Game of Thrones

[shadowkat]

Watched Game of Thrones tonight, am caught up now. It was better than I expected. I confess that I'm not a fan of war scenes either in movies or books, they tend to bore me. And I find them hard to follow for various reasons. This one wasn't that bad - and I was rather relieved that the only monsters we saw were the mammoths and giants - I remember there being giant ice spiders in the books. (I remember because when they revealed that this was being turned into a television series - the first thing that came to mind is - please don't do the giant spiders, I don't think they are necessary. Mammoths yes, spiders no.)

Can't remember how it played out in the books exactly...except
that I think Ygritte died climbing the wall? Also, does Jon Snow go and find Mance Ryder in the books or did Stannis show up? I know Stannis shows up and ironically saves the day - although, I'm on the fence as to whether he saves it or makes everything worse. As was Jon Snow, I suspect. Stannis is not a good guy. Not that anyone really is in this series, but Stannis has a thing for burning people alive to amuse his priestess and her god.

* Jon Snow has grown on me. I'm sort of enjoying the character for a change. He annoyed me in the books - here, he's a bit less brooding and more forthright. And his final scene with Ygritte was well played.

* Samwell Tarly continues to be a favorite. Adored his scenes and found him to be the most interesting, which was in keeping with the books - actually. Samwell - in the books -was the only one at the WALL that I found interesting. Although, I think he is shown to be a bit stronger here than he was in the novels, or I like him better for some reason. Gilly - I imagined as being softer and warmer somehow?

* Favorite scenes were with Samwell - specifically the Maester Aemon scene, and the Jon Snow/Samwell scenes. Also, the most touching was Pyp's death.

Comments

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

I thought I remembered Ygritte dying while climbing, too. But this worked the same way, so not really a problem.

Stannis shows up. I'm sure he will, soon--otherwise the rest of the story will have to be changed.

I didn't like Snow at first, either--not my idea of the character. But now he seems to fit very well. Samwell has always been exactly what I pictured.

I found the fight very hard to see and follow, but the character-interaction scenes were fine. It was a good idea to do the whole thing in one episode.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

It is worth keeping in mind that in the books, Jon Snow is a boy of maybe 14?
While here, he is at least 20.

Fight was very dark, so hard to see - I think. Or follow. But at least it was short and interspersed with good character moments.