I don't watch the show -- have read the books, and the show has way too many porny elements, even for a book series with A LOT of sex, it's kind of generally sex that /happens/ rather than something that's clearly made to titillate (lol pun). But I do keep up with the synopsis of each episode on one of Wired's blogs, and when I read about that part... ugh.
It's kind of sad, but the TV show is making me less and less enthusiastic about the book series. :/ This despite the fact that there are some cases -- Lena Headey's portrayal of Cercei -- where I'm quite happy. I mean, arguably, the TV show in THAT sense -- in season 1 at least, since I ain't seen much of the other seasons -- does better than the books, because Cercei doesn't get humanized at ALL in the books until she starts getting POV chapters.
That little scene between Cercei and Robert in Season 1 that wasn't in the books, for example, was pretty lovely -- showing them as a couple who... don't love each other, but have lived with each other, and it's a lot more complicated than simple love or hate even though there IS hate, because there's also affection, or the ghost of affection.
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It's kind of sad, but the TV show is making me less and less enthusiastic about the book series. :/ This despite the fact that there are some cases -- Lena Headey's portrayal of Cercei -- where I'm quite happy. I mean, arguably, the TV show in THAT sense -- in season 1 at least, since I ain't seen much of the other seasons -- does better than the books, because Cercei doesn't get humanized at ALL in the books until she starts getting POV chapters.
That little scene between Cercei and Robert in Season 1 that wasn't in the books, for example, was pretty lovely -- showing them as a couple who... don't love each other, but have lived with each other, and it's a lot more complicated than simple love or hate even though there IS hate, because there's also affection, or the ghost of affection.
ACTING.