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Andromeda (2000)
Too many cooks in the kitchen
This is a perfect example of how too many people trying to run the show will ruin the show.
Andromeda started out as a great idea, take the White Knight, drop him in a universe that desperately needs a hero, throw in the requisite 'Merlin' and a small group of, to some degree or another, reluctant allies, and let chaos ensue. The actors meshed well together, with Tyr there to throw in that little bit of 'frenemy' conflict, and the storylines, for the most part, made at least some sense.
Unfortunately, the lead actor apparently got too big for his britches and decided to start making demands. The Powers That Be decided to humour him, and then it probably should have just been retitled 'The Kevin Sorbo Show'. Wolfe left, Cobb left, they brought Bacic back to play, as I call him, 'Tyr-light' (a fraction of the attitude, none of the attraction, no offense to the actor,) and everything went downhill from there, from the increasingly nonsensical storylines to the apparent need of the writers to see how much trauma they could possibly dump on Harper. And while the last season can be given a 'little' bit of leeway, considering the trouble the studio was having and the fact that it almost didn't happen at all, it was still a ridiculously poor showing.
Moral of the story: When you have a show that people like, don't chase off the guy responsible for it.
The Wheel of Time (2021)
Did they even read the books?
Welcome to The Wheel of Time, done in the style of Legend of the Seeker and The Chronicles of Shannara. As in someone read the synopsis, threw the books away, and just went from scratch.
The characters are aged up and are far more aware of the world than they should be, the old-fashioned values and clothing styles are given up for modern day ones, and appearances, backstories, and personalities are changed for no good reason at all, and, in fact, actually directly ruin plot points that would show up in future books.
An Aes Sedai is apparently entirely dependent on having her hands free, to the point that the Seekers could keep one alive to torture simply by cutting her hands off, and secrets are completely unheard of.
In and of itself, it's not the worst show I've ever watched, but as compared to the books, it need a LOT of improvement.