126 Reply by Phanlix (edited by Phanlix 2026-05-07 20:09:57)

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jim1961 wrote:

Are The New Wheel of Time TV Show Announcements Real, or Just Hype?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuNjWXlkjo


What I took from this video is that things have indeed been announced and there's already concept art being put out there.

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+1

some books to video give me hope
like lockwood & co or the martian.

but shannara and wheel of time had me wanting to commit genocide on writers.

if they even follow HALF of the story in wheel of time it will be EPIC on a scale not seen
in any format yet produced.
(shannara was a good story with well written parts but over all half baked)

and i say half , because they could clean up some of the story
when they do it.and that would still be more then ten seasons
as most of the books would need 2 seasons each as they are written.

not because i think the story could be better, but it could be cleaner.

The shannara books were kinda bad imo. The show mirrored the books, in that the first one was pretty good, but the narrative imo fell apart pretty quickly. Same with True Blood. Great first 3 seasons and books but man the back half sucked.

It's definitely hit or miss though when it comes to book series adapted to TV. Right now 2 good ones are Foundation and Murderbot. Murderbot may be the only example of a TV show that's actually better than the source material.

Wheel of Time remains one of the most popular fantasy series of all time. It has a built in audience in the 10s of millions. I have to believe they realized that deviating as far as they did from the source material was why it failed. We will see though...

My hope is Brandon Sanderson will have more creative input during this.

And again, Amazon paid a quarter of a billion dollars just in acquiring the rights for the books. There's no WAY they let it go without a real attempt.

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If it happens, I hope they pay more attention to the characters' appearance. One of the big gripes for those of us who know is Rand's hair. The books note that it curls where it touches his neck. It is also NOT bright red. It's brown with red tones, much like a blood bay horse. Yet the artwork on the article has him bright red again.
Also, the Two Rivers area is somewhat isolated, meaning the people are pretty homogenous - hence Rand's notable appearance. It's only when they start to travel that they encounter people who look different from themselves. What I mean is, it would be OK for the Two Rivers folk to be generally white or -ish because of their isolation.
And at 16 years old (IIRC), no one has a spouse and kid because of the morals of Two Rivers' society, so stop with Rand and Egwene having sex and Perrin a widower. And Mat is cute and charming - not a scruffy sad-sack.

Now you've got me started on this again.

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If it happens, I hope they pay more attention to the characters' appearance. One of the big gripes for those of us who know is Rand's hair. The books note that it curls where it touches his neck. It is also NOT bright red. It's brown with red tones, much like a blood bay horse. Yet the artwork on the article has him bright red again.
Also, the Two Rivers area is somewhat isolated, meaning the people are pretty homogenous - hence Rand's notable appearance. It's only when they start to travel that they encounter people who look different from themselves. What I mean is, it would be OK for the Two Rivers folk to be generally white or -ish because of their isolation.
And at 16 years old (IIRC), no one has a spouse and kid because of the morals of Two Rivers' society, so stop with Rand and Egwene having sex and Perrin a widower. And Mat is cute and charming - not a scruffy sad-sack.

Now you've got me started on this again.


Huh, you're right, I don't know why I always thought his hair was more distinctly red than brownish red. I always thought it was amusing that the red headed light skinned people the Aiel were described to be were primarily in the desert of all places. Rand was also 6'6 in the books and considerably taller than most people.

I'll be happy if they don't cut out massive parts of the books and change what's left in ways that hugely impact the lore. Also... no pacifiers in the damanes this time please.

129 Reply by inkblot (edited by inkblot 2026-05-08 00:15:18)

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I read the books so long ago that I did not remember them. I enjoyed the series quite a bit. Guess I had nothing to bitch about smile

Used to read a book a day 5 days a week. You would be surprised what you forget.

I would never willingly watch a series I had read the books on. You are just setting yourself up for disaster. Just because it is a good book, does not mean it will be a good series or movie.

I did that once. With The Hobbit, when the cartoon came out I hated it. The voice was wrong for Bilbo and the way they drew him was way off what I had pictured. After that fiasco, never again.

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it is always just hype until there is a release date.
AI can significantly reduce costs and up production value.
and it is the future of animation and  FX for mid budget and lower projects.

do i hope there is a good production released?  yes.
will i think it is never going to happen?

lets just say i never gave up on duke nuke em 2 and that paid off....

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lets just say i never gave up on duke nuke em 2 and that paid off....

Careful, you are showing your age. smile