Game of Thrones: Easier the Second Time Around

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A little over a year ago, I wrote a post about the fact that I was having trouble watching Game of Thrones - not because the show was bad, or I didn't like the source material (quite the opposite, on both counts) - but because knowing what was coming, the loss, the pain, it was all a little too... real.  I watched the entire season, but it wasn't a show I exactly looked forward to watching. Fast forward to the present.  Game of Thrones is now absolutely a show I look forward to watching … [Read more...]

From Series to Screen: Why Do We Watch?

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One week after the finale that had many TV-based Game of Thrones fan saying "WTF?", True Blood has returned for a fourth season with a premiere that was actually pretty lighthearted and light on the gore.  And the quick transition between two shows I watch and like has me comparing the two - not against each other, but against the book series that they're based on.  I noticed that though both are popular, HBO shows based on books that were also popular to begin with, they have … [Read more...]

Game of Thrones: Why It’s Hard to Watch

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I was late in reading the A Song of Ice and Fire books.  I had heard about them for years; I distinctly remember a client recommending them enthusiastically and talking about the TV series rumors - and that was probably two years ago.  The thing is, I'm not usually a fan of fantasy.  I've never read any of the other Big Fantasy Series that everyone loves. I've read a total of two Anne McCaffrey books - ever.  And I had to read Left Hand of Darkness for two different classes in high school … [Read more...]