mariondomenei

Hi, I just recently finished watching both your edit of “A Tale of Kings and Honor” and “A Storm of Swords”. All I can say is that your edit was flawless. Regarding technicalities, its 10/10 for me. If I had not known and followed the show, I would never realize the things that have omitted or changed, whatsoever. However, I have a few personal comments, but this will be in no way affect how great your edit was.

~start of my personal comments~
First and foremost, I must say that I would still prefer to watch the original, as I think that there are many scenes that was omitted in the show that for me was needed (or maybe I’m just being biased, such that, I just miss those scenes). Example is the omission of how did the Stark kids got their direwolves partners. Also, the pacing was a good thing because of the cuts, such that it is more fast-paced, but at the same time resulted in lost of character developments (especially considering that the show has so many “main characters”). But I (and honestly, others should also) understand that any TV-to-Movie fan edit, would definitely cut a large sum of runtime in order to fit the whole season into one movie. So this was inevitable. And I know that the editor have done an extensive decision-making process to decide which scenes are to be left and omitted.

Second, is the choice of music. The LOTR music is in no way bad or whatever negative attribute you can think of. On the contrary, it’s epic and really is a nicely composed piece of music, that goes well with films that have a huge worldbuilding like Game of Thrones. But I kinda miss GoT’s own theme song because it is so iconic to that show. I could never imagine GoT without it. But then again, that is what the editor’s intention from the start, to fuse GoT’s story and LOTR’s music. Also, I think there are fans who liked how you have successfully integrated LOTR’s music in the show. So I really cannot complain.

Lastly, the intro of “A Tale of Kings and Honor” is BADASS!!! It really works for me. But then again, the way the show told that “prequel” story thru bits of information scattered in different episodes also works for me. I like how you conceptualize on including that into your edit. Kudos to the you, Anjohan!
~end of my personal comments~

So like I said, my personal comments would in no way diminish the fantastic job you have done in these edits.

As a summary, personally, I would say that this edit is highly recommendable for those that have already watched the show at least once, and that do not have time for re-watching all episodes.

But then again, maybe it is also recommendable for first time viewers that have zero knowledge on the show and the books, especially those who hardly have time and interest for watching all the episodes? Who knows, I’m not really sure, but why not? I think its curious what do they think of this edit.

P.S. Thank you Anjohan for the experience!