I'm pretty sure I read the first book in the early '90s, but I don't remember it at all.
So far, the show has some very pretty scenery, but I'm not much taken with the stories or the characters at all yet.
The King of Cups expects a picnic. But this is not his birthday!
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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dcp - Nov 25, 2021 4:21:20 pm PST #1392 of 2216
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Kalshane - Nov 25, 2021 7:35:28 pm PST #1393 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I can see that. The first episode in particular felt really rushed. I know the showrunner wanted 10 episodes including a 2 hour pilot and Amazon gave him 8 1 hour episodes and made him change a lot of stuff in the pilot he did make. I'm hoping with the group split up we'll get more focus on individual characters, like we did with Rand and Mat in the last episode.
Kalshane - Nov 26, 2021 9:11:30 am PST #1394 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
WoT Episode 4: Probably the best one yet and also clearly shows that the showrunner knows what he's doing because it was probably the biggest departure from the books plot-wise, but got to the right places character-wise.
I do wish we got more time with Thom to develop his relationship with the boys before the Fade showed up.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 27, 2021 2:53:33 pm PST #1395 of 2216
What is even happening?
So far, the show has some very pretty scenery, but I'm not much taken with the stories or the characters at all yet.
This is where I am (I also haven't read the book).
I don't feel like I got to know or care enough about the main characters, before they split off (and the show introduced a whole lot of new characters).
Kalshane, is Thom the gleeman ?
I'm kind of an idiot about character names, when shows are new, and I have a harder time learning fancier fantasy-genre names, so I rely heavily on IMBd, but when the actors IMDb photos don't make the characters look like they look in fantasy costumes, I'm often lost.
Kalshane - Nov 27, 2021 6:50:02 pm PST #1396 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Cindy- Yes. That's the one.
Kalshane - Nov 27, 2021 6:52:23 pm PST #1397 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Side note: Amazon, in their infinite wisdom, decided to hide a bunch of additional world-building information in their X-ray feature, which is only accessible if you pause the playback of the show on certain devices.
ETA: Each episode has an associated animated short as well as a trivia section that relates to timestamps in the episodes.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 28, 2021 3:20:38 pm PST #1398 of 2216
What is even happening?
I've seen the cast/character info before with Amazon Prime X-ray, but hadn't noticed the world-building information.
If anyone wants to figure out how to access it, there is a write-up, here: [link]
The article includes instructions for access it on a web browser, mobile device, smart TV, and streaming device.
Kalshane - Nov 29, 2021 4:33:11 am PST #1399 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Thanks for the link, Cindy. I saw a lot of people online complaining that they couldn't access X-ray on their respective devices and took the replies that "Yeah, that's the way it is" at face value.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 29, 2021 10:19:00 am PST #1400 of 2216
What is even happening?
I didn't even know it had the name "X-ray" until your post, Kalshane. I just appreciated the feature of seeing the actor & character names when I paused while watching.
quester - Nov 30, 2021 5:08:49 pm PST #1401 of 2216
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
So.... Cowboy Bebop.
I agree Spike was too broody, less cocky than the original. the only character I really had trouble with was Julia. I wish they had fleshed her out in a different way,
I watched the new version and old in between episodes. Spike in the anime is more of a dick than Cho plays him.
I'm just happy they got most of the music right.