Some SDCC stuffs...

[rogueslayer452]

++ There was The Hobbit panel, which not only was hosted by Stephen Colbert in his Laketown costume, but also showed bloopers for both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films and they actually did show the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. It just hasn't been released online for the rest of us, yet, and probably won't be until later this week or next week. That's the privilege of going to SDCC, I guess, and judging from the descriptions of the trailer itself from various sources, I'm both anticipating and dreading it because it will bring all the emotions. Also, I'm sad that Richard wasn't able to attend this year. He's busy performing in The Crucible, so it's understandable, especially given how physically and emotionally exhausted he must be after each show he does nearly every day of the week. But still, being that they didn't attend last year due to pick-ups overlapping, this will be the last Hobbit/Middle-earth panel at Comic-Con, so it's kind of sad that he didn't attend with the rest of the cast.

++ Some underwhelming news that amongst the new casting (and re-casting) for the new season of Game of Thrones, yet another important character isn't featured and is rumored to have been cut entirely from the show. I was looking forward to seeing Arianne Martell, but honestly I shouldn't be surprised at this point that they've done this. It's just disappointing that the show has this habit of not just killing characters that don't die in the books, but also cutting out characters who may play an important part of the story and plot later on, among the many other problems with altering the story. GRRM actually mentions this during the panel, throwing some marvelous shade at D&D/HBO. I'm wondering if his decision to not write an episode next season is partly because he wants to distance himself from the show. I wouldn't blame him if that were the case.

++ First look at Wonder Woman for Batman vs. Superman. Honestly, my ideal Wonder Woman is between Gina Torres, Bridget Regan, and Morena Baccarin, and I wish she'd actually have her own damn movie already, but the outfit? I dig.

++ I haven't seen one yet, but I'm hoping someone out there has a video of the entire Women Who Kick Ass panel and not have it be nonexistent like last year. I like hearing what these women have to say, especially when it consists of calling out some of the double standards and sexism within the industry, and hearing their stories of the struggle they deal with on a daily basis. And the lineup this year looked great, although I wished Sophie Turner would have joined in too. Sansa Stark might not wield a sword, but dammit she deserves to be recognized as a badass as well.

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I'm not really into Batman or Superman, and I have absolutely no intentions on seeing the film anyway. I just really want a (well-written) Wonder Woman movie, unfortunately it's highly unlikely we'll be getting one anytime soon.

Also, the Game of Thrones things.. I just don't know man =(

I don't know either. :/

It's not that I don't understand why changes are necessary, since all adaptations do this and it's kind of impossible to add everything from the books, but it's more of the decisions and excuses they make for changing and altering things make no sense, and not even for the narrative of the show itself. They also seem to be very selective about what they choose to adapt versus what is necessary to adapt to tell the story fluently, by which I mean they're basically choosing their favorite moments and excluding everything else. Also, the show has kind of done away with most of the fantasy elements that the books have, or have changed how that world operates in such a way. I will never forgive them for messing up everything about Dany's storyline in Qarth, including the House of the Undying.

I'm rather curious about the whole GRRM vs. D&D thing, because I'm really interested in hearing what GRRM's real opinions are. At this point he has basically stated that "the show is the show, the books are the books", essentially resigning to the fact that the show isn't following the story the books are telling. But I have a feeling there's more behind-the-scenes than just that, given the slight shade at the SDCC panel. But then, idk.

[dustofempires.livejournal.com]

Totally agreed about a WW movie, but indeed.. "A movie where the main character's a woman? haha RIGHTTT" or then we get shit like Twilight or something idk.

I also get the feeling they're taking this out of GRRM's hands a little. Which makes me very uneasy not to say pretty damn annoyed, cause I'm of the "author is god" persuasion. I get that they can't follow the books to the letter, cause it's a different medium and I'm totally okay with that! But like you said, it seems to be key stuff they change and I don't really know where they're going with it. Also, this brings back the whole "the show might be finished before the books" thing and that's just freaking me out a little, and GRRM really has to have the final word at least there!