It's really weird being in the middle of book 3 right now having watched the show first. The order of certain things is different such as the Red Viper being introduced before the Red Wedding in the book. Whereas, he was only introduced last night in the show. Cat's father dies in one of the earlier episodes of the season, in the book there's a lot more of her at her father's bedside and the funeral happens a lot closer to the Red Wedding.
It's really weird being in the middle of book 3 right now having watched the show first. The order of certain things is different such as the Red Viper being introduced before the Red Wedding in the book. Whereas, he was only introduced last night in the show. Cat's father dies in one of the earlier episodes of the season, in the book there's a lot more of her at her father's bedside and the funeral happens a lot closer to the Red Wedding.
Yeah, they are definitely tweaking things on the show. And to some extent, I'm happy. Wait to you get further in the books. Some of the stuff is insufferable. I'm sure the show will cut whole storylines to streamline things.
They haven't really done anything too offensive in interpreting the material (IMO).
Spoiler:
In the book, the Hound kills Polliver, not Arya. They are just speeding her down her dark path.
shmenguin wrote:didn't arya kill the tickler in that scene in the book?
I'm not there yet, but I think so just from some spoilers. Didn't she just stab him over and over asking the questions he asks people when torturing them?
The reason it's different, I think the Tickler was already killed in the show with one of her 3 kills.
Kaizer wrote:I didnt like old daario until i saw this guy, he just looks like 50 other characters now.
yeah, that's the biggest whiff from the episode. this actor brings nothing to the table. though i don't give 2 craps about that guy in the book, so whatever.
He looks how he was written now. Honestly though, they deviated so much from the minor details of the Denarys story that I don't care either about him or who is/isn't playing him.
wat? Daario is written as a guy who has a 3-pronged purple beard and an orange mustache.
Kaizer wrote:I didnt like old daario until i saw this guy, he just looks like 50 other characters now.
yeah, that's the biggest whiff from the episode. this actor brings nothing to the table. though i don't give 2 craps about that guy in the book, so whatever.
He looks how he was written now. Honestly though, they deviated so much from the minor details of the Denarys story that I don't care either about him or who is/isn't playing him.
wat? Daario is written as a guy who has a 3-pronged purple beard and an orange mustache.
yeah, I thought he was more "colorful" in the books and was surpised the show took him the opposite direction this season. When I heard they were changing actors, I expected a peacock to take his place.
great debut episode. It's amazing looking back at the first season to now and noticing how much the production quality has changed with the sets, extras, cgi, etc...
eddysnake wrote:great debut episode. It's amazing looking back at the first season to now and noticing how much the production quality has changed with the sets, extras, cgi, etc...
Hopefully they eventually put some more money into the White Walkers who looked way too cartoony at the end of Season 2.
Funny you should mention that - production values. The premiere looked...different to me. Better cameras, lighting, makeup? It looked brighter(?), especially the scenes in King's Landing. Maybe because "the war is over" and it's royal wedding time?
Or HBO is giving them more money now. You
can really tell that all of season two's money went to the Blackwater episode. Things have been getting better since then, and as long as the popularity stays, the money will be there.
The more I think about it, the one miss for me so far is the recast of Daario. Something about the previous actor irked me, but the new guy is generic and blends in with everyone else.
Not that they needed to make him look as ridiculous as he did in the books, but just making him some guy makes it kind of silly.
the wicked child wrote:The more I think about it, the one miss for me so far is the recast of Daario. Something about the previous actor irked me, but the new guy is generic and blends in with everyone else.
Not that they needed to make him look as ridiculous as he did in the books, but just making him some guy makes it kind of silly.
yeah, i hated the old daario because of how much of a tool bag he was, but at least i felt something. this new guy doesn't even seem confident or narcissistic.
the wicked child wrote:The more I think about it, the one miss for me so far is the recast of Daario. Something about the previous actor irked me, but the new guy is generic and blends in with everyone else.
Not that they needed to make him look as ridiculous as he did in the books, but just making him some guy makes it kind of silly.
yeah, i hated the old daario because of how much of a tool bag he was, but at least i felt something. this new guy doesn't even seem confident or narcissistic.
I liked the old daario for the same reason you disliked him...or rather i thought he was a good fit for that character.
the wicked child wrote:The more I think about it, the one miss for me so far is the recast of Daario. Something about the previous actor irked me, but the new guy is generic and blends in with everyone else.
Not that they needed to make him look as ridiculous as he did in the books, but just making him some guy makes it kind of silly.
yeah, i hated the old daario because of how much of a tool bag he was, but at least i felt something. this new guy doesn't even seem confident or narcissistic.
I liked the old daario for the same reason you disliked him...or rather i thought he was a good fit for that character.
Yeah, I never got the hate on old Daario. If anything, I thought he was too subtle compared to the books description of him.
