Anyone who actually read the books might consider skipping this TV series. Robert Jordan's work was immaculate, articulate, and generally perfect as it was. Unfortunately, the showrunner took serious liberties, obviously affected by the hubris of believing that they could dramatically improve on the original. They failed dismally. After slogging through six episodes it got to the point where it was obvious that all hope was lost. The acting was the high point. The casting was OK... but not stellar, the costumes were amazing, the cinematography excellent, but it was the rewriting characters as well as the relationships between the characters was unforgivable. As others have mentioned, they should have stuck with the original story and avoided going off on weird tangents. Jordan would be rolling in his grave if he saw the result. No wonder that a legal battle ensured with his widow around her comments on the pilot. I hope the settlement was substantial.
Review of The Wheel of Time: Origins
