Quote: (04-16-2013 11:29 PM)Vicious Wrote:
Quote: (04-16-2013 06:51 PM)Roosh Wrote:
Anyone repulsed by the betatude put out by Stannis on the shore with his Fire queen? And he wants to be king.
This is the one major character that has been changed the most and worst from the book. Book-Stannis is more badass although stubborn to a fault. I suspect they changed him because in the book he becomes the pretender to the throne that seem the fairest. While the TV series wants to hold up Dany and Robb as the only considerable choices. that's TV for you I guess.
Yup, Stannis begging anybody would be totally out of character in the books. And he was gruff and curt with Mellissandre, calling her "woman".
The show does a good job of merging several characters together though to make keeping track of them more manageable eg Gendry and Edric Storm. Before leaving the shore Mellisandre stated she needed king's blood so Gendry should be the one, as he's the only Robert's bastard that appears on the show. I thought that the t.v. writers would disappointingly leave the Sansa/Tyrell marriage plot and what ensues out after epsiode 1, but they again combined Willas and Loras.
The 2 most damnable character changes imo are Shae and Littlefinger. Littlefinger's intentions for Sansa were kept a mystery throughout most of the book, and that kept us theorizing and trying to piece together the clues left by Ser Dontos and others. Instead of feeding the viewer puzzles piece by piece and letting him put them together, the show delivers almost everything on a silver platter right away. So Littlefinger comes across as "creepy" instead of insanely cunning. Same goes for omitting Dany's prophecy in the Undying tower, Patchface and his riddles, the Ghost of High Heart etc.
And given the changes to Shae making her character more strong, cuntish and dominating, as well as her increased role I highly doubt her path will be the same as in the books. If I'm right that would suck really really hard.
Oh and I don't remember but does she call Tyrion "My GIANTTTTT of Lannister!" as she is fucking him in the show? Lol. They also sadly omitted some of Tyrion's more juicy dialogues like threatening Cersei that he would personally whip and ass rape Tommen should harm come to the whore she wrongly captured. That was one of my favorite scenes.