A song of Ice and fire discussion (spoilers incl A Dance with Dragons)

[Nuytsia]

I am looking forward to the TV series, but just as something fun, not as something that will necessarily enhance the books. There's really no way you could replicate what is contained in the books in a TV series and I guess what would be the point of trying?
I do hope it will still be a worthwhile thing to watch though. I mean let's face it, it COULD go horribly wrong. I don't mind movies that are just loosely based on books if they do something great and innovative, but if they depart wildly from the books just to make it more sort of mainstream hollywood then yuk! That better not happen to GoT!!!

I don't know about Robin's worry that a movie will supercede a book in popularity, thus stopping people from reading the book. I didn't know there was a book on which The Wizard of Oz is based, but I doubt I would have known that even if there hadn't been a movie. Surely sometimes seeing a movie makes people want to read the book. Although with some books it would certainly be a shame to find out the plot before reading it!