Recent content by Maelstrom

I am saying I disagree with the premise it was a gay marriage ceremony or an attempt to put it in. Show their love and commitment to each other as well as the task they have, sure. But not an actual marriage. But having watched the justification for it, and rewatched the scene in question, I...

I watched a couple of the reviews. I'm not really sure I agree that they "pick up on things", at least, not things that really exist. The guy that had read the books definitely just kinda nodded along and didn't provide any real spoilers (yes, and? type interviewing) which is good. And it is...

I fully agree with this - it is an extremely hard story to adapt, and it was always going to be tough to try to do. And it was sloppy at times, for sure. As for animated, bleck. I know some people like it, but I would have been disappointed right off the bat to hear they were going that route...

I actually kinda agree with the bolded re: finale plotlines. I think they could have done better there and wish they'd taken their time. I think fans were mostly ok with them making some changes to the end as TEotW has one of the weaker endings overall, but the execution and choices made were...

Pretty sure this was another casualty of Matt's actor leaving (and having to figure out a way to "leave" him behind). We've seen that there must be another way to enter/use the Ways (which is what Fain is using). I wouldn't be surprised if they use that going forward and kinda "forget" the...

Probably obvious from previous posts, but I'm a bit of a "superfan" of the books. However, I enjoyed the first season, but was underwhelmed by the ending. I really think Covid and the actor for Matt leaving did a number on the final episode (I liked 7), and Amazon would have served the show...

I love seeing Metallica live (one of my favorite shows was them and Godsmack), but that is a lot of money for a show. I might pay that to go back and see them live in the 80s or early 90s, but not sure now. They do have popup shows so it likely isn't their only US show of the year. Watch for...

Sorry for a long reply (adding a TL;DR), but I've been thinking about this lately. Both in relation to the books themselves, but as I think about it as it relates to the show also. TL;DR: good story, characters and story grow, good ending, enjoy the writing style, world setting and re-read for...

So I don't have confirmation of this theory, but both had a bit of it myself and then say others (YouTube, etc) speculating about it also. When the actor that plays Matt left after episode 6 was filmed, they had to scramble to basically rewrite episodes 7 and 8. I think they changed the waygates...

Pretty sure that if Jeff tells them which number it is not, the odds are better if ... nope, sorry, stopping now.

I don't think so, not really - the first book as written would be fairly boring and tropey TV. Farmboy goes on quest to save the world. I think trying to pull in some of the machinations from later books earlier on, so we see a full world, not just the world as seen by a villager. That doesn't...

I have read that, given when the books were written, "pillow friends" might have been as close as it could have gotten to spelling out their relationship (or that kind of relationship) then (trying to be a bit coy re: spoilers). I always read it as implied that it was a thing at least during...

So it wasn't just me not really knowing how to find the scoreboard, wondered where it was. I do agree that limited choice does tend to better force BF type (team) choices, so I get that, although I feel like that ship sailed a few versions ago. Maybe 3 or 4 was the last time it really felt like...

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