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To be fair, the books do mention that Moraine and Siuan Sanche where 'pillow friends'.
Certainly the producers want to be as woke as possible so there is no skipping over that, but I am ok with it in this case, as its part of the 'canon' so to speak. The last two episodes where quality IMO, and the show is heading in a good direction overall. One thing that I keep thinking is that the chick playing Moraine has to have a botox content of about 90 percent in her face, she is so stone faced at all times. I mean I get that's part of the character but seriously, not a wrinkle, not a line, not any emotion of 'realness' to her face. That shit is creepy and certainly not natural~ |
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The recent episode was a whole lot of meh...I'm not liking the acting/casting and other than the sick one...they are all forgettable. The leading is woman decent...
The director could have used the time allotted to the lesbo scene for developing the history of the stolen dagger. That whole possession scenario was resolved in like 4 minutes...and seemed soap opera level. Magic woman is here...you're all good now...carry on. Not having high hopes as the characters/dialogue arent strong...this will end up being a "if I'm bored" series. Dinklage had some great dialogue moments in GOT...I'm not seeing that happening here. It just feels unconnected...and staged. The whole "Reds vs. Blues"...yeah, once again soap opera-level drama. Last edited by BlackOp; 12-12-2021 at 03:50 AM.. |
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12-14-2021, 10:19 AM | #79 |
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R/whitecloaks has been a great spot for me to find some catharsis on just how badly they are screwing up RJ's master work.
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What's up with the make-up on that thing that's joined them in the city...the troll/giant? I cant take it serious...it's distracting in it's terribleness. |
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12-17-2021, 10:45 AM | #83 |
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They are really speeding up the timetable on some of these plotlines. Min is also older than expected.
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In general, I thought this was a great episode. Just like the books, season 1/book 1 is almost all about exposition, and I'm excited for next season to really start picking up the plot pace. |
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I absolutely HATE what they've done with Matt and Perrin. Rand may finally be rounding into shape. I just finished listening to book 1, and they cut/changed so many things in season 1 while adding a tin of fluff that didn't add a thing to the story. We'll see how they finish. Not a fan of them dumping the rest of the group on the way to the Eye of the World. |
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12-20-2021, 05:46 AM | #86 | |
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Not tall enough, or big enough really though. Lan is more Dolph Lundgren in build/size by what I got out of the books. |
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12-24-2021, 09:31 AM | #90 |
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I had to go look up a summary to remind myself how book one ended. It's clear the small number of episodes they have to work with is going to seriously dilute the content. I think Rafe deserves being kicked in the nuts for this show. There are glimpses of greatness but it's just not coming together well in my opinion. Too many things a non book reader would have no clue about as the show doesn't have the time to fully explain anything. For example, I laughed at Rand along Loial from explaining things worse than falling in the ways, but because the show have no indication of Loial's habit of rambling a non book reader would just ignore that. There are way too many things like that so far.
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