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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 1566 Views
All of them Tom - 24/06/2019 08:07:24 PM 1006 Views
Oddly enough... Jeordam - 24/06/2019 09:12:45 PM 993 Views
With modern CG there really isn't that much differeince. *NM* random thoughts - 25/06/2019 02:22:20 PM 526 Views
So when it comes to visually portraying a weave.... Jeordam - 25/06/2019 11:00:14 PM 986 Views
Re: So when it comes to visually portraying a weave.... Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:31:42 AM 1054 Views
Very good idea AgentApple - 27/06/2019 11:54:32 AM 974 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 1020 Views
Unlike aSoI&F, WoT really hinges on its magic system AgentApple - 27/06/2019 11:53:49 AM 1062 Views
Ever saw Dr. Strange? fionwe1987 - 28/06/2019 01:51:53 AM 1021 Views
That's a very good point Cannoli - 06/07/2019 05:06:38 AM 961 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 1064 Views
I hoped the whole show would just be called "Falcon in the Snow". Narg - 26/06/2019 12:15:57 AM 975 Views
Re: I hoped the whole show would just be called "Falcon in the Snow". Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:33:22 AM 1012 Views
What do we know about the TV series? Timing, length, storylines..... Anonymous2000 - 26/06/2019 02:36:40 AM 962 Views
Not many at first. Or maybe the whole thing. Cannoli - 26/06/2019 01:23:46 PM 1146 Views
There is no way Amazon will commit to 10 or more seasons Tom - 26/06/2019 03:08:01 PM 981 Views
The Amazon Prime series based on Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch novels damookster - 26/06/2019 05:52:20 PM 923 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 957 Views
I agree with Tom - probably the first season will already be combining two books. Legolas - 26/06/2019 06:31:47 PM 978 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 1236 Views
By that standard, they have 6 good books and a pile of shit thereafter Tom - 27/06/2019 06:52:10 PM 1113 Views
You devote an amazing amount of time over a pile of shit *NM* fionwe1987 - 28/06/2019 01:48:48 AM 518 Views
MASH got eleven seasons out of one book random thoughts - 28/06/2019 07:03:31 PM 1098 Views
MASH got 11 seasons by creating its own material for what was essentially a sitcom Tom - 01/07/2019 02:57:18 AM 939 Views
We shouldn't assume they will follow the books very closely at all random thoughts - 01/07/2019 01:34:41 PM 933 Views
I would be very happy if that were the case Tom - 02/07/2019 05:22:25 PM 947 Views
We're all in agreement that Jordan purposefully changed Taimandred because he was mad, right? Ghavrel - 02/07/2019 11:04:17 PM 1013 Views
It was disclosed when the "encyclopedia" or whatever it was came out, I think Tom - 03/07/2019 12:18:10 AM 948 Views
That is some Westworld Season 2 level shit there. Roland00 - 05/07/2019 03:14:01 AM 922 Views
I don't think we can definitively say he was angry. Narg - 05/07/2019 08:28:43 PM 1143 Views
I don't even know. First couple of books are relatively straightforward, but after? beetnemesis - 27/06/2019 07:31:28 PM 1297 Views
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