04-20-2014, 11:32 AM
(04-17-2014, 09:17 AM)CLXcool Wrote: I haven't read the other books(and I dont think I will) since reading the first one was a drag.
This is the part where someone says "Oh but the books are soooo much better!"
My whole view is, the show is merely an adaptation of the books. The show can only give, at most, the broad strokes of the show with some fine details sprinkled in. Add in a few extra bits since many of the backstory of the world is given as inner monologues (ie the character's own thoughts). So unless the show was willing to go Dune 1980's here and have us hear a character's own thought narration, they have to improvise and have other characters give some backstory but not a whole lot. Otherwise it would be just a show where people talk about the past more that doing something in the present. May make for a good written story but for TV, not so much.
On the other hand, the books as just mentioned give a little more depth to the characters, we know what they are thinking (not all but the main ones usually) and even some history on how some characters got to where they are. Like with Ned Stark, when he was in prison he was thinking about his past when he went to save his sister from where she was held and had to fight 3 of the Kingsguard with no help but from the Reed siblings own father Howland (who we still have not seen in the books beyond mention in flashback moments.
Sorry this went rather long. Also the books get really good as they go on. Book 2 and 3 have some amazing moments plus you get more Tyrion bits as it goes on. Who doesn't love the little dwarf?