I wouldn't put it past them, given all the other random changes they've made. At this point in time, my money is on Perrin being the TV show's Dragon Reborn.
Its been a while since i read the books, but wasn't it pretty obvious early in the first book?
There was a leaked picture not too long ago that was Rand with a flame in the palm of his hand, so they haven’t changed that he can channel at least, so I think we’ll know who is the dragon by end of season at the very least.
Most people know for sure at the climax of Eye of the World I would think.
Nah there’s too many wolf motifs associated with Perrin in the marketing…I think that part of the story is safe at least.
The Dragon will be in the story, but I’ll be surprised if they DON’T make it more ensemble, rather than Rand as a clear most important character.
Nah, Mat is my favourite character (especially when with the Band of the Red Hand), but it’s Rand that unites nations, brings the Aiel out of the waste, defeats the most Forsaken and is the one to defeat the DO at the end. I want plenty of story time for Mat, (more Mat less Perrin with Faile suits me), Perrin, Nynaeve and Egwene, but Rand is more important then them. Though even equal story time I don’t mind, as long as they keep it clear Rand is MUCH stronger in the Power then any non-Forsaken Aes Sedai (including Egwene) rather than water that down to ‘suit modern audiences’.
I get it, but honestly it doesn’t really change how the aes Sedai view the vows anyway, since, while I haven’t read all the books, I think aes Sedai lived by the oath the way they would have if it had been person originally anyway, I don’t think they made a weapon for any person (man or woman) between A New Spring and Winters Heart (where I got up to).
The first episode of almost every show is a bit meh, especially one with a whole new world that needs to be established. It takes a few episodes to understand exactly what is going on.A showing of the Pilot episode was shown last night. Early reviews are starting to come in. The ones I’ve seen seem to like it, one was a bit, meh, they thought the camera work and score were good and enjoyed the set-up in the first episode, but still couldn’t help thinking they’d seen similar before, which I get as a lot of modern fantasy writers have taken inspiration from Wheel of Time, it could suffer for how long it’s taken to adapt, however the majority seem pretty positive.
I have a love hate relationship with reviewers though, sometimes what they like I dislike and sometimes what they dislike I like.
However we’re just over a week from release, we’ll probably get more of an idea of how it’ll be received over the next few days.
I know right! They glow just the right way on that teaser. I don’t know if it’s CGI or Contact lenses, but it’s done so well!
Wow 18+ seems a bit steep. Judging by the trailers,
I'm still betting on Perrin. They've made so many other random changes, that any resemblance between the books & TV series is almost coincidental. Making Perrin the Dragon Reborn would fit perfectly into their pattern of random, unexpected, and unnecessary changes.
