Oh, an article about the ways in which a TV adaption is superior to a series of books ... no way this is going to be contentious at all.
Not that the first 4 seasons are poorly paced, but, then again, neither are the books they're based on. It's only until AFFC that the pacing suffers, yet, the claim that the adaptation of AFFC and ADWD (season 5) was well paced is absolutely laughable. I stand by my opinion that AFFC (and ADWD to a lesser extent) were more bloated than necessary, but season 5 was much further from appropriate pacing in the opposite direction, being way too rushed.
2 & 3 are basically variations of "I like visuals more than text", which doesn't really add anything. It's kind of like saying that games are better than film because you can play them. Now, I get that this is an opinion piece, but it just feels about the same as writing an article about why Pepsi taste better than Coke, or Tea is better than Coffee.
4. Is rather baffling to me. I get the idea of Renly's sexuality playing a more prominent role, but I don't see any other examples of how less subtlety is better. Even then, Renly's sexuality was barely explored in any meaningful way until the fifth season with the Sparrows. Up until that point it only really served various quips and the occasional "sexposition", so very little has been gained.
5. Well, I feel this one has already been summed up by others.
6. This is pretty much the only point I can more or less agree on, with a few caveats. The most obvious being that they've cut out a lot of characters for the show, and given far less screen time to others due to time constraints. But I can agree that a point of view less constrained to a small roster of characters does help freshen things up at times, plus it gives makes up for valuable exposition opportunities lost by the absence of a narrator.
Wait, what? Really? Well paced?
Not that the first 4 seasons are poorly paced, but, then again, neither are the books they're based on. It's only until AFFC that the pacing suffers, yet, the claim that the adaptation of AFFC and ADWD (season 5) was well paced is absolutely laughable. I stand by my opinion that AFFC (and ADWD to a lesser extent) were more bloated than necessary, but season 5 was much further from appropriate pacing in the opposite direction, being way too rushed.
2 & 3 are basically variations of "I like visuals more than text", which doesn't really add anything. It's kind of like saying that games are better than film because you can play them. Now, I get that this is an opinion piece, but it just feels about the same as writing an article about why Pepsi taste better than Coke, or Tea is better than Coffee.
4. Is rather baffling to me. I get the idea of Renly's sexuality playing a more prominent role, but I don't see any other examples of how less subtlety is better. Even then, Renly's sexuality was barely explored in any meaningful way until the fifth season with the Sparrows. Up until that point it only really served various quips and the occasional "sexposition", so very little has been gained.
5. Well, I feel this one has already been summed up by others.
Pretty much this. Some of the characters got "warmer", others became more villainous. Most of them lost a lot of depth, and have been rather whitewashed.Jandau said:
6. This is pretty much the only point I can more or less agree on, with a few caveats. The most obvious being that they've cut out a lot of characters for the show, and given far less screen time to others due to time constraints. But I can agree that a point of view less constrained to a small roster of characters does help freshen things up at times, plus it gives makes up for valuable exposition opportunities lost by the absence of a narrator.
