tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post1250423523086386434..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: all caught up, Mr. MartinKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-65936483816373248672015-06-06T23:52:16.516+09:002015-06-06T23:52:16.516+09:00I wonder whether it might be prudent for HBO just ...I wonder whether it might be prudent for HBO just to put the show on hiatus. If the writers have been proceeding at roughly one novel per TV season, it makes sense to wait for the newest novel to come out before the show's writers kill off too many characters who, in the novels, still remain alive.<br /><br />Killing off Ser Barristan Selmy seems rather extreme. I saw the HBO clip of his death on YouTube; as the video titles suggest, he goes out like a badass (in the fight sequence, he kills thirteen Sons of the Harpy), but the fact remains that, in the books, he's Dany most valued counselor now that Jorah Mormont has been banished from Dany's presence. With Ser Barristan dead, a major chess piece is off the board, and it's going to have significant ramifications for the TV series since Dany will no longer have access to Selmy's wisdom. (Then again, Martin might kill Selmy off in the upcoming battles that are sure to take place in and around Meereen, so perhaps the TV/book rift will be minimal.)<br /><br />I somehow managed to hold the Harry Potter books and movies in two different compartments in my head, probably because I've read the Potter heptalogy through, like, five or six times by now. I suppose I can manage the same feat for Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's "Game of Thrones." With summer vacation coming up, I'll likely be rereading ASOIAF soon.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-32953951767848277762015-06-06T20:45:33.108+09:002015-06-06T20:45:33.108+09:00IMHO, HBO has done a superb job with the series (a...IMHO, HBO has done a superb job with the series (as they've done with many of their shows). The scenery, directing, writing and most of all, the acting makes this one of the best shows currently out there. I've read the books twice now, and I thoroughly enjoy the TV series as well. My one and only gripe is what you brought up above; the show has begun to deviate from the books, especially in this season and I have to wonder where they'll go next season, given the next book isn't out yet.Frank (formerly Nomad)noreply@blogger.com