Game of Thrones

[foxyshaman]

They have deviated from the books. But I wonder if it isn't, for the most part, because there are so many characters in the book with back story that can't be conveyed in ten hours of TV. I wonder if the writers aren't trying to mash together scenes to make it coherent for the audience. As well as spice it up a bit. There was never the love making scene between Renly and her where she offers her brother to be in the room. I was waiting for that in the book... nope. Renly died. I thought it would have made interesting reading.

I am glad I am reading the books as it does fill in the obvious holes in character motivation and back story. Just about finished book 2. It has been so many years since I have read fiction, well a long book fiction, that it took me a long time to get back into the swing of reading for fun and not for learning... (derail end)

[aishah]

yeah, i definitely understand why they've deviated from the books and they've done it in really interesting ways, so i'm not holding it against them (i was kind of obsessed with the books for a decade before this came out, so i'm one of those slightly nitpicky people.) i do think it might present interesting problems since the book series isn't completed yet...assuming they decide to do all seven seasons, once books six and seven are completed it'll be interesting to see if that throws any wrenches in the works based on how they change the storylines.

i am realllly glad they've simplified some of the character roles and cut out/merged extraneous characters. (though, really, i think they should have left asha greyjoy's name as asha instead of changing it to yara. but i just really like the name.)

[kittygrrl]

read the books yet, i'm afraid to. [ lol ] because i don't want to pick apart the series, which [i think], is incredibly good..and the plot twists seem to work well even with the deviations..my favorite characters are Bran and Osha, and their repartee.

[kittygrrl]

has those dragons?!??

[EnderD_503]

I also wonder if they've not deviated from the book to throw off fans, so at least there are some surprises instead of just seeing the series shortened on screen. Because at the end of the last episode I was like

[kittygrrl]

(if you are meaning the capture of the dragons & the carnage),Yes, it was hard to watch, and I am almost sure the Warlocks have something to do with it..I mean it's kind of obvious a hooded cloaked figure..someone in a blog pointed out you cannot rilly know wild things or the reasons why..but to cage them made them vulnerable, so how could they have defended themselves? Daennerys is wise (for her years) but inexperienced and she has to learn a horrible lesson..that she can only trust herself (in certain matters)..it will be interesting to see how this is handled..I expect it will be worth the price of admission (hopefully)!

[Arwen]

"wrote 35 friggin' plays"
"start crapping out chapters"
hee

[aishah]

Originally Posted by EnderD_503

I also wonder if they've not deviated from the book to throw off fans, so at least there are some surprises instead of just seeing the series shortened on screen. Because at the end of the last episode I was like

AMEN. WHAT THE FUCK.

*is thrown off*

also these episodes are reminding me why whiny!dany gets on my fucking nerves. can she go back to knowing everything and being awesome now please? good storytelling be damned.