i'm actually now about 4/5th of the way through the first book (and done with both seasons of the show), and i'm fairly impressed with the tv translation? the only thing i feel like the show has really gotten wrong so far is the switch up regarding sansa and the hound (having littlefinger tell her the story of his scars instead of the book version which is one of my favorite parts so far). hell, i think i actually prefer sirio's death in the tv version, if only because i love the "not today" thing. that said, i now see what you were saying about the dothraki not being as racially weird as i thought initially (we chatted about this months ago). the dothraki storyline works better in the books. and certain characters are way more interesting in the books - sansa, littlefinger, dany, jon snow... in the latter two cases i think it may partially be the actors.
i hear that the second season takes more liberties with the source material (which kinda makes sense since the 2nd book is way longer and they're working with a budget), but i liked what i saw well enough... maybe i'll be more frustrated when i finish clash of kings?
at the end of the day, i'm glad this show exists. tv is so much better now than ever - we're really spoiled when you step back from it. like, if someone adapted GOT in like 1993, it would have been a horrible cable miniseries with lorenzo lamas as ned stark or something.
i hear that the second season takes more liberties with the source material (which kinda makes sense since the 2nd book is way longer and they're working with a budget), but i liked what i saw well enough... maybe i'll be more frustrated when i finish clash of kings?
at the end of the day, i'm glad this show exists. tv is so much better now than ever - we're really spoiled when you step back from it. like, if someone adapted GOT in like 1993, it would have been a horrible cable miniseries with lorenzo lamas as ned stark or something.
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