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I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation Larry Send a noteboard - 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
But we'll see what the future holds soon, I suspect.


On the audiovisual front? That deal fell through again, and the rights should revert to Harriet shortly (by the end of 2012, IRRC).

I'm one of those who believe WOT has close to zero potential for an adaptation (even as an anime series, it would be too massive for the Japanese producers to handle.. we're looking at at least 10 series of 20 episodes... won't happen). To adapt it, you'd have to seriously trim it down, to the point all that would remain is the "epic" backbone of the series, tortured to fit the medium and its constraints beside, and that epic backbone has not much to offer that isn't generic. It's a bit like expecting someone is going to commit to a full adaptation of Malazan for TV or cinema...

In the end, WOT is a Fantasy soap relying massively on the tropes of the genre (multiplied quid pro quos, mysteries, character moments, side plots etc. set on a more epic background/central core), and I don't think any network is going to put on the air a Fantasy soap any time soon.





Oh good God, if a telenovela WoT adaptation were made, can you imagine the screeching from certain quarters? :D

Good thing any adaptation isn't likely to happen, no? ;)
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? Larry - 08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM 1846 Views
Years of enjoyment. What else do you expect from fiction? Marshall - 08/10/2012 10:17:30 PM 841 Views
I expect a lot from fiction, to be honest Larry - 09/10/2012 02:43:59 AM 877 Views
HAHAHA! darius_sedai - 08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM 919 Views
Yeah, the use of my time does matter Larry - 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM 844 Views
Not sure I'd call it mindless darius_sedai - 09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM 817 Views
Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel Larry - 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM 818 Views
I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with darius_sedai - 09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM 712 Views
I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers Larry - 11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM 801 Views
Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM 742 Views
I like the TV series ... It's gritty darius_sedai - 13/10/2012 11:44:06 PM 703 Views
Well... it's a bit late in the game... DomA - 09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM 925 Views
True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions Larry - 09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM 720 Views
I'm not sure... DomA - 09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM 741 Views
Well, we may be in closer agreement then Larry - 09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM 766 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then DomA - 09/10/2012 11:08:49 PM 848 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then Larry - 11/10/2012 06:14:27 AM 651 Views
Re: I'm not sure... echooff - 11/10/2012 06:15:26 PM 705 Views
There's a reason for this... fionwe1987 - 09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM 820 Views
True Larry - 09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM 854 Views
Re: True DomA - 09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM 733 Views
I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation Larry - 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM 694 Views
everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela! darius_sedai - 11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM 645 Views
Por ella, soy Luisa Therin? Larry - 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM 726 Views
All of the names would have to be longer and more pompous Tom - 11/10/2012 03:54:30 PM 609 Views
Not in this particular telenovela adaptation Larry - 11/10/2012 05:48:06 PM 942 Views
It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Tom - 09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM 790 Views
It also has Faulknerian allusions Larry - 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM 775 Views
BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? Tom - 10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM 980 Views
Re: BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? DomA - 10/10/2012 09:39:56 PM 736 Views
The One Power doesn't seem that unique or innovative to me. Tom - 11/10/2012 04:05:06 PM 635 Views
No, but I'll keep it in mind for the future when I have more money to spare Larry - 11/10/2012 05:49:52 AM 614 Views
It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though. Tom - 11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM 607 Views
Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare Larry - 11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM 792 Views
Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? nigelgoboom - 11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM 695 Views
Ah, where would we be without such bright lights like you around? Larry - 11/10/2012 05:59:48 PM 890 Views
It will have meant.. . MightyYT - 11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM 686 Views
So... Larry - 11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM 751 Views
For me, yes. Macharius - 11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM 613 Views
I would think for most the money spent wasn't too bad Larry - 11/10/2012 08:07:49 PM 891 Views
I got my money's worth, oh yes. MightyYT - 12/10/2012 07:59:58 PM 674 Views
I'm not sure it means anything. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 11/10/2012 08:10:45 PM 814 Views
I'm not sure there is too much meaning ajsr1982 - 15/10/2012 05:57:57 PM 701 Views
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