I actually agree with both of you on this. There are some big changes but also a lot of what I looked forward to watching was there. Many of the big scenes of the books were the big scenes of the show. Since I'm an Arya fan - her going to braavos and what it meant for example.Jestin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:21 amI'm not really looking to get into a drawn out debate. But all of your examples are like in seasons 4+? And are relatively minor compared to what has already happened in the first six episodes in the first season of WoT.
I mean the first few seasons of GoT had a ton of dialogue that was like literally lifted from the books.
But I'm comfortable with you not agreeing with me
In contrast so far the big scenes of wheel of time have not been the big scenes of the books - logains gentling, stepinn funeral, the reveal of that darkfriend in epsiode 2, Perrin killing his wife, honestly these are not things I think of. Mat fighting the warders, Thom bonding with mat/rand, lan teaching rand how to hold a sword, emonds field being a looovely wholesome place etc..none of this is really there in the show.
Also agree with halfhand that while having a hook is fine, rand so far has not got enough screentime to make this look anything but gimmicky.
It's more like a wheel of time fanfic than anything, though ultimately that's what all adaptations are.