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I am an avid fan of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I've read all of the books released up to this point except A New Spring (prequel) which I own but haven't read. I'm waiting until closer to the release date of the final book before I start over on the whole series. I'm even a big enough geek to own The World of the Wheel of Time (a descriptive and pictoral guide to the world of the Wheel of Time series much like some of the DnD books describe the world of the diferent settings).
I was saddened by Robert Jordan's death. But, I was also selfishly releaved that he had made plans to have the book finished before he died. Appearently, he left plenty of notes and such with his wife and publisher to finish the last book, as he was aware of his impending death.
However, I must confess that I'm a little concerned about the news that Universal has aquired the rights to the series for the purpose of making a movie series out of it. After having read the series, I don't think it's possible to really bring the depth of the books to the big screen (which seems to be in most cases).
The spellcasting system, for insance, is very detailed and complicated in the way that it works. In fact, spells are comprised of weaves of earth, water, fire, air, and spirit (guys being naturally stronger in earth and fire, while women are naturally stronger in water and air). Weaves of men can be seen by others of the gender of the caster (women cannot see men's weaves and visa versa). And spells are dictated by the amount and use of certain elements of the weave (fire, earth, water, air, and spirit).
Then there's the whole interaction of the characters. There is so much depth to the characters that Jordan created, their motives could never be fully represented on screen without extensive narration. Take Nynaeve, for example. She was a character I absolutely hated and often wondered why Jordan ever bothered to bring her into the series. She was just that annoying (mostly based on her actions). Her motives were always good, though an underlying part of her character presentation until the 6th or 7th book where she redeems herself and becomes one of my favorite characters from that point forward (even with her continued attitude contrast with other main characters). But most of that would never translate to the screen, I think.
However, I will say this: the big screen renditions of the Lord of the Ring trilogy was as good as it could be done, in my personal opinion. But, there was still a great deal of the depth of the characters that didn't make it to the screen. My biggest hope is that they get a crew of simular values and skill at translation between book and screen.
My best friend (caveman_282) and I have often talked about this. He has long since hoped for a movie series while I have not. But, we both have come to the conclusion that there are serious concerns as to whether a good screenwrite could even be managed.
I just wanted to open a conversation and see if anyone else ahd any opinions on this.
I was saddened by Robert Jordan's death. But, I was also selfishly releaved that he had made plans to have the book finished before he died. Appearently, he left plenty of notes and such with his wife and publisher to finish the last book, as he was aware of his impending death.
However, I must confess that I'm a little concerned about the news that Universal has aquired the rights to the series for the purpose of making a movie series out of it. After having read the series, I don't think it's possible to really bring the depth of the books to the big screen (which seems to be in most cases).
The spellcasting system, for insance, is very detailed and complicated in the way that it works. In fact, spells are comprised of weaves of earth, water, fire, air, and spirit (guys being naturally stronger in earth and fire, while women are naturally stronger in water and air). Weaves of men can be seen by others of the gender of the caster (women cannot see men's weaves and visa versa). And spells are dictated by the amount and use of certain elements of the weave (fire, earth, water, air, and spirit).
Then there's the whole interaction of the characters. There is so much depth to the characters that Jordan created, their motives could never be fully represented on screen without extensive narration. Take Nynaeve, for example. She was a character I absolutely hated and often wondered why Jordan ever bothered to bring her into the series. She was just that annoying (mostly based on her actions). Her motives were always good, though an underlying part of her character presentation until the 6th or 7th book where she redeems herself and becomes one of my favorite characters from that point forward (even with her continued attitude contrast with other main characters). But most of that would never translate to the screen, I think.
However, I will say this: the big screen renditions of the Lord of the Ring trilogy was as good as it could be done, in my personal opinion. But, there was still a great deal of the depth of the characters that didn't make it to the screen. My biggest hope is that they get a crew of simular values and skill at translation between book and screen.
My best friend (caveman_282) and I have often talked about this. He has long since hoped for a movie series while I have not. But, we both have come to the conclusion that there are serious concerns as to whether a good screenwrite could even be managed.
I just wanted to open a conversation and see if anyone else ahd any opinions on this.
thanks for heads up
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