Figured I'd ask here since this is the first GoT post I've seen on any forums I'm on. So, I've watched the show, and I'm not generally a fan of rewatching/rereading things or going over content I've already covered, etc. Do you guys think it'd be worthwhile for me to read the Song of Ice and Fire books too? A big deciding factor would be if the story stays generally the same, and it can be seen that it will be in the future.
The books are a 1000x better than the show, and up until the final season, the show was really good, with the first four seasons being great.
The story is generally the same, however the characters are given much deeper levels of development and the relationships between the characters are really complicated, as opposed to the simplicity (by comparison) to what the show offers.
The final season was pulling stuff out of it's butt in terms of the story because they were no longer basing it on the books, because they have yet to be published.
If you want the full story, a better story, and one of the best page turners I've read in the past 20 years (i read mother loads of books), then go for the books. The show will feel like it's black and white (evil vs good) in comparison to what the book offers. Plus, lot's more in depth character development, and the themes are much mature and complicated than the show, many things depicted in the book, would not be something that could legally film-able for a show or movie.
Read the books!!
I really like the books too, but let be honest... 1 and 3 were amazing. 2 and 5 were good. Book 4 was barely mediocre.
Yeah, this is a forum related to Hearthstone, with an Off Topic section for this kind of stuff. ;)
Still, it's not Reddit, you know.
No one's forcing you to read the thread, let alone reply to it.
Just pointing out that it's not the right place for such theories or something like that. Also, I don't get it, why do people enjoy this series, seriously I watched 3 episodes and I don't get what's so special in this it.
Yeah, this is a forum related to Hearthstone, with an Off Topic section for this kind of stuff. ;)
Still, it's not Reddit, you know.
No one's forcing you to read the thread, let alone reply to it.
Just pointing out that it's not the right place for such theories or something like that. Also, I don't get it, why do people enjoy this series, seriously I watched 3 episodes and I don't get what's so special in this it.
This is exactly the place for such things as that is what this part of the forums is for. The show has a specific target audience, maybe you're not part of that audience. That's why some people like the series and others do not.
Figured I'd ask here since this is the first GoT post I've seen on any forums I'm on. So, I've watched the show, and I'm not generally a fan of rewatching/rereading things or going over content I've already covered, etc. Do you guys think it'd be worthwhile for me to read the Song of Ice and Fire books too? A big deciding factor would be if the story stays generally the same, and it can be seen that it will be in the future.
I read the books after watching the show and I really enjoyed them. There's a lot of great character development and the books go into things in much greater detail than the show had time for. Like all movies/shows made from books they had to trim a lot out to make it fit into their time window.
The books are a 1000x better than the show, and up until the final season, the show was really good, with the first four seasons being great.
This is COMPLETELY subjective. I'm a huge fan of medieval fantasy novels. I read every book, watched every episode of the series, and I do not agree with this statement whatsoever. The books were great and the series was great, including the last season.
Don't get your hopes up and don't think anything Martin has in store has anything to do with the show anymore. Martin hasn't been working on the show for awhile now and the show is steaming pile of dragon dung because D&D aren't smart enough to make up what the smart people are working on by themselves. Littlefinger, Tyrion, Varys and even less obvious characters have been taking massive IQ hits. Ever since Tyrion met up with Dany, he's been dumb as a doornail, giving terrible advice and coming up with terrible plans. Littlefinger isn't much better since he deviated from his book arc either. They didn't make these characters dumb intentionally. They just didn't know what would be smart. Littlefinger faking his death would be too clever for them to come up with
Also, "Your time is up" probably means "Your time to spend with me is up; some other character is approaching and we won't want them to know what we're talking about"
1. Can we please agree to put spoiler-free topics in the thread title? It is possible to avoid reading the thread but it is impossible to avoid reading the titles of topics.
2. The books are great and the show are great. Some disagree and they are fine to do so :)
The books are a 1000x better than the show, and up until the final season, the show was really good, with the first four seasons being great.
This is COMPLETELY subjective. I'm a huge fan of medieval fantasy novels. I read every book, watched every episode of the series, and I do not agree with this statement whatsoever. The books were great and the series was great, including the last season.
That makes a lot of sense, actually. GOT was dubbed as "a medieval fantasy for people who don't like medieval fantasy". The shows, especially in the end turned the story into a traditional medieval fantasy with all the dragons, prophecies, good vs evil, etc. Which is great for you, who likes that kind of stuff but people like me who were here for the other half of what made the story were very disappointed
The books are a 1000x better than the show, and up until the final season, the show was really good, with the first four seasons being great.
This is COMPLETELY subjective. I'm a huge fan of medieval fantasy novels. I read every book, watched every episode of the series, and I do not agree with this statement whatsoever. The books were great and the series was great, including the last season.
Are you joking? It was terrible. It was the only divisive season ever aired. The story was straight up stupid. (main characters risk lives to kidnap zombie), they destroy Arya and Petyr's story arch's respectively, the continuity of the episodes required a thought process of dementia. It was horrible, BARELY carried along by great actors. You sound like one of those fans that are in denial. Fortunately last season was probably a fluke. Hopefully. Im sorry you enjoyed it, you sound very misguided.
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Could see him faking his own death and fleeing the seven kingdoms at the end of the books but the show runners just aren't smart enough for that. The fact that they are letting D and D anywhere near Star Wars makes me cry
Let's shut down this post boys, it's a hearthstone website.
You are wrong. I could explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
You don't have to, I understand this is a hearthstone website, there's websites for these discussions. If your feeble mind can't handle that then sorry my dude.
Let's shut down this post boys, it's a hearthstone website.
You are wrong. I could explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
You don't have to, I understand this is a hearthstone website, there's websites for these discussions. If your feeble mind can't handle that then sorry my dude.
Do you have reading comprehension problems or something my dear friend?
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Nah he is dead, just accept it already muah boy...
As for his death, it made sense to me. Yeah Bealish was a genius and he knew how to play the game of thrones better than anyone. But guess what:
a) He was sure about his scheme and as Sun Tzu have said: ''The enemy is most vulnerable when he is assure of his victory''
b )He was in love.
A terrible combination. History is full of examples of geniuses fucking it up big time.
This is COMPLETELY subjective. I'm a huge fan of medieval fantasy novels. I read every book, watched every episode of the series, and I do not agree with this statement whatsoever. The books were great and the series was great, including the last season.
Don't get your hopes up and don't think anything Martin has in store has anything to do with the show anymore. Martin hasn't been working on the show for awhile now and the show is steaming pile of dragon dung because D&D aren't smart enough to make up what the smart people are working on by themselves. Littlefinger, Tyrion, Varys and even less obvious characters have been taking massive IQ hits. Ever since Tyrion met up with Dany, he's been dumb as a doornail, giving terrible advice and coming up with terrible plans. Littlefinger isn't much better since he deviated from his book arc either. They didn't make these characters dumb intentionally. They just didn't know what would be smart. Littlefinger faking his death would be too clever for them to come up with
Also, "Your time is up" probably means "Your time to spend with me is up; some other character is approaching and we won't want them to know what we're talking about"
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1. Can we please agree to put spoiler-free topics in the thread title? It is possible to avoid reading the thread but it is impossible to avoid reading the titles of topics.
2. The books are great and the show are great. Some disagree and they are fine to do so :)
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Let's shut down this post boys, it's a hearthstone website.
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6 episodes left... there's no space for a Littlefinger subplot. Also he does not have any ally left, both sides hate him.
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Could see him faking his own death and fleeing the seven kingdoms at the end of the books but the show runners just aren't smart enough for that. The fact that they are letting D and D anywhere near Star Wars makes me cry
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