Faelco said:
I didn't read The Witcher, so I admit that I can't compare to that. But the show after the 2 first seasons (which were awesome) compared to the books is a really dumbed down version, with a lot of incoherent stuff, forgotten stuff, and turn from a political struggle to a Hollywood blockbuster focused on sex and deaths for the sake of buzz only. The last seasons have nothing to do with the first ones. The Witcher can easily do better than that if they try. |
Games of Throne my favorite TV show ever but I love fantasy and there not exactly a lot of quality fantasy shows out there. Personally there no comparison, the books are way better then the tv show but that almost always the case for me. That being said a lot of the choices they made I understood from a time restraint stand point and it would of been difficult to show all the different story paths the book take. I have a feeling that I would of enjoyed it more but it would of had worse ratting for the general public if they tried to fit everything in that the book had. For me the story on the tv show did not start to disappoint till season 6 and 7. Especially season 7 had me shaking my head a few times about how nonsensical some of the decisions people was making. I still found it entertaining enough and look forward to final season.
I do disagree with you about the sex part. Not that they added a lot of it for buzz sake only but that it started after season 2. If anything the later seasons had less of it and it was the first couple season that added sex and nudity just for buzz sake. That being said pretty much every single HBO series does that first few seasons. There must be some data that supports it helps getting a initial buzz around new shows.
Witcher from the books I read remind me more of a fairly tale style then a grand epic adventure. The books I read was ok but for me the flow of the writing seemed a little bit off. I have a feeling that this has way more to do with the fact I was reading the English translated version then the actual writer. I guessing there something lost in the sentence structures during the translating that make it not flow as smoothly when reading. I still looking forward to watching the show on netflix. It cant possibly be worse then 99% of the fantasy shows released. Outside GOT and legend of the seeker am hard press to think of a fantasy show which was not fairly cringe worthy.
