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The Wheel of Time (2021)
Weep for Manetheren, weep for what is lost forever
A careless trinklet. I've started watching the Wheel of Time and so far I've played it forward about 10 times. It's important to mention that I have only 3 episodes available. As a youngster, I loved reading this series and I remember the first books quite vividly. The first thing that springs to my mind is Rand's appearance: in the book he's very different from the people of the Two Rivers; obviously, he was a stranger, an alien. But in this mixture of folks I cannot tell he's very different. The other thing is a plot: there are lots of deviations and the original was treated somewhat carelessly. And the biggest issue is the representation. For some reason, the creators decided that a fairytale, something that started as a tribute to Tolkien and Herbert, should be truned into Sex Education, Games of Thrones etc. Don't take me wrong, I love some of the modern shows, but should the Wheel of time be a copy of them? The other issue comes along with this frivolous approach. Some of the decisions haven't been connected to the stroyline, they are pointless and has no any affect on the plot, buzzing in the air as annoying flies.
In a nutshell, the show is a disappointment for people who have been waiting for respectful treatment of the source, a fairytale, but not a teenage fantasy. For now, I will leave it aside and deal with my poignant anger.
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
A good beginning makes a good ending, doesn't it?
I've got quite mixed feelings about this one. I've been a huge fan of the series since the beginning, so in this review I'll make references to the previous series. I'd even say this review is a summary to the whole thing. 'Trollhunters' and 'Three below' have everything what it takes to forge the love of their viewers. But since the third season of 'Trollhunters', 'Wizards', everything had been speeding up and ended in a bit unsatisfying way for me as a fan. I feel kind of robbed. And now I'm afraid that the creators while they were creating 'Rise of Titans' and 'Wizards', they went off their creation. They lost their interest. I have no right to blame them for that since the first season of 'Trollhunters' was accompanied by the terrible death of Anton Yelchin and it had taken a toll on them. However, despite that fact, they decided to continue and made such a good second season. Then the third season came and there they showed some contraversial decisions on characters' development they'd made and it felt a bit lacking, as for me. Although it wasn't that bad. At that point I thought it was the end to this great story and with a heavy heart I said 'godbye' to the characters I'd loved by that time. Afterwards I learnt, they'd been making 'Wizards' for some time and I was happy and looking forward to it. But when 'Wizards' arrived, I was horrified. I was watching and thinking, 'They should've stopped, they shouldn't have been doing this to the setting, to the 'Tales of Arcadia' Universe.' They didn't even try to squeeze all those unfitting, out-of-blue characters into the plot, which I, by the way, remember quite vaguely because of all that stuff. And finally, here we are with 'Trollhunters: Rise of Titans', and the seeds of bad decisions they planted previously have sprouted now leaving me lost in the plot and the setting with more unanswered questions then before. But I have to accept this because as one said, 'There are so many projects have been left unfinished, so it's good when creators make an effort to lead the story to its end.' To sum up, 'Tales of Arcadia' will be a good example of the way you shouldn't treat your setting and, at the same time, an example of efforts you have to make to finish your story.