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Game of Thrones - Episode 1.03 - Lord Snow - Inside The Episode

2 May 2011

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6 comments:

  1. darq3 May 2011 at 02:12

    Another fun peek into D&D's minds. I was hoping they would comment about why they changed SOOOOO much from the book this week.

    In the books Dany wanted to stop the Khalasvan because she felt so good in the beautiful grass fields she wanted to take a moment to enjoy it. It showed how she was getting more comfortable in the Dothraki lifestyle than in the Targaryen lifestyle Viserys forced her to hold on to.

    Also in the books Dany tells Viserys he can walk and show everyone the true person he is. It had impact since she made her own brother into a peasant or slave in Dothraki terms by taking away his horse.

    The other big change to me was having Tyrion tell Jon Snow how lucky he was to have been raised in castle and taught by a sword master. In the book it was Castle Black's blacksmith that lectured him. I am not sure this scene lost any impact by changing who delivered the lines though. IT added to the Tyiron/Jon bond and showed another side of Tyrion's humanity, insight and logic.


    There were another handful of smaller changes too... not counting new scenes, but I won't dwell since most were very minor.

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  2. Urinal Turd3 May 2011 at 06:43

    Now that you mentioned it, during the episode I was thinking about why Dany ordered everyone to stop and then just wander around a bit. There was no reason to do this and I thought maybe the book offered an explanation like a short pee break ;)
    So thanks for explaining!

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  3. darq3 May 2011 at 07:01

    It did come off like she needed to use the little Khaleesi's room or was too annoyed by the slave being whipped to ride anymore. They really have not let you into her mindset as much as in the books.

    Few more quick notes on it. After the first long ride from Pentos she was bruised along her thighs from knee to knee from riding when she is not accustomed to it. So she was in serious pain constantly but could not show her "weakness" to the horse people.

    In the books they show the transition from slave wife to lover much more realistically. For starters at the wedding Viserys kept telling her to smile. So she smiled so big and long that she broke down and started crying from the pain of it.

    Also,Khal Drogo waited for her to say "yes" the first night, so it was far less "rape-y". She still did not enjoy it, but it was less forced.

    One awesome book scene that did not make it to screen was when The Khal gave her the silver filly. In the book Dany wanted to show how comfortable she was on horseback and took off like a madwoman making Dothraki dive out of her way as the horse galloped down the middle of the crowd.. Partly why she was so bruised that first leg of the journey.

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  4. Urinal Turd3 May 2011 at 07:11

    Thanks a lot for the additional insight!

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  5. MSWeimer4 May 2011 at 02:50

    I thoroughly loved the book and have been very happy with the show. I have been a little disapointed that Dany is not developing in the show the way she did in the book - she seems weaker than what I think was intended by the author. That being said, it hasn't diminished the series in my eyes. I'm hoping they flesh her out a bit more once they get to the Dothraki village.

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  6. darq4 May 2011 at 05:56

    She comes off as less dynamic or fleshed out for sure! So much of the Dany chapters in the book were her internalized thoughts and feelings. It can be very hard to express those in a visual medium.

    Overall I am loving the series too, but if I had to pick shortcomings there would be only two. The lack of detail in Dany's story so far. They have covered all the broad strokes but much is lost without the internal dialog from the books. Second would be the obscene lack of Dirwolves in the Stark children scenes. I guess dos can be hard to work with maybe? I don't see any logical reason as to why D&D would remove one of the more charming aspects of the books. Not to mention the Direwolves, or what they represent, are a fairly important part of the future book's storylines.

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