I cared about Talissa dying. I thought it was touching she wanted to call the child Eddard if it was a boy. Just made it worse that she had to die. I don't mind the changes. I think it's understandable that Cat didn't scratch her face like hell, so that when she becomes LS she doesn't have to go through all that make-up over and over again. Same idea as with Tyrion. They didn't badly wound him because you would have to alter his face with CGI every time he appears on screen.