George R.R. Martin’s ‘Winds of Winter’ will be better than ‘Game of Thrones’ HBO version: Here is why

Although it is easy for fans to get upset with George R.R. Martin for his slow speed in releasing "Winds of Winter," there is reason to hold fire. Martin is a completely different kind of novelist, focused on greatness that cannot be rushed. "Game of Thrones" author has created a complex, sprawling universe, a sphere caught in between history and fantasy coupled with diverse cultures, languages, religions, geography, and families.

Readers get entangled in the sprawling world because it is creative enough to draw them in but familiar enough to keep them preoccupied. Rushing its development would imply possibly missing out a detail and breaking the spell.

HBO's "Game of Thrones" has now overtaken the novel in a rarity for page-to-screen adaptations, according to Telegraph UK. This is a privilege for showrunners DB Weiss and David Benioff, although they had to discuss with Martin to make sure that there is similarity in the general direction of the show and Martin's ultimate vision. In the past season, the fate of Tyrion and Ramsay Bolton has been in the hands of showrunners.

Overall, Benioff and Weiss have done a good job with the help of Martin, who provided them with complex characters. Some characters with great complexity and depth are especially women, whom Martin considered people.

For the larger part, the showrunners have maintained the principle of complexity and depth. Sansa Stark, for example, has grown into a disparaging strategist, disillusioned by her more awful experiences. This is a creation that suits her character, and seems like a rational continuation of her depiction so far in the books and in the previous seasons of the show.

However, when HBO's "Game of Thrones" completely goes off-site with its characters, or the entire storyline, showrunners take the who work down the drain. A good example is the Dornish plot.

In Martin's books, the sandy sensual universe of Dorne is filled with political intrigue, lust, and sexy scandal that offer the link between King's Landing and Daenerys Targaryen's slowly expanding empire of freed slaves, according to the same publication. However, viewers loved Pedro Pascal's depiction of warrior-lothario Oberyn Martell in the TV show.

Prince Doran sent Martell as his representative in King's Landing. After his violent demise at the hands of the Mountain, there were increased hopes for the introduction of the extended Martell family. Unfortunately, all were left disillusioned.

Sand Snakes, Oberyn's illegitimate daughters, came in as trio of one-dimensional villains. Tyene, Obara, and Nymeria turned out to be sneering hyenas to Ellaria Sand's Scar. This was a kind of scantily clad, somehow exotic warrior women that an old superhero or sci-fi franchise might have tried to sell to randy teenage boys.

Therefore, after four seasons of multifaceted mothers and rooted political schemers, "Game of Thrones" strong female character became a gimmick of few fast sandy scenes. Watch the footage below for details on "Game of Thrones" Season 6 episode 10, "Winds of Winter."     

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