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I haven’t even watched season 2. Does it get any better than Season 1?
Depends on what you expect. I liked it, but I didn't have too many problems with season 1 either (well, except for the last episode).
The show is clearly its own thing and does a lot of things differently. Imho not worse, just different. But for those who were hoping that the series would follow the books closely, I fear that the show will never be good.
I didn't enjoy season one because I felt it was poorly done. Not because it didn't follow the books (which I've read three or four times), but because I felt it was poorly written.
If the subsequent seasons are getting better, I might go back and give it another shot.
Worth remembering that some of season 1's problems (not all of them...not by a long shot, but some of the ones that stuck in many viewers' minds) were out of the showrunners' hands, as they had to adapt to filming during COVID, which had multiple problematic effects of not being able to spend the time doing more rounds of feedback and revision (for example, we know Sanderson reviewed and gave feedback on earlier episodes, but was unable to do it for the last few because of the changed production timeframes) and also have reducing how many characters they could have on screen at once. They also lost access to Mat's actor suddenly, after he quit (allegedly for family and/or mental health reasons).
Season 2 was worse, if you didn’t think the writing was good in season 1, the writing was noticeably worse in season 2. I can’t imagine how terrible season 3 will be.
Should have just did there own thing
Going into season 2, I was ready to write it off completely. That said, I thought it was a major improvement over the first.
Still deviated from the books more than I would have liked, but it was enough of a redemption that I will be watching season 3.
I liked season 2 much more than season 1, but also I had lower expectations.
Haha. That says a lot.
I mean to say, season 1’s ending made me mad, so I went into season 2 expecting it to suck. It didn’t, so I enjoyed it. 😆
That's even more promising. It was the episode one finale that really turned me off too.
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