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‘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 (variety.com)

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'House of the Dragon' showrunner Ryan Condal say it is disappointing that George R.R Martin publicly disagreed with changes the HBO series made.

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

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 given past trauma.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

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

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