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Amazon’s adaptation of “The Wheel of Time” certainly hits most of the big moments in Season 1’s retelling of “The Eye of the World,” but it does so in a way that changes or outright ignores a lot of the smaller details in the novel. Rand al’Thor’s (Josha Stradowski) revelation that he’s the Dragon Reborn is definitely something of a mystery in the epic fantasy book, but there’s never a doubt that whoever it is will be a man. In the show, however, Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) states that the Dragon can be anyone, man or woman.
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The series also seems less interested in important supporting characters that appear in the novel more frequently like Thom Merrilin (Alexandre Willaume), who is relegated to something akin to guest actor in his appearances in the series thus far. Still, the show’s first season does get to that revelation of who Rand is, and the events themselves mostly play out accurately, even if the details surrounding them have changed greatly. Overall, “The Wheel of Time” seems a lot more interested in the big brush strokes of the story than the small, intricate details. And really, at the end of the day, that’s pretty much what most decent-to-good adaptations settle for.
