‘House of the Dragon’ Boss Says George R.R. Martin Criticizing the Show Was ‘Disappointing’: ‘I Made Every Effort to Include Him… He Was Unwilling to Acknowledge the Practical Issues’ of Adaptations

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• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The full quote:

  “I will simply say, I made every effort to include George in the adaptation process. I really did. Over years and years. And we really enjoyed a mutually fruitful, I thought, really strong collaboration for a long time. But at some point, as we got deeper down the road, he just became unwilling to acknowledge the practical issues at hand in a reasonable way. And I think as a showrunner, I have to keep my practical producer hat on and my creative writer, lover-of-the-material hat on at the same time.”

  Quite frankly after what Dan and Dave to ruin Game of Thrones reputation, this honestly isn’t surprising whatsoever.

  They cut out a character to save money and air time, and George thinks that will make the plot fall apart later.

  Regardless of who’s right, he’s probably not going to trust a showrunner who’s trying to rush things.

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  • exasperation@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They cut out a character to save money and air time, and George thinks that will make the plot fall apart later.

    Counterpoint: GRRM has written himself into a corner and can’t actually finish his own story where he originally envisioned it.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, that’s entirely possible, based on the one account we have from the showrunner, it could be interpreted as the show runner is being greedy and George just wants art made right, or it could be read as George obsesses over these boring little details that no one else actually cares about and needs a better editor.

      My point was just that either way, this is how it was always going to go after Dan and Dave ruined the original series by rushing it. They’re lack of care and attention to detail may have been the final nail in the coffin for George ever letting people substantively edit him again.

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    • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The lazy river book with Tyrion convinced me the GRRM’s editor is actually a cat or dog.

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    • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And has totally stopped trying.

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  • janonymous@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He has worked in TV for quite a while, so I would assume he knows what he is talking about. On the other hand, I can also imagine that he has become a little too perfectionist for his own good.

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• FancyLad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  George got what he wanted: wealth and fame. Maybe someone should suggest he finish his popular book series before he dies

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  • NotLemming@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • monarch@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I refuse to read the series until he either dies or it is completed. He is the reason that I never read books that are not part of a finished series (with the exception of Brandon Sanderson because he has a track record that shows that he will complete them)

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  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t if i were him. There is literally no point.

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