That said, it's no Game of Thrones. Far too many throwaway scenes, whereas I think GoT had only one.
True. But they are different story structures.
Game is a novel for tv, much like the Wire is. Each episode a chapter in the tale, well plotted, thoroughly researched, and outlined ahead of time. Also the writers know exactly what is going to happen next. Where each character arc is. And what they audience has to know or what must be revealed about each character. Also Game is following the books very closely.
True Blood in comparison is a soap opera. The writer really hasn't intricately plotted the story out ahead of time. He's not following the books that closely, outside of using them as a way to obtain new ideas or spring off of. Example? In the books, the Manead comes up but is a throw-away monster which is barely examined, she just poisons Sookie and they save her. End of story. In S2 - she has a huge effect on the entire cast. Soap operas by nature have these throw-away scenes and tend to talk everything to death. I like soaps, but they can be irritating in that respect. (I mean did we really need the scene between Sam and Terry?)
Sadly, I fear Tommy isn't dead.
I guess it's possible that Sam just shoots to wound, not kill? If so? Darn.
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Date: 2011-06-20 04:16 pm (UTC)True. But they are different story structures.
Game is a novel for tv, much like the Wire is. Each episode a chapter in the tale, well plotted, thoroughly researched, and outlined ahead of time.
Also the writers know exactly what is going to happen next. Where each character arc is. And what they audience has to know or what must be revealed about each character. Also Game is following the books very closely.
True Blood in comparison is a soap opera. The writer really hasn't intricately plotted the story out ahead of time. He's not following the books that closely, outside of using them as a way to obtain new ideas or spring off of. Example? In the books, the Manead comes up but is a throw-away monster which is barely examined, she just poisons Sookie and they save her. End of story. In S2 - she has a huge effect on the entire cast. Soap operas by nature have these throw-away scenes and tend to talk everything to death. I like soaps, but they can be irritating in that respect. (I mean did we really need the scene between Sam and Terry?)
Sadly, I fear Tommy isn't dead.
I guess it's possible that Sam just shoots to wound, not kill? If so? Darn.