Post by screamingtreefrogs on Dec 1, 2020 21:23:43 GMT
Like I said, suff like this isn't really my cup of hot cocoa. But the missus started watching from Day One and needled me until I started watching. I was lukewarm until Ned lost his head. Then I was hooked.
I agree about the While Walkers. The books barely mention them. Not even the White Walkers but "The Others". And no Night King. The books are much more into the Westeros politics, but I guess the show needed monsters. I think The Others would have come into play a lot more in the last two books but I doubt we will ever know.
I didn't mind the way Sansa turned out. She got shit on too much and it turned her. I didn't like King Bran either. Too cute. They just couldn't do the obvious and make Aegon Targaryen/Jon Snow king. I really didn't like the way Tyrion came out in the last season. He goes from being very smart and competent to being a bumbling incompetent. He get outfoxed again and again by that goof Euron Grayjoy.
Maybe the pluses outweigh the minuses. This is my first rewatch since the show ended. There were so many great things. The wildings attacking the Wall. Blackwater Bay. Arthur Dayne v. Ned Stark et al at the Tower of Joy. The Red Wedding.
I think they changed it to White Walkers from 'The Others' due to the popularity of LOST. Too similar. Great name change, by the way. The final two seasons were a mess, and they didn't nail every character by my estimation, but there were some the show did better than the books. Tywin and Cersei are much more compelling on the show, for example.
Even with the White Walkers and the increased use of the dragons, I never felt like the 'fantasy' elements overtook the political intrigue that made the story so compelling. This conversation makes me want to rewatch the series, but the end is going to aggravate me even more the second time around, I think. Kind of the same reason I haven't revisited the books, knowing that thus far it all leads nowhere and it will probably stay that way forever.
The Bran storyline sucked
Him stuck in the swamp with the tree guy for years - and then talking to a tree for years
Oof
And the Ayra faceless men storyline
Oof
And Danny walking through the desert for seasons boring me to tears
Oof
Other than that I enjoyed it
I liked Joffrey the most, Tyrion 2nd - enjoyed Cersei too
Oh - and the religious cult - I didn't like it - come on - you mean to tell me a religious cult is going to overthrow the Lannisters in their own home?
Oof