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That... Would basically doom the show right from the get go. The OP is a BIG part of WoT's identity. Dunstan Send a noteboard - 27/06/2019 06:29:33 PM

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Do you think that the CGI aspect of it with live action around it would make it...look cheesy? I mean, if you want to get down to it, it can get pretty tough to watch....

~Jeordam


I wouldn't show weaves, just their effects. Show the beam of light for balefire, the fireballs, the lightning bolts or the people hanging in mid-air. If the scene is about the channeling, for instance, Nynaeve's first duel with Moghedian, or a teaching scene, or maybe the Bowl of the Winds, I'd maybe switch to a non-real scene, like when Frodo wears the Ring, and then animate the weaves or the metaphysical results, like show the personal connections to the source and a shape trying to cut them off, representing the shield. What I would not do is show the weaves that form things like fireballs or bonds of Air.

If they can't even do justice to weaves, they might as well not even bother.

Though honestly, this is 2019. It isn't anywhere near as big a problem as you seem to think it is. At least not so long as they've got the budget for it.

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For the TV show....which storylines should be sacrified? Jeordam - 24/06/2019 05:49:50 PM 1490 Views
All of them Tom - 24/06/2019 08:07:24 PM 923 Views
Oddly enough... Jeordam - 24/06/2019 09:12:45 PM 915 Views
With modern CG there really isn't that much differeince. *NM* random thoughts - 25/06/2019 02:22:20 PM 490 Views
So when it comes to visually portraying a weave.... Jeordam - 25/06/2019 11:00:14 PM 900 Views
Re: So when it comes to visually portraying a weave.... Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:31:42 AM 974 Views
Very good idea AgentApple - 27/06/2019 11:54:32 AM 888 Views
That... Would basically doom the show right from the get go. The OP is a BIG part of WoT's identity. Dunstan - 27/06/2019 06:29:33 PM 928 Views
Unlike aSoI&F, WoT really hinges on its magic system AgentApple - 27/06/2019 11:53:49 AM 958 Views
Ever saw Dr. Strange? fionwe1987 - 28/06/2019 01:51:53 AM 933 Views
That's a very good point Cannoli - 06/07/2019 05:06:38 AM 885 Views
If they follow some of the other recent books to fantasy it may a lot of them random thoughts - 25/06/2019 02:27:25 PM 968 Views
I hoped the whole show would just be called "Falcon in the Snow". Narg - 26/06/2019 12:15:57 AM 897 Views
Re: I hoped the whole show would just be called "Falcon in the Snow". Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:33:22 AM 914 Views
What do we know about the TV series? Timing, length, storylines..... Anonymous2000 - 26/06/2019 02:36:40 AM 872 Views
Not many at first. Or maybe the whole thing. Cannoli - 26/06/2019 01:23:46 PM 1039 Views
There is no way Amazon will commit to 10 or more seasons Tom - 26/06/2019 03:08:01 PM 887 Views
The Amazon Prime series based on Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch novels damookster - 26/06/2019 05:52:20 PM 835 Views
Unless it is a massive hit they will never commit to more than one at a time random thoughts - 28/06/2019 07:01:45 PM 864 Views
I agree with Tom - probably the first season will already be combining two books. Legolas - 26/06/2019 06:31:47 PM 876 Views
The lesson from GoT is as long as you have good source material, you shouldn't rush production AgentApple - 27/06/2019 12:02:59 PM 1148 Views
By that standard, they have 6 good books and a pile of shit thereafter Tom - 27/06/2019 06:52:10 PM 1024 Views
You devote an amazing amount of time over a pile of shit *NM* fionwe1987 - 28/06/2019 01:48:48 AM 478 Views
MASH got eleven seasons out of one book random thoughts - 28/06/2019 07:03:31 PM 989 Views
MASH got 11 seasons by creating its own material for what was essentially a sitcom Tom - 01/07/2019 02:57:18 AM 861 Views
We shouldn't assume they will follow the books very closely at all random thoughts - 01/07/2019 01:34:41 PM 841 Views
I would be very happy if that were the case Tom - 02/07/2019 05:22:25 PM 854 Views
We're all in agreement that Jordan purposefully changed Taimandred because he was mad, right? Ghavrel - 02/07/2019 11:04:17 PM 917 Views
It was disclosed when the "encyclopedia" or whatever it was came out, I think Tom - 03/07/2019 12:18:10 AM 853 Views
That is some Westworld Season 2 level shit there. Roland00 - 05/07/2019 03:14:01 AM 827 Views
I don't think we can definitively say he was angry. Narg - 05/07/2019 08:28:43 PM 1053 Views
I don't even know. First couple of books are relatively straightforward, but after? beetnemesis - 27/06/2019 07:31:28 PM 1211 Views
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