Something Resembling 'The Wheel of Time' Aired Last Night On FXX

eldavojohn writes: If you didn't partake in the DDOS attack on Dragonmount as fans tried to figure out just what the %&#% was going on last night, you should probably prepare yourself for Billy Zane filled disappointment and watch a curious pilot covering the prologue of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan that apparently aired around 01:30 AM Eastern time on FXX. The reviews of said pilot are unkind and appear to contain question marks all the way down starting with Jordan's Widow disavowing its authorization.

The world of film and TV development is a confusing one, but it appears that NBC initially bought options to turn it into a mini series which were then optioned by Universal/Red Eagle Entertainment in conjunction with Red Eagle Games to do a coordinated release. Red Eagle games announced a combined effort with Jet Set games and around 2012 began releasing information on an "Aiel War" project to target mobile gaming platforms. But that appeared to die with its failed kickstarter attempt. It is suspected that Red Eagle Entertainment is behind the odd FXX airing last night. Was this an eleventh hour "use it or lose it" move by Red Eagle Entertainment without Universal's knowledge? In any case, it was a secretive, odd, low-budget, disappointing start to The Wheel of Time in film.

Comments

the winter dragon is coming,

[grrrl]

The pilot was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings or endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[TWX]

And if it was as bad as claimed, it probably was an ending too.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[garyisabusyguy]

They had obtained the rights years ago and were about to lose them through inactivity, so they crapped this out to maintain their rights

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[Chaos Incarnate]

Obsidian's rights were sublicensed from Red Eagle.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[TWX]

So, kind of like the books then?

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[Anonymous Coward]

The Director shuffled his dress, It wasn't a very stylish dress certainly it had never been seen at court but it was the style of unremarkable dress whose mere existence allowed the director four pages of waffling descriptive prose.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[Talderas]

The director then excused himself to go to the bathroom.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[Austerity Empowers]

The audience sniffed.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[Talderas]

The audience sniffed while tugging on their braids.

Re:the winter dragon is coming,

[Specter]

And smoothing the skirts ... don't forget the F***KING skirt smoothing...

Heat Death of the Universe

[ColdWetDog]

At the pace that pilot is going (I just watched the first little bit), this series could end up with a run time of several hundred years.

Let's move it, people.

Re:Heat Death of the Universe

[Anonymous Coward]

So basically it's staying true to the books completely.

Re:Heat Death of the Universe

[RivenAleem]

Yes, you were joking, however, it made a number of shocking omissions in the few minutes it actually did run. It was as if, realising they had nil for a SFX budget, they decided that Lews Therin did himself in with a knife instead of overdrawing on the source and creating Dragonmount. Also, there was no rippling of floors and walls in after-shock from him using the power to murder his entire family.

The other bits weren't that bad though. No, wait, they were. They got Ilyena "Sunhair"'s hair colour wrong.

I understand the words

[Anonymous Coward]

but have no idea what the hell you are blathering on about.

What is FXX? What is the wheel of time? Some old song is all I Know.

Not everyone lives in the United States, and watches FXX (what is that Foxconn tv?) and anticipated the wheel in the sky by Journey.

Re:I understand the words

[ToasterMonkey]

Strangely enough, there is this concept called THE FUCKING ARTICLE which often (but not always, this is Slashdot after all) contains useful hints about WHAT THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT.

After that, it's all reading comprehension and a few minutes using your Internet-search-engine-of-choice.

Which article, there are eight links in the summary. DDOS, pilot, miniseries, TV, film, game, mobile, internal project names, failed kick starters... WTF? o.O

as fans tried to figure out just what the %&#% was going on last night, you should probably prepare yourself

So, the people who CARE about this garbage don't know what's going on either, and it's here WHY?

Re:I understand the words

[Anonymous Coward]

I think I see the problem, put the crack pipe away and relax when writing the summary. I couldn't tell if I was having a stroke or a chatbot had submitted the story.

Re:I understand the words

[sribe]

Strangely enough, there is this concept called THE FUCKING ARTICLE which often (but not always, this is Slashdot after all) contains useful hints about WHAT THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT.

Strangely enough, some people expect the fucking summary to both be fucking coherent, and actually fucking summarize the fucking article.

Re:How about something on what happened here?

[ganjadude]

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Better quality

[Anonymous Coward]

Link in the posting is terrible. Here's a better quality video if its ok to post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPxPBYL-0xU

Honestly, as a reader of the books I don't see whats so bad about it so far. I mean, the stuff with Lews Therin and parts before the Breaking were obviously in more modern times if you stop and think about it.

Re: Better quality

[dclydew]

Wasn't BMW, it was a Mercedes Benz hood ornament in The Shadow Rising.

Huh?

[jtownatpunk.net]

It is suspected that Red Eagle Entertainment is behind the odd FXX airing last night.

What was your first clue? Was it the title card that says, "A RED EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT AND RADAR TELEVISION PRODUCTION"?

I heard...

[clickety6]

I heard it was just 30 minutes of a long-haired brunette tugging on her braided hair.

Critics are calling it the most accurate book-to-TV adaptation yet.

Re:How about something on what happened here?

[NotDrWho]

I just assumed they finally disappeared up Bennett Haselton's ass.

Re:How about something on what happened here?

[dywolf]

none of my nerdy senses picked up on a WOT tv pilot.
this sounds like something was pumped out to use a contract option before it expired.