Valhalla Morghulis Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Harry Potter is aimed at pre-teens, LOTR at teens and GRRM at adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood_Raven3159 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Totally different animals. Half the fun has been reading all the books then getting a total WTF feeling because of the way they manipulate the source material, i.e. Arya killing Rorge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood_Raven3159 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Amen and thank you for saying it. I really really really hated what they turned Rorge and Bitter in to on the show. The mad dog of Salt Pans would've picked his teeth with arya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bironic Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 This List nails the problems of the TV adaptation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nights Kings Queen Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 :bowdown: I agree with all your reasons, but especially 4, 5 and 10. It's beginning to anger me how two talentless fools ever got access to adapting a series which they have no business even being anywhere near. Jon XII and Jon XIII were absolute brilliance, and were utterly destroyed by the hacks and their underlings.It angers me as well. Apparently they had no experience with directing movies or shows. The reason they got it was because the geniuses figured out R+L=J, the most widely known theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionAndMockingbirdFan1895 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Great article, though I think the TV show helps visualize the different places of the novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeParking Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 If someone asked me if they should read the books, I would tell them that the series isn't finished, isn't likely to ever be finished, and to start out with the show because it is a smaller investment of time. If they like the show, then they should read the first three books. If they really like those books, then they should read the forth and fifth ones, but they just need to lower their expectations appropriately for those. Of course if someone doesn't care if a series is done yet, then read away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Sansa's Direwolf Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 The biggest problem the writers seem to be running into this past season, is they have forgotten this is a character driven story. When they remove characters or combine traits or put people in strange places doing nothing, it upsets the chemistry we as readers/watchers develop with the actors in those roles. Replacing Jeyne with Sansa because they wanted her in the North with the Boltons resulted in a backlash that is still being felt. Yes, GRRM writes too many side characters into this story. Yes, a great deal of the books' appeal is the richness of his descriptions and world building sections. Stripping them away for television sake changes the expectation of the Unsullied and with good reason. Mel shouldn't have left Castle Black, so they have her racing across the North on Skippy the time traveling wonder horse, just so she can be where she's needed at the right moment. Of course, if she hadn't left, Shireen would be alive...or wait, she is in the books. I deeply pray that GRRM gets hopping on those last pages and the WoW comes out before Season 6 starts. Otherwise the deviation from source material is only going to rile people even more than they already are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksniffer Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 people that are angry about the changes just goes to show what happens when there is no source material. the show must go on so beware book readers if that is your only source get ready to get spoiled...the show will surpass the books by epi 3 or 4 of season 6.... just sayin' :smoking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon-dead mysteries Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Yes, and it will suck even harder for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Fforde Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Great article, though I think the TV show helps visualize the different places of the novels. I think they messed up Winterfell though. In the books it's an impressive noble castle heated internally by hot water piped from geothermal springs, and has glasshouses growing beautiful flowers like blue winter roses. In the show it looks like a cold dirty barn next to some stables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Agrippa Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I give you'll just one reason- Ser loras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 :bowdown: I agree with all your reasons, but especially 4, 5 and 10.It angers me as well. Apparently they had no experience with directing movies or shows. The reason they got it was because the geniuses figured out R+L=J, the most widely known theory.How come the fine veteran actors on the show say they took a part because of the writing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 How come the fine veteran actors on the show say they took a part because of the writing? Do they get scripts to read before they sign on? Who said this, if you don't mind my asking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonSnowed Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I think Charles Dance said it. To also add I started with the show and then read the books, I enjoy both the books for me are an expanded version of the show. I also know friends who started with the books but now prefer the show because of the pacing of AFFC/ADWD seriously put them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melx Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 i`m always for reading books but i do not recommend reading ASOIAF, it`s better to just watch GOT and read some other books that are actually finished. i have made mistake of reading ASOIAF books after season 4 and instead of answers got more questions and unwittingly joined "the waiting club" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 How come the fine veteran actors on the show say they took a part because of the writing?Yes Charles Dance said it, and Jonathan Pryce , others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonsnowisntdead Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I remember watching my dad read. He had a library of paper back books. Used to be a sign of education to have packs bookcases. Now my educational Progress is marked by printed certificates from online classes. I think the (paper) book publishing companies need to accept the truth. They need to adapt to the modern eclimate or falter. Printed books are becoming outdated. Instead of trying to remarket & ask for video enforcements they need to accept the product life cycle is almost over. And when that happens, you're supposed to drop the pricing. Did you know that most paper recycling facilities don't accept paper back books? And yes I've read the books. From the library, & I was given the last 2 for Xmas. It's just a dying medium. You're video was nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonsnowisntdead Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 i`m always for reading books but i do not recommend reading ASOIAF, it`s better to just watch GOT and read some other books that are actually finished. i have made mistake of reading ASOIAF books after season 4 and instead of answers got more questions and unwittingly joined "the waiting club" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonsnowisntdead Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I also regret reading asoiaf. Unfinished. It's bugged me since I finished the last published book last summer. 😡. I've always found writing the ending is the easiest part. If you're the author. You should know exactly where everything's going and you should be drooling to get it into the paper. It's frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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