While I would sometimes concur about reading the book(s) first, I often find that does not suit me, entertainment wise. A prime example was Herbert's Dune series, which though eventually palled a little bit for me, I did overall enjoy. The film adaptation utterly killed it for me. I tried some of LotR books, borrowed from friends, but they left me cold, I found it impossible to keep track of events, people and places, they sounded so alike. The films I did really enjoy despite bits of the Hobbit degenerating into slapstick comedy.
As I said I am a fan of good written SciFi, but fantasy is not my bucket of swill. What eventually broke down my instinctive resistance to GoT was the consistent and great acting and the muck and dirt filled settings.
In the end I found something a bit out of my comfort zone but still well worth the time and I would be loathe to spoil that by finding inconsistencies between screen and book. I am the type of pedant that would really spoil it for myself by that type of comparison. I'm afraid I'm just that type. YMMV
Battle Star Galactica started as a TV series, redone as a partial reboot, both a bit ... '80s amateurish, corny and was yet again rebooted as an excellent series with little in common with the originals and only then produced many books, but I agree books to screen to maybe finish the books is unusual.
As I said I am a fan of good written SciFi, but fantasy is not my bucket of swill. What eventually broke down my instinctive resistance to GoT was the consistent and great acting and the muck and dirt filled settings.
In the end I found something a bit out of my comfort zone but still well worth the time and I would be loathe to spoil that by finding inconsistencies between screen and book. I am the type of pedant that would really spoil it for myself by that type of comparison. I'm afraid I'm just that type. YMMV
Battle Star Galactica started as a TV series, redone as a partial reboot, both a bit ... '80s amateurish, corny and was yet again rebooted as an excellent series with little in common with the originals and only then produced many books, but I agree books to screen to maybe finish the books is unusual.