Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

[jackvance]

That's what he's referring to? Some unnamed major character is gonna die sometime during the next EIGHT SEASONS LOL. Might as well stop watching the show now IMO.

Renton you kinda explain what I was going for, but apparently the intent of my post wasn't clear. I also wanted to joke with the fact that R.R. Martin is wellknown for offing his characters.

I still hate how long they're making us wait for season 3, but I've resisted the urge (and my friend's insistence) to read the books. Hoping to see it as unspoiled as possible.

[a500lbgorilla]

Renton you kinda explain what I was going for, but apparently the intent of my post wasn't clear. I also wanted to joke with the fact that R.R. Martin is wellknown for offing his characters.

I still hate how long they're making us wait for season 3, but I've resisted the urge (and my friend's insistence) to read the books. Hoping to see it as unspoiled as possible.

But the spoiling is just so sweet.

Like when... oh man, just read the books!

[boost]

Renton you kinda explain what I was going for, but apparently the intent of my post wasn't clear. I also wanted to joke with the fact that R.R. Martin is wellknown for offing his characters.

I still hate how long they're making us wait for season 3, but I've resisted the urge (and my friend's insistence) to read the books. Hoping to see it as unspoiled as possible.

Yeah, I've been tempted a few times, but there are so many other things I can read while GoT airs, and if I really feel like it, I can read the books when it's done.

[Penneywize]

I'm just not going to become one of those guys who reads a book first before watching the screen-version (be it Movie or Television) of the story, and then tells his friends "Meh, the book was better".

OF COURSE the fucking books were better. They happen INSIDE YOUR HEAD. EVERYTHING looks the way YOU WANT IT TO.

Anyway, yes you do miss out on certain things like the literary style of the author, the ebb and flow of the prose, the turns of phrase and so on. Ultimately, while the main elements of the plot are supposed to come through, there's going to be some shit lost in translation.

I'm just going to let this be screen-only for me. It's too good the way it is. And I hate it when book people tell me the books are better than the show. You're biased. I can't even think of any instance of anyone ever, ever telling me that a show or movie was better than its source material. Can it ever be?

If so, Game of Thrones comes as close as any previous attempt, I'd have to think.

tl;dr: F the books.

[BennyLaRue]

I can't even think of any instance of anyone ever, ever telling me that a show or movie was better than its source material.

The Notebook

[Renton]

I can't even think of any instance of anyone ever, ever telling me that a show or movie was better than its source material. Can it ever be?

The Shining