game of thrones

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Warning: possible minor book spoilers and major show spoilers if you haven't watched it.

I wouldn't really say that they differ that significantly. I don't think you can find a show or movie that's been adapted from a book where purists won't complain profusely about every little change. Also you have to cut out some characters to make it a watchable show for television. The writers of the show do an amazing job at adapting it. Probably the best adaptation of a book to T.V. show of all time.

I would agree. Benioff and Weiss do a fantastic job. I wonder, sometimes, about some of the seemingly unnecessary changes, though. Little things, like the Thenns being cannibals, the weird Cersei/Jaime rape scene next to Joffrey's body, Vargo Hoat/Locke, the love interest between Grey Worm and Missandei, etc...

Well some of that actually makes sense to me (not the Jamie/Cersei thing though :/) Like with the Thens you just don't have time to go into the whole history of them or explain that much about them. There isn't really a way to do it without distracting too much, so they just combined the fact there was Cannibals north of the wall with identifying of an important tribe. As for Locke

Locke is a bannerman of Roose Bolton and is Roose's best hunter. His character was created specifically for the television series Game of Thrones in which he is played by Noah Taylor. Locke replaces the character Vargo Hoat from the books. When the producers eliminated Vargo's lisping and slobbering as being too over the top, George R. R. Martin requested the character's name be changed as he had become too different from Vargo Hoat. He may be a member of House Locke.

and I think the whole thing with Grey Warm and Missande isn't going anywhere or that significant. In the book they mention that some of the unsullied would visit prostitutes despite being castrated just to enjoy the company of women. This just serves the same plot purpose without having to introduce more characters or do a confusing scene. The general rule that they seem to do is to reduce and combine characters whenever necessary and I think that is responsible for many of the changes. Some subtle changes I actually prefer in the show. Such as the amping up of the violent side of Brienne of Tarth. She enjoys violence way more in the show and how that plays with the huge boner that Jamie gets for her. It's great, an improvement on the book. For me I think the biggest change is how the basically eliminated Tyrion's ex-wife as a plot element. They mentioned her a few times and then sort of dropped it. I think that's because without his internal dialog you can really get how important she was to him. Instead they replace that whole emotional element with Shay and amp up their relationship to something far more real than it was in the book, which I think works great. A real improvement on the book. To me the scene where he strangles her is one of the most emotional scenes ever put on television and is far more so than in the book.

Like I said, I'm a huge Game of Thrones nerd.