EntertainmentGeorge RR Martin says that ‘things have gotten worse’ with adaptations for TV and cinemaDespite finding many flaws in adaptations, George RR Martin took the opportunity to praise a recent series that was successful: Shogunhoday at 12:15

Known for creating the saga books Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fireon which the hit series was based game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin opined how “things have gotten worse” regarding television and film adaptations.

In a post made on his blog last Friday, the 24th, the writer recalled an event in which he participated with Neil Gaimanin 2022. He referred to a report from Variety about the event, where he lamented his own experience in writing scripts for episodes of Beyond imagination.

Second Martin, he was pressured to make “illegitimate” changes when adapting a short story for a television series, due to budget constraints. “I was new to Hollywood. I didn’t say, ‘You are idiots,'” he said. For the author, since 2022, “very few things have changed since then.”

In fact, things got worse. No matter how important the writer, no matter how good the book, there always seems to be someone around who thinks they can do better, eager to take the story and ‘improve’ it.’

“They never make things better, though. 999 times out of a thousand, they make things worse,” he continued. However, in the rest of the blog post, he took the opportunity to praise a recent series, titled Shogunwhich “deserves applause,” because of the way it treats source material.

“I think the author would have been pleased. Both old and new writers have honored the source material and given us amazing adaptations, resisting the urge to ‘make it their own.’ But don’t just take my word for it. Watch it for yourself,” he wrote.