I viewed the TV show like a YA drama and it came across a lot better because of it.
Comment on What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you?
Gamerman153@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Wheel of time, what a debacle.
tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 months ago
macmarkus@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Agreed! I was so disappointed with the show because the books being adapted as a TV show could have been very successful if they stuck to the source material.
I think another way it could have been better is if they made it a completely different story, maybe focusing on the Seafolk or Sharans, any other untold/developed story, even another turning of the wheel, the collapse of the AOL.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
When I heard they were making it, I told my friends that if they did it right, it would be bigger than Game of Thrones.
Then I saw the first trailer. From that alone, I knew they did not do it right. Watching the first season only confirmed it for me.
TheKracken@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think it’s gotten better in the third season, but it will never be as good as the books. No screen adaptation will be as good as the books are. You just don’t have the time to explain and set up plots like you do in a book. They definitely fumbled the first season and most of the second but I think it’s getting its own legs now.