In a recent review of a previous episode, I talked about writers who take liberties with stories. Some are good. Some aren't. Now, as I already stated numerous times, I don't expect the series to be exactly like the books. However, there are elements in Jordan's story that should be left intact; in short, don't change what works.
Moiraine and Rand set off to deal with the Dark One (who ends up being as intimidating as a house cat). I'm not sure why they cast an actor who has no screen presence whatsoever. I mean, this is the Dark One, for goodness sakes! And I'm still waiting for the Forsaken to show up. I sure hope they haven't been forgotten, especially since the screenwriters re-wrote the ending of the "The Eye of the World."
Someone else pointed out something quite obvious: why should an army set off to fight against the Fades and Trollocs, when five women channeling wiped out the entire army in a single blow? What was the point of that? Let me also point out that the battle wasn't very impressive by previous film and show standards at all.
Still, I did enjoy the sequence with Rand and Moiraine. This wasn't a bad ending, but it wasn't a great one either. Once again, we get a fairly hurried script...trying to cram everything into a single hour...it felt rushed again, as have many of hte previous episodes. The pacing for most of the series has been off and inconsistent.
One of the greatest fantasy series ever written deserves better. And frankly, so do we.
Moiraine and Rand set off to deal with the Dark One (who ends up being as intimidating as a house cat). I'm not sure why they cast an actor who has no screen presence whatsoever. I mean, this is the Dark One, for goodness sakes! And I'm still waiting for the Forsaken to show up. I sure hope they haven't been forgotten, especially since the screenwriters re-wrote the ending of the "The Eye of the World."
Someone else pointed out something quite obvious: why should an army set off to fight against the Fades and Trollocs, when five women channeling wiped out the entire army in a single blow? What was the point of that? Let me also point out that the battle wasn't very impressive by previous film and show standards at all.
Still, I did enjoy the sequence with Rand and Moiraine. This wasn't a bad ending, but it wasn't a great one either. Once again, we get a fairly hurried script...trying to cram everything into a single hour...it felt rushed again, as have many of hte previous episodes. The pacing for most of the series has been off and inconsistent.
One of the greatest fantasy series ever written deserves better. And frankly, so do we.