I was disheartened when they removed important players entirely, but in hindsight knowing what they've done to already existing characters on the show I'm kind of glad that they didn't get the chance to ruin them as well.
and yes,some of it IS in the books but they added so much stuff just for shock value
Yeah, plus even if some of that is in the books they could have easily made the conscious decision to not include it and focus on something else in the narrative. But nope, it was all about fulfilling the HBO quota and for the shock value. That's all the show is, essentially. Shock value. There is no coherent story or narrative to follow, because it's just all about the rape, battle scenes and explosions. Characterization, what's that? Plot and following it through to the end? That doesn't exist in Game of Thrones. It's about shocking the audience, even if it makes no sense.
That said,I have honestly given up hope that we will ever get those final 2 books? Which would really suck,I want something different than what they did on the show.
I've been saying for a while that either GRRM is waiting for the show to finally end to reveal the next two books like, "haha, you thought that was how it ends? this is how it truly ends!", or that he honestly doesn't care anymore and realizes the show is gonna reveal all the important things anyway so why bother. As much as I would love for the former to happen since the petty side of me would be absolutely delighted, I just don't think he cares about the series anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if he just abandoned the last two books entirely at this point.
But I agree, I want a different ending than what the show has done. Even if some of the points remain true, it's how they're written that is the fundamental difference.
I just think that, overall, while the concept of doing the show at first was intriguing, they missed the mark completely on what the story actually is about. And it's very telling with the way they've gone about it. It's just sad how the show gained so much popularity that they probably think it's a win either way, because the "reactions" people are having are what they banked on, no matter whether positive or negative. They took something that could have been done well and ruined it for the sake of shock value, and that is the shittiest thing about this, tbh.
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and yes,some of it IS in the books but they added so much stuff just for shock value
Yeah, plus even if some of that is in the books they could have easily made the conscious decision to not include it and focus on something else in the narrative. But nope, it was all about fulfilling the HBO quota and for the shock value. That's all the show is, essentially. Shock value. There is no coherent story or narrative to follow, because it's just all about the rape, battle scenes and explosions. Characterization, what's that? Plot and following it through to the end? That doesn't exist in Game of Thrones. It's about shocking the audience, even if it makes no sense.
That said,I have honestly given up hope that we will ever get those final 2 books? Which would really suck,I want something different than what they did on the show.
I've been saying for a while that either GRRM is waiting for the show to finally end to reveal the next two books like, "haha, you thought that was how it ends? this is how it truly ends!", or that he honestly doesn't care anymore and realizes the show is gonna reveal all the important things anyway so why bother. As much as I would love for the former to happen since the petty side of me would be absolutely delighted, I just don't think he cares about the series anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if he just abandoned the last two books entirely at this point.
But I agree, I want a different ending than what the show has done. Even if some of the points remain true, it's how they're written that is the fundamental difference.
I just think that, overall, while the concept of doing the show at first was intriguing, they missed the mark completely on what the story actually is about. And it's very telling with the way they've gone about it. It's just sad how the show gained so much popularity that they probably think it's a win either way, because the "reactions" people are having are what they banked on, no matter whether positive or negative. They took something that could have been done well and ruined it for the sake of shock value, and that is the shittiest thing about this, tbh.