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Posted: 4/20/2017 10:18:52 PM EDT

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/04/20/wheel-of-time-tv-series-sets-showrunner-production-studio

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:22:11 PM EDT

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Eh not enough source material, they should make a two hour film instead.

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:32:26 PM EDT

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Think it'll be as good as MTV's take on The Shannara Chronicles?

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:34:52 PM EDT

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If they condense the middle four or five books into one episode, it may be good. I love the series, but there is only so much braid tugging, and Perrin hating his axe I can take.

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:47:18 PM EDT

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I was a huge Robert Jordan fan and read the series until he died. I'd love to see a tv series about the books. I'd finally find out how it ends...lol.

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:51:02 PM EDT

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As you may or may not know, Brandon Sanderson finished the series and did a damned fine job IMO. Sanderson's Mistborn and Stormlight series are excellent reads.

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:53:21 PM EDT

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So hours upon hours of adolescent minded opposite gender hating and Tar Valon.

Meh, I'd watch.

Posted: 4/20/2017 10:53:33 PM EDT

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A visual of magical weaves would probably look stupid on film. And no weaves would make it hard to appreciate what's going on.

Posted: 4/20/2017 11:04:03 PM EDT

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Peter Stormare should be Padin Fain.

Posted: 4/20/2017 11:04:53 PM EDT

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They'll ruin it.

Posted: 4/20/2017 11:15:22 PM EDT

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plus its a story that's been told fucktons of times, just with braid pulling and some weird femdom shit going on.

Posted: 4/20/2017 11:22:46 PM EDT

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A visual of magical weaves would probably look stupid on film. And no weaves would make it hard to appreciate what's going on.

plus its a story that's been told fucktons of times, just with braid pulling and some weird femdom shit going on.

Weirder than this?

Posted: 4/20/2017 11:55:57 PM EDT

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great casting call.

Posted: 4/20/2017 11:58:38 PM EDT

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Whoever did Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series did a horrible job. Shannara Chronicles has been much better so far with, of course, Game of Thrones blowing them all out of the water (even if they don't follow the books). So there is hope that this will be good.

Agreed that Brandon Sanderson did an excellent job completing the series.

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:01:07 AM EDT

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@Tommy101 as a consultant? Lol.

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:02:53 AM EDT

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Whoever did Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series did a horrible job. Shannara Chronicles has been much better so far with, of course, Game of Thrones blowing them all out of the water (even if they don't follow the books). So there is hope that this will be good.

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The Shannara Chronicles are an angsty teenage dumpster fire.

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:09:35 AM EDT

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"You should never kiss a girl who's brothers have knife scars"

Matrim Cauthon

Band of the Red Hand

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:15:10 AM EDT

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Warn me so I can skip the season where all they do is travel from tavern to tavern entertaining.

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:15:32 AM EDT

[#18]

The Wheel of Time: Color of Trust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31afeiVj6aM

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:39:22 AM EDT

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I liked that show.

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:41:34 AM EDT

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If they condense the middle four or five books into one episode, it may be good. I love the series, but there is only so much braid tugging, and Perrin hating his axe I can take.

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Posted: 4/21/2017 12:50:17 AM EDT

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I liked that show.

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Weirder than this?

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I liked that show.

The books are good, as well, IMO.

Posted: 4/21/2017 12:51:53 AM EDT

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Soooo... I'll see three episodes and not want anything else to do with it?

Posted: 4/21/2017 8:54:43 AM EDT

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What if Nynaeve is hot?

Posted: 4/21/2017 9:16:28 AM EDT

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Highly mediocre source material, no character development.

Yawn.

Pass.

Posted: 4/21/2017 9:23:21 AM EDT

[#25]

Lets roll the dice.

Posted: 4/21/2017 9:38:31 AM EDT

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A visual of magical weaves would probably look stupid on film. And no weaves would make it hard to appreciate what's going on.

plus its a story that's been told fucktons of times, just with braid pulling and some weird femdom shit going on.

Weirder than this?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b5/f8/49/b5f8491053da644ab45a74fe8bb956a0.jpg

yes at least goodkinds stupid whore harem were just assassins.

and at least WOT didn't have the main character always be the best at what ever problem came up, it was like the character needed to be a mid wife well he just so happened to be a magical midwife and could deliver babies in space.

both series started out good with decent first books then ended up retarded when the authors couldn't figure out how to wrap up all the plots and filler they milked out of the series.

i have a feeling G.R.R at least has a pretty much complete outline of how his story is going to go.

Posted: 4/21/2017 9:43:06 AM EDT

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I tried reading it, just never really enjoyed the series much. It's been so long since I tried I can't really remember why.

Posted: 4/21/2017 9:46:04 AM EDT

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The books were like a million pages each, one series is barely going to cover an entire chapter

Posted: 4/21/2017 10:57:31 AM EDT

[#29]

"Asha'man! KILL!"

Posted: 4/21/2017 11:20:37 AM EDT

[#30]

I'd pick Morena Baccarin as Moiraine Damodred.

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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:23:15 PM EDT

[#31]

They're going to make a show out of this?

Posted: 4/21/2017 2:34:44 PM EDT

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This x Eleventy-Billion.

Posted: 4/21/2017 2:42:08 PM EDT

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Exactly. I couldn't suffer through more than two episodes and I'm a big fan of the Shannara series.

Posted: 4/21/2017 2:43:00 PM EDT

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Dang beat me to it except I included the stupid link....
Anytime I hear "Wheel of "anything" I think of the Wheel of Fish....

UHF - Wheel Of Fish

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

Still I would give it a whirl.....

Posted: 4/21/2017 2:53:38 PM EDT

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She'd better be, the books described her as being quite attractive. Lanfear would be a casting nightmare though, she's basically the hottest woman to ever live by story canon.

I started out really disliking Nynaeve, but she really changed through the books, and by the end was pretty damn awesome.

Egwene went the other direction.

Posted: 4/21/2017 2:58:58 PM EDT

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You don't watch it for the plot.

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Posted: 4/21/2017 3:01:17 PM EDT

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I'd pick Morena Baccarin as Moiraine Damodred.

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Too tall. Moiraine is short, IIRC.

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:02:30 PM EDT

[#38]

Paul Giamatti would be a better padan fain

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:02:44 PM EDT

[#39]

I'm excited about this. I loved the series (but haven't finished it yet

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Posted: 4/21/2017 3:05:15 PM EDT

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Too tall. Moiraine is short, IIRC.

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Yes. Something like 5'1" or 5'2".

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:05:40 PM EDT

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sara underwood

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:06:24 PM EDT

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Too tall. Moiraine is short, IIRC.

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I know, but I can't think of an actress outside A-listers like Natalie Portman or Emma Watson that could pull off Moiraine's combination of delicate, feminine beauty and wisdom. The chick who played Amberle in Shannara has the look, but I don't buy her as wise. It is a hard combo to get in a modern actress.

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:07:33 PM EDT

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I was a huge Robert Jordan fan and read the series until he died. I'd love to see a tv series about the books. I'd finally find out how it ends...lol.

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Truth. I gave up around book 9 or 10.

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:07:52 PM EDT

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The hot blond? Not for Moiraine. She might make a decent Elaine Trankard.

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:09:23 PM EDT

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Dude. Brandon Sanderson saved the shit out of that series. I'd been reading it since the second book was first released in hardback, if that gives you any idea of the timeline and from about book 7 on it was nothing but dreck and ass-flavored ass. Just ass piled on top of ass, like a veritable Dragonmount of Ass where Lews Therin broke the worlds ass and thrust the mighty spire of ass skyward with a level of detail oriented suck not seen since.

Read the last three books. Sanderson made the series fun again.

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:09:45 PM EDT

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I was just thinking she could dye her hair... but she would be a pretty kick ass trankard

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:10:57 PM EDT

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Dude. Brandon Sanderson saved the shit out of that series. I'd been reading it since the second book was first released in hardback, if that gives you any idea of the timeline and from about book 7 on it was nothing but dreck and ass-flavored ass. Just ass piled on top of ass, like a veritable Dragonmount of Ass where Lews Therin broke the worlds ass and thrust the mighty spire of ass skyward with a level of detail oriented suck not seen since.

Read the last three books. Sanderson made the series fun again.

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It felt rushed to me. It felt like Jordan wanted at least 2-3 more books out of the series.

Edit: FUCK YOU DEATH.

Posted: 4/21/2017 3:12:22 PM EDT

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As you may or may not know, Brandon Sanderson finished the series and did a damned fine job IMO. Sanderson's Mistborn and Stormlight series are excellent reads.

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I was a huge Robert Jordan fan and read the series until he died. I'd love to see a tv series about the books. I'd finally find out how it ends...lo

As you may or may not know, Brandon Sanderson finished the series and did a damned fine job IMO. Sanderson's Mistborn and Stormlight series are excellent reads.

So true!