soleilpirate | Regarding Jon Snow (Reply)

So Dan Weiss and David Benioff acquired the rights to adapt A Song of Ice and Fire from the author himself, George R.R. Martin. One of the test questions George asked them was "who is Jon Snow's mother?" So obviously handling this question well is important to George.

And yet Double Dick did nothing with the information. We see Jon learning of his parentage, but no scenes of him coming to terms with it, no conversations about it at all except him telling Daenerys his "real" name. It meant nothing, in the end, that Jon was a Targaryen, that he had a mother who loved him, that his father was obsessed with a prophecy regarding the Long Night.

I don't have a source on this, but i have heard on Tumblr that D&D wanted to adapt ASOIAF because of the Red Wedding. Which tells me that they truly thought this story was about death and shocking twists. They ignored the fantasy elements when they could and made this a show about tits and dragons.

I'll never forgive them for ruining what could have been the best tv show in the world. It WAS the best/most popular tv show in the world for YEARS! No longer.