Why you should STILL read Game of Thrones/ASOIAF | Video Essay

In 1996 George R.R. Martin wrote a not so little fantasy novel that would snowball into a phenomenon, and cornerstone of television and pop culture for close to a decade. So much so that the success and demise of the TV show almost cast a shadow on the immense quality of the books it was adapted from. Today we are going to try explain why you should still READ Game of Thrones!
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[@beesonbandit6639]

After watching the show reading the books is pretty fun, I get all the juicy details I’ve been learning through KZbin videos

[@Vintage-Point]

Exactly!

[@tathoiclassicalindianbollywood]

same! I started listening to the audiobooks and now I can literally find all the "did you know in the books things", which makes me feel like I'm in on the secret hehe

[@carastone3473]

It wasn't that they ran out of books; it was that they left out SO much! They had enough material to make several more seasons…

[@pergos1]

Indeed. George wasn’t lying when he said the series could have gone on for 11 seasons.

[@carastone3473]

@@pergos1 exactly!

[@louyou6614]

shoutout to young griff you will never be famous becuase of them

[@onigiri2032]

​@pergos1 the series could have been 11 seasons before they even started doing winds or dream. It's such a shame thinking about what wasted potential

[@louyou6614]

@onigiri2032 i want a retcon of the last seasons , like from around young griff omission , and from that redo everything if acting would be too picey i think animated , in a good style would do the job

[@nirvana6708]

Hey, great video but I want to say they didn't ran out of book material. They willfully abandoned many big & important plotlines from book 4-5 while fitting the rest of these book poorly in just one season.

[@Vintage-Point]

Much appreciated 🙏

[@carastone3473]

Agree 100%

[@nirvana6708]

@@carastone3473 the misconceptions about what d&d did to the show is truly wild, I hope for a remake down the line would adapt them properly.

[@josephbulkin9222]

@@nirvana6708 animated show is the ONLY way to go.

[@josephbulkin9222]

They didn't run out of books, they were never reading in the first place. They starting changing important plot points from the word "go", and there were some points where basic parts of book lore were ignored because Dumb and Dumber couldn't do 5 minutes of research.

[@jadefarina1023]

I’ve never left a comment on a video before, but to be completely honest this video video was extremely high-quality. I subscribed within the first minutes and a half of it, please keep up the good work🎉

[@Vintage-Point]

Oh wow thank you so much!

[@majorcrits333]

Phenomenal video mate! Absolutely great vocal production too, sick of that AI trash.

[@Vintage-Point]

Very much appreciated 🙏

[@silverteinbas9485]

Amazing video! As for me: I've read the books once and loved it, it was amazing (I'm thinking on rereading them)... I'm quite optimistic about George actually finishing the series. I've been reading his blog for years and I do believe this time Winds is being nearly finished. And the more he spends on perfecting the novel the better the result is going to be once it's done. Yes, 13 years... but try to write such a book yourself! 13 years - it should be around 10 pages per month, equals around 1500 pages, which is quite a lot actually. I've read many B. Sanderson and S. King's books, those very prolific authors, but no-one comes close to the quality of prose that Martin writes, at least in my opinion. And after Winds is finished... even if he's 80 when starting the 7th novel, a lot of writers live 90+ years and I believe he can finish it. Perhaps the last book would be a bit easier to write than the Winds. But who knows. I also admire him as a person, I don't know him, but from reading his blog and seeing him on interviews. I think it's much better to appreciate what he has so far written than to focus on what he hasn't managed to write (yet). And there are always naysayers, it's always easier to give up and say it's impossible. It's for us - in our lives and our dealings - to prove them wrong:) Better ask: What if he does finish the series! ;) Remember this quote: "Those Who Say They Can and Those Who Say They Can't Are Both Usually Right."

[@Vintage-Point]

Very well said 👏

[@louyou6614]

also he wrote fire and blood and hedge knight books maybe he needed to figure ou the details of their story so there is no plot holes in winds like maybe they are more relevent than we think they are

[@musaad2864]

500 views how KZbin algorithm is shit at this point great video bro

[@Vintage-Point]

Thank you so much! Every like, comment and share helps put us higher in the algorithm!

[@jzmn0033]

Who has stopped? Many of us are perpetually trapped in the asoiaf reread 😂

[@Vintage-Point]

Very true! It is aimed at the folks that won't ever pick the books up because they in all likelihood there won't ever be an ending.

[@mendelevium2768]

Amazing channel, looking forward to it blowing up soon

[@Vintage-Point]

Oh wow thank you, Every like and comment goes a long way

[@diablorose]

Calling Sansa's chapters slow and Jons interesting is a wild take

[@redhawk77]

LOL

[@Vintage-Point]

Purely in terms of action

[@diablorose]

@Vintage-Point I can see this while Jon and Sam are our viewpoints for the things going on at and beyond the wall I really feel Jons chapters really get Juicy once a certain King makes it to the wall (attempting to be spoiler free)

[@isaiahrowe8367]

@@Vintage-Pointit’s not even the action. I just love the non-action parts of Jons story, every bit is interesting and it feels a real story is flowing and things can happen. Just the mystery around the wildlings, where they live, what they do, giants, mammoths and the others of course

[@Kolnos1551]

Sansa's chapters are slow as hell, I remember how I needed a day to get through one of her chapters in a feast for crows because I kept falling asleep.

[@zandosdwarf-king]

I've read the first book few years back, (2019 I think) really enjoyed it, and said to myself I'm going to binge read them all when series is finished. Still waiting

[@Vintage-Point]

Hopefully it will be worth your wait.

[@onlytimewilltell9721]

There are a lot of characters and a lot of plot lines with theories we can root for. This is masterpiece. Are there any book like this. I have only read First Law but still not better than GOt

[@Vintage-Point]

I'm yet to find a series as deep and engaging

[@pyramidion5911]

Call me crazy but I think George is showing not telling with a lot of the events. For instance during the dance when Aemond wants Lucerys to pluck out his own eye then kills him. I think we are seeing exactly what happened a long time ago playing out with different people. The betrayal of the dragonlords and the corruption of the gemstones. Even the black/poison dragon killing the white and gold dragon is history playing out once more. The betrayal of the Targs/Valyrians killing the rightful heir to what had been the empire of Dawn. P.s. Balerion the dread could very well have been the dragon to do the deed and that's why it's hinted in F&B that he may have acted on his own when attacking Arrax. He may have even been made just for that purpose in a ritual similar to Khal drogo/Drogons dragon birth.

[@fullmoon_games]

After watchinh season 1, I planned on reading after the book series was completed, now its over a decade later 😂

[@Vintage-Point]

Familiar story 😂

[@hulksmash7960]

I say if u read the first 4 and not the firth u will be sastified and in a good mood. But if u read the 5th book then your gonna be pissed cause nothing really happens in that book no characters get any conclusion literally every characters story is left on a cliff hanger where its almost impossible to guess what happens next. Its a book with nothing but setups and has zero climax in my opinion the 5 and 6 books must be read together to be satisfying since the 5th book contains nothing but setups and the 6th has alot of climax. To put it into perspective each book normally contains 1 or 2 battles or big moments. The 5th book has zero and the 6th book should have atleast 5

[@pyramidion5911]

I have been connecting the dots, and my mind is blown. Several if not all of the PoV characters are being warged into unbeknownst to them. Maester Luwin when he gets the wooden box. Ned when he strangled Lyanna. Jamie when he killed the mad king. Also, kings and hands probably meant something way different originally. The king is the one who wargs into people from a distance, and the Hand is his boots on the ground, kinda like Bran and Hodor. The pearl emperor was a warg king, pearl as in white eyes like when some men warg. People warg at night. Wargs are also described as dreamers. Dreams happen at night. The night king was/is a warg king. Old nan gives us clues about his identity. Old nan says, mayhaps he was a Stark, mayhaps his name was brandon. Mayhaps means you lied about something you said. The mayhaps is the word "was". The night king IS Brandon Stark. Not little Bran but Neds brother. Neds dad was burned brandon was not. Ned mentions the stonemason knew his dad well. He doesn't mention anything about the construction of the other statues. Brandon was supposed to be the hand for rickard in his life as a night king, but he has taken it for himself. I could go and on and on, but I will stop after this last revelation. Several of neds kids are the result of Brandon using Ned to commit abominations 😢. Also, some.. thing is warging into the targs and making the lizard babies.. and Tyrion (black eyes are from some non human warg, maybe a giant or one of the lizard people mentioned in twoiaf). I suspect mad king Aerys was even triggering this black eyed warging possesion to happen via blood/fire sacrifices.

[@pyramidion5911]

Just wanted to clarify that I did not intend to imply Maester Luwin is a PoV character. Please forgive me. I've been praising Garth extra hard 💨 💨

[@johnfortune4302]

most sane theorists

[@nirvana6708]

The show's night king is not canon in books current but In books The night's king you talking abt is a legend of 100 if not more years old. Him being the Brandon Starks (Ned 's brother) cannot be. He was 13th load commander of nights watch who fell in love with a women broke his oath & went to nightfort with her. As described in Bran 4 - ASOS.

[@pyramidion5911]

@@nirvana6708 about that... I'm still working out the details but I suspect that the Nights King is being manipulated by some type of Lilith figure/spirit. Some similar event has happened in the past and it probably resulted in the sealing away or banishing of this spirit that is controlling the "Night Kings" It's implied a few times in the books that people who cross over from death have tentacles/strings controlling them that they don't even understand. This gets into the whole shadow world thing kind of like Grrm did with Elden Ring. Brandon was dead for several days before the statue ritual could be performed(it's the ritual bran sees with the woman slicing a man's throat in front of a weirwood pool) If the amount of time someone is dead determines how much someone is corrupted by it (patchface and lady stoneheart for example) then Brandon is heavily corrupted by whatever entity is on the other side.

[@nirvana6708]

@@pyramidion5911 I don't think there is any nights King figure tbh , Grrm has openly said he doesn't like dark lord types & likes to write about human heart in conflict with it self. It this link works , here I wrote abt how weirwood tree are corrupted & these others are coming from them ( credit to Michael who talks abt stuff - as like shadow babies ) projected by greenseers for blood sacrifice to these trees which has been stopped.

[@OWlsfordshire]

Just read the first 3. The 4th has some good stuff, but goes way too off course and never recovers in the 5th.

[@Vintage-Point]

The first three are definitely the best all round.

[@bryanrhodes369]

I would... if there are going to be any more. I hope so, but...

[@Moriningland]

I don’t get why people can’t enjoy the series because it isn’t finished. To me, it’s a joy to read a great story. Of course I wish he’d finish them but, for whatever reason, he can’t. It’s his life and maybe he just doesn’t know how to finish it. It doesn’t take away from how amazing it is to experience the story that is there.

[@Vintage-Point]

Couldn't agree more!

[@louyou6614]

hey , george may have soft launched the book less than a year ago he told his publishers to be ready and he is going to a con this summer and the post blog maybe we are getting the winds

[@Vintage-Point]

I have faith Winds will be released, as for Spring...

[@louyou6614]

@Vintage-Point I believe winds its that hard part Spring would probably be the end , It's harder to grow the tree right than take the fruits Likewise its harder to set up to a logical conclusion If George is smart he would have had somewhat wrote both the book the same time bit totally but like spring are the final consequences , like the squelletton of spring Maybe that why it took so long The back and forth between the events of the 2 books so we have no plot holes If he did that and everything is set up the last book could come in ......less than a decade a hope

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

Dude your videos are great keep going you should do the game of thrones video game from 2012 for footage if you make a new asoiaf video

[@Vintage-Point]

Very much appreciated! I definitely will make more ASOIAF vids in the future

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@Vintage-Point that’s great to hear

[@MrAdmitos]

Just in case we have a finale!

[@Vintage-Point]

Here's hoping!

[@mrloadinggame]

ASOIAF is worth reading even if it is unfinished is as good as that

[@Vintage-Point]

Couldn't agree more

[@RhadaGhast100]

I want to read the books but after going through the first two, it's not something I want to invest more of my time in if it's not looking likely that Martin will ever finish the books. I don't want to hype myself for something thats probably never going to be released.

[@anoldranger1033]

Winds of winter release date revealed!! December 25 2038

[@bettinanielsen6336]

We don't need an ending? Please. If we don't get one, then the contract has been broken. The one inherently between storyteller and listener/reader etc. I would be equally as annoyed if I never got the ending to Hamlet - regardless of the writing. No ending - no catharsis. It is ultimately hollow. I love Grrm's universe. There are, however other universes just as fascinating out there. With, might I add, finished stories.

[@Vintage-Point]

I completely understand and respect your point. Though I'd hardly call the story follow right now, without any sign of an ending. The series to date is an exceptional feat of storytelling, and even without an ending in all likelihood, it still remains as such.

[@rummyz6412]

4:20 no. Stop it. Dont you give me hope.

[@Vintage-Point]

I had to

[@user-ot9sd1oh8f]

It's impossible to give it a fulfilling ending, George can't do it either

[@Vintage-Point]

This could be the sad truth

[@nirvana6708]

Why tho?

[@OWlsfordshire]

The final 2 seasons were bad? Man the final 4 seasons were unwatchable.

[@domclayton1073]

season 4 is one of the best seasons lol

[@OWlsfordshire]

@@domclayton1073 Yeah, 1-4 were great. 5,6,7,8 were trash.

[@domclayton1073]

@@OWlsfordshire lmao I was so tired last night, guess I forgot how to count

[@figureVERSE]

What game is that?

[@Vintage-Point]

Telltales Game Of Thrones. Ironically enough the game doesn't really have an ending either.

[@Canario_27]

Because yesterday Martin sneezed, meaning he has a cold… wait a minute, cold? People get cold in winter… OMG!!! It’s a sign!! Winds of winter is around the corner!!! 2024 is the year boys!! winter is coming!!!!

[@Vintage-Point]

Let us believe 🙏

[@Canario_27]

@@Vintage-Point I hope so, I was joking but honestly I wasn't. Great video!!!

[@kieranklein2527]

I'll read it when it's finished.

[@pyramidion5911]

Winter IS coming

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

You’ll be in a nursing home by the time that happens

[@norbix-od7rt]

Dont read them even od they are not finished they are just so good

[@apimpnamedslickback56]

READ DA BOOKS

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

He did

[@Vintage-Point]

Everybody should

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@Vintage-Point true

[@gregorysmith3234]

Haven’t watched yet but I disagree with the tittle, you should NOT still read this if you haven’t already I wish I could take it back. I read the books in 2020 thinking the next book couldn’t be too far out especially since the author had a pandemic to keep him working….its been 4 years not even a release date yet. I heavily regret reading the books now

[@Vintage-Point]

This point is covered in the video!

[@gregorysmith3234]

@@Vintage-Point I’m sure it’s a really good video I’m going to watch it with my lunch to see what’s up.

[@Vintage-Point]

@@gregorysmith3234 Oh appreciated, thank you for the comment 🙏

[@tuber7081]

Read them almost 10 years ago and I’m glad I did. People should definitely read them

[@davisj7973]

yes, read it so you can the bandwagon of agony that comes with unfinished work...

[@davisj7973]

can join* FUCJ

[@darksaint0124]

Why does the narrative that they ran out of books still exist. Let's actually plot out the seasons. Season 1 was a compacted version of book 1. Season 2 is a compacted version of book 2 with some additional scene added n that actually cut out more book material. Season 3 and 4 were a compacted version of book 3. Notice how book 3 took up 2 seaeons. That is not what will happen next. Season 5 are bare scraps of books 4 and 5. The books were taken chopped up and they n condensed into one of the worst drop offs in quality from one season to the next in television history. They wasted at least 4 seasons of material in 1 extremely terrible season that revealed the naked Emperor for all to see.

[@toffeechad8413]

series is dead, wouldnt waste time on the books anymore. i think even george has given up on the series.

[@kyleisbart197]

God I want to disagree with you badly, but I can’t. We’ll be lucky if we get winds. Never getting dream of spring. Not written by George anyways.

[@tuber7081]

Definitely worth reading

[@kraff2988]

Still better then 99% of other series even without being finished

[@louyou6614]

​lol acotar or got@@kraff2988

[@rummyz6412]

“Series is dead” yet here you are. Commenting. On a video. Abt the series. Not so dead huh 💀🤷🏼‍♂️