Game of Thrones (2011 – present)
(Season 4 cast) Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Charles Dance, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen, Gwendoline Christie, Jack Gleeson, Rory McCann, Aidan Gillen, Sibel Kekilli, Liam Cunningham, Stephen Dillane, Rose Leslie, Pedro Pascal, Alfie Allen, Diana Rigg, Michiel Huisman, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ian McElhinney, John Bradley, Ellie Kendrick, Iwan Rheon, Hannah Murray, Jerome Flynn, Indira Varma, Burn Gorman, Kate Dickie, Finn Jones, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, and Conleth Hill (holy crap there are too many characters!! :-p )
So, I figured since season 5 is about to start, I should probably catch up on season 4 first. I’ve read all the books, so I wasn’t as gung-ho about keeping up with it as others seem to be. Don’t get me wrong, I love the show. Everything is absolutely perfect, the actors, the writing, the locations, perfect. But, as with all adapted stuff, the show has started to veer away more and more from the books. At first it was just little things, but now there seem to be whole story-lines missing or changed. And, as an avid lover of the books, it’s bumming me out a little.
So, my impressions so far. I’m only one episode in, but damn, did it start with a bang. One story-line they’re getting perfectly is Arya’s. She is suck a kick-ass, it’s almost ridiculous. I absolutely CAN NOT wait for when she gets to Braavos!! Tyrion is wonderful as usual, and Shae is breaking my heart already, since I know what’s coming (I could barely read the book through my tears!). I love Jaime and Brienne’s relationship, but I really don’t like how they’re tweaking his story so much. And yes, I’ve heard what happens after Joffrey’s death. That’s just… unacceptable. Disgusting. He may be a lot of things, but that, he’s not! *stomps foot* And Sansa… Well, Sansa is Sansa, isn’t she?
One episode down, nine to go. I’ll be back in nine hours..!! 😀
M.
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Good luck on that nine hour binge, Forever Friend!
I didn’t make it. I got one more episode in, and my body gave up on me. I was bed bound for almost 24 hours. Caught upon some audiobooks at least.
You’re dedicated to do a nine hour binge.
Not my first time, hehe. I do it rather regularly. I always wait for a whole season to be done before I watch, cause I like to binge. I even did all 22 episodes of Buffy’s seventh season in one go. Yay, insomnia…
Couldn’t do it this time, though. My body gave up on me.
I could watch Buffy all the time, my all time favourite show.
One of mine too. Season’s 4 and 7 kinda pooped out (7 more than 4), and yet 4 still holds one of the best, if not THE best episode in the entire show. I bet you know which I’m talking about 😉
Hush, definitely my favourite episode. The Gentlemen still creep me out even now.
Ah, I knew you’d get it! 😀
Did you ever check out any of my Buffy reviews, I’m sure you’d enjoy them if you haven’t.
Nope, I haven’t. I’ll be sure to give them a gander. I did a favourite episodes post when I started blogging. Actually it was my second ever post. If you’re interested:
Thanks, hope you enjoy my reviews. Will definitely check out that post of yours.
Cool!
Of course I do. I wouldn’t have followed you if I didn’t like them :-p You’re a great writer. I wish I could write up long reviews like you and the others do, sometimes.
Thanks for the compliment, you’ve got a great writing style yourself.
Danke! It really used to piss me off that I couldn’t do long reviews, but I’ve grown to love my Mel’s 5 Second Reviews, hehehe.
I like how concise and to the point your reviews are. I only do long reviews because I have that many ideas going round in my head that I can’t summarize in something short.