I hope they have every single character from the books.
I mean, if it doesn't have Ispan Shefar, Corele Hovian, Setalle Anan, Amathera, and Samitsu Tamagowa, it's not really worth playing, right?
No!
I don't care how much of a fan he is! There are thousands of Wheel of Time fans who didn't write Tokyo Drift and are thus better suited to write a game adaptation.
At least involve Brandon Sanderson, the author Jordan's wife selected to complete the WoT novels. He has a remarkable understanding of game systems and how to write for them.
@jettokisora: While I understand your general sentiment, I think I should point out to you and many others that the script for Tokyo Drift was formulaic but surprisingly decent. The discourse was pretty unusual and refreshing as it was ultimately an ode to hybridization and cosmopolitism.
Also, for Wanted, Morgan was only the 3rd man hired to help make a screenplay out of the retarded story written by the other two so...
To his credit he is also the author of Cellular. I never saw that movie but it was at the very least pretty original I heard.
To his charge, his latest effort, Fast & Furious, was pretty lame.
Is this article sarcastic? I can't tell. I don't know about directors, so I don't know if this guy really is suitable, or if Mike is being sarcastic here.
But I am a big fan of The Wheel of Time. Really hope this movie does it a lil justice. Doubt it will be perfect. Personally I always thought that the story was to long, and complex to be adapted into movies. But I'll bite, and let myself get a little excited over this. In the least, I can be pulled back into Robert Jordon's world once again. And since this movie will likely come out along side the 11th book, it will help me prepare to bring myself back.
@Klausaidon: I think it might have been half sarcastic but it's hard to tell. Having read the series most of my life I'm really trying not to let myself get excited about this movie/game adaptation and the choice of the monster behind Tokyo Drift and Wanted is helping with that. At least he's a fan though. By the way, I think you might be confused about the release date as the 11th book came out in 2005 and the 12th out of now 14 books in the series comes out this November.
"Having written The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Chris Morgan is no stranger to wheels"
I sincerely hope that this is how script writer cv's are written. :D
Of course, that would mean that having worked with Keanu Reeves, the Wachowski's could become carpenters.
Not good. Robert Jordan never finished the last book. I don't care about Elayne or Birgette. I want to know what happens to Rand, Perrin and Matt. What's up with the Daughter of the Nine Moons? Who's Logain really and are the Ashaman truly cured of the taint? Is Mazrim Taim the next "Dark One" or is he the catalyst for the new generation of the Forsaken. What's to become of the Seanchan?
Good thing the next book is coming in fall 09' Brandon Sanderson is writing it and there's been talk that it might have to be split into two volumes. Either way...I'm sad that Robert Jordan passed and didn't see the end of his 18 year series but I need my Wheel of Time fix.
Don't bother reading them. As Velocity states, the first three are decent (don't think I'd quite go as far as brilliant), but after that, they go down hill extremely fast. Boring, redundant description and cardboard characters.
If you want fantasy, read good fantasy like the Gormenghast novels, Perdido Street Station, Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, or really nearly anything other than Jordan.
@SpiralJacobs: I'll have to disagree with both you and Velocity. Except for book 10 I found all the others very good reads that I couldn't put down until I finished them.
@Narishma: agreed, I enjoyed all 11. Especially the chapters about Matt and the Band of the Red Hand, Rand, Perrin and his wolf brothers and the Aielman. Even the development of the Black Tower and the Ashaman is awesome.
Sorry Spiral, I'll have to disagree with you on that score.
Epic sad face. Now that Robert Jordan has passed his property is being pimped up the wazoo. In fact I'm not sure the body is even cold yet.
As a huge fan of the series I always wanted to see it in film, but it is so huge that it will have to be truncated to a degree that would make the Lord Of The Rings movies seem unabridged.
Oh, other minor issue? He died before he finished the last book. It is being completed by another author that was selected by Jordan to make the completion (he knew he was on the way out) but there is no set date and no guarantee of quality.
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I mean, if it doesn't have Ispan Shefar, Corele Hovian, Setalle Anan, Amathera, and Samitsu Tamagowa, it's not really worth playing, right?
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I don't care how much of a fan he is! There are thousands of Wheel of Time fans who didn't write Tokyo Drift and are thus better suited to write a game adaptation.
At least involve Brandon Sanderson, the author Jordan's wife selected to complete the WoT novels. He has a remarkable understanding of game systems and how to write for them.
08/04/09
Also, for Wanted, Morgan was only the 3rd man hired to help make a screenplay out of the retarded story written by the other two so...
To his credit he is also the author of Cellular. I never saw that movie but it was at the very least pretty original I heard.
To his charge, his latest effort, Fast & Furious, was pretty lame.
08/04/09
But I am a big fan of The Wheel of Time. Really hope this movie does it a lil justice. Doubt it will be perfect. Personally I always thought that the story was to long, and complex to be adapted into movies. But I'll bite, and let myself get a little excited over this. In the least, I can be pulled back into Robert Jordon's world once again. And since this movie will likely come out along side the 11th book, it will help me prepare to bring myself back.
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Or maybe a skirt-adjusting mini-game?
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So intense it'll burn you out of the Pattern.
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I sincerely hope that this is how script writer cv's are written. :D
Of course, that would mean that having worked with Keanu Reeves, the Wachowski's could become carpenters.
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*Throws beer bottle*
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Good thing the next book is coming in fall 09' Brandon Sanderson is writing it and there's been talk that it might have to be split into two volumes. Either way...I'm sad that Robert Jordan passed and didn't see the end of his 18 year series but I need my Wheel of Time fix.
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There was a Wheel of time game at one point, lets just pretend I didn't say that.
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If you want fantasy, read good fantasy like the Gormenghast novels, Perdido Street Station, Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, or really nearly anything other than Jordan.
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Sorry Spiral, I'll have to disagree with you on that score.
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As a huge fan of the series I always wanted to see it in film, but it is so huge that it will have to be truncated to a degree that would make the Lord Of The Rings movies seem unabridged.
Oh, other minor issue? He died before he finished the last book. It is being completed by another author that was selected by Jordan to make the completion (he knew he was on the way out) but there is no set date and no guarantee of quality.
Yeah, my jury is WAY out on this stuff.
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