Saturday, September 25, 2010
HBO Game of Thrones Trailer
Game of Thrones is based on the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire series, by George R.R. Martin. This masterpiece of an epic fantasy is being turned into a TV series with 10 episodes.
Watching that 37 seconds of a teaser, I'm really excited. I can't wait to see Westeros and all my favourite characters come alive. I'm really pleased that the book is being turned into a TV series, and not a movie. 10 episodes of run time will be longer than a single movie, so they'll be able to fit more of the book into it.
From interviews of the various people involved - from Martin himself to the series creators, it looks like this series is largely staying true to the book. I hope so, because there is nothing worse than having your vision of a world shattered by a movie that has mangled the book. I'm sure we all know that story.
2011 can't come any sooner.
Would you prefer your favourite novels be turned into a movie or TV series?
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I prefer TV series just because they can stay true to the book more than a movie could. This seems pretty amazing though. Nice find and thanks.
ReplyDeleteI can be torn between both options... TV series stay more true to the books but sometimes they don't gain as much hype or audience. Whereas a movie is advertised until they poke it's corpse with a stick. I think that if a novel becomes a movie, the author should have a rightful say to it. Maybe that would benefit to making movies truer to their novel counterparts.
ReplyDeleteI know this series! I actually heard of the TV series from a friend and didn't realise it was based on books! I've seen the first episode, it's very intense!! But I like it, I shall have to read the books :D
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