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Release schedule:

Friday, September 1: Episodes 1-3 "A Taste of Solitude," "Strangers and Friends," and "What Might Be"
Friday, September 8: Episode 4 "Daughters of the Night"
Friday, September 15: Episode 5
Friday, September 22: Episode 6
Friday, September 29: Episode 7
Friday, October 6: Episode 8

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[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

As someone who has not read the books (started but never finished book 1), I'm enjoying not having to worry about how the show is "ruining" the books.

The first season was clearly a bit clumsy, but also completely drew me into the world ... I'm definitely going to want to check out season 2!

But also ... to all the book-readers ... my sympathies.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

But also ... to all the book-readers ... my sympathies.

Thank you. The show was a colossal disappointment for me. I couldn't even finish the season. It was so boring, and had a very different tone than the books.

[-] dreadgoat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm a huge book fan, and I have to say that book purists are the worst.

The show has made some changes that I don't love, and some of the characters aren't portrayed as I imagined, but for the most part it has been wonderful to see one of my favorite fantasy series brought to life, and to be able to enjoy this world with new fans. I always expect screen adaptions to make creative changes, since things that work in a book just don't work on screen sometimes, and I'd say the changes and presentations have been pretty sensible for the most part.

For every change I dislike there's at least one I appreciate, and all of the actors are killing it (with what they are given at least, looking at you weird Lan funeral scene). I'm looking forward to how they handle the story going forward!

[-] kras@fanaticus.social 1 points 1 year ago

I hate all the instant hate and the martyrs out there crying about the changes they made. I feel like most of them were necessary. The actors are killing it. And book two onwards will have a far better story than the first book which in my opinion is one of the worst ones. Very excited for this season

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world -3 points 1 year ago

Knowing it's different from the books is a selling point. The books are bad.

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