(B)adaptations Script: Game of Thrones
Carmen: Hi welcome back to (b)adaptations with Carmen and Eliza!
Eliza: I’m Eliza
Carmen: and I’m Carmen, and today we are talking about Game of Thrones.
Eliza: As many of you know Game of Thrones was written as a series of novels by George R.R. Martin. The series title comes from the name of the first book in the series.
Carmen: There are six books and one in the making.
Eliza: For those of you who haven’t binge watched the entire series like us, Game of Thrones is about a fantasy world called Westeros, which consists of the seven kingdoms. Different families fight to defend their honor and claim the iron throne.
Carmen: And don’t forget about the wall, the wildlings, the white walkers led by the night king.
Eliza: Hold up Carmen, you gotta explain that...
Carmen: There is a wall in the north of Westeros that’s defended by the night’s watch. Their mission is to protect the seven kingdoms from the zombie-like “white walkers.”
Eliza: While the night’s watch protects the kingdom the main families fight to claim the throne. There are the Starks of Winterfell, the Lannisters of King’s Landing, and the Targaryens of Essos.
Carmen: What about the dragons!?
Eliza: Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons literally gave birth to three dragons.
Carmen: How many names does she have?
Eliza: Seven to be exact.
Carmen: Anyway, long story short A Song of Fire and Ice is a complex series of books that’s really hard to understand unless you read the books or like us watch the show.
Eliza: There are a few differences between the books and the show. The first one being that there are different storylines for some of the minor characters. For example, Talisa in the show got stabbed at the Red Wedding, but in the books she survives and was named Jeyne Westerling.
Carmen: A bigger difference in the book that is completely changed in the show is the relationship between Sansa and Ramsay Bolton. In the book, Talisa/Jeyne marries and is abused by Ramsay, not Sansa.
Eliza: The show is known for killing off all of its likeable characters, but in the book some of them actually live!
Carmen: Jon Snow, maybe the sexiest man alive has a whole other storyline in the book, in which he creates a new house called House Thenn with the leader of the wildling clan.
Eliza: Probably the craziest difference is that Missandei, Daenerys right hand woman, is actually ten years old in the book, which makes her romance with Grey Worm in the show just nasty.
Carmen: But they’re so cute together! When you think about it everyone’s marrying their cousins and raping their sisters, so this isn’t too bad in comparison.
Eliza: While there are some differences the main plotlines of the book are still represented to their fullest in the show. I personally think that the show is better than the books.
Carmen: Me too. If you’re watching, just remember…Winter is here.
Eliza: See you next time on (B)adaptations!
