Thanks a lot for watching my interview! It would mean a lot if you would comment or subscribe to help the interview reach through the algothrims. But either way, huge thanks! ❤

Josha is single handedly raising my expectations with these interviews, bless him. And it's good to hear Rosamund articulate how narrating the story is settling in her mind - this can only help going forwards!!

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! And I agree, both Josha and Rosamund did a really great job raising expectations in my interview (and a few others I've seen as well!) :)

@joshuatabor8755

11 ай бұрын

There's no hope for this show. They screwed with the very foundation. No chance ot makes it past season 4.

@aldan7812

11 ай бұрын

@joshuatabor8755 I don't disagree with you man, but at least there's hope for Rand and tbh, with Pike producing, having her understand RJs inner workings could actually help correct course as much as possible going forwards.

@MrKlarc19

11 ай бұрын

I have to disagree with you on this. Every time he brings up the mental health crap it turns me off from even wanting to give it a chance. The adult Rand angle just doesn't fit. He's working at a mental health clinic... What? Why? It's just dumb.

@aldan7812

11 ай бұрын

@MrKlarc19 I agree it's dumb man, I think we can expect the writers to continue writing dumb shit until someone figures out that RJ actually did know best wity hus own story, whod have known right - the good part, is how this fella is at least trying to bring Rand into it so I'll give him huge credit for that.

Honestly, these cast interviews are so much more valuable-and encouraging!-than any review or analysis. Just love seeing how in tune they are with their roles, both on- and off-screen. Season 3 is gonna be so damn epic I can't wait :') grattis och bra jobbat

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Tack för att du tittade och lämnade en så fin kommentar!

I have been listening to Pike’s version of the audiobooks and have been significantly impressed with her audio characterizations. For the voices of characters we came to know in the first season, she does such a close version of her co-actors’ voices that I can see them saying the lines, even the deeper-voiced male characters such as Perrin. For the characters who aren’t in the first season, the voices are so memorable and distinct that after a while, I can recognize who is speaking before the text says who it is. At this point, I will buy any audiobook she narrates even if I am not familiar with the book.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

10 ай бұрын

I agree, she’s doing a great job and this is my first time going through the books. So will wait for her to do them all when I catch up :D

Feel like I want to see Season 3 right after S2 finishes!

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Me too! Thanks for watching the interview and leaving a happy comment!

Duty is heavier than a mountain, death is lighter than a feather. Get the line in there!!

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Next time! :D

Good question leading to really insightful comments from the cast

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving such a lovely comment! :)

great work on the questions for this interview, really enjoyed it - thank you!

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving a lovely comment! I will post three more The Wheel of Time interviews within the next 24 hours too, hope you like them as well :)

A comment for the algorithm even though it has been mentioned before: they were really great questions and gave the actors decent time to go deep into their understanding of the source material. Thanks for that and for sharing with us!

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for watching and for the lovely comment

thanks to the whole cast and crew for making the magic come alive. rosamund ... I LOVE YOU!!! hehe, thanks for giving yourself so deeply to these books, it warms the heart. it's funny, i thought i was part of only a handful of people who enjoyed WoT growing up. It's crazy to see so much interest develop, and see it play out on screen. my mom died a few years ago. i'm probably too old for it to be as impactful on my life as it was. as it is. watching WoT and all these little videos makes my kitchen just a little bit warmer when i'm in there cooking with mum, even though she isn't there anymore physically. thanks rosamund. thanks everyone. the wheel weaves as the wheel will, and we just do out best to understand the pattern...

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for that lovely comment and I'm really happy to hear you are able to get so much joy out of the show and these clips. I wish you a great rest of the day and hope you'll love the second season when it drops in September!

Wish them the best. I just started watching the show because of her talent. Hopefully they can get the show in the right track. Kudos for the interview.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the interview and leaving such a lovely comment!

Read the books in the late 90s, early 00s. Love the books and love the show. Thanks for the fantastic interview.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching it and for leaving such a lovely comment! It means a lot :)

Great interview! Bra jobbat!

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Stort tack för att du både tittade och lämnade en så fin kommentar!

The algorithm must be working because I just found your interviews! Is Wheel of Time popular in Sweden???

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Good news, the algorithm is doing its thing then! I wouldn't say that the books are as big as Tolkien, Narnia, Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, I don't remember hearing anything about the books while growing up here. People seem to be finding them a lot more now though, and I'm sure the true fantasy fans knew all about it many years ago and just never mentioned the books for me :P Thanks for leaving the nice comment and watching the interview!

@lordbetty4806

10 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews Dude if you read fantasy books you'd know about The Wheel of Time, don't be silly.

Look...at...these...insanely... beautiful... people... Oh, you already did... Okay... Listen to these beautiful people's message. ❤❤

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! And yeah, this interview won't hurt anyones eyes while watching - that's for sure haha

Fantastic interview. I NEED to know where Josha’s jacket is from…

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the lovely comment - and if you do find out where he got it you must share it with us here in the comments!

Jonatan, have you seen Wheel of Time Origins? 6 short animated episodes about the history behind it. I don't get it, I mean they get some of the details wrong but most of it is correct and IT IS GOOD, what the heck happened? It's basically made by people who were part of making the TV-series. How did we go from THAT to the crapfest we got instead?

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Wow good tip, no I have not seen it actually. Where are the episode? In the Prime Video app or here on KZread? :) and thanks for watching and commenting!!

Why People can't buy microphones?? 😭😭😭

Shame the struggle was too great😔. Hard to blame the actors though, you can only work with what you're given.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the show! I hope there were at least something you could enjoy with this interview and I also hope future seasons of the show might end up being a lot closer to what you where hoping for. I went in to this show without having any expectations because I had not read any of the books at that point, so just by having this show exist and get new people to discover the books (like me) it is at least doing something good even from your point of view perhaps. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some other shows (maybe from my other interviews) that you like! (copy/pasted this from an other comment similar to yours but felt it conveyed what I felt here as well)

The biggest issue is incompetent writers that don’t give a fuck about the source material and would rather write about their own shit

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that you're not enjoying the show! I hope you could get some enjoyment while watching the interview - and thanks for leaving a comment! It helps with the algorithm ;)

So rand isntrand from the books then….like in book 2 he doesn’t accept fully that he’s the dragon until the very end and he despises it basically. He’s at a psych ward??? Just have him train with Lan at Fal Dara and start the hunt. Why “adapt” a book of you aren’t going to actually adapt it.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Do you think one enjoys the show more or less after having read the books? I came in to this show without having read anything but are listening to the first book (narrated by Rosamund Pike obviously ;) ).

@toddjackson3136

11 ай бұрын

Most of the fans of the books are struggling with the show. I read the books first and then watched the show. I LOVE the books. The show is entertaining, but a horrible adaptation of them. I keep reminding myself that it's not really the "Wheel of Time" like an adaptation from one medium to another, it's an adaptation from one story to retelling it as a different story. kind of like Hercules, the legend continues, or Xena Warrior princess. as long as. I remind myself that it's just a fun fantasy show I can enjoy it like I enjoyed watching Xena growing up.

@MrKlarc19

11 ай бұрын

​@@JonatanBlombergInterviewsyou should listen to the ones by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. Million times better. I did the same thing with Eragon. I watched the movie and thought it was ok, then I read the books and realized how garbage the movie was. This show I believe is much much worse. I think the fans of the book ( myself included) are mad because this is the only chance we will have for an adaption of the book and they couldn't even be bothered to put a Harron on the hilt of the sword. It's details like that that show just how much these "huge fans" don't really care. It's almost like they are reading 1 book at a time and not understanding the consequences of what they're doing. I already know season 2 is going to be a dumpster fire because Mat isn't even where he's supposed to be. He needs to be with Rand right now unless they plan on skipping the whole hunt. They can't use the ways and they are thousands of miles from the white tower( though he should be in Caemlyn.) Fans are going to be furious if they take the horn from Mat. They said it was going to be hard to tell the whole story yet they spent 2 or 3 episodes of things that didn't even happen. At this point I guess y'all can enjoy it but I've already given up on the show.

@maxsilva11

11 ай бұрын

They can't adapt one book per season, even Amazon isn't going to greenlight 14 seasons of television all at once - and with all these production challenges over the past few years, and the strikes, it would have taken closer to two whole decades to film 14 seasons, which means a story that is supposed to take 2-3 would see characters aging decades too much by the end. So they're adapting the story AS A WHOLE. They have to reformat and remix plot arcs. To capture the spirit of the story, they have to break free from literally and assiduously following every single plot point. For instance: Rand is going to be struggling, not against being the Dragon, but against what is expected of him because of that. This is a brilliant way to capture the essence of his book 3 arc while capturing the actual events of his book 2 arc. And Josha is on a reread now, and is so into being Rand that he's apparently wearing dragon jackets IRL, so I completely trust that he will bring all the pathos we could ask for in his representation of Rand's struggles.

@toddjackson3136

11 ай бұрын

@maxsilva11 I agree that they can not adapt the whole show. And they are going to need to take liberties and capture the essence and spirit of a lot of things. but there is a lot of just plain bad writing and examples of them not understanding the motivations behind what is going on. that's the things that made us fall in love with the books. We enjoy our favorite characters because of their struggles and the things going on behind the scenes that we identified with. what we are seeing on screen is not a representation of our favorite characters. I already have different characters that I enjoy in the show more than what I did in the book. Because my favorite characters from the book are not being adequately portrayed in the show. however, I also know that other fans of the show like my favorite characters from the book because of the way that they depicted them in the show. That's why I said it's not a faithful adaptation media to media. It's more an adaptation story to story. They are hitting most of the heartbeats but that will only keep them on life support if they're trying for a faithful straight across retelling. I have to view the TV show as it's own thing and not as the book series.

Rosemund Pike is a great actress and did a wonderful job with Moraine. They didn't let Rand do much but actor seems like he wants to do a good job. It's the shame the show is so bad because these actors seem like they could've helped make something special. Hopefully the next time they try this adaptation they'll have such talented actors

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! I hope the future seasons will give both Josha and Rosamund a lot more to work with :)

"Adapting"? this is NOT adapting Wheel of Time, so stop calling it that, even saying it is "inspired" by Wheel of Time is stretching it to the point of incredulity.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I haven't finished the first book yet, but I understand what you mean anyway. I hope you do find some joy while watching the show and hopefully this interview as well :)

@FiliusFidelis

11 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews Hmm well, as much as I hate what they've done to the story, changing history, personalities, the lore, the magic system heck they couldn't even get the climate of Shienar/Fal Dara right placing it in a dessert - they clearly aren't even trying. One tries to judge the show on its own merits. It is a mess, maybe not the WORST show to come out in recent years, still trying to decide if that's Willow or Blood Origins, but it is not all that far behind. Edit. I do admit I am a bit curious though, Padan Fain, are they going to explain away how he could enter the waygates since they changed how that works too? In the show you need to One Power to activate them.. which would have made them useless for the Ogier for whom they were constructed in the first place. And how did Padan Fain get hold of the Shadar Logoth dagger? Also, Will they let Loial die? I checked and didn't see his character amongst the names for first ep of season 2. Or will they also conveniently forget what being stabbed by the Shadar Logoth dagger means? Maybe that doesn't matter though as Nynaeve now can cure death, which is supposed to be the one thing the One Power can't do, just goes to show, you can't predict anything about what will happen or what they can or cannot do.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

@@FiliusFidelis I'm so with you on Blood Origins, I put that show on the bottom of my list of all the shows I watched last year - which through my line of work is well over 100 tv shows per year haha. I obviously am not feeling like The Wheel of Time tv show version is anywhere close to being a masterpiece or anything like that, but just really nice and silly fantasy entertainment that makes me enjoy myself while watching. And that is more than a lot of other stuff has managed to do the last couple of years. I kind of feel like this is a higher budget version of The Shannara Chronicles (not speaking about lore or anything now, but just as far as fantasy tv shows goes you know). Coming in from the side with no expectations and not having read the books I think that's probably what makes me being able to truly enjoy this show - also I think the second season is better than the first but there is still an embargo until August 31st, so can't get into any more details than that at this moment :)

@FiliusFidelis

11 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews haha, som Mel Brooks en gång sa "It's GOOD to be the King!"

It's no good trying to do these PR interview sessions. The TV WoT is a complete dogs breakfast and the show runners should be ashamed of the travesty they have wrought in the name of their ludicrous ideology. We can but hope that once all this societal nonsense is properly rebuked into the dustbin of history we can have another go at making an adaptation of this epic tale. I am particularly aggrieved with Rosamund Pike; I had hoped her previous experience with the material would have helped her fight the corruption. Plus she teased me terribly with the fight in episode one, making me think this was going to be a wonderful show as they illustrated the power of the Aes Sedai and the wonderful Warder Bond. But it was not to be.

@joshuatabor8755

11 ай бұрын

I don't understand how they could have gotten it as wrong as they did.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that the adaption was not what you had hoped for! I've been let down in the past by other shows, but I hadn't read these books prior to watching the show so I really didn't have any expectations going in. For what it's worth, I did like the second season (what I've seen) more than the first - since there was a lot of explaining that had to be done during the first season and now they can just move forward in a faster pace. I hope you liked the interview, if you watched it - and I wish you the best of luck finding an other show that better suits your taste!

@AKinkySasquatch

11 ай бұрын

Out of curiosity what would you say has caused your opinion? I don't entirely agree or disagree with you, but I would be interested in discussing it if you are. Edit: WoT was the first true epic I read, but it definitely isn't my absolute favorite. I've reread it multiple times, and I love it. I personally don't know if I can hate it even if I don't really like it. I don't know if that makes sense.

@dallassukerkin6878

11 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews No slight against you, Jon; you are doing what anyone would do in the 'space' of content reaction and analysis. My barb, such as it was, was not flung at you but at those who have allowed their self-serving ideology to pollute the Source of their art.

@dallassukerkin6878

11 ай бұрын

@@AKinkySasquatch A reasonable question, Sasquatch, especially as you say you have actually read the book series and more than once so you are familiar with the material. From the opening minutes they start to 'lie' about the very background to the story in order to facilitate their "Men are bad, Women are perfect" drumbeat. If you don't even tell truthfully why and how the male half of the Source became corrupted then you are not telling the story. As it is late, I shall cheat and reflect the question back to give me time to think on it for the morrow :D. What rationale could be crafted which supports the complete disrespect to character, setting, narrative flow and lore of the WoT in the TV adaptation?

it is NOT the 'wheel of time'.."i win again Lews Therin"--ba'alzamon

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment :) Do you think people who have not read the books can enjoy the show easier because you don't come with the same kind of expectations then?

@jaredouimette1

11 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews Not really. It doesn't even have a magic system. It's generic and on the same par as The Outpost.

@Guardian582

11 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews i would think so, assuming the show doesnt overdo(like it already has) on the women are powerful men drool content they have already put in

@Guardian582

11 ай бұрын

@@jaredouimette1it does but in the books its subtle until like books 3+

@jaredouimette1

11 ай бұрын

@@Guardian582 the magic system was introduced in book 1

This isn't an adaptation of the books. It's a complete rewrite done by inferior writers.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the show! I hope there were at least something you could enjoy with this interview and I also hope future seasons of the show might end up being a lot closer to what you where hoping for. I went in to this show without having any expectations because I had not read any of the books at that point, so just by having this show exist and get new people to discover the books (like me) it is at least doing something good even from your point of view perhaps. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some other shows (maybe from my other interviews) that you like! (copy/pasted this from an other comment similar to yours but felt it conveyed what I felt here as well)

Too bad the entire original masterpiece was torn up and used to toilet paper

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the show! I hope there were at least something you could enjoy with this interview and I also hope future seasons of the show might end up being a lot closer to what you where hoping for. I went in to this show without having any expectations because I had not read any of the books at that point, so just by having this show exist and get new people to discover the books (like me) it is at least doing something good even from your point of view perhaps. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some other shows (maybe from my other interviews) that you like! (copy/pasted this from an other comment similar to yours but felt it conveyed what I felt here as well)

The show is a dumpster fire and what a shame. It had such potential to be amazing but they chose to not follow the books.

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the show! I hope there were at least something you could enjoy with this interview and I also hope future seasons of the show might end up being a lot closer to what you where hoping for. I went in to this show without having any expectations because I had not read any of the books at that point, so just by having this show exist and get new people to discover the books (like me) it is at least doing something good even from your point of view perhaps. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some other shows (maybe from my other interviews) that you like!

Look how they massacarred my boy,this isnt an adaptation its dogshit,why couldnt they follow the books??The whole books are even complete

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the show! I hope there were at least something you could enjoy with this interview and I also hope future seasons of the show might end up being a lot closer to what you where hoping for. I went in to this show without having any expectations because I had not read any of the books at that point, so just by having this show exist and get new people to discover the books (like me) it is at least doing something good even from your point of view perhaps. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some other shows (maybe from my other interviews) that you like! (copy/pasted this from an other comment similar to yours but felt it conveyed what I felt here as well)

@charlesmatheka7707

11 ай бұрын

@@JonatanBlombergInterviews you should read the books,much better & epic as shit

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

11 ай бұрын

@@charlesmatheka7707 Yeah, I believe I have too! Constantly watching new tv shows and covering them leaves very little extra time unfortunatly, but I’ve begun with the audiobook for the first one now!

His English is sooooo bad, inarticulate and not natural or fluid. Why would they allow this? I feel bad for the two actors and could not stomach to watch... #Awkward

@JonatanBlombergInterviews

8 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that. English is not my first language and the interview was later translated into Swedish and written for the Nordic market, which is why they ”allowed” it. The clip here is just for any English speakers to be able to hear their responses in English as well. From what I’ve been able to gather from the rest of the comments here, most seems to have enjoyed their answers - too bad you couldn’t last long enough to watch those parts. Hope you find what you’re looking for somewhere else though, best of luck! :)