No worries. I wasn't that clear in my post. And I'd been spoiled already via livejournal and Entertainment Weekly (stupid magazine -- should stop subscribing to it, it always spoils me on things.)
And yes, lots of violence, rape, mayhem, and death in the TV that's not in the books. And god knows there was plenty in the books.
I've noticed that as well. I don't see why they felt the need to add more -- it's not as it there wasn't enough already in the books. Modern Television writers are more sadistic than GRR Martin.
And it seems to be a trend with somewhat well-written television series at the moment -- almost as if the writers are attempting to see just how much they can get away or how badly they can shock their audience.
I'm at the point in which...I sort of expect them to kill off/or torture characters and am surprised when they don't. It's no longer shocking or all that interesting. Yeah, yeah, so you killed off so and so, totally saw that coming. YAWN. When a few years back it was..."OMG I can't believe they killed ____."
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Date: 2015-06-23 01:07 am (UTC)And yes, lots of violence, rape, mayhem, and death in the TV that's not in the books. And god knows there was plenty in the books.
I've noticed that as well. I don't see why they felt the need to add more -- it's not as it there wasn't enough already in the books. Modern Television writers are more sadistic than GRR Martin.
And it seems to be a trend with somewhat well-written television series at the moment -- almost as if the writers are attempting to see just how much they can get away or how badly they can shock their audience.
I'm at the point in which...I sort of expect them to kill off/or torture characters and am surprised when they don't. It's no longer shocking or all that interesting. Yeah, yeah, so you killed off so and so, totally saw that coming. YAWN. When a few years back it was..."OMG I can't believe they killed ____."