*POSSIBLE SPOILERS* The Wheel of Time

I think they oriented more on the later books than on the first one. Re-reading the books I notice how much he changes from the always stone-faced stereotype to a more complex character. The scenes with him in TDR (Book 3) make him show a lot more emotions than in EotW. Especially privately when only him and Moiraine are there.

I do agree with you in some scenes, for example in the campfire scene in Ep4. He was a tiny bit too relaxed there. I still think the actor does a great job in most of the scenes.

This. So much.

Same. My initial reaction was "this is just unnecessary". A man shouldn't need an explanation why he is a cautious type.
I do get _why_ they did it, but I am not fully on board with it.

However: I think there might be more to Laila than just the old "fridge" trope.
If there is then this might become a decent change after all. But we probably have to wait until a later episode or even a later season for that.

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So far we only have Perrin's dream of Ba'alzamon, and in it her words and what the wolf does. I don't understand yet what we see there.
Why does the wolf eat her guts? Why does she say "I know"?

...and was she a Darkfriend? She had her hammer raised behind her back to strike, in a room in which only her husband was, kneeling with his back toward her, killing a Trolloc. Did she try to kill him, and his instinct and/or ta'veren nature saved him?

Edit: btw. in case y'all don't remember (I admit that I didn't): Laila is actually mentioned in the books. Perrin meets her when they fight near Emondsfield, and briefly mentions that he would probably have married her if they had stayed.

 

There is a LOT in that show that is only shown or said briefly and easily missed. I really like that, it reminds me of the books.

 

I watched the last episode last night.

Not perfect but I give it a 7.5/10

 

Yep, in the books there were only three.
Although I always found that a bit weird. The way the pattern treats Nynaeve and Egwene I'd swear they are Ta'veren too.

Either way, it doesn't matter much for the story, it just helps the show to be a bit less obvious about the Dragon.

 

A tad late to the party

I and the wife have been watching through the first season last week after putting the kids to bed.

We are both quite disappointed, in my opinion, this is nothing more than an attempt to "cash grab" by Amazon (I.e. get more subscribers due to having this title in their library).

I was hoping for something with quality like GoT had for the initial seasons, but instead, the entire season is lightly based on the books and keeps jumping back/forth instead of following them more linearly. I also do not understand the need to litter the episodes with woke.

At least they had the decency to put "based on the books" at the start of each episode.

I guess I am turning into one of those "grumpy old guys" even though I'm not that old. I most probably just had too high expectations and expected whoever made the series to actually give a damn about the actual story.

 

Yea, it's my personal favorite as well. Read the first books back in 95, and have no idea how many times I've read them since. It's the only book series that I actually reread every two-three years.

 

My favorite part is when Mat is recovering from the disease/curse from Shadar Logoth in Tor Valon, more specifically the part when he defeats Galad and Gawyn with the quarterstaff.

 

So again I am the odd one who actually mostly likes the adaption?

That's fine I guess, I totally see how the show isn't for everyone.

Anyway, I have been stalling with my re-read/listen but I hope that my wife and I can soon continue.

That's a great scene.

One of my favourites is the cleansing.

And of course "will he ride alone" and the funny scene right before it.

 

Lan has a lot of badass scenes. That's certainly one of them.

But the more I think about it the more I get to the conclusion that most of the really badass stuff (especially those involving gateways and ither stuff in battle, like the Dragons+Gateway artillery) are probably Sanderson's work. Jordan was a bit more clumsy in that regard.

Another character I love for his badass scenes is Talmanes. He is only a side character but man, he kicks ass!