A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms : book vs TV series

  • This is the title of the book written by George RR Martin – same author of the famous Games of Thrones series.
  • The story revolves around the beginnings of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg.
  • In my previous post, I mentioned that for TV series/movies that are adapted from books, I prefer to watch them first before reading.
  • That way I won’t have any initial expectation. Else I will not enjoy it on TV much. Or worse, despise them like Game of Thrones season 8.
  • I have started to read about 20 pages and watched the second episode today. So far it has been enjoyable on both TV and book.
  • In the TV series, I am quite impressed with the efforts to recreate the world. A quick search says it cost $10 million per episode.
  • No spoiler here, but be warned of the graphic scene the first few seconds/minutes into each episode. You’d either cringe of have a gag reflex.
  • There was a jousting scene which made me think,”So this is entertainment for people back then, before radio/TV/Internet/gadgets”.
  • I accidentally look up at Wikipedia minutes ago – dang it! Now I pretty much have an idea of who /what the main characters are 😀
  • Too late now – guess I’ll just enjoy it as I can.

Until then, stay hungry, stay sane.

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