Wow it was a pleasure watching your reaction because you are reviewing it as an adaptation and a separate media, your book references are constructive and to guess where are they going with it, rather than focusing on book accuracy as a tool to measure the quality of the show like many others
Glad you like my approach! I hope those who have a harder time accepting the changes can find a way to step back and consider all the reasons they may have been made. It's so easy to assume laziness or bad faith, but the creative team is full of people with what I think is obvious love for the books and *deep* knowledge of the story and lore. People like that make changes for good reasons.
@@reverseBLT- Completely agree! I mean, there is FORTEEN BOOKS worth of material to adapt... but the show will get 6, maybe 8 seasons to work with at most! So they have no choice but to change up people's storylines, combine characters, or cut people from the show all together! They HAVE to make changes to make everything fit in such a small amount of time. Doesn't help that each season is only 8 episodes too! 🙄 So they are doing the best they can. I really believe that. And I think doing well! People who haven't read the books are LOVING the show as well. Which helps with views & will save the show from being canceled. So I wish people would just chill out.
@@KabbalahSherryI'm glad they appear to have gotten longer runtimes, at least, which they seem to be making very good use of. Too bad Amazon wouldn't give them 10 episodes a season, though.
I'm watching two and three today. Got delayed fighting issues with this one, so I can't comment much, but I thought they made smart choices in this episode, as least. Looking forward to how they remix Selene and the arches.
"Everyone has a reason." One of the signs of good writing. I am very glad Mat is back. I remember that scene you talk about from the books, with someone cutting Nynaeve off from the Source. (I didn't read the books much past that, for a variety or reasons, but that was a strong scene and it's stuck with me over the past two decades.)
Such a huge moment. I think one reason it stuck with me so strongly is it made it very clear that raw power wasn't going to guarantee victory for anyone in this story. Skill and strategy would be just as important. And also super glad Mat is back. I can't wait to see how they handle his storyline.
Love your video and positivity. I read the books because I loved the show, and now that I read the books, I still love the show. And I shouldn't say still - in my view, the show kept the essence of the characters and the main beats so far, and I can't understand why some readers would want a word-for-word adaptation. Honestly, it wouldn't be as good as they think. This show is fantastic; thank you for not click-baiting just by nagging about the show's decisions and differences from the books.
Thanks for the compliments. I try my best to make sure you guys see my honest reactions to things, good and bad. Early in the first season, I had quite a few critical things to say, and eased off as the show found its footing a bit better. If I notice a change that I can't understand, I'll point it out, and if I see one I think is awful, I'll call them out on it, at least as much as I can without spoilers. So far, there haven't been any changes I can't see reasons for and potential in. I think that's the biggest reason I'm not a bookcloak. If I weren't a writer (albeit an extremely slow one) who's thought a lot about how I would approach adapting things, if I ever got such an opportunity, the changes would probably scare me a lot more than they do. I just hope they manage to stick the landing.
If I recall the wolves communicate with pictures and visuals. Perhaps Perrin doesn't understand the wolves are communicating with him when he sees the visions of the past.
I think you're right, though I think they *might* also be merging a bit of the Sniffer talent into it. I can't remember what all the differences were, to say for sure.
I wonder how many people weren't old enough to get it. 😅 And yeah, I figured the robe was such a hit in book club, I'd bust it out for the reactions! 😁
I wish I could call them fixed. More like the underlying services finally became available. It's caused problems before, but never for more than a couple of hours. I'm hoping it won't be this bad again.
Woah. You are writing stuff? Yay I love that. I'm currently 80k words into my first novel. It's such a cool experience. Hard bit rewarding. It does give you a new perspective into how stories are done and written and adapted etc.... Good for you man.
You are so kind and positive! As a fellow book reader (but only two times through the series) I keep feeling like I'm insane for liking this show (probably am 😅). Thanks for the reaction!
Thanks for saying so. I wish I were kind and positive all the time, but I have my dark moments, too. You're not even close to insane for liking this show. It's pretty good, though the first season had its fair share of jank. If they can consistently deliver on the best they've shown they're capable of, it's going to end up being one of the best adaptations out there. I look forward to riding to Tarmon Gai'don with you!
Loved the books. They left me with a hunger for more. The show is now satisfying that hunger. I have given up comparing the TV Show to the books. That allows me to just take it in. I for one like the changes. I know what the book said. I don't need it repeated.
Great reaction, I was waiting to see and hear your thoughts on it. I really enjoyed this episode and I from what we have seen so far of the new Mat I think he's a really good choice as the replacement. I think the episode did great at setting the tone and catching up to where everyone is at to start the season. I agree the show seems to have much better production so far everything seems to be improved production wise not that it was ever bad before. I find it interesting how certain side characters from the books maybe seem to have been combined together is some ways. One of the big issues I thought going into a series was there were just too many characters for a tv show to handle. About the warder bond if I remember right, which I might not, it doesn't effect strength or speed but does help with stamina, endurance, and quicker healing to a small degree. Which in a way I suppose could help a bit with strength and being willing to push the body further past natural limits when fighting. After all of one the limits we place on ourselves as humans is holding back so that we are not pushing too far that we hurt ourselves. If you know your body can withstand more than it should normally be able to one can push themselves further. Just how I kind of see how the bond might help make someone fight harder than they would otherwise. I might be wrong though about the bond its been a long time since my online wotmaina days theorizing and digging into details of things.
It's always fun seeing how things get remixed. I think we've collectively decided Verin has had Vandene merged into her character. I'm too fuzzy on the details of TGH to theorize much on how that will change how certain things play out, except to say a whole new depth of heartbreak is on the table now. Your thoughts about the Bond make sense. Humans are *insanely* strong and pretty damn fast, without our brains regulating our physical exertion. If one of the big things the Bond does is decrease the regulation, a Warder would be noticeably stronger and faster than other trained and well-conditioned fighters.
**Possible Spoilers for the WoT magic system** * * * By severed, I don't mean to imply she's been Stilled. I know that it's *possible* she has been, but I figured she was Shielded and the Weave was tied off, in the S1 finale. I'm thinking of it in devastating terms because that's how Mo is thinking of it. Come to think of it, they probably made sure we got the scene with Liandrin Shielding Nynaeve nice and early to make sure we would have that possibility in our heads.
@@anthonygillies3185You're fine. Your comment wasn't a spoiler at all. I only added a spoiler warning to my reply because explaining my thinking probably *was* a bit spoilery.
@@reverseBLT Possible Spoilers for characters Possible Spoilers for characters Possible Spoilers for characters I am actually sure they want to keep Moirane in focus hence she is having Siuan's stilling Storyline, and Nyneave will end up healing Moiranes 's stilling... which will then mean that Siuan will end up dead instead ...producers don't have time nor budget to run that storyline with another side character so they are giving it to Moirane, in production they need to merge characters and storyline to make it affordable ...
SPOILER ALERT: The Ways This just something what is bothering me : How does Padan Fain use the Ways in the series??? Moiraine uses the One Power to open the Waygates here. (Which is very inconvenient with the Machin Shin on the horizon.) But in the books the Ways were created for the Ogiers with a Waygate near every Ogier Stedding so that they could travel without being overcome by the "longing". And thus it doesn't need the One Power to open the Waygate.
There's a deleted scene where that person has an Avendesora key. Too bad it got cut. I guess they figured whatever theories viewers had for how that worked would be okay, given how s2 went.
Sheesh man you are way behind ive read 12 books up until Robert Jordan passed and Sorenson took over. I never got a chance to read the last 3. I also read the prequel.
After the season is over and the Tasty Book Club has finished book two, I think I'll go ahead and reread three through five so I can finally read "Lord of Chaos" and find out why everyone keeps talking about Dumai's Wells...
Who is Sorenson ??? Do you mean Sanderson ha ha ha ... Sanderson's writing style is way better ... I absolutely love his take and the final 3 books ....
@@BerndrI'm sure it was a typo. I've written whole responses to comments, only to realize later that I misread a word and was talking about something completely different. LOL Brains are weird. I'm interested to see how jarring (or not) the change in authors will be when I get to the BrandoSando portion. I remember the change from Frank to Brian and Anderson with Dune was a bit difficult for me. I haven't read any Sanderson yet, but I've heard he's very good.
@@reverseBLT I did not find it jarring at all, it is smoother and he gives more depth to some characters, particularly forsaken in my opinion, and he writes better dialog, Jordan's strength was world-building, dialog and romance not so much ...
Thanks! I think I'm going to use one of the promo posters for each one. I have a feeling they'll work oddly well. Also, off topic, but your opening theme songs made me realize I had been pronouncing your creator name wrong for quite some time... 😅
Wow it was a pleasure watching your reaction because you are reviewing it as an adaptation and a separate media, your book references are constructive and to guess where are they going with it, rather than focusing on book accuracy as a tool to measure the quality of the show like many others
Glad you like my approach! I hope those who have a harder time accepting the changes can find a way to step back and consider all the reasons they may have been made. It's so easy to assume laziness or bad faith, but the creative team is full of people with what I think is obvious love for the books and *deep* knowledge of the story and lore. People like that make changes for good reasons.
@@reverseBLT- Completely agree! I mean, there is FORTEEN BOOKS worth of material to adapt... but the show will get 6, maybe 8 seasons to work with at most! So they have no choice but to change up people's storylines, combine characters, or cut people from the show all together! They HAVE to make changes to make everything fit in such a small amount of time. Doesn't help that each season is only 8 episodes too! 🙄 So they are doing the best they can. I really believe that. And I think doing well! People who haven't read the books are LOVING the show as well. Which helps with views & will save the show from being canceled. So I wish people would just chill out.
@@KabbalahSherryI'm glad they appear to have gotten longer runtimes, at least, which they seem to be making very good use of. Too bad Amazon wouldn't give them 10 episodes a season, though.
I like their adaptation choices this season so far.
I'm watching two and three today. Got delayed fighting issues with this one, so I can't comment much, but I thought they made smart choices in this episode, as least. Looking forward to how they remix Selene and the arches.
"Everyone has a reason." One of the signs of good writing.
I am very glad Mat is back.
I remember that scene you talk about from the books, with someone cutting Nynaeve off from the Source. (I didn't read the books much past that, for a variety or reasons, but that was a strong scene and it's stuck with me over the past two decades.)
Such a huge moment. I think one reason it stuck with me so strongly is it made it very clear that raw power wasn't going to guarantee victory for anyone in this story. Skill and strategy would be just as important.
And also super glad Mat is back. I can't wait to see how they handle his storyline.
Love your video and positivity. I read the books because I loved the show, and now that I read the books, I still love the show. And I shouldn't say still - in my view, the show kept the essence of the characters and the main beats so far, and I can't understand why some readers would want a word-for-word adaptation. Honestly, it wouldn't be as good as they think. This show is fantastic; thank you for not click-baiting just by nagging about the show's decisions and differences from the books.
Thanks for the compliments. I try my best to make sure you guys see my honest reactions to things, good and bad.
Early in the first season, I had quite a few critical things to say, and eased off as the show found its footing a bit better. If I notice a change that I can't understand, I'll point it out, and if I see one I think is awful, I'll call them out on it, at least as much as I can without spoilers.
So far, there haven't been any changes I can't see reasons for and potential in. I think that's the biggest reason I'm not a bookcloak. If I weren't a writer (albeit an extremely slow one) who's thought a lot about how I would approach adapting things, if I ever got such an opportunity, the changes would probably scare me a lot more than they do.
I just hope they manage to stick the landing.
If I recall the wolves communicate with pictures and visuals. Perhaps Perrin doesn't understand the wolves are communicating with him when he sees the visions of the past.
I think you're right, though I think they *might* also be merging a bit of the Sniffer talent into it. I can't remember what all the differences were, to say for sure.
LoL... that closing is brilliant! And the dragon robe works perfectly!
I wonder how many people weren't old enough to get it. 😅
And yeah, I figured the robe was such a hit in book club, I'd bust it out for the reactions! 😁
You get it. Love your insight. Great to see people digging into character motivations.
Thanks for the kind words! 😆
Fab commentary, great analysis. Looking forward to your take on the following episodes
Thanks for the lovely compliments! I can't wait to share the rest of the journey with you!
Yay! Fixed your technical problems 😊 great insights as usual!
I wish I could call them fixed. More like the underlying services finally became available. It's caused problems before, but never for more than a couple of hours. I'm hoping it won't be this bad again.
Woah. You are writing stuff? Yay I love that. I'm currently 80k words into my first novel. It's such a cool experience. Hard bit rewarding. It does give you a new perspective into how stories are done and written and adapted etc.... Good for you man.
80k words? Nice! You're well on your way! I'll eventually join you before the Third Age gets here... 😅
You are so kind and positive! As a fellow book reader (but only two times through the series) I keep feeling like I'm insane for liking this show (probably am 😅). Thanks for the reaction!
Thanks for saying so. I wish I were kind and positive all the time, but I have my dark moments, too. You're not even close to insane for liking this show. It's pretty good, though the first season had its fair share of jank. If they can consistently deliver on the best they've shown they're capable of, it's going to end up being one of the best adaptations out there. I look forward to riding to Tarmon Gai'don with you!
Love the books, love the adaptation! You’re not alone 🤗
Loved the books. They left me with a hunger for more. The show is now satisfying that hunger. I have given up comparing the TV Show to the books. That allows me to just take it in. I for one like the changes. I know what the book said. I don't need it repeated.
@@danhenley9495Plus those legends became myths long ago and hence! 😁
Dude you kicked ass in this video. Massive praise
Thanks, Jess! So much fun to have this show back!
Excellent review. Thank you!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great reaction, I was waiting to see and hear your thoughts on it. I really enjoyed this episode and I from what we have seen so far of the new Mat I think he's a really good choice as the replacement. I think the episode did great at setting the tone and catching up to where everyone is at to start the season. I agree the show seems to have much better production so far everything seems to be improved production wise not that it was ever bad before. I find it interesting how certain side characters from the books maybe seem to have been combined together is some ways. One of the big issues I thought going into a series was there were just too many characters for a tv show to handle.
About the warder bond if I remember right, which I might not, it doesn't effect strength or speed but does help with stamina, endurance, and quicker healing to a small degree. Which in a way I suppose could help a bit with strength and being willing to push the body further past natural limits when fighting. After all of one the limits we place on ourselves as humans is holding back so that we are not pushing too far that we hurt ourselves. If you know your body can withstand more than it should normally be able to one can push themselves further. Just how I kind of see how the bond might help make someone fight harder than they would otherwise. I might be wrong though about the bond its been a long time since my online wotmaina days theorizing and digging into details of things.
It's always fun seeing how things get remixed. I think we've collectively decided Verin has had Vandene merged into her character. I'm too fuzzy on the details of TGH to theorize much on how that will change how certain things play out, except to say a whole new depth of heartbreak is on the table now.
Your thoughts about the Bond make sense. Humans are *insanely* strong and pretty damn fast, without our brains regulating our physical exertion. If one of the big things the Bond does is decrease the regulation, a Warder would be noticeably stronger and faster than other trained and well-conditioned fighters.
Love your reaction!! Keep em coming!!
Thanks so much! I'm working on it! 😄
"Leave that stuff alone, it is not for you 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀"
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I dont think just because Moraine can't touch the source that their bond is severed.
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By severed, I don't mean to imply she's been Stilled. I know that it's *possible* she has been, but I figured she was Shielded and the Weave was tied off, in the S1 finale. I'm thinking of it in devastating terms because that's how Mo is thinking of it.
Come to think of it, they probably made sure we got the scene with Liandrin Shielding Nynaeve nice and early to make sure we would have that possibility in our heads.
@reverseBLT Sorry wasn't trying to spoil.
@@anthonygillies3185You're fine. Your comment wasn't a spoiler at all. I only added a spoiler warning to my reply because explaining my thinking probably *was* a bit spoilery.
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I am actually sure they want to keep Moirane in focus hence she is having Siuan's stilling Storyline, and Nyneave will end up healing Moiranes 's stilling... which will then mean that Siuan will end up dead instead ...producers don't have time nor budget to run that storyline with another side character so they are giving it to Moirane, in production they need to merge characters and storyline to make it affordable ...
@@Berndrplease edit your comment and add a spoiler warning and the relevant books. Pretty big ones in there. Thanks, bud!
SPOILER ALERT: The Ways
This just something what is bothering me : How does Padan Fain use the Ways in the series???
Moiraine uses the One Power to open the Waygates here. (Which is very inconvenient with the Machin Shin on the horizon.) But in the books the Ways were created for the Ogiers with a Waygate near every Ogier Stedding so that they could travel without being overcome by the "longing". And thus it doesn't need the One Power to open the Waygate.
There's a deleted scene where that person has an Avendesora key. Too bad it got cut. I guess they figured whatever theories viewers had for how that worked would be okay, given how s2 went.
Sheesh man you are way behind ive read 12 books up until Robert Jordan passed and Sorenson took over. I never got a chance to read the last 3. I also read the prequel.
After the season is over and the Tasty Book Club has finished book two, I think I'll go ahead and reread three through five so I can finally read "Lord of Chaos" and find out why everyone keeps talking about Dumai's Wells...
Who is Sorenson ??? Do you mean Sanderson ha ha ha ... Sanderson's writing style is way better ... I absolutely love his take and the final 3 books ....
@@BerndrI'm sure it was a typo. I've written whole responses to comments, only to realize later that I misread a word and was talking about something completely different. LOL Brains are weird.
I'm interested to see how jarring (or not) the change in authors will be when I get to the BrandoSando portion. I remember the change from Frank to Brian and Anderson with Dune was a bit difficult for me. I haven't read any Sanderson yet, but I've heard he's very good.
@@reverseBLT I did not find it jarring at all, it is smoother and he gives more depth to some characters, particularly forsaken in my opinion, and he writes better dialog, Jordan's strength was world-building, dialog and romance not so much ...
@@BerndrThere was a bit much "at first sight," for sure. LOL Also definitely looking forward to more fleshed out Forsaken.
I gotta say, I love the poster you chose to put behind you! Excellent taste!
Thanks! I think I'm going to use one of the promo posters for each one. I have a feeling they'll work oddly well.
Also, off topic, but your opening theme songs made me realize I had been pronouncing your creator name wrong for quite some time... 😅
@@reverseBLT @reverseBLT Well, now you have to tell me how you've been pronouncing it! LOL
@@LezbiNerdy Lez-BYE Nerdy... 🤣
@@reverseBLT Well, I love that now!!
It doesn't work with the pun, but I love it!
@@LezbiNerdyYeah, once I heard it out loud, I realized what you were going for. Me and my gutter mind. LOL