Game of Thrones Season 2

[Heilage]

I'm loving both the books and the show. I realize (and notice) a bunch of differences and changes in the show, but I can understand most of them.

I think of it like Lord of the Rings, two variations of the same story. Enjoying one doesn't take anything away from the other, at least not for me.

 

[Huntn]

That's it really--both Showtime and HBO do this because--they can. They don't have to please anyone expect their subscribers and are not interested in taming down a rating like most movie production companies demand. It really is one of the defining differences between premium services and broadcast--or even basic cable. I would guess most content would get a NC-17 rating if rated--but they are not rated.

I don't see GoT as NC-17. It would be R if is submitted itself to the U.S. Ratings Board. One thing good about HBO is that all shows indicated a lot of info about nudity, adult language, adult situations, etc. However it could be improved by differentiating what kind of nudity and whether explicit sexual depictions are shown- it doesn't.

 

[Tsuchiya]

Yup. Like a friend of mine said, all they do on Spartacus is killing and ****ing

It really is an amazing show

This season of GoT hasn't been as explicit as the first though. There is still a lot of nudity but in the last episode I don't even remember seeing a nipple

 

[daneoni]

You must not have seen Spartacus.

 

[Huntn]

Spoilers!

After watching last Sunday's episode, for anyone who has read the second book, I don't remember Rob Stark acquiring spoiler>> a girlfriend Talisa and I don't remember his mother turning The King Slayer, Jamie Lannister loose. <<spoiler Did that happen in the book? Thanks!

 

[Heilage]

Spoilers!
Did that happen in the book? Thanks!

It sure did, and it was way better told in the book too, in my opinion.


Some of the artistic license seem to cause some side-effects.

EDIT: Not the woman-part. That's two different characters in the show.

 

[Huntn]

It sure did, and it was way better told in the book too, in my opinion.


Some of the artistic license seem to cause some side-effects.

EDIT: Not the woman-part. That's two different characters in the show.

Thanks. I'm loosing it (my memory). The problem is that there is SO MUCH going on in this 1500 page book with 4-5 subplots with so many side details, that they've stripped a lot of the story out the show and are just sticking to the main themes. However the book is too long for what it tells IMO. While it may add a lot of flavor and significance to the overall narrative, I've always viewed it as too long of a bridge to the next event which is the attack on Kings Landing.

spoiler>> Stanis kills Renly then moves on Kings Landing. Tyrion Lannister maneuvers against his Sister and the young fool of a King in preparation for the assault. Ayra maneuvers to escape detection. Theon Greyjoy double crosses Rob Stark sacking Winterfell to please his father and outdo his favored sister. Rob Stark has a couple of winning skirmishes against Tywin Lanister. The Nightswatch goes on patrol N.of the Wall. Daenery wanders around the desert looking for a boat to return to the 7 Kingdoms. <<spoiler

I think this could have been told more concisely. I'm noticing is that there is a lot of bla bla bla, a lot of philosophical discussions and interactions which are not pushing the main story a long. In many cases it feels like filler. This as compared to the first season.