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Apr. 6th, 2013 09:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darchildreSo, a couple days ago, I decided (for reasons I do not now recall) that it would be a good idea to start watching Game of Thrones. Tonight, I am on the penultimate episode of season 1.
Thoughts (somewhat spoilery, I guess, but season one did come out a couple years ago, so...):
- Y'know, I remember really loving Ned Stark when I read the books and being totally on his side, pretty much. Watching the show, I still love Ned Stark but oh gods, sir, why are you so dumb? I remember Robb and Jon being dumb but good lord, Ned, why the hell does it matter if Joffrey isn't Robert's kid? Lannisters on the throne > complete civil war. This is not a difficult equation.
- I think it comes from not being solely in the POV character's head all the time, like you are in the books. Inside Ned's head, Ned makes sense. Outside, I want to smack him sometimes. But, on the other hand, I enjoy the Lannisters a great deal more on tv that I did in the first book.
- On the subject of enjoying the Lannisters, sometimes I have to rewind scenes in order to actually listen to the dialogue after having been distracted by the amazing hotness of Charles Dance. Good god.
- The excessive nudity is also distracting but more in an "Oh, show, I am so embarrassed for you right now" kind of way.
- Daenerys = totally great and so does Drogo, but I seem to recall the Dothraki in general being a lot more engaging in the book. Possibly, that is because some of them had names. I realize that we have to compress, though.
- The show pronounces Catelyn and Tywin really differently than I do in my head and it's jarring every time it happens.
- I spent about five episodes wondering what else I knew Iain Glenn from (other than Ripper Street) until I figured out that he's the guy who played John McMurdo in the BBC radio adaptation of Valley of Fear.
- Speaking of Ripper Street, I'm not going to lie, at least one of the reasons I finally started watching Game of Thrones was because I knew Jerome Flynn was in it. I have not been disappointed by this decision. And, as of the episode I am watching now, I have decided that if the rest of the show wants to be Tyrion, Shae, and Bronn having ridiculous drunken slumber parties, I am not going to complain. I am aware that this development is highly unlikely, but it's kinda fun to think about.
- The problem is that watching the show has made me want to read the books again but they are so enormous and it is such a huge undertaking. Possibly, I will watch the first two seasons and then start with Storm of Swords? Is that a workable plan?
Thoughts (somewhat spoilery, I guess, but season one did come out a couple years ago, so...):
- Y'know, I remember really loving Ned Stark when I read the books and being totally on his side, pretty much. Watching the show, I still love Ned Stark but oh gods, sir, why are you so dumb? I remember Robb and Jon being dumb but good lord, Ned, why the hell does it matter if Joffrey isn't Robert's kid? Lannisters on the throne > complete civil war. This is not a difficult equation.
- I think it comes from not being solely in the POV character's head all the time, like you are in the books. Inside Ned's head, Ned makes sense. Outside, I want to smack him sometimes. But, on the other hand, I enjoy the Lannisters a great deal more on tv that I did in the first book.
- On the subject of enjoying the Lannisters, sometimes I have to rewind scenes in order to actually listen to the dialogue after having been distracted by the amazing hotness of Charles Dance. Good god.
- The excessive nudity is also distracting but more in an "Oh, show, I am so embarrassed for you right now" kind of way.
- Daenerys = totally great and so does Drogo, but I seem to recall the Dothraki in general being a lot more engaging in the book. Possibly, that is because some of them had names. I realize that we have to compress, though.
- The show pronounces Catelyn and Tywin really differently than I do in my head and it's jarring every time it happens.
- I spent about five episodes wondering what else I knew Iain Glenn from (other than Ripper Street) until I figured out that he's the guy who played John McMurdo in the BBC radio adaptation of Valley of Fear.
- Speaking of Ripper Street, I'm not going to lie, at least one of the reasons I finally started watching Game of Thrones was because I knew Jerome Flynn was in it. I have not been disappointed by this decision. And, as of the episode I am watching now, I have decided that if the rest of the show wants to be Tyrion, Shae, and Bronn having ridiculous drunken slumber parties, I am not going to complain. I am aware that this development is highly unlikely, but it's kinda fun to think about.
- The problem is that watching the show has made me want to read the books again but they are so enormous and it is such a huge undertaking. Possibly, I will watch the first two seasons and then start with Storm of Swords? Is that a workable plan?
