Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
With Sam being disappointed that history books don't have poetic enough titles, perhaps he writes "A Song of Fire & Ice"?
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
Honestly, it could just be placebo effect since we know it's not book material but the stories written in the books were more nuanced and weaving. Since being TV written, it feels more direct with less mystery behind it.
Using the fight at the end of this episode as an example; there was nothing shocking about it. We saw it coming based on the conversations and no major characters were lost. That scene in a book would have been more detailed as well as having more consequences. Martin wouldn't have written in such a large battle just for the sake of having it without more happening. I feel it was more TV service than proper GoT story-telling.
Even Arya's scene in episode 1. It was great to watch on screen but at the end of the day, she just killed off a bunch of no-one characters. We already knew the guy was dead, which made it very easy to guess it was her using her "powers". Again, nothing shocking from a story standpoint but very good for the sake of TV and cheering on a character people like.
Using the fight at the end of this episode as an example; there was nothing shocking about it. We saw it coming based on the conversations and no major characters were lost. That scene in a book would have been more detailed as well as having more consequences. Martin wouldn't have written in such a large battle just for the sake of having it without more happening. I feel it was more TV service than proper GoT story-telling.
Even Arya's scene in episode 1. It was great to watch on screen but at the end of the day, she just killed off a bunch of no-one characters. We already knew the guy was dead, which made it very easy to guess it was her using her "powers". Again, nothing shocking from a story standpoint but very good for the sake of TV and cheering on a character people like.
Plus as a book reader, we added depth to the first seasons which were not there on the screen since we know all the details. We do not have that advantage any longer.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
Why are you guys being so hard on Theon? He has PTSD from torture and abuse. His response to the stress and mutilations going on around him is not unrealistic.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
Theon remains a piece of shit, as he has always been.
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Theon is like this series' Gollum. If he doesn't have some major redemption moment in the endgame, his arc will feel pretty pointless.
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TV writes are (although don't have to) considering how viewers like/dislike the characters. Martin didn't give a single fuck about who he killed or kept alive based on reader's preferences.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
There are a lot of cruel awful people on this show, but if there is one that seems to have paid the price for their past misdeeds and then some (short of dying), it's Theon.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
Might just be me, but the way the Ramsay/Theon stuff dragged on in the show kind of hurt his otherwise redemption and punishment for his past misdeeds. I got so tired of that stuff that it was hard to cheer for any good deeds done afterwards.
And maybe it's just something inherent in me after watching other strong characters in the show, as understandable as his freeze ups and reactions have been, part of me also still thinks "Damn it Theon, stop being a bitch!"
And maybe it's just something inherent in me after watching other strong characters in the show, as understandable as his freeze ups and reactions have been, part of me also still thinks "Damn it Theon, stop being a bitch!"
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
It's always been his character though. Once a bitch, always a bitch. He's never been heroic; no reason to start now.
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Still, I really hope he gets some sort of redemption like was mentioned before.
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That's an interesting perspective. I asked the same question to a girl I work with this morning as she has read all of the books. She said that the show is moving too fast now, and the books took their time. She said that characters are getting from point A to point B in the same episode, where in the previous seasons (by the books) it may take them 3 episodes to get there and you would get a real sense of their situation. She has always said it was a mistake to shorten the season as Season 7 and 8 should have been 10 episodes each to avoid these quick time gaps.
I don't think she wants to tell me (because I'm a non-book reader), but I think she is disappointed with the first 2 episodes.
I don't think she wants to tell me (because I'm a non-book reader), but I think she is disappointed with the first 2 episodes.
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That's the truth. I was still a teenager when I read the 3rd book and started waiting for Dance. Now I'm knocking on 40's door and have to resort to HBO finishing up the story for us. Take what we can get.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
It is crazy to think that it is very likely that GRRM would have 1 book released during the entire run of the TV series. Dance with Dragon was released in July 2011, right after the first season.
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And to add to that, the one book he released was (according to him) basically finished already since it and Dance were written side by side.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
Yes, that's true about TV vs books, but I'd also say we're at an unprecedented level of creator-fan interaction right now. Obviously certain people pay more attention to it (whether mandated or not) than others.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
In LOTR wasn't like 17 or so years between when Ghandalf left Frodo to research the Ring and the start of the Fellowship? In the films it more like a few weeks...
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E02) -- "Stormborn" -- 7/23/17
On to some speculation..
Daenerys has had some good victories but I think this recent loss is just going to be the first of many. I think Grey Worm gets it next episode during the siege of Casterly Rock (They didn't have the scene between him and Missandei for nothing) meanwhile she'll probably get Ellaria's head delivered in a box. I think Missandei and Olenna are going to put a lot of pressure on her to act immediately (they want revenge) - and she will regardless of the pleadings of Jon who's basically going to tell her that she's fighting the wrong war and they really need to focus on other things (dragonglass). I think her actions will help Cersei rally the other houses to her cause and we're in for a heck of a season..
As usual... could be wrong about all of it but this last episode when just about as predicted although I did expect Littlefinger to die this episode. I think he's toast next week.
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Littlefinger reminds me of Paul Reiser's Alien character "Burke", in that he'll probably out politic and outmaneuver everyone in the series only to die at the hands of the white walkers, something that doesn't even seem to be on his radar.