Same, I was finishing my first read through as the show cane out. So disappointed… Lots of really major changes for very little reason.
In the last episode of S2 Loial gets stabbed with the ruby hilted dagger, which is typically extremely lethal.
Another great community and series are the cosmere books by Brandon Sanderson, who finished the last few WoT after Robert Jordan passed away. Mistborn and The Stormlight Archives are both amazing. Also, 9000 pages and over 3 million words for all of the cosmere books, so you will be reading for a bit!
I was disappointed when Amazon canceled their plans to bring the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas, to TV. After seeing the page-to-screen translation of Wheel of Time I think that it was just as well.
Yeah, I’m really glad the Culture series will not be tarnished by amazon as well for now.
Honestly I’d want a studio dedicated taking these long, beautiful series and making long, beautiful TV adaptions true to the books. Probably wouldn’t make enough money though.
Before the first 6 seasons of GoT, pretty much every book to screen SF/Fantasy adaption was awful. An okay-ish adaptation was something to celebrate. WoT and Rings of Power were okay-ish.
Idk about you but I have been a WoT since I discovered them in middle school, read every book multiple times, audiobooks etc. Similar if a bit less for rings of power, they absolutely butchered them in the name of some weird political agenda
I am with you. I starting reading WoT in middle school, I think when about 8 or 9 books were out. I re-read that whole series multiple times in the last 20-25 years. The adaption is mind boggling, and the changes make absolutely no sense. The adaption practically feels like it was made by someone who hates the wheel of time, and wanted to make it bad.
I'd nominate The Leftovers as the most successful fantasy adaptation for TV, even if it wasn't the type of fantasy that has dragons and swords. Unlike Game of Thrones it was consistently good to the end.
I read the Wheel of Time just before the TV show came out.
The community around WoT was easily the kindest, most welcoming, helpful that I've found around any book series (maybe any work of fiction).
Sad to see they didn't get the TV series they deserved.
Same, I was finishing my first read through as the show cane out. So disappointed… Lots of really major changes for very little reason.
In the last episode of S2 Loial gets stabbed with the ruby hilted dagger, which is typically extremely lethal.
Another great community and series are the cosmere books by Brandon Sanderson, who finished the last few WoT after Robert Jordan passed away. Mistborn and The Stormlight Archives are both amazing. Also, 9000 pages and over 3 million words for all of the cosmere books, so you will be reading for a bit!
I was disappointed when Amazon canceled their plans to bring the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas, to TV. After seeing the page-to-screen translation of Wheel of Time I think that it was just as well.
Now there's a series of novels I'd love to see on the screen. Assuming, of course that someone could do it justice. Not easy, given the scope.
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Yeah, I’m really glad the Culture series will not be tarnished by amazon as well for now.
Honestly I’d want a studio dedicated taking these long, beautiful series and making long, beautiful TV adaptions true to the books. Probably wouldn’t make enough money though.
Before the first 6 seasons of GoT, pretty much every book to screen SF/Fantasy adaption was awful. An okay-ish adaptation was something to celebrate. WoT and Rings of Power were okay-ish.
Idk about you but I have been a WoT since I discovered them in middle school, read every book multiple times, audiobooks etc. Similar if a bit less for rings of power, they absolutely butchered them in the name of some weird political agenda
I am with you. I starting reading WoT in middle school, I think when about 8 or 9 books were out. I re-read that whole series multiple times in the last 20-25 years. The adaption is mind boggling, and the changes make absolutely no sense. The adaption practically feels like it was made by someone who hates the wheel of time, and wanted to make it bad.
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Are you just mind deleting the LOTR trilogy?
Yes, there are notable exceptions. Princess Bride is another. There are more. But they are vastly outnumbered by the crud.
I'd nominate The Leftovers as the most successful fantasy adaptation for TV, even if it wasn't the type of fantasy that has dragons and swords. Unlike Game of Thrones it was consistently good to the end.