The show's a slow burner
I always tell people to read the books before watching/instead of the show. For a start they're much more in depth about a lot of things the show skips over for time purposes, and they're also a lot better paced - pretty much every chapter ends with a sting that'll make you press on to the next
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H.B.Mupps, Wed 14 May 2014, 15:27,
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Yeah, I know not liking it is a bit of an unpopular view, but I felt that if a 90 minute pilot left me really not caring enough to watch episode two, it was not for me.
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I'm up to date with the TV series
but i've just started the books (just finishing book 1). Really good read, even though i know whats going to happen.
(, Wed 14 May 2014, 16:12, Share, Reply)
Firstly they don't end and secondly we had to wait 10 years for the 4th book
I have no idea what all the bollocking fuss is about, its like the fantasy genre didn't exist for anyone before this shitty TV fucking series. Go and read the Wheel of Time, at least the author of that had the good sense to die, so that someone else could finish off his shitty books.
tl/dr - I liked this before it was cool and now I hate it
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 14 May 2014, 16:41,
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Didn't exist? I don't like the genre but I have heard of J R R Tolkien.
Edit: oh, I really should make sure I read all the words in a comment before replying. Soz.
(, Wed 14 May 2014, 17:08, Share, Reply)
Reading the books first means you'll watch the series but be unable to enjoy it as you'll be mentally cataloguing ask the differences,
and forgetting where in the story you're supposed to be. Series 1 was great, for me, but I read the books whilst watching Series 2 (made it a bit confusing), and now I can't really be bothered to watch Series 3.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 14 May 2014, 21:01,
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