![]() ![]() I'm very curious to see Benioff and Weiss's big budget adaptation, but until then, this will do fine by me. Perhaps it might have been better sung in mandarin, but the English lyrics and singer are horrible. ![]() The only major thing I dislike is the main theme song in the closing credits. I can't imagine that the budget is there to compete with multimillion dollar per episode productions. There are some stylized special effects and cinematography that seems a bit hokey by western standards, but generally in line with Asian drama shows. ![]() Some might find that it's a bit choppy, but I'd say that's the way the source material is. Production quality is on the low budget side, but storytelling appears to make up for it. This is a slow burn drama, not Independence Day with alien space ships dropping down from the sky and blowing things up. I'd say that the show is more engaging for those who are familiar with the novel, but it's going to take 4 or 5 episodes otherwise to get into things. I find it rare to adapt a show this tightly to source material. ![]() Sure, some scenes are out of sequence and a few characters have been added to aid in conveying parts of the story that characters internalize in the book, and a few changes to presumably to satisfy the politicos, but it's otherwise as written. Ten episodes in, it has surprised me with how faithful the show has been to the book. ![]()
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