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jammies · 12-24-2021, 06:15 PM

I binge watched all the episodes over the last 2 days. It was ok, but as photon says, lazy writing. Characters also seem to be mutated from the books for no positive reason, I realize there are far too many characters in the books (even before thinking about how to make a coherent narrative in a different medium, there's 2500+ named characters in the books which is ridiculously excessive) so it makes sense to combine 3 or 4 minor characters into one that can similarly advance the narrative, like is done with "Child Valda", but some of the main characters, which shouldn't need much tweaking, are almost unrecognizable - Lan and Mat, for example - while others differ in less, but still perplexing* ways.

Lan especially is bad, without spoilering it, let's just say the only connection to his character in the books is his name and some of his backstory, as his personality and motivations have been entirely reworked - and not for the better.

Lastly, Egwene's and Nynaeve's use of the One Power is far too overpowering already considering there's supposed to be seven more seasons incoming. What are the Aes Sedai supposed to teach them when they can already heal death and destroy armies?

*"Perpetually Perplexed Perrin" is just terrible, the actor is a master at looking confused and not much else.

12-24-2021, 06:15 PM	#88
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	I binge watched all the episodes over the last 2 days. It was ok, but as photon says, lazy writing. Characters also seem to be mutated from the books for no positive reason, I realize there are far too many characters in the books (even before thinking about how to make a coherent narrative in a different medium, there's 2500+ named characters in the books which is ridiculously excessive) so it makes sense to combine 3 or 4 minor characters into one that can similarly advance the narrative, like is done with "Child Valda", but some of the main characters, which shouldn't need much tweaking, are almost unrecognizable - Lan and Mat, for example - while others differ in less, but still perplexing* ways. Lan especially is bad, without spoilering it, let's just say the only connection to his character in the books is his name and some of his backstory, as his personality and motivations have been entirely reworked - and not for the better. Lastly, Egwene's and Nynaeve's use of the One Power is far too overpowering already considering there's supposed to be seven more seasons incoming. What are the Aes Sedai supposed to teach them when they can already heal death and destroy armies? *"Perpetually Perplexed Perrin" is just terrible, the actor is a master at looking confused and not much else. __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.