‘The Wheel of Time’ Review: Amazon’s Fantasy Series Isn’t Great, but It Is Entertaining

For all its intricate world building, “The Wheel of Time” tends to spin smoothest if you don’t examine its pieces too closely.

Take the logo, for instance.

Circling the title at the end of each credits sequence is a dragon, woven into a circle, reminiscent of the ouroboros symbol — a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.

It’s a fitting choice, given the emblem’s typical interpretation of life and death as an endless cycle of rebirth, and the series’ belief in a type of reincarnation, where men and women are but threads being spun into the Pattern of the Ages, which is turned forever by the Wheel of Time.Except the actual “Wheel of Time” logo isn’t a dragon eating its own tail.

It’s a dragon weaving forward, toward the screen, with its mouth open but the tail far in the distance.

If you squint,

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