It’s been four or five years since I read Game of Thrones for the first time… Now I have decided to read them all again and watch the TV show… After watching the first season – which is increadibly faithful to the book – I have come to the conclusion that there are a few things the show does better than the books… Here’s a small list of five of those things...
1) Tyrion Lanister
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| Tyrion... Best Character in the TV Show... What a great chess player he must be |
Most of the actors and actresses in the show are great choices. Their looks, their clothes, they way they walk and speak, all of that transports me to Westeros… But Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lanister is something special.
In the first book it is often difficult to separate Tyrion’s virtues from his faults. That doesn’t happen in the show. Tyrion is just as smart and sarcastic as he is in the books, and he certainly has a soft spot for whores, but there’s something else. He is also noble. Loyal to his family while recognizing the Lanister’s many vices and weaknesses. He shows dear love for Tommel and Myrcella (whose love for their uncle is much more clear than it is in the books), and at the same time he is unafraid of slapping Joffrey’s face, as an uncle should when his nephew disobeys, even if the nephew is heir to the throne. He is definitely the best Lanister, and perhaps the best character in the show.
Also… He’s got great hair…
2) Tywin’s first appearance
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| Tywin... He would have made a great king. Fearsome. But great. |
I was looking forward to Tywin’s first appearance all season long. And it couldn’t have been better. Tall, strong and intellingent, a man that could easily be a king, skinning a stag with his bare hands. A stag, the symbol of the Baratheon house… That scene was never written in the book. But it should have been…
3) Pyp’s story
A bit of nitpicking here… In the books, Pyp is a ranger. Jon and Sam become stewards along with a third boy, Devron, who used to be a singer… In the show however there are several more people who become men of the Night’s Watch along with Jon, and Pyp becomes a steward. I understand their reasons for doing that, and I have to say that the story of how he found himself at the wall causes much more impact than the story we see in the books…
3) The view from the wall
Oh of course they describe the wall in the books… But seeing it for real? Nothing quite like that…
5) The music
The soundtrack is awesome… The book can't really compete with that
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