NO SPOILERS! Boycotting the latest series on telly

Narkalui said:
A friend from school who is an avid reader of the books and watcher of the tv series has teased me for boycotting the series. He told me to stop being a pretentious so-and-so.

OK, I'm going to watch it.
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Have fun~
 
Koopa said:
Plus (and this may sound grim), you never know what will happen in life, we can all be be struck down by lightening, a meteor can crash, or something more mundane can happen to any of us. Better to have seen it then.
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First time I ever heard this argument (live each day like its your last) applied to watching television. Usually when people say that they mean get out there, enjoy the fresh air, fall in love, make mistakes and feel alive. not sure if I were to be on my deathbed that not watching the last 2 seasons of Game of Thrones would be on my list of major regrets.

Anushka Mokosh said:
I hadn't watched it and I met with minimum spoilers. Literally have no idea what is happening in the show and I feel no desire to know. Then again, I dropped the show 2 seasons ago so that might not be the situation you are in. I an not very averse to spoilers because I simply don't care so I will maintain my watch until the day books come out and I can then proudly say that my watch has ended. xD
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I am in the same boat as you Anushka. I stopped 2 seasons ago and I have actually had a very easy time avoiding spoilers, something that I was mildly surprised about. For me, the reason I stopped was that I disliked all the changes that they made. I know IMP and Needle were saying that they look at the show as a completely different entity, but I can't seem to do that. The changes irk me and detract from my enjoyment of the show. I know Imp would say that this is more reason to watch the show now, then read the next book when it comes out, but I would rather be slightly annoyed at the myriad of changes that the show makes, then have major plot points spoiled for whilst reading the books.

That's my take on it anyway.
 
ArstenWhitebeard said:
I am in the same boat as you Anushka. I stopped 2 seasons ago and I have actually had a very easy time avoiding spoilers, something that I was mildly surprised about. For me, the reason I stopped was that I disliked all the changes that they made. I know IMP and Needle were saying that they look at the show as a completely different entity, but I can't seem to do that. The changes irk me and detract from my enjoyment of the show. I know Imp would say that this is more reason to watch the show now, then read the next book when it comes out, but I would rather be slightly annoyed at the myriad of changes that the show makes, then have major plot points spoiled for whilst reading the books.

That's my take on it anyway.
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Yeah. I didn't mind that they changed things, just the directions those changes took. Personally, a lot of times I felt that they stripped away the humanity of some characters, scenes, and character choices purely to make it more shocking.

Well, thing is, I don't mind the spoilers. Even if something was spoiled, I wouldn't have minded because I do agree with Needle and The Imp that the show and books are separate entities and I argued that stance before (if you change too many threads, it isn't the same rug). I just so happen to have interest in one and not the other.
 
I glossed over many sections of his books, not a fan of his writing. I also got bored of a world devoid of anyone pleasant. Haven't bothered with the TV series
 
I think you could say Meera Reed, Jojen Reed, Bran Stark, Rickon Stark and Hodor are a very pleasant group.
Sam and Gilly are super nice.
Tyrion and Bronn are funny (but dry).
There are others. It's not all bad attitudes. But yeah if you find the attitudes in the book too grim then you probably will in the series too.
 
There are plenty of pleasant characters, depending on your perspective.

After their initial awkwardness, Drogo was quite pleasant towards Dany, but then he was sitting on a pile of heads. Cersei downright dotes on her children, but is a complete B to everyone else. Robert Baratheon was an amiable and lively fellow, rather Jolly really, so long as you weren't a targaryan or a lannister.

This is one of the things that makes the book so engrossing. Seeing things from different points of view (like how you kind of hate Tyrion for being a lannister until you see his POV early in book 1). It's like the adage "a friend to all is a friend to none". you say there are no pleasant characters and I say show me 1 real person who you would consider perfectly pleasant.
 
I hadn't wanted to make a thread to discuss my disenchantment with the books, but I guess it could go here :) I love the TV series, but since I don't have cable TV I am pretty far behind. Generally I buy the series through ITunes or such, but I haven't bought season 6 yet.

Back in the day - so long ago - I was one of the many people who waited year after year for a new book. I think I read A Game of Thrones in 2000, and was lucky enough that he had a number of the books ready to go. Then came the wait. We'd get updates on his blog, and updates on release dates, then they'd get pushed back. I just lost interest. I may never finish the books, but I will finish the TV series ;)
 
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