Game of Thrones: New HBO Series

[Gamerforlife]

Here are some hilarious Game of Thrones related videos. I saved the best one for last

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http://www.nerdist.com/2014/05/peter-di ... 5-seconds/

[Pulsar_t]

I just don't like this show. It's not what I'd call good writing. It's almost like a TV-RPG, open-ended and grinds on the nerves. TWD is definitely following in its footsteps, a show with no endgame and with guaranteed seasons until the writers either become fed up or the rates plummet beyond profitability.

[Jmustang1968]

I just don't like this show. It's not what I'd call good writing. It's almost like a TV-RPG, open-ended and grinds on the nerves. TWD is definitely following in its footsteps, a show with no endgame and with guaranteed seasons until the writers either become fed up or the rates plummet beyond profitability.

Huh? Not good writing? The writing is excellent for a show and mostly follows the excellent book series.

[dsheinem]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ ... of_Thrones

[Pulsar_t]

For fans of purposeful narratives it just doesn't jell well enough for me. But who cares since it's got the boobies amirite? Anyway the Beebs made fun of this show better than I ever hope I could

[Jmustang1968]

For fans of purposeful narratives it just doesn't jell well enough for me. But who cares since it's got the boobies amirite? Anyway the Beebs made fun of this show better than I ever hope I could

the narrative is purposeful, it is just complex. The fact there is nudity, gasp omg not nudity!, has no real relation to how well it is written.

[BogusMeatFactory]

After reading the first book and a good way through the second AND seeing the first season, I am not going to lie, I kind of agree with Pulsar.

For me, I very much enjoy the storyline and the idea being presented. You have a great idea that encapsulates the politics of a fantasy world. The problem is that it is written by a teenage boy. I find the writing style to be juvenile and abstract, as if it were a boy tittering at the various euphemisms for penis and vagina. One of the beauties of reading it on the kindle is that I have access to a dictionary and there have been instances where he has literally used made-up words to describe something. I am going to read through it all, because, regardless of those shortcomings, I still enjoy the story being presented and there are characters with true character, which are, sadly, amidst a sea of forgettable names.

People say he is the American Tolkien and that is complete nonsense as he is not a gifted writer. He had a great idea and is mildly competent as a writer.

With what I have seen in season 1 of the TV series so far, it is uninspired. Aside from Tyrion, you have characters who are underdeveloped. Characters like Eddard Stark seem lifeless and uninteresting and others, like LittleFinger, are so characteristically evil when in the book series there is an air of ambiguity. It seems to really cater to those who have read the books.

I am going to continue to watch and continue to read as, like I said, I want to see where the story goes, but I just can not stand behind his writing style.

[Jmustang1968]

After reading the first book and a good way through the second AND seeing the first season, I am not going to lie, I kind of agree with Pulsar.

For me, I very much enjoy the storyline and the idea being presented. You have a great idea that encapsulates the politics of a fantasy world. The problem is that it is written by a teenage boy. I find the writing style to be juvenile and abstract, as if it were a boy tittering at the various euphemisms for penis and vagina. One of the beauties of reading it on the kindle is that I have access to a dictionary and there have been instances where he has literally used made-up words to describe something. I am going to read through it all, because, regardless of those shortcomings, I still enjoy the story being presented and there are characters with true character, which are, sadly, amidst a sea of forgettable names.

People say he is the American Tolkien and that is complete nonsense as he is not a gifted writer. He had a great idea and is mildly competent as a writer.

With what I have seen in season 1 of the TV series so far, it is uninspired. Aside from Tyrion, you have characters who are underdeveloped. Characters like Eddard Stark seem lifeless and uninteresting and others, like LittleFinger, are so characteristically evil when in the book series there is an air of ambiguity. It seems to really cater to those who have read the books.

I am going to continue to watch and continue to read as, like I said, I want to see where the story goes, but I just can not stand behind his writing style.

What would you say are good examples of writing, or fantasy/scifi writing?

[Sload Soap]

It's open ended because it's an adaptation of a book series that isn't finished yet, as is The Walking Dead. Yes, that's an obvious ploy by the makers to generate interest, but it's infinitely better than something like Lost that really was being made up on the fly.

[BogusMeatFactory]

What would you say are good examples of writing, or fantasy/scifi writing?

First, I want to say that there is a huge difference between good sci-fi writing and good fantasy writing. With that, there is also a huge distinction between what is considered a good story and good writing. I would look to authors like Tolkien and Robert Jordan (although in Jordan's case, I would lean more towards the earlier Wheel of Time books).

What distinguishes these writers from George R. R. Martin is purpose. Where Tolkien would go onto a tangent about the people living in the shire, those tangents gave a sense of environment and purpose to what embodied the nature of the hobbits. Tolkien had a very subjective way of describing things that gave character and life to a world. I see that in other novels like Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series, although the actual world itself is not very well laid out, his way of telling the story is fun and engaging because of the subjectivity.


In Martin's case, most tangents are detail oriented. I look to the tournaments and feasts as great examples of how you can be detail oriented in a bad direction. Pages and pages are dedicated in detailing names and heraldry and symbols and food names in a way that detracts from the engagement of the reader. They serve no purpose but to paint a picture, but that picture lacks life and meaning.

We can say that Wheel of Time definitely degenerated into a massive web of names and details further along with the books and I can not argue with you there. For me, I feel that a lot of Fantasy books are lacking. When I was younger, I was wrapped up in the Dragonlance novels, the Dragonriders of Pern, but looking back, I do not find them to appealing in any way.

Fantasy books are lacking in a way that most novels are lacking. I enjoy the allure of storytelling that reflect that of verbal storytelling. I like to feel the narrator's spirit and intentions.