That Demon Monkey Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 See I think she looked as described. Didn't she also have a prominent nose in the books?This is how I imagined Asha's face for some reason:http://mkblog.mk-mag...03/michelle.jpgGranted this is a porn star so she would not have been able to pull of the actual acting part :dunno:Nose looks spot on with what I imagined though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liliedhe Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I read the books before I watched the series, but I didn't have a very clear mental image of most characters. I started reading when the first casting news on the TV series began floating around the net, so some characters (Ned, Bran) always looked like their actors to me. Others looked very different (Dany, Jon Snow, Cersei) but once I watched the series (after finishing the books) they got supplanted by their actors. That happened even where the actor is obviously different (Sallador Saan, Xaro... who will both be black for me now, no matter what the books say).Only a few characters in the books gave me such a strong mental image that I kept it. That's Jorah (whom I picture pretty much like the Amoka painting of him), Margaery, Tommen, Myrcella... I guess that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koi No Yokan Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Most of the characters from the show are how I see them in the books, seeing as how I started reading after watching the first season. Funnily enough, I recently started rereading ACoK and found that I keep seeing Meera as Ellie Kendrick. It was kind of annoying at first, but I'm now used to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ductastic Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I think the biggest change would be that all the Starks are growing up.Granted, they all started 3 years older than their book counterparts - even Dany - but the fact remains that three years later the Stark chilldren do look 3 years older, not the 12 month older that they should given the books.By the end of the series, they wold all be adults.If the show has eight seasons as it's planned Maisie and Isaac will be in their 20s then, definitely gonna be amusing when they book counterparts still are about half their age. One can only hope the actors don't look so "old" then. :DTo be honest, the only problem I had with Lena was Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.It took me awhile to see the mother of John Connor as a medieval Queen.Yeah, me too. I loved Terminator: S.C.C. and only had seen Lena act on this show before. The make-up, wig and costume made her look different but it still took me some episodes to unsee her as Sarah Connor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Snow Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 It depends on the character. My images of Tyrion, Ned, Arya and Catelyn forever changed once I watched the tv series. However, I still have my own images about the rest of the characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knight of Grey Garden Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 There is so many characters that I hate their look on the show, since they are so different from the books...I can understand that they wanted to makes characters older and that's valid, but some looks are bad IMO.Jorah, Daenarys, Theon, Asha to name a few.Just why no purples eyes I mean why ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Demon Monkey Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Just why no purples eyes I mean why ??Apparently they tried with contact lenses that but it looked wrong on camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Dayne's Honor Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 They made TV Dany look like more of a all around good at everything character which I hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruella Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Which she was exactly like in ASOS. People only started hating her in ADWD, when she got more realistic. (Sure, some hated her before but I'm talking wide spread hate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress of Lemon Cakes Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Marg is the only one who looks very, very different from my head cannon (though I prefer Natalie Dormer to my head cannon.) The other is Daario ... who for whatever reason is completely hideous in my head when I read the books. Show Daario is easier to look at, though he has the personality down pat. All in all ... I've liked the changes for the most part. The only change that I've always had trouble getting behind was Asha's name change in the tv show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Beard Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Can't seem to post with the image code....hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Beard Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Daario Naharis would be very weird if they stick to the book discription. hahahahttp://25.media.tumblr.com/f236dbec26d96a2e1ecc04e40341b8cb/tumblr_mntshpMtd81qlprcwo1_500.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentwanderer Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 They made TV Dany look like more of a all around good at everything character...She still made a mistake with Mirri and she made an even bigger mistake with - the very different TV version of - Xaro Xhoan Daxos.Dany is most definitely not good at everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Tahu Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 APPEARANCE:I read the books between season 1 and 2, so for the most part I picture season 1 actors when I read the books. However, from season 2 onwards I, for the most part, have my own images.There are some exceptions, though:Season 1 actors I don't picture when I read:Illyrio MopatisJorah Mormont (they are burg good actors, but are just so different from what is described)Season 2+ actors I do picture when I read:The Dragonstone crew (Stannis, Melisandre and Davos)Jaqen H'GharDaario Naharis (because the book version is too ridiculous)CrasterMinor characters (eg Kraznys, Rorge, Polliver etc)Characters I consider to be miscast and/or horribly written on the show:Margaery Tyrell (nothing like the character from the books)Mance RayderShaeJon Snow (I don't mind Kit, I believe the writing alone lets him down)WRITING:Even though I saw season one first, the books are the basis for how I view all of the characters. There are only two characters so far where the show has influenced my opinion of their personality:Robert BaratheonOsha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzanadra Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 If they were in the show, that's how I see them as the show provides a definitive visual image of the characters on screen, even though some characters are not as they are described in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binga Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Maybe it is just the way I am wired but there is no steady image in my head for most of the characters. Sometimes I will imagine the show actors and other times I will use Song of Ice and Fire artworks. I am talking about the more high quality artwork. I alternate between the ugly Tyrion and the show Tyrion quite often. Peter Dinklage is Tyrion but at the same time the book description takes over. I can't really construct composite versions of the characters, meaning I can't use art to imagine Tyrion but give him Dinklage's voice. That kind of thing doesn't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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