12-10-2021, 12:07 PM
I loved it. I'll go into more detail later when I can write more, but namely I really like the refreshing take of having it be more Moiraine's POV episode. We never got that kind of thing especially in book 1.
Re, Rand. I don't know, it doesn't bother me even though he's my favorite character. We have a long way to go with Rand and looking back in book 1, he wasn't an active protagonist anyway. He was only reactive and defensive. That doesn't translate well imo to screen. So while we miss the Rand scenes, there's not much for him *to do* except talk about Egwene. Yes they've expanded that concept for the show, but it comes at the off-set of getting more scenes from people like Siuan.
HOLY COW I loved Siuan. I always thought she was like kinda boring in the book (sorry!) but I am sure that's because we don't know her as a character, just the almighty Amyrlin (who then gets deposed anyway), so any agency she had was undermined later. This Siuan was so awesome. The cold open really showed off her character, which the show runners are doing great at explaining.
Overall pacing is a little clunky now and then, but I think that it is entirely forgivable. Second, we know there were difficulties with producing the season due to the pandemic. It's only season 1: the Sopranos, GoT, SATC, Mandalorian, MCU's Loki were great series had the same thing with season 1 with its up's and down's too. They may be experts and Rafe a superfan, but everyone has to find their way and that takes time and experience. It just doesn't seem that bad to me. I trust that by the end of season 8 (fingers crossed), it'll all make sense and the hindsight will be 20/20.
For now, I love that we get to see so much more than we would otherwise from book 1. I even had a dream last night that I was going to fly to Greece and was getting on the plane only to realize that I didn't have my copy of EotW and I freaked out and refused to get on the plane until I went to the airport bookstore and bought it. So clearly I am a little deranged and been thinking about this way too much. But after watching it last night, I was all smiles... episode 7 (which I think Sanderson said was his favorite) and 8 are going to be epic. (plus its always possible they could be longer than an hour...)
Re, Rand. I don't know, it doesn't bother me even though he's my favorite character. We have a long way to go with Rand and looking back in book 1, he wasn't an active protagonist anyway. He was only reactive and defensive. That doesn't translate well imo to screen. So while we miss the Rand scenes, there's not much for him *to do* except talk about Egwene. Yes they've expanded that concept for the show, but it comes at the off-set of getting more scenes from people like Siuan.
HOLY COW I loved Siuan. I always thought she was like kinda boring in the book (sorry!) but I am sure that's because we don't know her as a character, just the almighty Amyrlin (who then gets deposed anyway), so any agency she had was undermined later. This Siuan was so awesome. The cold open really showed off her character, which the show runners are doing great at explaining.
Overall pacing is a little clunky now and then, but I think that it is entirely forgivable. Second, we know there were difficulties with producing the season due to the pandemic. It's only season 1: the Sopranos, GoT, SATC, Mandalorian, MCU's Loki were great series had the same thing with season 1 with its up's and down's too. They may be experts and Rafe a superfan, but everyone has to find their way and that takes time and experience. It just doesn't seem that bad to me. I trust that by the end of season 8 (fingers crossed), it'll all make sense and the hindsight will be 20/20.
For now, I love that we get to see so much more than we would otherwise from book 1. I even had a dream last night that I was going to fly to Greece and was getting on the plane only to realize that I didn't have my copy of EotW and I freaked out and refused to get on the plane until I went to the airport bookstore and bought it. So clearly I am a little deranged and been thinking about this way too much. But after watching it last night, I was all smiles... episode 7 (which I think Sanderson said was his favorite) and 8 are going to be epic. (plus its always possible they could be longer than an hour...)