GRRM has said a lot of things, like:
"coldhands isn't benjen"
and
"I'll have that to the editors by the deadline"
He also named five characters who would survive in his initial pitch. They are pretty obvious.
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GRRM has said a lot of things, like:
"coldhands isn't benjen"
and
"I'll have that to the editors by the deadline"
He also named five characters who would survive in his initial pitch. They are pretty obvious.
Book talk: Coldhands is not Benjen (or did I forget?).
Deadline? LOL for anyone who believes him.
Who cares about that. This series has teeth—that's its defining feature. They shouldn't be afraid to go out on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
Would this series be worth watching twice? It's quite the water cooler topic at work, but all anyone talks about is shock value. Does it have any aesthetic merit? Because everything I've heard makes it sound like topless dinner theater with nothing going on outside of gotchas.
He wrote that in the margin of a pitch manuscript where Coldhands played a much bigger part, so he obviously showed up in the first book by that account. Clearly, his role and who he is has changed since that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
Yeah, when it's done I plan to go through on a binge and watch it all unfold. Sure, there are shocking things and boobies but those are far outweighed by the actual story. Some of its strongest moments come from scenes between two characters - and not sexy sex, just interaction.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
Yes, the dialogue is very good for the most part. Scenery is beautiful and for a TV show, some of the large battle scenes are quite impressive. Some of the plot lines are dumb and pretty pointless, but that's the source material too.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
There's a lot to get out of rewatching it. Like A LOT. It's almost impossible to piece everything together on first viewing, because there's so much going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
It's boring though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
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It is. A series that focused on genre deconstruction is bound to be criticized if it in finality, it just regresses to the cliche. Perhaps to genre newcomers that sort of resolution will be satisfying, but I find it very dull, and unworthy of the overall effort and themes.
As a related aside, and disappointingly, the producers themselves have said that the whitewalkers will probably have no dialogue and no real development. They're just meant to represent a malevolent force of 'death' (despite that fact the show has never portrayed them this way), that humanity has to deal with. While I'm totally fine with that sort of abstract adversary (e.g. The Nothing of Neverending Story), it hasn't been utilized that way here, and I think it robs one of the central plot points most its interest.
Now the whitewalkers are just a poorly implemented counter-measure by some grody forest nymphs.