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I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation Larry Send a noteboard - 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM
But we'll see what the future holds soon, I suspect.


On the audiovisual front? That deal fell through again, and the rights should revert to Harriet shortly (by the end of 2012, IRRC).

I'm one of those who believe WOT has close to zero potential for an adaptation (even as an anime series, it would be too massive for the Japanese producers to handle.. we're looking at at least 10 series of 20 episodes... won't happen). To adapt it, you'd have to seriously trim it down, to the point all that would remain is the "epic" backbone of the series, tortured to fit the medium and its constraints beside, and that epic backbone has not much to offer that isn't generic. It's a bit like expecting someone is going to commit to a full adaptation of Malazan for TV or cinema...

In the end, WOT is a Fantasy soap relying massively on the tropes of the genre (multiplied quid pro quos, mysteries, character moments, side plots etc. set on a more epic background/central core), and I don't think any network is going to put on the air a Fantasy soap any time soon.





Oh good God, if a telenovela WoT adaptation were made, can you imagine the screeching from certain quarters? :D

Good thing any adaptation isn't likely to happen, no? ;)
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? Larry - 08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM 1991 Views
Years of enjoyment. What else do you expect from fiction? Marshall - 08/10/2012 10:17:30 PM 993 Views
I expect a lot from fiction, to be honest Larry - 09/10/2012 02:43:59 AM 1010 Views
HAHAHA! darius_sedai - 08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM 1042 Views
Yeah, the use of my time does matter Larry - 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM 960 Views
Not sure I'd call it mindless darius_sedai - 09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM 931 Views
Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel Larry - 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM 955 Views
I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with darius_sedai - 09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM 833 Views
I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers Larry - 11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM 922 Views
Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM 862 Views
I like the TV series ... It's gritty darius_sedai - 13/10/2012 11:44:06 PM 819 Views
Well... it's a bit late in the game... DomA - 09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM 1072 Views
True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions Larry - 09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM 834 Views
I'm not sure... DomA - 09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM 860 Views
Well, we may be in closer agreement then Larry - 09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM 899 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then DomA - 09/10/2012 11:08:49 PM 999 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then Larry - 11/10/2012 06:14:27 AM 804 Views
Re: I'm not sure... echooff - 11/10/2012 06:15:26 PM 827 Views
There's a reason for this... fionwe1987 - 09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM 948 Views
True Larry - 09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM 971 Views
Re: True DomA - 09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM 878 Views
I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation Larry - 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM 831 Views
everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela! darius_sedai - 11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM 774 Views
Por ella, soy Luisa Therin? Larry - 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM 852 Views
All of the names would have to be longer and more pompous Tom - 11/10/2012 03:54:30 PM 693 Views
Not in this particular telenovela adaptation Larry - 11/10/2012 05:48:06 PM 1086 Views
It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Tom - 09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM 911 Views
It also has Faulknerian allusions Larry - 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM 895 Views
BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? Tom - 10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM 1135 Views
Re: BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? DomA - 10/10/2012 09:39:56 PM 863 Views
The One Power doesn't seem that unique or innovative to me. Tom - 11/10/2012 04:05:06 PM 753 Views
No, but I'll keep it in mind for the future when I have more money to spare Larry - 11/10/2012 05:49:52 AM 731 Views
It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though. Tom - 11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM 724 Views
Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare Larry - 11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM 918 Views
Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? nigelgoboom - 11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM 832 Views
Ah, where would we be without such bright lights like you around? Larry - 11/10/2012 05:59:48 PM 1026 Views
It will have meant.. . MightyYT - 11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM 823 Views
So... Larry - 11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM 860 Views
For me, yes. Macharius - 11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM 738 Views
I would think for most the money spent wasn't too bad Larry - 11/10/2012 08:07:49 PM 1015 Views
I got my money's worth, oh yes. MightyYT - 12/10/2012 07:59:58 PM 796 Views
I'm not sure it means anything. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 11/10/2012 08:10:45 PM 942 Views
I'm not sure there is too much meaning ajsr1982 - 15/10/2012 05:57:57 PM 845 Views
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