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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5533439" data-attributes="member: 34175"><p>I stated this on another thread but I'll give it a stab here. For me, I've never read the books due to lack of funds, not want to do so. However, I am a huge fan of the setting (I own the SoIaF RPG).</p><p></p><p>I have also seen quite a few of these HBO mini series now, so I'll drop my take on everyone's dislikes. As far as character development I've noticed that HBO tends to give each character a "starring episode". My comparison is having read the book "Band of Brothers" and then watching the series several times (I own it). The book is a recollection of stories by interviewing many men, the series dropped each episode as "somewhat" of a mental vignette. Not a complete analogy but, I wouldn't be surprised if they continue with this trend here. Same thing with "Diary of a Callgirl" and to some extent "The Tudors".</p><p></p><p>The boobs, get used to them and the sex, they aren't going away and will most likely get a lot more exposure. (sri, I couldn't think of any other way to put it.) It's HBO, the reason the channel was invented was to show sex and nudity on U.S. TV, why mess with a formula that has worked for them for over 30 years now? </p><p></p><p>As someone who hasn't read the books or had any interest in the setting, my wife was easily able to pick up and follow the storyline. She's a geek, yes, but has many more "normal" tastes than your average fantasy geek. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p>As an aside, we can't wait until the do the Wheel of Time Miniseries; the Bornhold's have to be played by the Sutherland's (Donald and Kiefer) though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 5533439, member: 34175"] I stated this on another thread but I'll give it a stab here. For me, I've never read the books due to lack of funds, not want to do so. However, I am a huge fan of the setting (I own the SoIaF RPG). I have also seen quite a few of these HBO mini series now, so I'll drop my take on everyone's dislikes. As far as character development I've noticed that HBO tends to give each character a "starring episode". My comparison is having read the book "Band of Brothers" and then watching the series several times (I own it). The book is a recollection of stories by interviewing many men, the series dropped each episode as "somewhat" of a mental vignette. Not a complete analogy but, I wouldn't be surprised if they continue with this trend here. Same thing with "Diary of a Callgirl" and to some extent "The Tudors". The boobs, get used to them and the sex, they aren't going away and will most likely get a lot more exposure. (sri, I couldn't think of any other way to put it.) It's HBO, the reason the channel was invented was to show sex and nudity on U.S. TV, why mess with a formula that has worked for them for over 30 years now? As someone who hasn't read the books or had any interest in the setting, my wife was easily able to pick up and follow the storyline. She's a geek, yes, but has many more "normal" tastes than your average fantasy geek. :) As an aside, we can't wait until the do the Wheel of Time Miniseries; the Bornhold's have to be played by the Sutherland's (Donald and Kiefer) though. [/QUOTE]
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