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Like Perrin killing his own wife? I’m glad they shortened that whole story. “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken | |||
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| Awaits his CUT of choice |
That choice seems odd to me but I am not too upset. My thought is that the writers are trying to show that Perrin has an uncontrollable side. Maybe related to his wolf connection. His arc will seem to include learning to control these impulses and dealing with the guilt that come from losing control.
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His Royal Hiney |
Finished the second season last week. I enjoyed the first season. Was just plodding through the first episodes of the second season. There are many scenes which could be described as empty time fillers and some add ons that didn’t make much sense. For example, like how it’s revealed in the last episode that the nephew is also a dark friend apparently. And none of this was foreshadowed by how , up to the point this was revealed, he’d been fawning over his aunt all along. But I did like how the individual members finally got back together in the last episode. Overall, I enjoyed the series. I don’t think I can slog through ten volumes of book reading. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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I agree about the volume of books. But you might find that reading the first book can be illuminating. As they say, "The book is always better". I have three copies of the first book as my hard copy got loaned out and then finally returned yrs. later after I replaced it w/ a second copy. Then The ebook was available for around $2.99... | |||
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Res ipsa loquitur |
The series could be drastically tightened without a rewrite/adaptation that has turned the series into nothing more than a poor fan fiction storyline. For example, Perrin and his personal arc could be eliminated or reduced to a minor character. The Seanchan add absolutely nothing with getting to the Last Battle. At the very most, they could disappear after the The Horn of Valere was blown and the subsequent battle. The Sea Folk are also not necessary IMO. Cutting out these arcs or limiting them would really move the story along without really changing the storyline- but not what they are doing. This is as bad as The Foundation. __________________________ | |||
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| His Royal Hiney |
*** Old Thread Resurrection *** The last episode of season 2 was two years ago. I thought it ended quite in the style of any sword and sorcery story. But now season three is starting??? "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not |
This season is awesome. Cant say enough about the writing, acting and the cgi. all top notch!!! | |||
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| His Royal Hiney |
I'm trying to figure out the story. Before, there seemed to be a single story at the beginning then they all split apart for their own storyline threads before coming back together. This time, everyone starts off on their own separate thread. I don't know where it's going. Who's suppose to be the singular bad force and, now that we've confirmed who is the Dragon Reborn, why are each character on a separate storyline again? "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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I was looking forward to another season, but now that it's here, I can't seem to get into it. Dunno why, perhaps my tastes have changed. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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There are so many things to do that the characters must go their separate ways to accomplish them. The separate story lines also allow the characters to grow into their roles later in the story. You have to remember that The Wheel of Time is a 14 book series. Some of those books were 1K pages or more. The story is epic and sprawling. Quite a bit has already been trimmed from the story to try to tell a coherent tale in 8 episode seasons.
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| I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not |
I always thought that following all of the differnt characters was genius. Never bothered me one bit. If I had a complaint reading the books it may have been not being sure that I was pronouncing all the different terms correctly in my head!!! | |||
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| His Royal Hiney |
That wasn't in my mind; I don't think I realized it's book based which is why I thought the first season was it. This last episode (8?) was better for me with a lot of action happening. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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