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Season 2 Finale (lemmy.one)
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Wow I enjoyed that. I feel like they more than made up for season 1. I really enjoyed most of season 2 and the last few episodes really got me excited for what's to come.

Fwiw, I read the books (1-8 I think) like 20+ years ago so have memory of little bits and pieces of the story and vague name recognition. Season 2 knocked it out of the park!

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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My quick thoughts (I’ve only read the first 3 books)

  • Show Ishamael was so good I didn’t want him to die.
  • Letting us see what Lanfear was up to more was cool
  • Perrin and hopper worked well
  • Egwene doing it in her own worked well, though I feel like the damane loop idea is a bit strange.
  • Rand not being able to just fly in the sky and have magic sword battles was very nice IMO. The final stab from Rand though seemed a bit off. Why did Ishy just take it? He wanted to die?
  • nyneave was definitely short changed a bit here though I feel like they felt they needed to hit certain character moments.
  • Ulmo speaking on behalf of the writers about being a hero of the horn was hilarious
  • Giving us old hero Mat was cool
  • The show is struggling to balance staying true to the show and it’s short runtime. It did well, but I can see the strain.

Question that doesn’t want spoilers (only finished book 3) but can’t help but ask … Rand being stabbed by the shadar blade … is that not a problem with the grander cannon?

EDIT: final positive verdict… I want more. Genuinely sad the season is over.

Otherwise, overall, I like the story they’re telling in the first two seasons, better than the books IMO as a story, except Ishy’s death may have been a bit forced here.

[–] ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Question that doesn’t want spoilers (only finished book 3) but can’t help but ask … Rand being stabbed by the shadar blade … is that not a problem with the grander cannon?

Short answer: ::: It isn’t. :::

Edit: Working spoiler tags seem not yet to be a thing on Lemmy?