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Comment by jfengel

7 days ago

Sadly, that is often a consequence of trying to turn a novel into a three hour (or less) film.

Since then we're seeing a lot more studios willing to take a chance on a TV series of perhaps a dozen hours, which seems to map better into a novel. Roughly that's a chapter or two per hour.

Perhaps a Jurassic Park TV show reboot would do better than an increasingly hokey set of sequels.

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Loughla  7 days ago

We also have the mix of both where they make an amazing show based on novels then ruin the entire world with terrible writing when the source material runs dry.

Glares at Game of Thrones

  • jmb99  7 days ago

    GoT still blows me away. You had about as close to an infinite budget as you can get in television, access to some of the best writers on the planet, as well as general guidance from Martin, and yet somehow you end up with season 8 (and 7, and to a lesser extent 6). It wouldn’t surprise me if Winds of Winter never gets published due in part to the TV series’ writing, which is to me the biggest loss.

    • tuna74  6 days ago

      Don't blame GoT for Martin's lack of output. The books are his responsibility.

    • IncreasePosts  6 days ago

      The last song of ice and fire book that Martin got out was released almost exactly the same time as the very first episode of game of thrones. I doubt the show could be the cause of Martin never publishing, it took the show 6 years to catch up with the source material, and it seems like Martin made no progress during that time

    • iamsaitam  6 days ago

      I think the hate that the last seasons get are mainly due to people's expectations of how the several arcs should "wrap up". I have yet to read any compelling argument or point of view why the last seasons were terrible. They were rushed, but that doesn't equate to bad.

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