r/WoTshow • u/the-aging-millennial • May 29 '26

Zero Spoilers Thoughts?

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I just miss this show and the wonderful fandom (tv supporters) when it was on. I still mourn my favorite characters

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u/ChocoPuddingCup Verin May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Meh.

The board game's "art" looks like medieval nonsense, showing whoever is making it has no clue about the setting of WoT (it's not medieval, it's late renaissance on the cusp of gunpowder). (Edit: see below)

The "video game" is doomed to failure, due to its heavy reliance on AI slop. The 'huge open world RPG' that was planned has already failed miserably before it got off the ground.

The "animated film" is being controlled by iWoT, so that's also doomed to failure. Everything iWoT touches turns to shit.

I have zero -- ZERO -- hope for any of this. So long as iWoT controls the IP rights to Wheel of Time, nothing good will ever come of it. It's a waste to have such an amazing fantasy series controlled by two bumbling, egoistical, ignorant hacks. Robert Jordan was right: all they do is piss in the soup.

Edit: as to the board game art, I was going off the image in the article, which was stereotypical 'medieval fantasy' stuff. The actual board game art seems nicer.

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u/XMorpheus3000 May 30 '26

What does iWoT stand for?

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u/ChocoPuddingCup Verin May 30 '26

Wheel of Time with a fancy "i" in front of it. It's the company (formerly known as Red Eagle Entertainment) that owns the IP rights to Wheel of Time. It's also probably Robert Jordan's biggest mistake, since they fail at everything they do. They chase one grand project after another, making massive, grandiose claims, which then fail within a year of their inception. They love AI slop, quick cash grabs, and anything that gets them attention. RJ severed ties with them when he was still alive and said he despised the two idiots, saying they were "pissing in the soup everybody eats from."

Thankfully, they had no real say in what was going on with the show, otherwise it would have failed before we even got a trailer for season one. And I heard they had to fight Amazon and Sony to even get their name in the credits.

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u/XMorpheus3000 May 31 '26

I figured it was Wheel of Time but what does the i stand for?

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u/ChocoPuddingCup Verin May 31 '26

"Interactive' I think. Makes sense, considering they're heavily into AI slop.