Anyone else excited for House of Dragons season 2 this month or am I the only one nerding out
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Yeah not for everyone. Didnāt know there was a new Mayor of Kingstown. Gotta get my paramount+ again! Love that show.
Also was a big fan of mindhunter. Itās crap they stopped it
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The Wheel of Time
(here in Canada itās on Amazon Prime)
Itās got great characters, great adventure, great drama, and a lot of magnificent landscapes. Itās really well made; Iāve really enjoyed it.
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Ugh, Matt. Youāre bringing out the critic in me now. See, I read the series. Watched the first season and was incredibly conflicted with it. Watched 2 episodes of season two and put it down forever. Canāt stand how they make Moiraine into a main character. Like, look at the photo. Sheās the center of it. Rand. Rand is the main character. Whereās he? Side character in the back. Literally every character behind her are more of a main character than her in the books. Argh!!!
Sorry. Iām done.
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Fair enough, but - counterpoint - transposing a tale into a new genre invites development, and this can (and should) bear compelling creative fruit.
The story of Romeo and Juliet dates to decades before its setting on the stage, and over the years, as it migrated from genre to genre (first a novella by Bandello; then a short story by Boaistuau; then a poem by Brooke, which was rewritten in prose by Painter - both Brookeās poem and Painterās prose were key sources for Shakespeare), details developed, characters expanded and contracted, and timelines changed:
- the plot in Brookeās poem takes place over many months; Shakespeareās play is done in a few days
- the characters of Mercutio and Paris are much more central and more highly developed in Shakespeareās play than in the earlier works
I would say that presenting an existing story in a new genre requires development and creative license, if the new presentation wants to be more than just a reproduction. There are reasons why Shakespeareās setting of the tale is so celebrated today, and the earlier names are only mentioned in passing, and one of those reasons is his masterful development and riveting presentation of the tale (including much more central places for Mercutio and Paris, which adds energy and momentum to the play, and which speaks in a more compelling way to its audience in the playhouses of Tudor England).
Is Robert Jordan a more compelling author than Matteo Bandello? I think so. He definitely wrote on a richer, epic scale.
Is the Wheel of Time TV series wrong to change the position or prominence of characters, in the development of the original novels into the TV series genre? No. Itās an act of creation, and itās the same thing Shakespeare did with Romeo and Juliet. (It remains to be seen if high school students will be analyzing dialogue from this TV series in the classrooms of the future, but itās way too soon to reach any conclusions about that 
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Ted Lasso, Loudermilk, The Bear
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KILL YOUR TELEVISIONS / STREAMING APPS & DEVICES!! Do it! Do it NOW!
Sorry for the late response. Donāt get on here enough nowadays. Iāll give you that creative license is fine and good. I donāt mind that they changed a bunch of stuff. But, thereās a lot of changes that are 100% unnecessary. Why change them except for some writerās vanity to say that itās their baby?
I also understand that to adapt something as massive as WoT to TV, there are an incredible amount of things that would have to change. Too much to unpackage into a TV series. No way could they hope to get approved for 14 seasons either, so they have to merge books together. I just dislike many of the changes that they made, since I saw them as unnecessary. Theyāre also capitalizing on Rosamund Pikeās fame to drive viewing. Thatās understandable, since they need ratings and viewers to get funding for future seasons. Blah blah blah. Iām sure as a stand alone series it would be awesome, but since Iāve read it, I just canāt watch it.
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Makes sense. I felt the same way about what they did to The Hobbit when they metastasized it into 3 feature-length movies. Are you kidding me? Each of the books in The Lord of the Rings gets 1 movie, but The Hobbit gets 3? Cash grab.
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The season 2 premiere was so good!!! We support black in this household. Green had some tough stuff happen this ep tho!!!
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I am excited for season 3 of āThe Bearā starting June 27th. I also just looked up āOnly Murders in the Buildingā and season 4 will premier August 27th!
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I. Am. Too. Excited. 
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Iām about to dive in now 
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Agree!! Such a good start for the season!
Canāt wait for next episode!
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Is great! Hope you enjoy as much as I did!
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Spot on. The Hobbit movies lacked any real depth, like LotR. They definitely were just trying to make a lot of money on it. Hated the CGI Orcs. LotR ārealā orcs looked so much better. Thatās what you get when you try to maximize profit by cutting expenses. I havent read The Hobbit in almost 30 years, but I swear they added an incredible amount of fluff to extend the movies.
I did enjoy them though. Smaug was awesome.
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Just finished this last night on Netflix
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I can just about watch Ted Lasso over and over again. 
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I am with youā¦itās the perfect feeling good funny show that just clicks
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