I get that Amazon strayed from the source material for Rings of Power buuuuut didn’t they also not have the rights to the source material? It doesn’t make it any better for the fans but I can see why it would be that way. They should have just not made it instead of being the douche canoes that they are and going the ol cash grab route they love so much.
But for Wheel of Time they had the rights to the source material. They had access to Brandon Sanderson for guidance. They had it all and all they had to do was make a best effort attempt at a like for like adaptation. Instead, the hubris of those ass clowns caused it to be one of the worse adaptations I have ever witnessed. Those jerkoffs decided they were going to make a better story themselves and just use the same character names.
The only good way I have seen it being described to lessen the pain is that the show is a different turning of the wheel and has nothing to do with the story in the books. Maybe we’ll get a better adaptation twenty years from now? I never thought I would look back at that terrible Red Eagle version “Winter Dragon” as the best live action variant…
From the side it’s not terrible. From the front and back it’s fucking hideous and has zero personality. I get that electric cars don’t *need * a front grille but adopting the style of a billboard is the wrong choice. Use stylish vents for down force or something. Give me anything but a plain blank or repetitive front and rear.
The interior is dogshit. But that’s not surprising as every automaker has decided that iPads and touchscreens are here to stay. Why can’t they all realize an interior like a Grenadier is preferable to these sanitary, boring, minimalist in a terrible way type of interiors?!
Ultimately, I don’t think I was the demographic for this model so my opinion is moot. But it used to be nice to dream and want cars that were out of my price range. Now I couldn’t care less about most of them and that’s coming from a car enthusiast.