• Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    The only part that really feels GoTsey to me is the White Tower. All that intrigue and power play. The rest feels like a smalltown gang gets wrapped up in epoch-levrl good-and-evil struggles, like LOTR or Star Wars

    • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.net
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      4 days ago

      I think that’s the way its supposed to feel, so that’s good doggirl-thumbsup It’s very possible i’m just viewing it unfavourably, or experienced the changes in tone as bigger than they actually were, just because it wasn’t what I personally wanted from the show

      • Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        4 days ago

        It’s so rare for a show or movie to be better than its book. It might well be that the.book delivers on this premise even better than the show does, and I can’t notice because I am unfamiliar with the original