Can’t wait!
Elsa Keslassy, for Variety:
Amazon Studios has ordered “The Wheel of Time,” an action fantasy series based on Robert Jordan’s bestselling fantasy novels, which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. Rafe Judkins (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) adapted the material into a series and serves as showrunner.
I read the first ‘Wheel of Time’ book in 1995 (or thereabouts) and the last one was published in 2013, so this is a universe in which I spent close to 20 years in. I hope the TV series is at least as good as ‘Game of Thrones’.
From one set of numbers corresponding to an IP address, which leads to a Delos website with a required password field, to the numbers behind Douglas Adams’ A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the detectives on r/Westworld are simply amazing.
Make sure to read through all the comments.
We started watching Season 4 of the excellent Peaky Blinders [Netflix] the other day. The seasons opens with a dramatic and visually stunning prison scene, where the Shelby’s are on their way to the gallows. Shazam couldn’t figure out the accompanying music so I did a little digging.
Silicon Valley, the TV show from HBO, is probably the most horrific portrayal of the programmers/coders/tech crowd living and working in that area of the world. I realise that its supposed to be satire, but it simply isn’t. Thomas Middleditch’s character — Richard Hendricks — is particularly dreadful. He’s not only stupid, despite being a genius, he’s a criminal and displays many qualities that I despise, which are unfortunately so commonplace in the world. And Erlich? He’s even worse.
I can’t believe the show’s into its fifth season…
We just finished watching the fifth season of House of Cards and quite frankly I’m astounded at how stupid Claire is. I apologise for being blunt, but she’s blind and petty over the last two seasons or so. Treasonous and greedy too. The show is great — I give it a big thumbs up — make no mistake, but I don’t understand how she’s so far off Frank’s game.