I keep betting notifications and emails from them about the show. I know it is something else I need to let go, but it still annoys me how someone can butcher source material like that. I guess since I bought all the books from Amazon they assumed I'd be interested in the show, and if this was early 2000s or prior then yes I would be interested in an adaptation of a book series I enjoyed. If there was ever a nerd court I would put that showrunner on trial. He actually said we want to bring out lgbt content where it is only hinted at as well as the fact that he is a feminist. I would've countered with if the author didn't have much gay stuff in the books maybe it wasn't a priority for him.
I remember I used to get on the WOT subreddit when I was reading the books and had good discussions, then the cast photos came out and I was hoping people would call it out for the obvious "modern day casting", but they didn't and the ones who did say they looked nothing like the book described got the usual attacks.
My parents started watching it and they stopped. My dad will say a show "went gay on him" and stops watching. I used to think he was going overboard but I have pretty much reached that point with anything after 2014 especially with black/female/lgbt stuff since they just keep going on and on about it. I need a trusted recommendation or the one person I'll give a pass to is Denzel since he is one of my all time favorite actors.
Anyway, I really hope Wheel of Time gets cancelled. I would also love to see people refuse to sell the rights of a book/book series to these mega corporations. I fear that what they did to WOT is only child's play compared to what Netflix will do to the Narnia series. Thank goodness they lost the rights to Conan.
My mom has read a ton of fantasy books over the years, and WoT is one of her favorites. My cousin (and mom's sort-of-daughter (complicated)) was diagnosed with various runs-in-the-family cancer and my mom sent her entire WoT collection to her to give her a world to escape to while dealing with the side effects of her chemo. They both love this series.
Queue the abomination that is the Amazon show and they were so happy to see it getting a TV adaptation. I don't remember overhearing any of their conversations about S1, but now that S2 is out they mentioned it again.
Just this morning mom asked to borrow my LotR movie set because her streaming subs don't have the first movie, but do have 2 & 3, for some reason. The topic turned to WoT, and she ranted to me a bit about how upset the show has been making her (and the cousin) because of what a far departure from the books it's been. She will NEVER badmouth the woke casting choices, but the story changes made her as mad as I've ever seen her with a TV show.
They are both sickeningly left wing, but it gives me some small measure of hope that they're both able to recognize what a skinsuit these IPs have become.
I’ve been called a book purist before. I get that you can’t adapt a book exactly but you need to put the author’s vision on the screen. Changing the races because you feel there isn’t enough diversity is definitely in the “injecting your own garbage” category as well as playing up gay characters and downplaying male characters so female characters can shine even brighter.
Peter Jackson said his goal was to bring Tolkien’s vision to the screen. That’s how WOT should’ve been approached
Realistically "fandoms" need to gatekeep more. And I would love if there were some method for a fandom to rescind usage of certain terms.
e.g. the "Star Trek" made by JJ Abrams is not actual Star Trek. The actual fans who kept the series alive for 40 years should have more than zero capability to stop a vandal like Abrams from shitting over the idea/property they sustained.
It's not asking a lot for basic commitments to authentically representing the original creator's vision.
Agree. Same with Star Wars, comic books, LOTR, etc