Wheel of Time

[dlphg9]

Holy shit, I hate that this show doesn't get the love it deserves. This season has been one of the best seasons of TV I have seen in a long ass time. This is the show that Amazon should be pushing against House of the dragon and not Rings of Power.

This season has completely blown away anything those other 2 shows have done and I loved season 1 of HOTD. I thought episode 4 of this season was going to be tough to top, but then we just got episode 6. God damn it was awesome and had probably the 2 most badass scenes that we've gotten in WOT.

I wish more people watched so I could talk about it.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Holy shit, I hate that this show doesn't get the love it deserves. This season has been one of the best seasons of TV I have seen in a long ass time. This is the show that Amazon should be pushing against House of the dragon and not Rings of Power.

This season has completely blown away anything those other 2 shows have done and I loved season 1 of HOTD. I thought episode 4 of this season was going to be tough to top, but then we just got episode 6. God damn it was awesome and had probably the 2 most badass scenes that we've gotten in WOT.

I wish more people watched so I could talk about it.

Reading what you have been saying about it I will have to check it out. Seems like a reverse of GOT in which it actually gets better as the seasons progress. I read most of the books, so I am hoping that the pacing in the show is much better than the books which drug on for far too long.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Reading what you have been saying about it I will have to check it out. Seems like a reverse of GOT in which it actually gets better as the seasons progress. I read most of the books, so I am hoping that the pacing in the show is much better than the books which drug on for far too long.

His post is full of hyperbole. Season 3 has been pretty good, but compared to the dumpster fire that was season 1, and just meh season 2, it feels great for people desperate for it to be great.

HOTD is a better written, acted, and much better visually.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

His post is full of hyperbole. Season 3 has been pretty good, but compared to the dumpster fire that was season 1, and just meh season 2, it feels great for people desperate for it to be great.

HOTD is a better written, acted, and much better visually.

Completely agree. I had surgery last week which gave me time to binge the season up until now and while I wholeheartedly agree that season 3 >> season 2 >> season 1, it still feels like a CW level show at best. FWIW, it’s a good CW show like The 100, but a CW show just the same. I think it’s the fact that it’s mostly populated with largely forgettable young actors.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

His post is full of hyperbole. Season 3 has been pretty good, but compared to the dumpster fire that was season 1, and just meh season 2, it feels great for people desperate for it to be great.

HOTD is a better written, acted, and much better visually.

You literally called it great in your post above mine. Ok, here I'll tone it down.

Season 3 of WOT isn't better than season 1 of HOTD, but it's just as good. It is much better than season 2 of HOTD.

Through 7 episodes the average episode rating on IMDB is 8.6. No episode has been below an 8.2 rating. 4/7 of the episodes are 8.6 or higher. If the finale sticks the landing, then it will finish with a top 30 highest ranked season ever on IMDB.

So it isn't just me that thinks the show is outstanding. This season has been incredible.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

You literally called it great in your post above mine. Ok, here I'll tone it down.

Season 3 of WOT isn't better than season 1 of HOTD, but it's just as good. It is much better than season 2 of HOTD.

Through 7 episodes the average episode rating on IMDB is 8.6. No episode has been below an 8.2 rating. 4/7 of the episodes are 8.6 or higher. If the finale sticks the landing, then it will finish with a top 30 highest ranked season ever on IMDB.

So it isn't just me that thinks the show is outstanding. This season has been incredible.

I'm not sure I'd consider IMDB scores a great metric on their own, especially for a show like WOT. When a show drives away all of the casual viewers and all that remains are the devoted fans, you see a lot of inflated scores. Over time, those scores fall to where they should be as more people watch.

Same thing happened with Suits. I remember back in its initial run, the last couple seasons kept getting episodes with these high 8s and 9s and anyone even moderately objective knew those scores were undeserved. Then when it experienced its streaming renaissance, and more eyes were on the show, those scores dropped to the 7s and 8s they should've been to begin with.

I am pretty confident the same thing is going to happen here. I mean, I'm not shitting on the show, it has certainly improved in quality, but you can't straight faced tell me you think this season is a top 30 season in all of TV history. That's just absurd.