tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022230834119760805.post4013161602740069676..comments2024-03-28T21:47:07.510+00:00Comments on A Universe in Words: A Farewell to 'Game of Thrones': When Sensationalism Destroys HumanityJuli Rahelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15367150240867758577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022230834119760805.post-56620104687022553712015-06-15T03:55:34.426+01:002015-06-15T03:55:34.426+01:00I couldn't agree with you more! I felt the sam...I couldn't agree with you more! I felt the same way about Reign's last season. I'm not sure if you watch it, but there was a rape and, at first, audiences applauded the writers for being real about how the victim might handle it. Eventually it just became a plot device and an excuse for bad behavior and now everyone is pretty pissed about it. <br /><br />Game of Thrones caught my attention right from the beginning. I loved every single episode and, yes, the violence really did have a wow factor that kept me interested. But after awhile it started getting ridiculous. At this point I've basically stopped watching because it's soooooo dragged out. It's like nothing happens for an entire episode, people are tortured/killed/raped/etc, and then it's over. It's not exciting anymore. Like you said, it's exploitative. <br /><br />Tracy @ <a href="http://www.cornerfolds.com" rel="nofollow">Cornerfolds</a>Tracy https://www.blogger.com/profile/10715236765292209452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022230834119760805.post-62581070248743562912015-06-10T19:08:02.807+01:002015-06-10T19:08:02.807+01:00Yes, for instance:
- Jamie raping Cersei - did not...Yes, for instance:<br />- Jamie raping Cersei - did not happen in the books (the director actually said it wasn't supposed to be rape in the show though... so, they accidentally shot a rape scene?! How does that even happen?)<br />- Sansa being raped by Ramsay - doesn't happen, the entire illogical storyline of Sansa marrying Ramsay does not happen. Sansa's storyline has been butchered on the show, in the books she is in a very different place (both literally and figuratively) and has been developing as a character in an interesting way. Yes, there is a minor character who marries Ramsay and gets raped and abused, but that storyline makes a lot more sense, and it is not the only thing that happens in Winterfell in the books. They cut everything else from that story from the book (political tension, murder mystery, Theon's psychological journey of self-discovery), and the only plot point they left is that Ramsay rapes his wife (only they made it Sansa, because female characters are apparently interchangeable). And they made Ramsay the protagonist of the Winterfell storyline, practically. It's all about him now and other characters are servicing him.<br />- Stannis burning Shireen - does not happen in any of the books so far. It's unclear if something like this will or won't happen in future books.Ivana Cvetanovićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337727730879110523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022230834119760805.post-16663091060527740642015-06-10T18:59:09.966+01:002015-06-10T18:59:09.966+01:00The characters on the show really aren't the c...The characters on the show really aren't the characters from the books. They have almost all been changed beyond recognition (and many of them have been turned into cliches). The only major character the show didn't screw up was... Ned Stark. That's the good thing about dying early in the series, when the show was still faithful to the books.Ivana Cvetanovićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337727730879110523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022230834119760805.post-41733578567583870522015-06-09T07:49:38.355+01:002015-06-09T07:49:38.355+01:00I read the books once upon a time, but found I cou...I read the books once upon a time, but found I couldn't stand to watch the show (I have only seen the very first episode) because I hated almost every character so much that I couldn't stand to look at them on screen. I suppose that in reading them I was able to keep a certain mental distance. But on screen? And with all the stuff that sounds like it has been happening in the last season, *shudder* I am very glad I have kept away.Nikki @ Book Punkshttp://www.bookpunks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022230834119760805.post-86509928027100589792015-06-09T02:43:31.330+01:002015-06-09T02:43:31.330+01:00I haven't watched ths season and don't thi...I haven't watched ths season and don't think I will. I watched season one before I read the book. One scene that really bothered me was the consummation of the marriage of Kal Drogo and Danaerys. On the show it is a rape of a young girl and it really bothered me. I didn't understand how she grew to love him. In the book it is described as a loving scene and not a rape at all. I haven't read the rest of the books but I've heard that this happens often.<br />I also don't like the show throwing in naked women as set dressing all the time. <br />I want to know what happens at the end of the story but I don't want to watch.Heatherhttp://www.spiritblog.netnoreply@blogger.com