well there was some great boobs so I wouldn't say nothing was gained
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 07/08/2011 05:10:28 AM
To be honest the books really are not all that great at least not the first two which are all that I have read so far. They are better than the average genre fiction but they are really nothing more than that. I have not found anything that really surprised or made me think. He does a great job of building another world but I never felt any real connection to it or see any parallels to the modern world. The books are better than average mass market fantasy and the TV series is a much better than average fantasy TV series. Seeing the low quality of all previous fantasy TV series I would say the TV is further above average than the books are.
They both have great entertainment value if you take them for what they are. I do agree that they should have deviated from the books more. I think any work of art needs room for expression and to faithfully following a book ruins that. I think that is one of the reasons Phillip K Dicks stories make such great movies. So few people have ever actually read the books before they become movies the screen writer and director are free to just steal what they want. Blade Runner would have been crap if they had followed the book.
They both have great entertainment value if you take them for what they are. I do agree that they should have deviated from the books more. I think any work of art needs room for expression and to faithfully following a book ruins that. I think that is one of the reasons Phillip K Dicks stories make such great movies. So few people have ever actually read the books before they become movies the screen writer and director are free to just steal what they want. Blade Runner would have been crap if they had followed the book.
Am I the only one who didn't really like A Game of Thrones?
06/08/2011 10:52:41 PM
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I very much enjoyed the first season..
07/08/2011 12:45:35 AM
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Not exactly.
07/08/2011 01:35:42 AM
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That's ridiculous
07/08/2011 04:21:00 AM
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Not at all.
07/08/2011 05:17:40 AM
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That's fucking stupid
07/08/2011 06:17:39 AM
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Your opinion has been noted.
07/08/2011 07:52:37 AM
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So, you are saying
07/08/2011 11:52:33 PM
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posted in wrong place...ugh *NM*
07/08/2011 07:29:31 AM
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As a reader of the books, I think HBO series is good, but not great.
07/08/2011 01:16:42 AM
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Yes. Not the greatest fantasy fiction out there, but an excellent TV show *NM*
07/08/2011 03:48:51 AM
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I'd rather talk about True Blood. ::: How awesome is Marnie/Antonia?!?! *NM*
07/08/2011 02:51:13 AM
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It's like a different interpretation. Why watch the Disney cartoons, when you know those stories?
07/08/2011 03:47:54 AM
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well there was some great boobs so I wouldn't say nothing was gained
07/08/2011 05:10:28 AM
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This is a better representation of the series
09/08/2011 04:49:15 AM
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Yes, that was very nice. *NM*
09/08/2011 05:59:04 AM
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If we're doing clips
10/08/2011 04:34:31 AM
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I prefer this one
10/08/2011 05:08:02 AM
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Ok, I admit...
10/08/2011 05:08:54 AM
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Aidan Gillen so has to get rid of that moustache.
10/08/2011 07:52:40 PM
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No way, the mustache is cool. *NM*
10/08/2011 10:20:51 PM
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I haven't read the books so I'm a bit wary of watching the TV show
16/08/2011 02:59:18 PM
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