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The best way to adapt the Wheel of Time would be as a stage play because 99.9% of the content of the books is just people sitting around being passive-aggressive at each other.
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precision posted:The best way to adapt the Wheel of Time would be as a stage play because 99.9% of the content of the books is just people sitting around being passive-aggressive at each other. 70%. The other 30 is Nynaeve tugging on her braid.
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Apr 8, 2018 01:10
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No Randy you're not hired go away
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Apr 8, 2018 01:18
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esperterra posted:70%. The other 30 is Nynaeve tugging on her braid. and the 5% that can be summed up as "male character thinks female character is irrational, female character thinks male character is an idiot"
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Apr 8, 2018 02:21
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And then Rand has 3 wives and fucks everything.
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Apr 8, 2018 02:33
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Rand's wives are all dope as gently caress at least. Man's got good taste.
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Apr 8, 2018 02:45
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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/982788128355356672?r
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Apr 8, 2018 03:16
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If I’m the kind of person who gets extremely annoyed by that Coldplay song saying “Achilles and his gold” (the only time Achilles and gold come up at the same time in the Iliad is when he’s turning it down as an exchange for prizes he sees as a warriors honor), how insanely pissed would I get watching the Netflix Troy series? (If anything, Achilles is most associated with his armor. The whole heel thing is some AD era fanfic garbage)
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Apr 8, 2018 04:06
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That Troy show is a cheap BBC production and is rear end. Netflix just has the rights to broadcast it here.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:17
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Mu Zeta posted:That Troy show is a cheap BBC production and is rear end. Netflix just has the rights to broadcast it here. It's not good, but no, it wouldn't have been cheap.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:23
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I got bored of Troy really fast.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:25
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I'm glad that Netflix gave Joel McHale The Joel McHale show with Joel McHale (takes deep breath) because I missed The Soup.
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Mu Zeta posted:That Troy show is a cheap BBC production and is rear end. Netflix just has the rights to broadcast it here. Soooo they just go “nah, we won’t tell a story that has been preserved for thousands of years for some reason, let’s just make a soap opera?” God drat I would love a proper adaptation of some Greek epics.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:56
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MiddleOne posted:Boo. The show actually did find its stride past the first couple of episodes. Yeah, I will never get the weird anger this show drew for daring to have 90s references in a show set in 1996. I believe it could've been tightened up to an eight episode season easily but it rapidly improved from episode 3 onward.
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Apr 8, 2018 05:48
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muscles like this! posted:IIRC Netflix has said that they're going to be more willing to drop underperforming shows after just a season, instead of throwing good money after bad like they were doing. Are there any good netflix shows that didnt perform super well?
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Apr 8, 2018 06:06
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GreenNight posted:And then Rand has 3 wives and fucks everything. Not everything. Was there even one gay dude in the Wheel of Time? I'm drawing a total blank.
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precision posted:Not everything. Was there even one gay dude in the Wheel of Time? I'm drawing a total blank. Lord Baldhere (one of the Borderland generals, apparently Lan mentions it about him but I didn't find a citation to confirm) and Algarin/Emarin (one of the Black Tower good guys). Otherwise it's just a lot of lesbians and bi women.
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Apr 8, 2018 06:45
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Aw yeah.
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Apr 8, 2018 06:49
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WoT definitely seems like a series that would be helped by an adaptation clearing up some of the dead wood and fixing the massive pacing issues of the later books.
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esperterra posted:Aw yeah. I'm p sure it's canon that literally all women in WoTworld are either secretly lesbians or so hungry for dick it drives them actually insane it sure does have some things to say about mens and womens
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Apr 8, 2018 09:18
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In WoT the magic casting (called channeling) is definitely a metaphor for orgasming. Still, it's a really well crafted world that Jordan describes, the history and stuff was cool as poo poo when I was 15 years old and I kept reading them until it finally finished and I was almost 30. I started rereading a few years ago and got caught up with life but books 1 through 5 were still engaging and fun.
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Apr 8, 2018 14:53
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Yeah, the middle books are a slog. Jordan didn't just tell a story he wove a world, and once all the starting threads spread out and everyone has their own plot and side characters and they briefly intersect and then go off on their own things, well, you can get a whole book where it jumps back and forth and each character just goes a few steps. Sanderson had the chore of bringing that whole thing back into a tight ending, but at least that was something to work towards without winding out new side-stories.
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Apr 8, 2018 17:37
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It would be a good show if done correctly with a good budget. You can cut out so much of the garbage and bullshit and make it a fun story.
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Apr 8, 2018 18:00
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Wheel of Time is really weird because there's a great story with some real progressive ideas for its time which also happens to be mired in some awful sexism politics. If they can update its female characters for modern day and give it a decent budget then it could be something special. It's weird that Amazon's going for that and LotR and the Dark Tower though.Gaunab posted:I'm glad that Netflix gave Joel McHale The Joel McHale show with Joel McHale (takes deep breath) because I missed The Soup. Ah, you mean the Penis McHale show! Yes, it's very good indeed.
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Apr 8, 2018 19:04
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So was I the only one who found it wildly inappropriate that Donna kept hanging out at Eric’s basement every time they broke up
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Apr 8, 2018 20:31
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It's really weird that everyone just kept going over to the Foreman's house, especially after Eric and Hyde move away.
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Apr 8, 2018 21:16
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muscles like this! posted:It's really weird that everyone just kept going over to the Foreman's house, especially after Eric and Hyde move away. Also how they all start making GBS threads on Eric once Topher Grace sorta kinda made it in Hollywood making it clear he wouldn't return
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Apr 8, 2018 21:17
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The Penis McHale show was pretty good this week
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Apr 8, 2018 21:49
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I feel like they kind of lampshaded that whole "why does everyone keep coming here?" thing when Jackie just kept showing up after she and Kelso broke up even though everyone hated her. They all had nowhere else to go.
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Apr 8, 2018 22:13
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The Foremans were the only parents who didn't know what weed smelt like.
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Apr 8, 2018 22:41
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Yo could someone get the BBC to do a new Count of Monte Cristo adaptation? TIA
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Apr 8, 2018 22:49
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The new Troy show sure has a lot of 'are we the baddies' moments.
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Apr 8, 2018 22:50
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Entirely too many things happen to these teenagers in three years
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Apr 8, 2018 23:09
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I really like AP Bio, but I am curious as to how they continue the show for multiple seasons and keep the kids around.
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Apr 8, 2018 23:33
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Just change it to Bio 101
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swickles posted:I really like AP Bio, but I am curious as to how they continue the show for multiple seasons and keep the kids around. Just have it not run in real time. The kids stick around until they start looking noticeably different, and then a new school year starts and they replace the kids. Or just roll with the absurdity of the show and have them all end up at Harvard and in the same class, taught by him.
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If AP Bio finds its groove and gets renewed its probably easy enough to move Jack to a new AP class or have him become their counselor or just have them come to him for advice or something. You could just put them in a class with another teacher (either one of the established ones or a new character) and have Jack interrupt all the time or something. Class only makes up so much of the show. Its workable. If it goes beyond that and needs to deal with kids graduating to keep a successful show going then that's what you call one of those "good problems."
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Apr 9, 2018 00:47
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Just have it not run in real time. The kids stick around until they start looking noticeably different, and then a new school year starts and they replace the kids. Ah, the classic Boy Meets World move.
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swickles posted:I really like AP Bio, but I am curious as to how they continue the show for multiple seasons and keep the kids around. What are they gonna do if the show is renewed, most community college degrees are only two year programs
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