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Post by kainotanemployeeshek on Jun 7, 2014 14:14:38 GMT
Agreed, it's not the deaths, it's the fact that anything can happen. How much more suspenseful is television when you don't know which of the characters are going to make it out alive?
There's nothing worse than a bad guy tying up a good guy, and you just scoff because you know the character isn't going to die. In Game of Thrones, the good guy is probably going to die.
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Post by Qetesh on Jun 7, 2014 14:41:05 GMT
Agreed, it's not the deaths, it's the fact that anything can happen. How much more suspenseful is television when you don't know which of the characters are going to make it out alive? There's nothing worse than a bad guy tying up a good guy, and you just scoff because you know the character isn't going to die. In Game of Thrones, the good guy is probably going to die. Yes, or countless other life altering things indeed. If I see Bones, or Booth or Castle or Beckett or Sam or Dean almost die one I might scream! |
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Post by engarde on Jun 9, 2014 7:39:04 GMT
But given how much they have mangled GoT (from the books to the screen) who you think is good or bad or killed or survives is highly suspect
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Post by Casinha on Jun 9, 2014 8:42:07 GMT
Nah, the people that have died in the TV series that didn't die in the books were rendered defunct in the books anyway. That said, if you do read the books you begin to get a feel for the characters that will never die or will die at specially opportune moments.
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Post by engarde on Jun 9, 2014 9:01:56 GMT
It was more the complete removal of some characters from book to tv, and the complete jumping around the timelines as well as the changes across say the Watch. I like the tv show but much prefer the books. If I'd seen the series first I think I'd be much more confused.
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Post by kainotanemployeeshek on Jun 9, 2014 10:47:44 GMT
Never read the books, love the show. I used to think the same about the Harry Potter movies. I can't stand those things because I read the books cover to cover multiple times before they were released. I think I'll read the GoT books when the show is done to get some more out of the story, but at the moment the show is doing just fine.
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Post by Qetesh on Jun 9, 2014 12:23:20 GMT
My guilty pleasure is Chick Lit books. I have read quite a few that they turned into movies. The movies do not do the books justice. I still like the movies, but it would be better to see the movie then the books, but you really cannot do that with Chick Lit because very few turn into movies and you don't want to hold off on reading the best one, in case it becomes a movie. I really just try to keep it in perspective, it is not a true adaption of the book, but an artistic interpretation of it, then I can still enjoy the movie of my beloved books.
On a related note, I really do have fun with most movies that are made from video games. We just saw Hitman a few days, and I thought it was a cool movie to watch. I also really enjoyed the Tomb raider movies and tbh, Mortal Combat was pretty good too. If you don't expect Shawshank Redemption and keep the bar where it will end up, they can just as much campy fun as watching old Buffy or Angel episodes. Could there BEEEE worse acting than ST original series and look what that turned into?
Anyhoo, this being said, if you do have a feel for who will die in GOT if you read the books, then I am so glad I did not read them. Spartacus was the same way for me, I knew little of that history so I really enjoyed watched it playing out fresh.
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