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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1590 on: June 04, 2014, 10:26:43 am »
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You guys should really make a new thread to talk about ASoIaF (the books), and let the show watchers enjoy this one relatively spoiler-free

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1591 on: June 04, 2014, 10:40:02 am »
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1592 on: June 04, 2014, 10:55:23 am »
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I don't watch the show, but I basically follow the plot thanks to Imgur being 90% GoT posts now.

Regardless, bought the "virtual box set" of the books and will enjoy reading them now.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1593 on: June 04, 2014, 10:59:40 am »
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I don't watch the show, but I basically follow the plot thanks to Imgur being 90% GoT posts now.

Regardless, bought the "virtual box set" of the books and will enjoy reading them now.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1594 on: June 04, 2014, 11:10:35 am »
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You guys should really make a new thread to talk about ASoIaF (the books), and let the show watchers enjoy this one relatively spoiler-free

When did theories that doesn't even use spoilers from books = Spoilers?
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1595 on: June 04, 2014, 11:16:55 am »
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There really are a ton of GOT related images on imgur, just checked. This comic is pretty much 100% how it plays out in the books.

https://imgur.com/gallery/m6XeF
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1596 on: June 04, 2014, 12:30:36 pm »
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There really are a ton of GOT related images on imgur, just checked. This comic is pretty much 100% how it plays out in the books.

https://imgur.com/gallery/m6XeF
The show's not very far from that, tbh.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1597 on: June 04, 2014, 12:56:51 pm »
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The show's not very far from that, tbh.
Not very far as in depicting the same people and the same result, but skipping very lightly over all the drama and intensity in between it. This comic is a much better adaptation than the scene from the show.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1598 on: June 04, 2014, 01:08:54 pm »
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Not very far as in depicting the same people and the same result, but skipping very lightly over all the drama and intensity in between it. This comic is a much better adaptation than the scene from the show.
How does the comic have more "drama and intensity"? And it's obviously no surprise that a comic can be more faithful to the book than a TV show.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1599 on: June 04, 2014, 01:26:40 pm »
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How does the comic have more "drama and intensity"? And it's obviously no surprise that a comic can be more faithful to the book than a TV show.
The dialogue, the spectators getting whacked, The Mountain being portrayed as very hard to kill, responses from spectators. For me, these things add to the drama and intensity. The comic managed to retain most of these things, the show did not. Yes, a comic can be more true to a book than a TV show, but the TV show not being faithful was hardly due to contraints of the medium in this instance.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1600 on: June 04, 2014, 02:56:51 pm »
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I never get it why some book readers feel the need to nitpick about every detail in the show that differs from the books.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1601 on: June 04, 2014, 03:47:30 pm »
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1602 on: June 04, 2014, 05:46:10 pm »
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I never get it why some book readers feel the need to nitpick about every detail in the show that differs from the books.

I really like the scene from the show. The setting and the fight were, overall, very well done. However, it irked me a bit that The Mountain was portrayed as some low skilled, lumbering brute. I mean, he is a lumbering brute, but he is described as very fast and agile for his size. He is a man who knows how to fight, who doesnt just swing the sword wildly in wide arcs. Beating him, that makes Oberyns immense skill with the spear even more apparent.

Also, i wanted to see Tyrion barf and a spectator being sliced in half, because, why the fuck not.

That being said, I have only praise for the show and i dont mind them changing some things because it’s a daunting task to translate such an intricate and epic story in just a dozen episodes of 45 minutes per book.

They could have, without the slightest doubt, made the show 1/2 book per season but one of the appeals of the individual episodes is that a lot of shit happens with many different characters. Its exciting and i cant wait for the next one.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1603 on: June 04, 2014, 06:19:08 pm »
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I heard they're making a spinoff of the series...

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #1604 on: June 04, 2014, 06:26:49 pm »
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Seriously tho, I wouldnt mind a Robert's rebellion prequel if Martin decides to take his sweet time with the book again.

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