BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?

Subject: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Apr 19 - 02:24 PM

I'm always the last to know these things. Especially since
I read them in "USA Today" and places like that.
By the time the news breaks there,
it's no longer exclusive.

Amazon Studios is the party adapting the "Wheel of Time" series for film, and for broadcast.

Shooting is planned this autumn somewhere in continental Europe,
and Prague and Budapest have been mentioned.

Jordan's widow, Harriet MacDougal (spelling?),
has consulting producer credits;
there is already a showrunner, a director,
and a team of five executive producers.

With an initial emphasis on the character of Moiraine,
the latest descriptions have given rise
to educated guesses amongs those familiar with the Jordan books
that the prequel "New Spring" will be
the jumping-off point for the film version.

Anyone else heard about this?

Subject: RE: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: Mr Red
Date: 24 Apr 19 - 04:42 AM

the answer is: never heard of him.

Robert Jordan on Wiki

Subject: RE: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Apr 19 - 12:33 PM

Well, the subject of this author and his writing
is limited to fantasy, it is true.
So the readership is limited, but devoted.
Ever heard of "cosplay"?

And then, of course, this fantasy series came into existence
when the Internet and the World Wide Web
provided social media and fan-based websites
where fellow readers could bond with each other through computer terminals, online.

I have looked at this series
-- thirteen really fat "doorstop" books, plus the prequel --
and I'm not a devotee of it, but I did find it a way to pass the time.

Filming it for television broadcast,
at Amazon Studios,
sounds like it would be tailored to the
"Game Of Thrones" audience.

Subject: RE: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: Iains
Date: 27 Apr 19 - 06:55 AM

It will be interesting to see how well they manage to film it. Plenty of scope for special effects. The books offer a formidable read, you need more than a couple of hours to consume one.

Subject: RE: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Apr 19 - 12:58 PM

Comparisons of Wheel of Time with Lord of the Rings,
which came up as the series was gradually published,
focus on two points:
the length and complexity of the world-building and story development,
and
the apocalyptic darkness-versus-light scenario.

More recently, the comparisons have let go of Tolkien
and have been oriented around
Robert Jordan compared to George R R Martin.
Special effects, as Iains points out,
as well as a cast of multitudes
with many rivalries and conflicts,
and wildly contrasting climates and cultures.

Subject: RE: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: Iains
Date: 27 Apr 19 - 01:47 PM

I think Lord of the Rings pales into insignificance compared to the world created by Robert Jorden. I also wonder why women had such a minor part in Lord of the rings. I would have thought Tolkien could have created a " Moiraine," to have created a little more balance. The trilogy is largely a single sex saga. That in itself raises questions.

Subject: RE: BS: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time on film?
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Apr 19 - 06:14 PM

Regarding Tolkien, it greatly moved me to read
that his service in the Great War
was the inspiration for the conflict between
the "good guys" with the Nazgul in cold-blooded soulless pursuit.

Seeing action in the service during such a war
would be largely a single-sex experience,
for all that women are present behind the scenes.

There are places in Tolkien that really are a grind to read,
and I don't think that's coincidence either;
war must be a crushing, grinding thing to endure
when it isn't scaring the expletive deleted out of you.

So I cut Tolkien some slack; he has his context and his history.

Tolkien's idea of balance in characters seems to have been
his multi-species cast,
with humans and elves, masculine and feminine,
balanced out by hobbits, dwarves, orcs, ents, sorcerers …