The action begins when Damodred arrives in the town of the Two Rivers and finds the gang of friends: Mat (Barney Harris), Rand (Josha Stradowski), Perrin (Marcus Rutherford), and Egwene (Madeleine Madden), one of whom Damodred is convinced will become the next Dragon. If she finds her or him, she must hide that person from other forces seeking them, until they can fulfill their destiny and defeat humanity’s greatest foe, “the Dark One,” once and for all in the Last Battle. She has spent decades traveling the world to find the next “Dragon,” a world-saving figure who has been prophesied to be coming soon. The wizard protagonist here is Moiraine Damodred, played by Rosamund Pike, an icily beautiful alternative to Ian McKellen’s Gandalf.
The world that Jordan spun up over the course of 14 tomes and 23 years is incredibly detailed-it’s like if the royal scheming of 'Game of Thrones' was combined with the magical mythology of a series like 'Legend of the Seeker'. Because 'The Wheel of Time' books are actually great yarns, with their own mythology, politics, villains, and system of magic. Thankfully, after the first three beautifully-shot episodes of 'The Wheel of Time', the plot begins to diverge from 'LOTR' - and that’s where things get good. (Plus, a wizard explaining to small town rubes how things work in the big new world is a great way to explain it to Amazon Prime subscribers who aren’t familiar, either.) The show’s creators have clearly taken this approach as well, assuring viewers that they will be familiar with the contours of this new realm. According to the late Robert Jordan, who wrote the books upon which the new millions-spent-per-episode series is based, he hoped to appeal initially to readers who were familiar with the works of legendary 'Lord of the Rings' author J.R.R. (How they haven’t instituted a mandatory swimming requirement at Hellpit Elementary School by now, I’ll never know.)īy the time there is a high-speed chase on horseback through a bare forest landscape, viewers will find themselves waiting to hear the voice of Liv Tyler hissing to the monsters over Elijah Wood’s shoulder, “If you want him, COME AND CLAIM HIM.”īecause this is Lord of the Rings, right? Some of the sweeping opening scenes even feature distinctive craggy geography that is near-identical to the New Zealand vistas where Peter Jackson shot his genre-defining trilogy of films.īut no, this is Inc’s new big-budget production of 'The Wheel of Time', and it was shot in and around Prague, Croatia, and Slovenia. The beasts follow, and there’s a close call scene with a creaky ferryboat at a river crossing, because monsters famously can’t cross rivers, and thus these things always have a scene with a creaky ferryboat.
The wizard scoops up the friends, tells them, Surprise!, it’s YOUR fault that the monsters are in your small town, and they all flee together into the big wild world outside. Then, suddenly, an enigmatic wizard shows up, followed almost immediately by a bunch of nightmarish monsters. Here’s what happens, and I’m not spoiling anything, because you have seen it before: A pod of innocent, grubby pals live in a small farm town minding their own business, clanking tankards in poorly-lit pubs, and flirting heavily with each other despite all the obvious body odor. Item 44531 Lucas Matchbox Ford RS 200 blue 1986 Manhattan Island - framed and signed photograph by US photographer Serge Lurie Dr Keller ladies sandal T-Shirt Red Kyosho K-Fade 2.You could be forgiven if you watched the first few episodes of the Amazon Prime Video series ' The Wheel of Time', and thought to yourself, “Wait, I’ve seen this before.”
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