Originally Posted by
Dr.Z
Just read another review of the first episodes and...
Why does everybody say the battle at the Fist was much more epic in the books? It was EXACTLY the same! The first chapter is some Night's Watch guys plotting on the Fist, then hearing the three blasts and going "Oh shit!". The next thing we hear from that storyline is Sam running and running, already AFTER the battle. So there was no description of the battle at all in the books. Maybe some guys got a bad memory or they only read the summaries on Wikipedia.