Demojan777

8/10 It worked for me. I can understand certain people who are big fans of the books being disappointed from the departures, but I think that too many people in this community (some of them long-time members who you usually expect to be the voice of reason on most websites and forums) becoming completely alarmist about changes from book to TV. I don't 100% agree with the choices made this season (my main pet peeve this episode was the White Walker just looking at Sam and moving on like he's of no consequence, and I've had one or two pet peeves per episode this season with the exception of the superb "Blackwater"), but I doubt any of the people who have "lost faith" or are "over this show" could have come anywhere near as close to succeeding in pulling off a TV show adaptation of a book series of such depth and complexity while still ending up with something that appeals to such a wide audience as the producers and writers of Game of Thrones have. Purists, alarmists, and naysayers can all watch something else if they want to, but I believe the show will succeed regardless. Can you imagine how off-the-wall crazy this story would have gone off-track with a movie or series of movies instead of a TV show? We'd have people having aneurysms in mid-post all over these forums. Many of my friends don't read books for pleasure like I do, and they all love GoT. I love both the books and the TV show, and based on the first five books and two seasons I will continue to love them both until they're all done and over with.

Well, it seems that I will not be able to change my profile or settings until I post a certain number of times (according to the Help threads; the instructions for registration don't mention any of that), and so I will start with first post in Introductions (sans avatar, until such time as the forum spirits deem me worthy of being able to change my profile and settings). Screen name Demojan777, real name is Ian, I am reading the 1st 5 published books of ASOIAF for the 2nd time since I first read them all in July-August 2011. I am noticing a lot of things that I missed or that didn't sink in the first time around. Heard about the books and the TV show from friends but didn't get into it until Borders went out of business :crying: and I was able to get a boxed set plus ADWD for super-cheap; also found re-runs of the HBO Game of Thrones TV show online and was able to watch all of those as well (I finished the book before watching the show, glad to say probably the best TV adaption of books I've ever seen, hopefully it stays that way). I am an avid RPG fan and play the Pathfinder RPG with a group of friends (played D&D 3.5 but when 4th edition came out decided to switch to Pathfinder, because 4th edition isn't D&D, it's more like World of Warcraft), also play WoW online, do a lot of RPG design and also help my best friend make crazy 3D dungeons out of paper and styrofoam; running a great 3D dungeon this upcoming weekend. Not big into cons or cosplay or anything like that, but like to lurk and chat on forums, so hopefully after a few more posts I'll be able to add some personal info to my profile and settings. Anyway, hello, hope everyone is well, and can't wait for this series to be completed! DJ777