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Thread: Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon!

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    i need to stop reading this thread and start reading the books

    screw your secretive book spoilers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
    I think he is. I don't trust Ouch! either. Maybe if Frekana verified it.
    She's not even read the books, so good luck with that one.

    I promise I'm being truthful and will point out to you when it happens. In the meantime, enjoy the show!

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill View Post
    I feel for those who have been truly upset by it, but this show doesn't even begin to approach Breaking Bad for making me feel like trout. BB general spoilerWalt's slow progression into an absolute monster is the biggest TV downer I've ever seen, but it remains my favorite drama series of all time.
    Breaking Bad SpoilerTo be fair, the entire purpose of the show was to turn the protagonist into the antagonist by the end. It's what makes it so interesting. I've gone from rooting for Walt to being horrified by the things he does and the ways he reacts. It's really a testament to just fantastic writing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ouch! View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill View Post
    I feel for those who have been truly upset by it, but this show doesn't even begin to approach Breaking Bad for making me feel like trout. BB general spoilerWalt's slow progression into an absolute monster is the biggest TV downer I've ever seen, but it remains my favorite drama series of all time.
    Breaking Bad SpoilerTo be fair, the entire purpose of the show was to turn the protagonist into the antagonist by the end. It's what makes it so interesting. I've gone from rooting for Walt to being horrified by the things he does and the ways he reacts. It's really a testament to just fantastic writing.
    Yes, I understand that, didn't really need to explain it.

    Also, Breaking Bad

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    I've read them. Thanks!

    But hes right saying anything will spoil!

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    Pike can I ask what made you tense? Between Cat exchanging wedding jokes with Lord Bolton and Robb flirting with Talisa, I almost thought they werent going to go through with it.

    And GRRM has stated in multiple interviews that it's D&Ds show, he hasn't even been to the set in years. When he writes his episode, they give him an outline, and his script is heavily edited before being shot.

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    im starting on the books now. i always prefer to read after the tv show/film.

    ive made the mistake once to read a harry potter book before the seeing the film... it completely ruined the film for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaibana View Post
    im starting on the books now. i always prefer to read after the tv show/film.

    ive made the mistake once to read a harry potter book before the seeing the film... it completely ruined the film for me
    I don't understand that, for instance reading LOTR is by no means essential but it didn't stop me really enjoying the films. It certainly didn't ruin them. Ditto other very good adaptations.
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    You are all overlooking the fact that the 2 best characters are still alive and well.

    Stannis & Davos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charliepanayi View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Shaibana View Post
    im starting on the books now. i always prefer to read after the tv show/film.

    ive made the mistake once to read a harry potter book before the seeing the film... it completely ruined the film for me
    I don't understand that, for instance reading LOTR is by no means essential but it didn't stop me really enjoying the films. It certainly didn't ruin them. Ditto other very good adaptations.
    Because the Harry Potter books are so much better than the movies? Or at least some of the movies. I actually think the movies got better as they progressed. But certainly they weren't the best of adaptations.

    I like reading books before I watch an adaptation. It gives you a fuller picture of everything and probably a better understanding too. But sometimes, if the adaptation is crap, it just makes it that much worse to watch. It's the reason I won't be watching the World War Z movie. The book was excellent. The movie looks like horse dung.

    On the flip side, I like Game of Thrones as a show way more than what I read of the book.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LFC View Post
    Book 5 spoilerand on a final final note, I've got a quick question for any one who has finished the 5th book: at the end, when Dany is found in the grasslands by that other band, I can't remember if the khal in charge of that band was original riding with khal Drogo's band when he died. Can any one clarify? just a piece I've been curious about
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
    Pike can I ask what made you tense? Between Cat exchanging wedding jokes with Lord Bolton and Robb flirting with Talisa, I almost thought they werent going to go through with it.
    In the books, the laws of hospitality were established as one of the most ancient, most sacred codes. Part of the RW's effect was thanks to that, I think - like most people, I could tell something was wrong and that the new alliance would be terribly shaky at best, but I was deeply convinced that whatever happened, they wouldn't do anything there and then with the guests protected by these ancient unwritten laws. It was such a terrible taboo being broken, and I kind of wish that got translated to the show, but I think that the light mood was something of a supplement to display that sense of safety that the characters were feeling, despite the tension being as high as it was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
    Pike can I ask what made you tense?
    The whole thing had a dark sense of foreboding to it and when the song kicked in it really upped it even more.

    Also I'm curious why you're asking me in particular when I was in the middle of a string of like six people saying they liked the scene. Ask all of them too.

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    So Arya decided to do her own reaction video to the Red Wedding, in a style that I can only explain as a combination of redneck and hyperactive 12-year-old girl. It is worth it just for her facial expressions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
    Pike can I ask what made you tense?
    The whole thing had a dark sense of foreboding to it and when the song kicked in it really upped it even more.

    Also I'm curious why you're asking me in particular when I was in the middle of a string of like six people saying they liked the scene. Ask all of them too.
    I was gonna quote you but I was on my mobile and it didn't go through, so I just wrote your name!

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