Addicted To Game Of Thrones

koan · Post by **koan** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:43 am

I didn't expect much when I started watching it but was blown away. You have to see it from the start to understand some of the characters. I absolutely have to read the books... which, annoyingly, aren't finished being written yet.

And every time someone tells the writer to hurry, another Stark dies. :wah:

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:52 am

Martin will probably die before the series is finished... it took him 10 years between books 3 and 4 and book 4 was terminally dull. I haven't even bothered to read the latest one.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:01 pm

Don't care about the books, but I love love love this show.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:09 am

Love the show. Books are ok.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:23 am

Peter Dinklage absolutely deserved awards for his role as Tyrion. Everyone had thus far said the books were even better. Interesting to get a bad review. I might wait longer to read them then. The next two seasons are both book three so I've got lots of time to catch up.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:30 am

koan;1404619 wrote: Peter Dinklage absolutely deserved awards for his role as Tyrion. Everyone had thus far said the books were even better. Interesting to get a bad review. I might wait longer to read them then. The next two seasons are both book three so I've got lots of time to catch up.

I have to admit, it took me awhile to get the family's straight and got a little confused with the first book. One reason is I started and stopped a couple of times. After getting the characters figured out they were good. Probably more my fault than the writing.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:13 pm

Genre is dead. Long live the story!

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:48 pm

I don't like what Martin did to Sandor, I don't like it at all. I'm hoping the series changes things.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:21 pm

It's usually a bad move to vary too much from the books without really good reason. Mind you, Vampire Diaries is almost a completely different beast on television than in print and seems to be keeping people happy.

Fiend · Post by **Fiend** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:16 pm

I absolutely loved the books, though in the last two, the pace slowed down a bit.

The show is ok, but I couldn't really watch it all as it follows the books so closely, that I just got bored always knowing what is about to happen.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:38 am

Reading the books cos I can't see it yet since I refuse to pay extra for sky HD. Don't usually like fantasy of this type but I am curious to see where he takes it.