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Frosstbyte · 11-08-2010, 01:50 PM

We had this conversation when the book came out, but I'm inclined to agree with Lasereth. The last book had a lot of problems, and pacing was only one of them. There's nothing enjoyable about having solid characters that you'd grown to like over many books be killed "offscreen" for no other reason than to make you say to your self, "OH MY HOW TRAGIC SO AND SO DIED." I mean, sure, you could do that with one character. To do it with a bunch? Not gonna cut it.

I hope the movie can somehow salvage together the story in a more coherent and enjoyable fashion. I'm inclined to think that a very strict recreation of the book isn't going to work very well in movie form. We'll see, though. I'll definitely be seeing it in the theaters.

11-08-2010, 01:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
Frosstbyte Winter is Coming Location: The North	We had this conversation when the book came out, but I'm inclined to agree with Lasereth. The last book had a lot of problems, and pacing was only one of them. There's nothing enjoyable about having solid characters that you'd grown to like over many books be killed "offscreen" for no other reason than to make you say to your self, "OH MY HOW TRAGIC SO AND SO DIED." I mean, sure, you could do that with one character. To do it with a bunch? Not gonna cut it. I hope the movie can somehow salvage together the story in a more coherent and enjoyable fashion. I'm inclined to think that a very strict recreation of the book isn't going to work very well in movie form. We'll see, though. I'll definitely be seeing it in the theaters.