Game of Thrones: Which Character Is Getting Left Out?
As far as adaptations go, Game of Thrones is surpassing expectations. It's staying true to the books (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin) in a way that is still absolutely watchable, even to someone who has recently read the source material. It's doing everything right... except for one thing. I hate to complain, I really do. But there's one thing that this otherwise flawless adaptation is doing that I just can't get over. It's leaving out Sandor Clegane. Well, it's not entirely leaving him out. The man known as the Hound is still there, but in a completely diminished role. He's been reduced to a nonspeaking entity who simply looks menacing. In "The Pointy End," all he had to do was show his severely mug to Sansa Stark, snarl a little bit, and she was captured. That's a shame, because his interaction with Sansa is one of the best elements of the book series. In the episode "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things," Littlefi