Book reader wanting to know if he should finish?

[coluanprime]

Hi all,
A couple months ago I finally broke down and started reading A Song of Ice and Fire. I'm half way through A Dance with Dragons and I decided that I was far enough ahead to start watching the tv show. I just finished episode 8 and am debating about whether to keep going.
Here's my main issue, I'm relatively bored. Occasionally it's cool to see moments on screen, but I'm still pretty bored watching it. Does the TV series eventually transcend the books and become something worth watching on its own or if I'm bored now will I stay bored and should I just drop it?

 

[Marvolo]

The show is worth watching from the very first episode. That being said, the show does increase in scale and scope and does its own thing beginning in season 2. Season 1 is the most faithful season. It bores me a bit too, and I dont rewatch it like I do the other seasons. Starting with season 2 the showrunners started to change things more significantly. The show continues to hit the broad strokes of the books but they change a lot as the show goes forward.

These seasons are only 10 episodes. Its not a huge commitment. Stick with it. Season 3 and onward offers some of the best television ever made. Season 2 has the battle of Blackwater which is a damn good hour of television. And the wildfire scene during the Battle of Blackwater is visually spectacular.

 

[MaceB]

It is a very very rare thing to read a book and then to fully enjoy the movie/show after that. There's just no competing with all the intricacies and nuance that a novel affords. To put it into context, a standard TV/movie script equals a minute per page. So a movie equals a 120 page script... and that script is double spaced. So, a 120 minute movie is roughly the equivalent of 60 single spaced pages.

If you're interested in the show because you hope that they are the books come to life... then no...it'll never be that. But dude, we're talking about one of the most action packed, graphic, and intricate television shows of our lifetime. Based purely on a level of scale, it has to be one of the most epic shows of all time.

So... if you are interested in quality story telling, great special effects, and good acting... then GOT HBO is for you. If you're looking for George R. Martin's awesome storytelling on full display though, then stick to the books.

 

[coluanprime]

The show is worth watching from the very first episode. That being said, the show does increase in scale and scope and does its own thing beginning in season 2. Season 1 is the most faithful season. It bores me a bit too, and I dont rewatch it like I do the other seasons. Starting with season 2 the showrunners started to change things more significantly. The show continues to hit the broad strokes of the books but they change a lot as the show goes forward.

These seasons are only 10 episodes. Its not a huge commitment. Stick with it. Season 3 and onward offers some of the best television ever made. Season 2 has the battle of Blackwater which is a damn good hour of television. And the wildfire scene during the Battle of Blackwater is visually spectacular.

It is a very very rare thing to read a book and then to fully enjoy the movie/show after that. There's just no competing with all the intricacies and nuance that a novel affords. To put it into context, a standard TV/movie script equals a minute per page. So a movie equals a 120 page script... and that script is double spaced. So, a 120 minute movie is roughly the equivalent of 60 single spaced pages.

If you're interested in the show because you hope that they are the books come to life... then no...it'll never be that. But dude, we're talking about one of the most action packed, graphic, and intricate television shows of our lifetime. Based purely on a level of scale, it has to be one of the most epic shows of all time.

So... if you are interested in quality story telling, great special effects, and good acting... then GOT HBO is for you. If you're looking for George R. Martin's awesome storytelling on full display though, then stick to the books.

Cool. I'll keep with it then. My problem was more feeling like it was the books come to life, but not in a way that revealed anything deeper than the land the books had already tread. I'll look forward to the differences then.

 

[ethen010]

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[jackjohn]

In the end of the book, all the main characters are dead. Is it happen in the TV show also?

 

[MaceB]

In the end of the book, all the main characters are dead. Is it happen in the TV show also?

That's not true. A few main characters die, but certainly not all of them. And it's the same in the show as well.

 

[dude stannis]