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Originally Posted by bronco67
The two mediums have to exist as separate things. They have to do things in the filmed version that will make the TV series work. It needs to become its own thing to work for that medium. The book is the book.
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Actually that is fairly obvious don't you think?
I am completely fine with trimming plot lines. Completely fine with broad strokes to get points across or limiting perspective to keep the budget in line.
But let's face it... Moby Dick still needs to have Ahab going down with the White Whale to a watery grave. You can't have the Sea Shepard coming into the last reel of the movie and saving the whale from the whalers and the whalers from themselves. That just fucks things up at worst or at least makes it a different story.
And Thrones is all about how one action will result in another contingency set in motion to a plausible and inevitable conclusion, check and mate, a great chess game of plot lines.
(READ ON AT RISK OF SOME POTENTIAL SPOILERS)
I am willing to roll with it since if I hadn't read the books what difference would it make? Like I said, a bit of extra sex is not a problem. HBO has to pander to the average attention span too. I just don't like stuff that is gratuitous - we already know Joffrey is bad, mmmmmmkay? We don't need another kinky sex scene to prove it further. Why create the love interest for Robb when the surprise of his decisions is precisely what provokes the upcoming event that I won't mention for those that don't know it. Or maybe they are not going to feature that critical event in the story?
Who knows? All I am saying is the new character storyline arcs will either pan out into pure gold or go bust. Remains to be seen.
I just was
sent this article and it summed up my thoughts pretty well on this whole problem. I only recommend reading though if you have read the books and are watching the show since it spells out the differences.