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I was hooked on Peaky Blinders right from the very start.
Like a good few other fans I have been frustrated by the delay in showing the latest series that's been ready for the last couple of years.
So I've started watching the whole thing again and it's better second time around. Stand out performance in series one is Sam Neill. A frightening figure indeed.
 
Wheel of time

So Rosamund Pike + the ginger kids Dad are the only two recognisable actors.

Looks like a B-movie or low quality series that are pumped out a dime a dozen.

Im bewildered at how this cost $10mil per episode? That cant be true...

Just finished the first episode and as my gf was saying how bad it was just as i was dozing off

two good things so far...

1: Rosamund Pike in the bathtub

2: The kid killing his mrs lol

im sure she/ he said there were 10 trollocs and yet there seemed like 50 of them lol

The women (aside from Rosamund) are all 'cover your eyes' ugly....the men are all weaklings and very feminine.

Is this a series where the women have strength and intelligence and the men are pretty much useless aside from the odd chap?

Its a hard watch
 
Wheel of time

So Rosamund Pike + the ginger kids Dad are the only two recognisable actors.

Looks like a B-movie or low quality series that are pumped out a dime a dozen.

Im bewildered at how this cost $10mil per episode? That cant be true...

Just finished the first episode and as my gf was saying how bad it was just as i was dozing off

two good things so far...

1: Rosamund Pike in the bathtub

2: The kid killing his mrs lol

im sure she/ he said there were 10 trollocs and yet there seemed like 50 of them lol

The women (aside from Rosamund) are all 'cover your eyes' ugly....the men are all weaklings and very feminine.

Is this a series where the women have strength and intelligence and the men are pretty much useless aside from the odd chap?

Its a hard watch

If you think Egwene is cover your eyes ugly you need your head checking out.
 

What did you think?

I'm curious as to what non-readers are making of it because I have a lot of bias.
I'm actually liking it so far. I get your problem with it though, I do the same with stuff I've read that makes the screen. I also am wondering like yourself how they are going to do the whole set of books.

I noticed Brandon Sanderson is an exec producer on it. Agree the cgi isn't brilliant, especially the use of magic.

It is very tropey though, first episode could have been LOTR almost like for like, I even thought Strider was making an appearance lol
 
What did you think?

I'm curious as to what non-readers are making of it because I have a lot of bias.

I've watched all 4 eps now - gave it another go. Really into it now because there's less instances of the awful CGI (the river scene at the begin nearly made me throw a sock at the TV). However the storyline is very... familiar really but I still have that "what's going to happen next" feeling because I haven't heard of it before. I can imagine if I'd read the books and that feeling was taken away I'd find it very average.

The actor who plays Perrin I can't stand; not sure if it's intentional but he just looks gormless 24/7 and reminds me of Lennie from Of Mice and Men. Seems like they're trying to cram every single racial stereotype into it they can though with the Irish travellers and the Asian samurai-y swordsman.
 

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