that's fine. I've got the books so can reread those whenever I want.
I read the books to my kids when they were young and they have read them again themselves since then. No film adaptation will ever be the original literature. It's fine if people like the show. Ignorance is bliss after all ;)
Lanfear is very good looking and that actress definitely is too, but Lanfear uses Compulsion to make people believe they’re looking at the most gorgeous person they’ve ever seen.
I think I’m defense of the casting also, even with Selene he thought she was like 19 at first, then eventually she showed her true age and she looked more mature and even more beautiful in a grown womanly way to him.
@@Pannenkoekenplantje All the women in this show save Nynaeve and Egwene are menopausal. Ageless faced Aes Sedai they interpreted as Granny faced Aes Sedai.
@@charliebrett2432 Dude, I don't know if you've ever watched any movies or tv or anything, but older actresses pull off teen and young twenties look all the time. Maybe if they were looking for talented actors and actresses and not diversity quotas they could get it done. Psst: It's AGELESS - not "post-menopausal", and NOT "KID" either. And funny, the kids playing Nynaeve and Egwene seem to have zero trouble pulling off haughty imperiousness...
I agree that the emphasis of the horror elements was the most positive element of season one, and I do hope they play into that even more. Unfortunately I'm hearing even more weird story choices in just this short clip, hopefully just missing context
Im 50/50 goosebumps / vomit, argh! The fan boy in me is giving me bumps, while at the same time ejecting bile, haha. The cheese factor, beginning with Halsey, just sets a low bar tone, but then I see Lanfear & Rand, then Rand & Logain, and I'm immediately hooked, then some more objectified cheese. S2 is going to be another roller coaster of emotions, haha. P.S. Twats hating on O'keefe's beauty are stupid, they will not change actress until she's body swapped, she's gorgeous!
@@TheLizardKing752no confirmation, but it's likely it's just Natasha and they aren't playing that angle. I think the OP was referring to the later swap in the story, not this subterfgue.
Interesting, I have no idea who Halsey is, never heard of her. For me the song seems like a perfect fit and a good background for this. But it could be because I never experienced that music elsewhere - dunno.
@@TheLizardKing752 not at all, my comment in reference to Lanfear/O’keefe is a spoiler if you haven’t read the books. There is something that happens later in the novels which would definitely require new casting for character.
@@csarmii for the record I didn’t know the song, I just thought the tone and lyrics were cheesy and a little too on the nose. It’s a common failure of marketing groups butchering the actual finish product with terrible trailers composed of “popular” music sound beds and cut scenes. “I’m bigger than my body, stronger than my demons…” That song sounds too contemporary, too real world. I would have preferred nothing but an instrumental sound bed, but if you must have lyrics, then possibly a dirge reminiscent of Thom’s piece in S1, that is more reflective of the actual world setting.
14:42 Couldn't agree more. The WoT is supposed to feel big but they only say it but the show makes it feel small, the sets just feel too small. Hell the white tower feels cramped given how small the rooms look even though the CGI structure looks huge.
Isn't a power-wrought blade an actual sword forged using the one power to strengthen it, kinda like Cuendillar, eg. the original heron-marked blades? The flame sword Rand uses for a while is just a flame sword, not "power-wrought"
I definitely don't like the music choice, but I'm still excited for season 2. I'm going to disagree with you on the Lanfear thing. I think they're going to keep one actress and not change faces. I don't think there is any woman, alive, that can achieve the beauty that Lanfear is described as in the books. Nobody is that flawless. Sadly, I feel like we're not going to get Gaul. I think Rand being bald is him cutting his bright red hair off to try and hide that he's Aiel, like he hasn't fully accepted it, yet. I think the Amyrlin is going to be talking to Rand in Cairhein. That wasn't the white tower (there were a lot of rising sun motifs around that room). In the books, the Siuan visits Fal Dara to check on the situation, so I think they're going to change it to Cairhein (which puts Rand in place with Seline and Verin at the fete). I think they're just going to be extra and have the Amyrlin carry around a smaller version of her throne.
Gaul is apparently confirmed in some form for season 3. They presumably wanted to give Aviendah more to do when she shows up given she's supposed to be a main character rather than a supporting one.
I really want to see a trailer for one of the seasons set to the Aiel chanting, "Wash the spears!" You know sh**'s about to get real then. I agree with you about Lanfear. It's kinda like how they decided not to show the agelessness, because how would that actually work on screen? It would just look extremely weird. They don't have to make Lanfear the most beautiful woman in the universe to have her fill the role of Lews' crazy ex gf. I'd rather the show put emphasis on her ability to manipulate Rand through words and emotions, rather than a seductive appearance, which could feel really cliche in 2023. Berelain on the other hand...
@@TheLizardKing752 Berelain and Graendal both have to be outrageously seductive and flirty, it's one of their primary character attributes (and in Graendal's case, it's the fabric of her entire being).
@@chocopuddingcup83 See yeah I agree, that's kinda where my thoughts about Lanfear stem from. Lanfear is very multi-dimensional and is very beautiful and the actress they picked is very pretty, but with Berelain and Graendal, like, that's their whole shtick. So if they're gonna have someone so gorgeous that their sex appeal steals the scene, I'd rather it be Berelain because it fits with her personality and how she weaponizes her sex appeal. That being said I'm interested and a bit terrified of what they'll do with Hessalam.
While we’ve had our differences about the show (I don’t see the YA angle personally, especially given the sharper focus on Moiraine in the show generally), it warms my heart when you get a little giddy about cool WoT stuff like a power-wrought blade. Fans gonna fan lol. Also, the shot in the desert with the wheel, I think that’s in TAR, and I think it could be cool if they use weird camera movements to emphasize the unreality of it all. Hope you’re doing well!! (Also lol to those trollocs looking like a 90s video game cut scene)
@@nathanmorgan3647right, the flame sword is literally made by the power (like Rand used) whereas Lans normal sword is power wrought in that it can’t dull or break, but otherwise is just a sword
@@InTrancedState I’m super curious how the beat of a song can be YA, as YA is a book genre. This song has the same “vibe” Seven Devils had for GoT S2, IMO, and I didn’t hear people saying that was YA lol
I really love the damane muzzle concept. A lot of the torture inflected upon Damane is mental and that is much harder to show on screen than in print form. This adds a real visseral visual element to highlight the wrongness of it.
I understand where you're coming from, but I absolutely hate it for pretty much the same reason. The horror of the damane wasn't that they were prisoners, it's that they were broken to the point they were willing prisoners...and muzzling them implies that is not the case.
in books, rand reportedly called ishamael the dark one, while moirane continuously tells him it isnt the dark on, in the show, moirane continuously called ishamael the dark one lol. moirane is supposed to be the wise one right?
I'm assuming Rand shaves his head because he is going to Cairhien. It kind of brought up something weird to me. So light eyes/hair, and especially red hair are more prevalent in Aiel... but also in Andoran nobility? And when Rand goes to Cairhien in the books he pretends to be an Andoran noble (which he ironically is), but he is also like 6'6".... no one was suspicious?
Lore-wise & how the show treats the source material, Suan's "you're the water that turns the wheel" comment is a _deeply_ troubling red flag; the Power is what moves the Wheel, as ta'veren, around whom the Pattern turns, Rand is at most an axis. There's no retconning what went down in S01 and I'm head canoning it as a mirror word or future/past iteration to deal with it, but changing such a fundamental part of the story - not just "a detail" such as the timing of events and places - doesn't bode well for keeping the story (at least loosely) intact.
Rand talks to the amyrlin at the beginning of Book 2 - granted it is in Fal Dara, not the tower, but I also perceived that shot as being in Tel'aran'rhiod since it looks "dreamlike". I think since they can't have it at Fal Dara (Rand ran away...), then having Siuan catch him in a dream would be a pretty great way of doing it. That also sets up dreamwalking to the audience for when Egwene is trained in it later.
@@opiotain ?? The twisted stone ring and Egwene learning how to dreamwalk was a central park of Book 3, which is part of this season. And that was after Ishy had been manipulating them in it all through Book 1 and 2.
@@Aeroheadthe difference here is, egwene taking her first steps in the dreamworld by the end of book 3 to everyone hanging out there and rand and suain booking a meeting room for a chat. That being said, the tv show is a complete rewrite of the books so maybe you are correct and the dreamworld is somewhere everyone hangs about. As rands coat is the same meeting suain as it is when speaking to logain, I would guess their meeting happens in Tar'valon. They hardly brought logain and his bowl of soup to a different country.
@@opiotainor maybe they did drag poor Logain and his soup bowl, along with the Amylin Seat’s monstrosity of a throne over to a different country. You never know with a quality show like this.
Aside from the fact the actor shaved his head the day after they finished shooting season 1, I imagine part of it is Rand cut his hair short enough that people don't constantly notice his Aiel hair.
I'm excited about the second season. I enjoyed the first one, for all its faults. I've been a fan of the series since I was young, read it fairly constantly. I enjoy having a different take on the series to enjoy
"Thirst trap Rand" makes me think of Leane looking at him in TGH and saying "Where were you when I was sixteen?" I imagine they shaved his head because people kept looking at him and thinking "Aiel." The gags on the Damane are apparently based on devices used to keep slaves from talking. They definitely seem to be trying to illustrate how bad the Seanchan are. I'm sad that they don't have the accent. Rand tied to the wheel is probably a dream sequence
After watching the trailer, I'm definitely more optimistic about S2. Just visually it's a better look, IMO. I have some new theories about some of the scenes we've seen, such as Rand tied to the wheel. Hopefully as you say the writing is drastically improved and the storylines are brought more in line with the books. We'll see!
it wont be better. the sheer arrogance that Rafe has shown towards any criticism shows that he is not open to any view but his own warped self centered one. i expect more trash.
I agree and have the same hopes about the writing. I think Rafe has gone on record saying that season 2 will take a bit of a different path to the books, but incorporate parts of books 2 and 3 (as in both these books there is a similar final showdown with the same character) and then season 3 of the show will be a much closer interpretation of book 4 (The Shadow Rising)😊
Hopefully you've seen some interviews since this - S1 & S2 are a mashup to get an audience to the end of TDR, S3 should stick a lot closer to TSR whilst trying to fit the book into a single series. Bummed they didn't get the longer series from S2 onwards as those extra couple of episodes would have really helped give more freedom in the pacing.
The book kind of suggests the testing room isn't very large. It has a a table in it and room for 3 aes sedai to activate the ter'angreal, in no way would I expect this room to be bigger than they showed. The actual arch though doesn't really look anything like what they describe in the book so that is kind of odd. Also I think the very evil looking person playing evil person is Liandrin and she is walking towards Padan Fain's cart.
There's one scene of Mat slamming his spear down followed by an explosion. It's much too early for that, isn't it? Saying that, we have the Aiel, so...
I'm going to wait to see you review the season before I watch it. I was so hopeful last season and kept holding out up until ep 8. I'm done until I get some news that stuff makes sense and isn't just random.
I think that horror sequence with a woman rising from black ooze is Lanfear breaking from the dark one's prison and being kinda resurrected in horror movie style ...
Avienda is taking the Gaul role (freed from the cage) but also getting with Perrin. Faile is cut. All this chat about rand and suain in chairien.. did she bring logain along with his bowl of broth?? Hardly. Rand seems to, unbelievably, go to the tower!
The Wheel of Time was the second fantasy series I ever read after LOTR. I've read the series almost every year since the mid 90's. WOT is my happy place. I can't but feel that the makers of the show were kinda disrespectful to the source material. Choosing to make the Dragon a mystery was ultimately damaging to Rand's Character. Everyone I know who watched the show was disappointed that Rand was the dragon because he was boring. Instead of building interest in his character arc they decided to gamble on mystery and it didn't pay off.
The idea of Rand burning his hair accidentally and that being the reason why he’s bald is so fucking funny lmaoooo Also I too hoped for the show to maybe lean more into the adult and horror tone because the books get CREEPY sometimes okay and I love it. But hey, I’m along for the ride we shall see what they do!
Something i just noticed in screen-by-screen with Egwene in jungle show down with platinum Blonde damane...was that supposed to be Alivia "she will help you die!"
Surely around the table is 12 of the 13 Forsaken. Lanfear is probably the one not there, since she's busy with Rand. Ishamael isn't going to sit down as equals with mere dark friends, so I think they must be either Forsaken, or dark friends who will be used to give the Forsaken new bodies.
From the shot I imagined just a darkfriend meeting, maybe a black ajah meeting. But it would be cool if it was a Forsaken one, I don't think I've seen all of the together
Hopefully it’s not their interpretation of the Darkfriend Social in The Great Hunt prologue. That was supposed to be more of a party than a secret meeting.
I always feel like that name ‘Donal Finn’ fits right in to the Wheel of Time universe all on its own. Like there could be an extra character in the books with that name and no reader would bat an eyelid!
With Rand going out on his own at the end of season 1, I suspect they are jumping straight to the arc where Rand is on his own being attack constantly by dark friends. He shaves his head because his ginger hair stands out too much. I suspect the scenes of him talking to people in the trailer actually happen in the dream realm. Especially if Lanfear is going to be a major player this season.
No room for him, which is a problem when the books relied so much on a wide collection of people being drawn together around the three, but they've only got 10 episodes a season & they're going to be using at least one of those on Moiraine & her journey.
@@missmayamin He is a minor character, but then they're also adding characters & arcs that aren't in the books (eg the Warder ending himself & Lan getting all emotional). Question is, will they still have Bain & Chiad?
@michaelbarsana4671 compressed fair enough. But I think he serves an important service in Perrins adventures when he goes back to the two rivers. Also, I like Gaul, and series 1 built up zero goodwill with me that their changes will be any good
They based the Damane collar and ball-gag are apparently based on real collars and gags used in The North Atlantic Slave Trade My guess is the reason Joshua shaved his head was for another role he had between seasons. If they had brought up how much he looks like an Aiel more in S1 then you could easily justify it as a way to not be noticed as a possible Aiel. What in the Wheel of time doesn't have mass appeal? People would have said that about GoT before it aired and proved that line of thinking wrong.
Wigs exist, contractual obligations also exist around maintaining appearances if you are a regular on a show that takes a long time to make. They wouldn't have gone "oh, Joshua has shown up for work with no hair I guess Rand is bald now, lol, lets update the script and style guide"
@@mikeharman4257 He didn't spring it on them. When S1 finished shooting and everyone was celebrating Joshua shaved it then and there. Marcus (Perrin) pranked him by telling him they had more shooting. Marcus told this story on The Dusty Wheel.
I enjoyed season 1 when it was airing. I've since started a WoT re-read, and after watching season 1 again with more fresh memories of the books it was.... not great. They really needed to slow down the pace and not cut so many things out. The show would have benefited immensely from either having a few more episodes or covering less material. Season 2 only having 8 episodes again makes me really worried. I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst
“We’re gonna get into spoilers maybe through book 3 or 4” “oh yeah wheel of time is post apocalyptic earth” man I don’t remember finding that out yet and I’m on book 6 😂
ahaha it's never specifically addressed in the books, it's just lore from putting pieces together. You even see it in season 1, there is a scene with over grown skyscrapers.
It's never stated outright that it's our earth, however, even in book 1 there's evidence, like when Thom is talking about the giants Mosc and Merc (Moscow and America) and their lances of fire that could reach around the world (nukes), the wise counselor Annla (Anne Landers), and so on. Plus the symbol of greed Nynaeve sees in Tanchico is a Mercedes Benz logo.
Basically just using the title to lure in viewers. It's been the foundation of Disney of decades. Take a well know and loved story...make a movie or series with the same name and do what you want to it. As long as it makes money who really cares?
@@fatmanstanding okay that’s pretty cool. When I was reading I guess I didn’t pick up on it cuz I was like oh that’s just regular fantasy stuff whatever
Acknowledging that Daniel is right, that trailers lie, this is a pretty good trailer and is really amazing up the hype well. Season 1 made some choices that I didn't like, even knowing that they can't guarantee even 7 season (which would be half the length of the book series) as it is. But this really makes me hope that they've got more right than wrong this time.
The contemplative shot of Rand staring out in the distance is probably Rand get entranced by the giant Sa'angreal. Lanfear showing up makes it more likely as well.
I think they're going to cut out the loss of Moiraine entirely, the shielded/stilled state is so that she can stick around; likely to appease RP and her agent...
This trailer is very promising, surprised some have missed some key aspects (I’ve noticed, though only have read to Book 4): - Rand has a revamped version of Book 2 plot (on the run, w/Selene, fight at Falme, meets Amyrlin at Cairhein instead of Fal Dara) - Perrin hunts for the Horn, discovers his powers - Egwene and Nynaeve go thru their Book 2 plots - Matt probably does Book 3 stuff There’s a lot of cool costuming and what not. All said, it seems like they’ve given characters more to do as they don’t have to set-up as much. I expect the episodes will be more character-centric, though still ensemble. BTW: I totally thought the Accepted test was in the basement of the Tower. 😂
