Game of Thrones Season 3

mud_lark · April 2, 2013, 1:54pm

Did anyone else catch that Sam failed to send the ravens when the Night’s Watch was attacked by the white walkers on the fist? To me, that was a huge character deviation. Sam tends to do the right thing, regardless of his cowardice/pyschological damage. He was becoming one of my favorite characters in the book.

Are they trying to remove him as a major character from the show?

polo77j · April 2, 2013, 2:15pm

[quote]mud lark wrote:
Did anyone else catch that Sam failed to send the ravens when the Night’s Watch was attacked by the white walkers on the fist? To me, that was a huge character deviation. Sam tends to do the right thing, regardless of his cowardice/pyschological damage. He was becoming one of my favorite characters in the book.

Are they trying to remove him as a major character from the show?[/quote]

Not sure of their intentions with Sam, and I said earlier this season will be a big deviation from the books, but in the book, Sam doesn’t send word of The Others attack as well … the ravens get loose, but he doesn’t attach any message

Waittz · April 2, 2013, 4:38pm

Polo, I wonder if the big deviations starting now have alot if not everything to do with the fact that the books are unfinished and Feast was a general let down for fans. That is why in my opinion at least they are stretching out the third book into 2 seasons(well that and there is just so much amazing material that editing anythign would be a crime).

I loved strong belwas too. I ended up binge watching season 1/2 because of this thread. Still cant bring myself to get through Feast for Crows…just such a long trek through boringville.

PB_Andy · April 2, 2013, 7:51pm

[quote]mud lark wrote:
Did anyone else catch that Sam failed to send the ravens when the Night’s Watch was attacked by the white walkers on the fist? To me, that was a huge character deviation. Sam tends to do the right thing, regardless of his cowardice/pyschological damage. He was becoming one of my favorite characters in the book.

Are they trying to remove him as a major character from the show?[/quote]
First of all, I was pissed they didn’t show the attack on the fist. I thought that would be the opener. Really ticked me off, and the show is popular enough to warrant budgeting for that scene.

That’s a good point about Sam. He was reliable in that particular scene but they just made him look like a complete doofus.

PB_Andy · April 2, 2013, 7:54pm

x2 on Strong Belwas. I still have hope he will make an appearance… who will taste the locusts?

polo77j · April 2, 2013, 7:57pm

[quote]Waittz wrote:
Polo, I wonder if the big deviations starting now have alot if not everything to do with the fact that the books are unfinished and Feast was a general let down for fans. That is why in my opinion at least they are stretching out the third book into 2 seasons(well that and there is just so much amazing material that editing anythign would be a crime).

I loved strong belwas too. I ended up binge watching season 1/2 because of this thread. Still cant bring myself to get through Feast for Crows…just such a long trek through boringville. [/quote]

I’d imagine all of your reasons were factors … I tend to think there’s just so much in Storm of Swords (Book 3) that there was no real way to condense it into one season.

I’ve read through the available series 3 times, and the first time I read Feast I thought that Martin might have had a stroke while writing it (yes the entire writing process he was having a prolonged stroke).

However, after reading Dance with Dragon and then re-reading the series, while it’s by far not as great as Clash of Kings of SoS, I appreciate Feast a lot more. There’s a lot in there that is important moving forward. I look at Feast kind of like a prologue to the rest of the series.

Waittz · April 2, 2013, 8:22pm

[quote]polo77j wrote:

[quote]Waittz wrote:
Polo, I wonder if the big deviations starting now have alot if not everything to do with the fact that the books are unfinished and Feast was a general let down for fans. That is why in my opinion at least they are stretching out the third book into 2 seasons(well that and there is just so much amazing material that editing anythign would be a crime).

I loved strong belwas too. I ended up binge watching season 1/2 because of this thread. Still cant bring myself to get through Feast for Crows…just such a long trek through boringville. [/quote]

I’d imagine all of your reasons were factors … I tend to think there’s just so much in Storm of Swords (Book 3) that there was no real way to condense it into one season.

I’ve read through the available series 3 times, and the first time I read Feast I thought that Martin might have had a stroke while writing it (yes the entire writing process he was having a prolonged stroke).

However, after reading Dance with Dragon and then re-reading the series, while it’s by far not as great as Clash of Kings of SoS, I appreciate Feast a lot more. There’s a lot in there that is important moving forward. I look at Feast kind of like a prologue to the rest of the series.[/quote]

Yeah i keep hearing that and I have Dance with Dragons sitting on my night stand but just cant bring myself to keep going. Is DwD good enough to keep through it?

polo77j · April 3, 2013, 12:27am

[quote]Waittz wrote:

[quote]polo77j wrote:

[quote]Waittz wrote:
Polo, I wonder if the big deviations starting now have alot if not everything to do with the fact that the books are unfinished and Feast was a general let down for fans. That is why in my opinion at least they are stretching out the third book into 2 seasons(well that and there is just so much amazing material that editing anythign would be a crime).

I loved strong belwas too. I ended up binge watching season 1/2 because of this thread. Still cant bring myself to get through Feast for Crows…just such a long trek through boringville. [/quote]

I’d imagine all of your reasons were factors … I tend to think there’s just so much in Storm of Swords (Book 3) that there was no real way to condense it into one season.

I’ve read through the available series 3 times, and the first time I read Feast I thought that Martin might have had a stroke while writing it (yes the entire writing process he was having a prolonged stroke).

However, after reading Dance with Dragon and then re-reading the series, while it’s by far not as great as Clash of Kings of SoS, I appreciate Feast a lot more. There’s a lot in there that is important moving forward. I look at Feast kind of like a prologue to the rest of the series.[/quote]

Yeah i keep hearing that and I have Dance with Dragons sitting on my night stand but just cant bring myself to keep going. Is DwD good enough to keep through it? [/quote]

Put it this way, it has Dani, Tyrion, Jon Snow, Bran, and Reek (rhymes with Meek) among other characters … it’s worth slogging through Feast for

Also, keep this in mind, Dance with Dragons begins right after Storm of Swords ends … technically Feast and Dance are happening simultaneously … The last time I read the series I read them simultaneously but the last few chapters in Dance converge the two stories POVs

polo77j · April 3, 2013, 12:28am