FUCKING WHEN
It would take 14 years to do right, bare minimum. Maybe after GoT finishes HBO will pick it up. Maybe.
remember that abortion of a pilot that they used to keep the IP license?
reminder hbo is also making a foundation trilogy series
>>63847756
would prefer a norby series
>it's an elayne chapter
This won't work in live action, best case scenario is Avatar type show
I read all 15 books and can confirm that this series is on average, quite shitty. It requires a minimum of 9 seasons as well.
Even if you rush the TV show you still need one season for each of the first 5 books.
6 to 11 can all be condensed into one or two seasons.
12 to 14 need a season each as well.
>>63847937
RIP Doilin Mellar, based antihero whose cause I fully supported
>>63847860
>Norby
my nigga
>>63847937
Elayne was okay. Egwene was the real mary-sue cunt of the series.
>>63846656
It's just not a very good series.
>>63848214
Reminder that she didn't die and is in stasis waiting to unleash her bitchiness on a future Age
>>63848214
>Elayne was okay
/tv/ confirmed for being contrarian about literally everything
(yes Egwene was annoying too)
>>63848214
I was so happy when she died.
>>63848463
As balefire unravels and removes, the flame of tar valon preserves. Egwene and Taim aren't dead, they're just resting.
>>63848272
Who ever owns the Banks estate / rights to his work should absolutely NEVER allow it to be made into films, or worse, TV.
>>63846656
Never. Unfilmable. Each book needs a 10+ part miniseries.
>>63848685
They shouldn't even allow reprints of the books. This treasure needs to be locked down forever.
>>63848606
Nope, Egwene is dead. She's dead, and I never have to read any of her smug, self righteous chapters ever again.
They could never do this properly.
>tfw it's a Mat chapter
Needed more of those.
>>63848866
One season per book, combine 4+5, 6+7, 8+9+10, 12+13+14, don't include New Spring. 8 season show, doable iff popular.
The books actually translate really well to 10 episode seasons. For instance, EotW:
1: The pilot includes the prologue as a pre-credits bit and is the first few chapters of EotW, culminating in the Trolloc attack on Emond's Field.
2: The road from Emond's Field to Baerlon, takes some time for more backstory introducing the setting as ep. 1 is more plot and character introduction Channeling, Trollocs and Fades, Aes Sedai, etc.
3: Baerlon, Min, Nyneave.
4: Shadar Logoth, ends with the group getting split up
5: Thom "dies" and Rand and Mat evade Darkfriends on the road, Ba'alzamon appeara in dreams
6: Perrin and Egwene encounter Gleemen, wolves, Children
7: Rand and Mat in Caemlyn, Logain, Elayne, Gawyn, Galad, Morgase
8: the group reunites and is joined by Loial, they travel through the Ways to Shienar
9: from Fal Dara into the Blight, ends outside the Eye
10: Eye of the World, Green Man, final battle vs Aginor and Balthamel
>>63848685
It'd be impossible to do any of the grand scale novels faithfully (I don't know how you could even visually represent the Culture series' space combat) but Use of Weapons is adaptable. As is Inversions, actually. I'm not sure about any of the others. Maybe Matter?
One thing I like about the Culture series as a whole is violence is rarely used without consequences.
>>63849106
>I don't know
>One thing I like
narcissism: the post
>>63848866
>It's a Perrin et al fucking around in the vicinity of the Shaido camp chapter
Only about 600 of those.
>its a perrin chapter
>>63849021
Think of the budget, dedication required of hundreds, time-frame, and how Jordan spent literally books world-building.
I would love a series, but almost think it would be better as a fucking anime; I hate anime, but if it's faithfully adapted with pretty visuals...
I have no doubt someone will try. Hopefully they have a massive budget.
>>63849157
Virtue of living in a utopian, individualistic, post-scarcity society anon.
>>63849200
The Shaido were around for too long.
Still, when Perrin is torturing that Shaido prisoner... That, and Hopper; to soar. ;_;
>>63849200
>>63849219
>it's any chapter other than a Matt or Rand chapter
Let's be real here.
>>63849394
Some exceptions, obviously. Perrin in the first books was top-tier.
Him walking in on Moiraine topless was fucking hilarious.
>>63846656
>braid tugging intensifies
>>63849275
A lot of the worldbuilding is descriptive. The descriptions of clothing and environments might occupy thousands of pages but that doesn't translate to extra screen time, just good costumes and sets.
Internal monologues could be elided, minor theatres expanded into full volumes for bookselling purposes could be minimized, and characters could be cut. It's not impossible to make it work.
>>63849727
Hence a need for said large budget. Retooling some of the filler books, etc...
I would love it, but like Blood Meridian, a lot could be lost in adaptation.
>>63849727
One of the best parts of the books is the magic system, and without showing weaves it just becomes generic MAGIC
>ywn see Dumai's Wells on film
>>63850433
Such a bad feel...
Asha'man kill
Hopefully never.
There's hundreds of recurring characteds that would need a specific casting to fit with the books.
A lot of the writing will sound incredibly cheesy without really skilled actors.
The costumes would cost a fortune.
The CGI and set costs would be astronomical.
There's 10 000 pages of the fucking thing. Just the audio books take 20 days of listening non-stop to finish.
How the fuck could you do the series justice like that?
I just want Magician to be made into a film
>>63850740
This. I really don't want any of the books I love to be made into a show/movie because it'll just get fucked up.
>>63850740
>How the fuck could you do the series justice like that?
With a longass anime-inspired cartoon obviously
this damn book series gave me a femdom/switch fetish
>it's a brandon sanderson tries to emulate jordan's writing style chapter
Cloth porn the series
*tugs braid*
>>63850805
best we'll get is the JP book covers. the ebooks had really nice art as well.
>>63850771
Pug had a hard life.
>>63850784
Actually, I could see Sanderson's Mistborn series being adapted well to screen with relatively little effort. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy as well.
HBO miniseries with brian fuller aesthetics when
>>63850849
That fucking robot did his best, bless his heart
>>63850960
Fucking Wolfe. That entire series was confusing as shit to read.
>>63851015
do you know how many severians there were
the one/true power and creating threads and whatnot will look goofy as fuck on film
>>63851041
Nigger no don't start. I've done my best to forget all about that series. I don't have time to reread it.
>>63850849
At least he finished it. Sanderson's prose is awful compared to RJ's (which isn't great, mostly), and his grasp of the characters was pretty poor, especially Mat. But at least it has an ending.
I wonder, would a Malazan series be possible?
>>63851080
use CGI like pic related have it fade into a physical effect once the weave is set. it would kind of look like casting JRPG spells though
>>63851100
it's one of the best fantasy series ever written t b q h. try reading it again but with these twos supplementary books:
http://www.amazon.com/Lexicon-Urthus-Dictionary-Urth-Cycle/dp/0964279517/ref=pd_sim_14_32?ie=UTF8&dpID=417mVzXSTBL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&refRID=1FM819XTVK3KTPHRRJYF
http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Labyrinth-Exploring-Gene-Wolfes/dp/0595317294/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41xQqKoMe7L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR105%2C160_&refRID=08NBRD361G69X9PDE11S
>>63850907
>tfw someone else read Coldfire
I loved Tarrant.
pic related for how weaves might look on film
>>63851192
you can't really blame the man for dying before he finished the series. i mean sure, winter's heart and crossroads of twilight were like 98% filler but the total journey was excellent. i applaud sanderson for having a go at it but his writing is just juvenile compared to jordan's. it's not like jordan is a towering feat of literature either.
>>63851252
I dunno man, I'd say Glen Cook's Black Company series has a much more appealing writing style and story.
>>63851428
black company is good but the new sun series is much more cerebral
it's genre fiction that just about crosses the boundary into true literature, similar to dune
>>63851388
I don't blame RJ, I just don't shit on Sanderson too hard even when he deserves it, because he produced an ending. I had been reading the series since 1996, and when RJ announced that he had cancer of the AIDS, I thought it was all over.
>>63851388
Opens with Black Ajah turned forcibly to the Light. Great scene.
Perrin's wife stolen. This is the shittiest plot thread in the entire series, worse than even Olver's story, but the setup here is interesting, even thrilling.
Darkfriend bro manipulates Elayne. Rare example of the dark side showing actual cunning.
Rand awkwardly formalizes his polygamous arrangement. Hilarious scene.
Forsaken decide to kill Rand before he can cleanse the source. You could cut the suspense with a knife following that brief interlude.
Mat: gets the ball rolling on his Dragons idea, is raped by Tylin (who is then eviscerated by a gholam), rescues Joline from Seanchan enslavement, learns Tuon's identity and marries her. Classic Mat!
Powerless Rand stealth murders rogue Asha'man in Far Madding aided by Cadsuane's array of Q-like gadgets, and Lan. One of my favourite bits in the series.
The gang cleanses the source while under siege from every Forsaken. Epic.
Winter's Heart was fucking awesome. Not one dull moment to be found. Possibly the best entry in the entire series.
>>63851477
Black Company is just incredibly enjoyable to read though. New Sun was too complex to fully enjoy as a casual read first time I read it.
>>63851589
WH had it's good moments but there is no way it's better than Lord of Chaos f a m
>>63851903
tf
>>63851724
This.
I've read only the first five books. Should I continue? It's been a while, I've already forgotten a great portion of minor characters.
>>63851589
winter's heart sucked up until the end when they finally cleanse saidin.
>>63852380
Oh, ok
>>63851724
>>63852265
>Bowl of the WInds yawnfest
>Hey Perrin whassup
>innabox
>innabox
>innabox
>innabox
>everyone dies
>>63852269
Nah, everything after 6 really drag.
It's a garbage fantasy series that would make a garbage movie/tv show.
>I FARM PIGS
>I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE
>I DON'T WANT TO GO ON A MAGICAL ADVENTURE WITH THIS HOT GIRL
>I DON'T WANT SUPERPOWERS
>I DON'T WANT MY OWN HAREM
>I JUST WANT TO GO BACK HOME AND FARM PIGS
>>63852482
i've read the series in full at least 4 times and WH is one of the most boring books in series other than crossroads of twilight
perrin chasing his wife is just dull and the good bits don't make up for it IMO
>>63852564
7 is fuckin great, it introduces best character Cadsuane and is full of win in general
>>63848765
No but seriously, Egwene isn't dead. Why would anti-balefire kill people?
>ywn witness the sexual tension between nynaeve and moiraine on the big screen
>>63852954
tfw no aiel gf to bully your penis
>>6385294
Because she shows up and tells rand she died?
>>63853081
Balefire subtracts from the pattern, the Flame adds to it and preserves. Egwene didn't die. She's preserved and superintegrated into the pattern.
Id rather see shapshifting traps: crusade edition desu
>>63853397
Loved that book. Kvothe is fucking awesome.
>>63853420
Wrong series pleb
>>63853397
I'd rather some Raven stories
>>63853420
Thats The Kingkiller Chronicles senpai
>>63849394
Minor characters they use to show what's happening in other places are pretty cool. I actually enjoyed the hunt within the white tower for the black ajah. And I didn't give a shit about Mat until he became a military leader against the shaido in book 4 or 5.
Wheel of Time movie or TV show would be awful
WoT is a series that is perfectly suited for anime adaption.
>>63846656
Is that a wagon wheel?
movie about Poo in Loo?
What's the general consensus on Sandersons own work
I read Way of Kings & Words of Radiance early this year and thought they were great; Just hope he knows what he's getting himself in to and doesn't make the same mistakes RJ did
Will be getting the Mistborn books for Christmas
This shit would be so easy to adapt. You only need an hour for most of the books. The first half hour is the boring exposition which is 90% of each book. The last half hour is the fun climax that is the final chapter or two of each book.
>>63853859
He's trash and not worth reading. Not even remotely close to RJ's level.
>>63846656
Shitty gary stu has women throwing themselves at him in an awkward-guy-who-is-the-chosen-one dating sim of shit.
It's literally twilight for men.
>>63854101
just like my animus!
>>63853859
I've only read WoT and Mistborn. Not a fan tbqh. His characters make me cringe.
>>63854101
Rand isn't a gary stu. I know this term is used to describe any non-disabled character who manages to accomplish anything, but as an insane amputee he doesn't even qualify for that. You don't know what gary stu means.
>>63853859
Sanderson writes western anime
>>63846656
Get this fucking horse shit off /tv/. Those are the fucking worst books. They are the Twilight of the fantasy genre. Fuck.
>>63854101
Pretty much this. Jordan was obviously going through some blatant vicarious living in this series. And looking at his goddamn fedora portrait at the end of every book was too much.
>>63854331
Jim Rigney was a decorated helicopter gunner who killed over 350 VC in 'Nam and was notorious for visiting sex clubs in Charleston before his illness. He wrote what he knew; it was hardly vicarism. To insist that it must be is the epitome of Freudian projection.
>>63854101
>>63854305
I totally did not see your post, brother.
>>63853859
Way of Kings is one of the best modern fantasies. Doesn't have the style or depth of other authors, but he's just damn entertaining. Mistborn isn't quite as good but its still pretty great.
His WoT books weren't very good though, except for Gathering Storm which is one of the best in the series.
>>63854422
>muh projection tho!!!
Sounds like you're projecting, friend.
>>63854101
Adding one more upvote so this has a lot of upvotes
>>63854101
this
>>63854650
>dat damage control
BTFO HARD
Farseer Trilogy and first book of Tawny Man would make the best fantasy TV show.
It's mostly medieval drama with fantasy here and there. No big battles or anything of the sort, so it doesn't require a bigger budget than any similar shows currently on the market like Game of Thrones or Vikings.
>>63852954
>tfw no pillow friend
>>63854752
I thought I was your friend ._.
MORIDIN WAS THE BEST
>Wheel of Time is good! Really!
One of the most insidious memes ever perpetrated on the fantasy genre. Thousands of hours people will never get back. If there is any justice in this world, it will never be adapted
>>63855137
There has always been a tension between writers who aspire to high art, enduring work, and those who pursue popular success, defining themselves as entertainers. The literati disdain the commercial while envying their bank accounts, and the bestsellers often regard the artistic as elitist and unreadable and the twain don't do a lot of beer-drinking together.
A few years ago Stephen King spoke at the National Book Awards where he was being acknowledged for his life's work, and he lambasted a glittering crowd for not adequately honoring popular fiction. He said, "I have no patience with or use for those who make a point of pride in saying they've never read anything by John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark..."
That same day, Shirley Hazzard, who had just won the National Book Award, disagreed, saying she had too little time left to live and read, that she would focus on Shakespeare and Conrad. She said, "I want to say in response to Stephen King, I don't think giving us a reading list of those who are most read at this moment is much of a satisfaction."
Both writers are people I respect and I will cravenly say here that I think both are right. Because, and this is the point, these are decisions that we all make for ourselves. We all assess what we value, how we want to spend our leisure time, or even if we want to call reading 'leisure time' - as opposed to necessary oxygen - and there is no formula, no rule.
Wheel of Time is very overrated. Having said that, I have read all of it and would welcome a TV series. As has been pointed out a few times already, 9 or 10 seasons would be a requirement and I don't think you could really do that nowadays.
>>63856536
>never won any awards
>constantly damned with faint praise
>hardest of the hardcore fandom preface even the slightest compliments with disclaimers
I really don't think it's overrated bub
>>63847681
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvNYIEN1vIg
pretty good imo
>>63850433
>ywn see the front ranks of the shaido explode
Taimandred killed Asmodean
>>63853602
mats starting to be cool was immediatly after they sepereated him from that dagger, before that he was just a straight up cunt. he ended up being my favorite character in the end though
>>63852944
The balefire didn't kill her. Overchanneling did.
>>63859227
Please stop shitposting. We all know that Egwene didn't die and instead was preserved in the pattern forever.
>>63859370
Holy shit what horrible writing. Robert Jordan is bad and you should feel bad for liking him.
>>63859602
That's Sanderson's writing.
