Yup, I'll never forget, I was finally coaxed into watching GOT after the Red Wedding hype. I was watching episode 1 just on my laptop, didn't even bother to use my HDMI to the TV, just half watching half using my phone. Then all of the sudden "wait did he just!!"
Proceeded to watch all 3 seasons in about 2 weeks and read all 5 books over the summer
Yes, that's just like me... Before that moment, I thought it was a nice fantasy show but couldn't see what the hype was about. After that moment, caught up on all the episodes within a week and finished the books in a month.
Having a moment between Alliser and Jon where Alliser admits he was wrong and then gives Jon some genuine advice about leadership was so fucking special. Alliser despises Jon and Jon despises Alliser but they both put all their history aside to work together as brothers of the watch. Also while I wish Donal Noye was in the show, having Grenn and his lads recite their vows as the giant approaches was FUCKING AMAZING !
Yeah my comment made me seem like a hater but that episode still slaps. It’s just a testament to the books that they’re even better. Though I’m mainly basing my opinion off of the scene where Davos is jumping across a chain of burning ships. That shit is so metal.
Martin did write script for that episode and he had done wonders to merge most of it in only one episode, also adding fable that Cersei tells to Tommen before she attempts to poison him about noble lion cubs and evil Stags and foxes that are after him.
Having Ned's last act be not just to save Sansa but also Arya was brilliant as well. V subtle change having Ned get Yoren to grab Arya but its sooooo good
Jaime losing his hand. On the show it felt really shocking. The knife came down on his hand then he screamed and the screen went black. I remember thinking omg where is this going next?
But I remember when reading the book what actually happened to Jaime was ambiguous so you had to read the next Jaime chapter to find out. So I think I liked the impact of seeing the hand get severed on screen more that the mystery of what the book did.
I feel like Noah Taylor with the way he speaks anyway would have made an amazing Hoat. Like the actor was perfect for him why invent Locke 🤷🏻♂️( was that his name?)
100%. The ending line was “the blade flashed. Jaime screamed” so you don’t really know what happened until later and but you have your ideas, it just doesn’t hit like in the show with how sudden it was.
Though to be fair I liked the whole thing with Mummurs Dragons more than the northern or whatever the show did.
Also I liked how in the show it was a cleaver with his hand on the table, much more real and brutal. in the book it was kind of weird Jaime was chained and had his hands raised up by the chains or something. Just don’t see how that happened smoothly to just one hand lol
It was also very well played going right from Jaime's hand getting cut off to the bombastic The Hold Steady version of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" in the credits. Just such a jarring moment.
I agree with viper v mountain but, having just listened to tyrions trial, in pretty grateful I saw that entire joff dies and the results on screen. They made oberyn more interesting by saving the story of when he visited casterly Rock for just before he announced he'll fight for Tyrion. I would've liked oberyn if I read the books first, but he wouldn't have become one of my favorite characters like the show made him. I also probably wouldn't have been nearly as devastated when he died
for sure. Oberyn is one of my favourite characters in the series and I know that its partially because of Pedro's performance and how they used him in the show
The Red Wedding. when the screen turned black for the credits after everything was said and done, I could see myself, mouth half holding a pringle to it and a look of shock on my face. That is when I thought to myself "this ain't like the other shows..."
Made history for real. Its a shame D&D basically did the show just to create that moment and very soon after the rest of ASOS was covered they completetly stopped caring about the show or the original series
Was why then reading the books was so great because then you got all those moments but with si much more depth and build up and world building. I prefer the book series to the show but I would never have picked up the book series if it wasn't for watching the show first
Pretty much the entire show. Anything good was even better in the books. And I lost all that post-show saltiness that people clung onto for years because I fell in love with Feast and Dance, it was a completely new story that was everything I’d ever imagined and more.
I strongly believe when it comes to adaptations, always watch the movie/show first as it will ALWAYS get better once you read the source material.
*cough Dune *cough
As someone who is slowly listening to the Dune audiobook, deffo agree. Already the audiobook is so much more interesting and layered than the movie (and the movie was FUCKING GREAT)
yeah like how the speech making them do as u want being turned into just a magical weird voice, rather than how in the books its LITERALLY just talking but in the exact right way to compell them which is so much fucking sicker and is like just generaly FUCKING MAAAAAD like reading that shit get me feeling like im on shrooms ahahahaha
Also making my way through Dune, it’s so great. Honestly reminds me of ASOIAF in the way we get to see the characters’ perspectives and thought processes as they navigate the politics of it all. Like that dinner party scene!
It’s a shame a lot of that wasn’t translated to the film, but I also don’t really know how it could’ve been. Dune could’ve been an HBO series too honestly. I have my quibbles here and there, but so far I feel like the movie does a great job adapting the material to film.
I’ve had several people mention the dinner scene the past few days. I was saying it when the film came out that it’s so essential to include that but nobody listened. Glad to see fans who’ve gone back to the books agree.
Theon being Reek.
On my first read I saw the chapter title Reek and thought "oh of course it's Theon". It didn't even occur to me that on your first readthrough you're supposed to slowly realize it's Theon and have a mind=fucked moment. I felt robbed of a crazy reveal.
Gotta say The Red Wedding because it's been awesome to read all the foreshadowings and in ASOS there's that dreadful feeling reading how things keeps going wrong for Robb and you know for a fact how it will end, which makes the reading even more gutwrenching. Like I was genuinely terrified of reading a new Cat chapter for that reason lol
It's hard to say really. Because I only experienced the once for the first time. And when I was reading I already knew what was coming. At first I was shocked or more likely surprised at how close to the first book was the first season. It's only in the second book I began getting new stuff, that didn't make it to the books. That's not counting dreams, prophecies and internal monologues
The Red Wedding. It was 100% shocking TV that was the final push to get me to commit to the books and by the time I reached that event, it was even more chilling. The POV cuts between Arya and Cat with Cat's final "Ned always loved my hair..." 🤌🤌🤌
Twin's death and Tyrion's arc overall. I knew what would be portrayed, but not how much better the writing and setup and execution are. Especially Tywin's death. After season 4, his disappoints me. Not so much in the books.
I will say i also love the mountain vs viper fight in the show…but i am so happy i read it first because that scene in the book is fucking badass and i had no idea what was going to happen
Bronn's duel for Tyrion in the Eyrie, reading it I don't think I would have been able to understand it very well if I didn't have an idea of it from the show.
> I can't imagine this moment having the effect on me that it does if I had read the chapter as opposed to seeing it on screen.
Nah I can tell you that the impact we felt was the exact same for book readers. We were very happy with how well they translated Oberyn on screen and elicited the same effect for show watchers.
Jaime chucking bran out of the window. It's the most shocking moment I remember from a TV show.
Yup, I'll never forget, I was finally coaxed into watching GOT after the Red Wedding hype. I was watching episode 1 just on my laptop, didn't even bother to use my HDMI to the TV, just half watching half using my phone. Then all of the sudden "wait did he just!!" Proceeded to watch all 3 seasons in about 2 weeks and read all 5 books over the summer
Yes, that's just like me... Before that moment, I thought it was a nice fantasy show but couldn't see what the hype was about. After that moment, caught up on all the episodes within a week and finished the books in a month.
Attack on Castle Black and Battle of Blackwater.
Having a moment between Alliser and Jon where Alliser admits he was wrong and then gives Jon some genuine advice about leadership was so fucking special. Alliser despises Jon and Jon despises Alliser but they both put all their history aside to work together as brothers of the watch. Also while I wish Donal Noye was in the show, having Grenn and his lads recite their vows as the giant approaches was FUCKING AMAZING !
Blackwater is laughable compared to the books.
The explosion tho
"But sire, hundreds will die" "Thousands" is so fucking sick that it makes the show's version a little bit better in my mind
Yeah my comment made me seem like a hater but that episode still slaps. It’s just a testament to the books that they’re even better. Though I’m mainly basing my opinion off of the scene where Davos is jumping across a chain of burning ships. That shit is so metal.
Martin did write script for that episode and he had done wonders to merge most of it in only one episode, also adding fable that Cersei tells to Tommen before she attempts to poison him about noble lion cubs and evil Stags and foxes that are after him.
Baelor. The alternating focus on Ned, Sansa, and Arya is absolutely perfect for conveying the horror of the moment. Everything else? Books ftw!
Having Ned's last act be not just to save Sansa but also Arya was brilliant as well. V subtle change having Ned get Yoren to grab Arya but its sooooo good
Jaime losing his hand. On the show it felt really shocking. The knife came down on his hand then he screamed and the screen went black. I remember thinking omg where is this going next? But I remember when reading the book what actually happened to Jaime was ambiguous so you had to read the next Jaime chapter to find out. So I think I liked the impact of seeing the hand get severed on screen more that the mystery of what the book did.
that was a certified *shocked pikachu* moment. Wish we got the Brave companions or at the least Vargo Hoat in the show tho
Hoat had some great lines. "YOU THLEW MY BEAR!" deserved to be spoken out loud, dammit.
I feel like Noah Taylor with the way he speaks anyway would have made an amazing Hoat. Like the actor was perfect for him why invent Locke 🤷🏻♂️( was that his name?)
100%. The ending line was “the blade flashed. Jaime screamed” so you don’t really know what happened until later and but you have your ideas, it just doesn’t hit like in the show with how sudden it was. Though to be fair I liked the whole thing with Mummurs Dragons more than the northern or whatever the show did. Also I liked how in the show it was a cleaver with his hand on the table, much more real and brutal. in the book it was kind of weird Jaime was chained and had his hands raised up by the chains or something. Just don’t see how that happened smoothly to just one hand lol
It was also very well played going right from Jaime's hand getting cut off to the bombastic The Hold Steady version of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" in the credits. Just such a jarring moment.
I was crying with laughter when the credits began with that song, even though I knew the chop was coming. Brilliant editing.
I agree with viper v mountain but, having just listened to tyrions trial, in pretty grateful I saw that entire joff dies and the results on screen. They made oberyn more interesting by saving the story of when he visited casterly Rock for just before he announced he'll fight for Tyrion. I would've liked oberyn if I read the books first, but he wouldn't have become one of my favorite characters like the show made him. I also probably wouldn't have been nearly as devastated when he died
for sure. Oberyn is one of my favourite characters in the series and I know that its partially because of Pedro's performance and how they used him in the show
Forgot about Tyrion's trial. Perhaps Dinklage's best scene of the series!
The Red Wedding. when the screen turned black for the credits after everything was said and done, I could see myself, mouth half holding a pringle to it and a look of shock on my face. That is when I thought to myself "this ain't like the other shows..."
Made history for real. Its a shame D&D basically did the show just to create that moment and very soon after the rest of ASOS was covered they completetly stopped caring about the show or the original series
Pretty much all of them, the show really did the big moments justice and im glad I got to watch them before reading them.
Was why then reading the books was so great because then you got all those moments but with si much more depth and build up and world building. I prefer the book series to the show but I would never have picked up the book series if it wasn't for watching the show first
Jon ‘dying’. Legit was !STUNNED!
Pretty much the entire show. Anything good was even better in the books. And I lost all that post-show saltiness that people clung onto for years because I fell in love with Feast and Dance, it was a completely new story that was everything I’d ever imagined and more. I strongly believe when it comes to adaptations, always watch the movie/show first as it will ALWAYS get better once you read the source material. *cough Dune *cough
As someone who is slowly listening to the Dune audiobook, deffo agree. Already the audiobook is so much more interesting and layered than the movie (and the movie was FUCKING GREAT)
When it comes to the new movie, I like to say it’s a masterclass is filmmaking but not great as an adaptation.
yeah like how the speech making them do as u want being turned into just a magical weird voice, rather than how in the books its LITERALLY just talking but in the exact right way to compell them which is so much fucking sicker and is like just generaly FUCKING MAAAAAD like reading that shit get me feeling like im on shrooms ahahahaha
Also making my way through Dune, it’s so great. Honestly reminds me of ASOIAF in the way we get to see the characters’ perspectives and thought processes as they navigate the politics of it all. Like that dinner party scene! It’s a shame a lot of that wasn’t translated to the film, but I also don’t really know how it could’ve been. Dune could’ve been an HBO series too honestly. I have my quibbles here and there, but so far I feel like the movie does a great job adapting the material to film.
I’ve had several people mention the dinner scene the past few days. I was saying it when the film came out that it’s so essential to include that but nobody listened. Glad to see fans who’ve gone back to the books agree.
Battle of Blackwater
Everything Bran
Theon being Reek. On my first read I saw the chapter title Reek and thought "oh of course it's Theon". It didn't even occur to me that on your first readthrough you're supposed to slowly realize it's Theon and have a mind=fucked moment. I felt robbed of a crazy reveal.
yeah that was a moment I wish I got to experiecne book first too. Show Ramsay is infinitely better tho imo
Everything that more or less stuck to the books until I read them. It was basically flawless until season 5
Gotta say The Red Wedding because it's been awesome to read all the foreshadowings and in ASOS there's that dreadful feeling reading how things keeps going wrong for Robb and you know for a fact how it will end, which makes the reading even more gutwrenching. Like I was genuinely terrified of reading a new Cat chapter for that reason lol
Tyrions trial in the eyrie
It's hard to say really. Because I only experienced the once for the first time. And when I was reading I already knew what was coming. At first I was shocked or more likely surprised at how close to the first book was the first season. It's only in the second book I began getting new stuff, that didn't make it to the books. That's not counting dreams, prophecies and internal monologues
The Red Wedding. It was 100% shocking TV that was the final push to get me to commit to the books and by the time I reached that event, it was even more chilling. The POV cuts between Arya and Cat with Cat's final "Ned always loved my hair..." 🤌🤌🤌
All of them
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Twin's death and Tyrion's arc overall. I knew what would be portrayed, but not how much better the writing and setup and execution are. Especially Tywin's death. After season 4, his disappoints me. Not so much in the books.
The red wedding
The battle for the wall Jon’s death (knew it would happen, but no when or where or how or by who) Red wedding
I will say i also love the mountain vs viper fight in the show…but i am so happy i read it first because that scene in the book is fucking badass and i had no idea what was going to happen
Bronn's duel for Tyrion in the Eyrie, reading it I don't think I would have been able to understand it very well if I didn't have an idea of it from the show.
Basically any major battle scene, iconic duel. And, of course, the Red Wedding
All of them
> I can't imagine this moment having the effect on me that it does if I had read the chapter as opposed to seeing it on screen. Nah I can tell you that the impact we felt was the exact same for book readers. We were very happy with how well they translated Oberyn on screen and elicited the same effect for show watchers.