2013-03-23, 03:27 PM
Polantaris Wrote:Book 3 is supposedly split between Seasons 3 and 4 because there's too much pomegranate that happens in it to fit in one 10-episode season.That is true yeah, They also started introducing some parts from the third book in second season.
I want to read the books myself, but tend to not spend time reading when I could. Plus I heard from my coworker that the writer tends to drone on excessively on details that don't matter in the end. I don't know how true it is but that's kind of a deterrent.
Judging from the trailers, it looks like it won't be an even split (season 3 for book 3 part 1, season 4 for book 3 part 2) because some of the things that happened are from quite late I think.
And yes, he does go into a lot of description and exposition. But a lot of the things you pass of as "not being important" end up being really important later on. (like in the first book, a lot of other families are mentioned, but you are focused on the Lannisters, the Starks, the Baratheons and the Targyrens, so you end up kinda ignoring them. Then they become important later, like the Martells, the Tyrell's, the Tullys, the Boltons ect.)
All the description really does help to immerse you though, and it can be incredibly funny sometimes.