Aratouial Delafeld
Novice
Just in case it's not obvious, spoilers abound in this thread!
I think it's possible, given Marvelous Mrs. Maisel had 18 episodes its first season, we might see a longer season that could cover both Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. I've always encouraged new readers to read the first two books and then decide if they want to keep going, and I kinda consider them a matched pair.
So here's what got me excited about finally seeing it on screen:
1) Moiraine's Manatheren monologue. I've always had a thing for movie oration (starting with the Independence Day speech), and reading this monologue in the book has always given me chills. I think Rosamund might just knock this out of the park, and I can't wait to hear her voice saying "Weep for Manetheren. Weep for what is lost forever."
2) Loial and the Ways. I've always loved the nerdy bookish scholar archeologist in pretty much any incarnation, and Loial navigating them through the Ways has always been one of my favorite arcs in EotW and I think it has the potential to be a really beautiful and interesting set design that shows off what the WoT world can be like. Seeing the Waygate come to life could quite possibly be epic.
3) "Cat crosses the courtyard!" I'm going to laugh. So hard.
4) Nynaeve's Accepted test. I'm so interested to see how the show's going to handle ter'angreal like that, and this scene could be incredibly emotionally compelling. I'm guessing that up until this point in the show her character's going to have a lot of detractors, so this scene could be really powerful as our first real insight into her character motivations-- motivations that stay with her all the way until AMoL.
I think it's possible, given Marvelous Mrs. Maisel had 18 episodes its first season, we might see a longer season that could cover both Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. I've always encouraged new readers to read the first two books and then decide if they want to keep going, and I kinda consider them a matched pair.
So here's what got me excited about finally seeing it on screen:
1) Moiraine's Manatheren monologue. I've always had a thing for movie oration (starting with the Independence Day speech), and reading this monologue in the book has always given me chills. I think Rosamund might just knock this out of the park, and I can't wait to hear her voice saying "Weep for Manetheren. Weep for what is lost forever."
2) Loial and the Ways. I've always loved the nerdy bookish scholar archeologist in pretty much any incarnation, and Loial navigating them through the Ways has always been one of my favorite arcs in EotW and I think it has the potential to be a really beautiful and interesting set design that shows off what the WoT world can be like. Seeing the Waygate come to life could quite possibly be epic.
3) "Cat crosses the courtyard!" I'm going to laugh. So hard.
4) Nynaeve's Accepted test. I'm so interested to see how the show's going to handle ter'angreal like that, and this scene could be incredibly emotionally compelling. I'm guessing that up until this point in the show her character's going to have a lot of detractors, so this scene could be really powerful as our first real insight into her character motivations-- motivations that stay with her all the way until AMoL.