Despite getting better and better with each season, Prime Video ultimately cancelled The Wheel of Time — and we’re still angry over it.
Despite getting better and better with each season, Prime Video ultimately cancelled The Wheel of Time — and we’re still angry over it.
It got really good by the time they cancelled it. Haven’t read books but my gf did and according to her while there were major changes to the original it was still quite enjoyable. I enjoyed it for what it was.
Sad…
TBH having a bad first season is a huge hit to a show these days. That’ll turn away the vast majority of streams.
I’ve read them multiple times and agree with your gf. They’re two different things with the same characters. I liked the show less than the books but I still liked the show and I’m sad it’s gone.
I think part of the problem is that they deviated way too far from the source material so fan favorites never really got their time on screen. Add to that some things they had to do due to covid and losing a great actor (at least my favorite of the EF5) before season 1 episode 8 and having to scramble to fix that mess and they lost a lot of people who would have been their biggest cheerleaders.
These are not complaints of mine, just some observations outside the racist and sexist bullshit rhetoric that surrounded parts of the show fandom.
…dare I ask what this was about?
I don’t know anything about the books, but what could it possibly be?
They had brown people for the Emond’s Field folks. A group didn’t like that. The women were competent in the show (and more competent than the dudes) than in the books (aes sedai notwithstanding). A group didn’t like that. Twice a woman did something seemingly impossible based on the rules set forth in the books. I actually agree that one of them was problematic, but not because it was a woman. My issue with it was that it was just a senseless and unnecessary change. But I didn’t run to the Internet to talk about how it ruined the show, the world, my faith in humanity, and how it’s the worst thing that ever happened to anyone ever.
So there was a split between people who read the books. People who enjoyed it overall (me), people who didn’t enjoy it because it changed too much from the source material (a valid stance and I see why they felt that way), and a persistent and loud group who were mad about brown people and women (shitbags).