FUCK YOU
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it'll come out next year but I'm not confident about him finishing the series. :-\
I'm gonna give it a try don't worry, it's only like $9 at Borders so I have no excuse. I'm just sayin' what I've heard so far hasn't been good. I liked the part I read
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basically some chick watching soldiers marching to war before getting owned by some old wench
but my hopes aren't high. I like fantasy books with characters I give a shit about. Badasses are cool but they don't bring home the bacon for me
Thanks again to everyone who has posted their casting suggestions and a special thanks to our excellent hosts here on the board for their synopses, which save us a great deal of time. It is encouraging to see that our actor/character ideas often match those of the board, and it is helpful to learn about a whole slew of actors we weren't familiar with before.
The age of the actors is a significant issue; trust us that this is something we've discussed with George since our earliest conversations (well over two years ago). None of the characters will be radically aged.
The location has not yet been finalized, but we're getting close. With any luck, George will be giving you an answer to that question before the end of the year, or very early in 2009.
Shooting dates have also not been determined yet. We're impatient, too, but as you can imagine this is an elaborate production, with large sets to be built, a huge cast to be filled, etc.
For those who would like to send resumes, videos, etc.: we hope to have a casting director in place within the next month. When we do, we'll let you know his/her name and where materials should be sent.
One last thing: our focus at the moment is on casting the pilot. So we're only worried about characters who appear in the pilot. Just so you know the pilot parameters, here's the first line of dialogue:
"We should start back."
And here's the last line:
"The things I do for love."
Sound familiar?
We think you're going to like it...
D&D
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=32275&st=80&p=1607351&#entry1607351
Holy shit, so the pilot will cover
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-The prologue ("we should start back"): introduce of the Others
-Important events afterward: discovery of the direwolves, King's arrival in Winterfell, etc
-Bran's injury ("things I do for love")
Yea, the series was just up my alley. I still find myself randomly thinking about certain parts, wondering what a character should or shouldn't have done.
ASOS spoiler:
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usually relating to Robb. And I've come to the conclusion that there wasn't anything he could have done to reach a different conclusion
ADWD is going to be fuck awesome.
There's a date for the book, btw.
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The Wise Man's Fear comes out March 1, 2011
:bow ROTHFUSS :bow2
:P
Only thing I don't like:
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Looks like Jaime's confrontation with Ned occurs in the middle of the day, instead of at night. A bright mid day battle kinda ruins the suspense of that moment. Plus it's kinda odd that Ned and Littlefinger would leave a brothel at that time lol
you hyped Cajole? :o
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i'm gonna be a lazy POS and instead of simply going on the google and googling some stuff
can someone tell me what this is about?
I heard it is The Wire of fantasy.
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and The Wire of pedo incest literature :shh
Wow, it looks amazing. The casting has been superb from the beginning, and seeing the actors and actresses in costume re-confirms things. Sooo glad they recast Dany btw: she looks beautiful.
Really the only gripe I (still) have is Robb being aged up so much. I realize they had to age characters up, but his story could lose some of its emotional impact with him being a young man at the beginning of the series.
edit: still don't think she's the perfect Cersei visually, but Headly pulls off the dialogue/mannerisms perfectly. And oh god Jaime looks like a royal Sawyer from Lost lmao, so awesome
edit: holy shit, screen cap spoiler
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Brandon Stark flashback scene? And a glimpse of the Iron Throne :o
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Yes. And it was good. I like the world he's created, and the whole multiple viewpoints gimmick, even if some of the female ones are awful. The female characters in general are kinda terrible. spoiler (click to show/hide)
At least Daernys finds redemption at the end.
GRRM is ballsy with his willingness to kill off characters, but I've heard this comes back to bite him later on. Guess I'll see. I can definitely understand why people are ready to end themselves if the next book never comes out, as I imagine he ends each installment much like he ended the first.
I'm really looking forward to the show. Just the few clips I've seen definitely influenced my reading, as I imagine Eddard Stark as Sean Bean the entire time -- which was great.
Do you got any links to the audio books pd? I wanna listeb to them during work.
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http://www.warez-bb.org/viewtopic.php?t=1526350&highlight=
That should be the correct version. There are a couple other e-books out there with different narrators.
For fucks sake, pay for HBO and help fund the show, you dirty poors.
Just got to the part in the book where spoiler (click to show/hide)
Joffery is revealed as Jamie's kid, King Robert is on his deathbed, and Viserys finally get his crown of gold... all over his face.
I liked it a lot, even though some things were changed for reasons I can't figure out.
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Bran no longer overhears Jamie and Cersei talking about their killing of Jon Arryn. He just catches them fucking
I liked it a lot, even though some things were changed for reasons I can't figure out.
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Bran no longer overhears Jamie and Cersei talking about their killing of Jon Arryn. He just catches them fucking
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He doesn't overhear them discussing killing Aryyn. Cersei expresses her fears of Ned, yet is glad he was appointed instead of a less honorable opponent like Littlefinger. They wonder about what Lisa knows, whether John told her something...but she doesn't implicate herself
Strange, everyone I know that has read the books loved it, and everyone I knew who hasn't read the books hated it. I would have expected something a little different from the reaction.
It makes sense. The book helps fill in some gaps that the show doesn't cover. I'll be interested to see what my wife thinks of it, seeing how she hasn't read the book.
Definitely this. The amount of things unsaid and not expanded upon in the Pilot is pretty big. For someone who has read the books (like me) it feels like we're seeing these people go about their lives and as the viewer I know of all the machinations below.
GoT end spoiler, don't read:
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Like Dany's bath scene
I don't remember that part?
Not sure how far you've read, FM but Danny gets in spoiler (click to show/hide)
scalding hot water
Its not in the book (at least I don't remember it) so that would be a scene that people who have read far enough can appreciate.
Great choice for Tyrion, given the limited options, but it's going to be a hard sell when
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Tyrion is riding around in battle smiting the foe with his mace or whatever. It was implausible in the book but it will be ridiculous on screen
My favorite part of that scene is
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the guy charging Tyrion yelling "die die die!" I forgot exactly how, but eventually Tyrion smacks him in the head with his axe and says "no, you die." Even better when you hear it in the audiobook
Finished GoT last night. :o
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People who haven't read the books are gonna be shocked when Ned dies in the TV series, seeing how they've made him out to be the "main character."
Finished GoT last night. :o
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People who haven't read the books are gonna be shocked when Ned dies in the TV series, seeing how they've made him out to be the "main character."
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Heh, that must have shocked you. I remember thinking it was some trick or something.
I love the ending of the book, especially Catelyn's final chapter where Robb is proclaimed King of the North. Made me cheer irl
Finished GoT last night. :o
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People who haven't read the books are gonna be shocked when Ned dies in the TV series, seeing how they've made him out to be the "main character."
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Heh, that must have shocked you. I remember thinking it was some trick or something.
I love the ending of the book, especially Catelyn's final chapter where Robb is proclaimed King of the North. Made me cheer irl
I was thinking it was a trick, but the chapter where spoiler (click to show/hide)
Bran and Rickon both dreamt about seeing him in the crypt
kinda confirmed it for me. And yeah, Cat's chapter was great.
i dunno how we are handling spoilerly talk about book/show differences. about Bran waking up:
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disappointed they dropped the whole surreal dream sequence and made him wake up after Lady dying.
Book 3 spoilers:
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HOLY FUCK AT THE OTHER WEDDING!
JUST FINISHED THE BOOK!
SPOILERS!
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God DAMNIT i'm gonna be forced to watch Sean Bean die AGAIN. FFS you put this guy in leather and give him a sword and he's gonna fucking die. But man. so much stuff is left unresolved. I was going to watch until this season was over before i moved onto the next book but i dunno if i can now. the only thing i didnt care for as much was the battle scenes. mostly because i had a hard time following what was being described. like the Lannisters were winning then the suddenly are losing. i just have a hard time imagining the world and how the battles are taking place. hopefully the show will be able to put it into better context for me.
my favorite thing was how just after Ned gets turned on by Littlefinger we then do not return to him until we've had chapters on every other character. seeing the perspectives on the same situation was really well done.
the ending. fuckin dragons man. breast feeding dragons. i dunno what can be said to that.
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Which battle are you referring to? The only "big" battle we see is the one where Tyrion's POV details the vanguard. I like the fact that the battles are only described from one person's POV, at least in GoT. From Tyrion's perspective the battle seems to go ill at times, but ultimately the Lannisters win by sheer numbers. I'd imagine a battle that huge would feature portions of the army that didn't know their side was about to win.
Epic book, and I'm glad the major stuff wasn't spoiled for you
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Which battle are you referring to? The only "big" battle we see is the one where Tyrion's POV details the vanguard. I like the fact that the battles are only described from one person's POV, at least in GoT. From Tyrion's perspective the battle seems to go ill at times, but ultimately the Lannisters win by sheer numbers. I'd imagine a battle that huge would feature portions of the army that didn't know their side was about to win.
Epic book, and I'm glad the major stuff wasn't spoiled for you
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i'm speaking more to my problem with following book scenarios that require you to visually contextualize character location and placement compared to each other. especially in a "battle" situation. i didn't remember the plan Robb had put forth earlier and when we followed Tyrion and his crew holding the left flank the book and shortly after Robb seizing Jaime i wasn't able to connect the two in time and had a real hard time establishing their locations in relation to each other.
the map's out there really helped though
ah ok I see
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The map definitely helped my understanding. Loved that part after the battle where the rider tells Tywin that Robb's army is actually marching towards Riverrun. So epic
Major book 3 spoilers!
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But the stink that filled the privy gave ample evidence that the oft-repeated jape about his father was just another lie.
Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.
:rofl
The Hound :'(
book question:
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who were the two dudes that Arya saw when she was sneaking around the dungeons? the wizard and the dude with the yellow spiked beard? I assumed one was Varys but i was never sure and i didnt know who the other one was
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who were the two dudes that Arya saw when she was sneaking around the dungeons? the wizard and the dude with the yellow spiked beard? I assumed one was Varys but i was never sure and i didnt know who the other one was
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Illyrio
HOLY FUCK. Just made it to spoiler (click to show/hide)
the wedding massacare in Storm of Swords. Martin just butchered the entire cast of the fucking novel. Who's left? Is Book 4 like JON SNOWS ADVENTURES IN LORD-DOM? Because I'm fucking exhuatsed of THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF ARYA STARK: GIRL RANGER dfhgfdjfd ommggggggg
FUCKING TIME WARNER NOT SUPPORTING HBO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :maf :maf :maf
I have a strong feeling as to what's going to happen in episode 7.
if you havent read the book then don't read this. this speculation is a spoiler:
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THEY'RE GONNA KILL NED :'(
Great episode. Caught the 11pm showing in HD at my mom's cousin's house :bow
Some of the scenes dragged on too long (that Renly/Loras scene, and the Robert/Cersei scene), but the lack of exposition made things run smoothly overall.
If episode 7 is truly the ep people will be talking about, I have to question the idea of putting it online early. I guess it will guarentee buzz/word of mouth and translate into good ratings, but it's still odd.
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ep 6 is called The Golden Crown, so we know what that's about. I'm guessing Robert will go on his hunt in that episode, and return injured/die in ep 7. If that's the case, Ned would die in ep8 unless they rush things. Dunno, I don't think ep7 makes sense as a place for that big event.
hopefully the split the next 2 books into two season each.
Book 2 and 3 could easily be crammed into 1 longer season. 2 really drags it's feet
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Arya's CRAAAZY ADVENTURES could easily be condensed. All the Renly/Stannis nonsense could be over and done in 3 or 4 eps. Even Theon's coup could be introduced, concieved and executed in like 5 episodes. Book 2 has a lot of padding and moving pieces around that could be chopped out
fuuck two weeks until the next new episode :maf
episode 7 was great too
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huge cliffhanger :maf :maf :maf
it's probably best to wait and keep it consistent...waiting two weeks is going to suck
spoiler for end of episode 7
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it ends with Baelish holding a knife to Ned's throat
ah, this is incentive to buy the book.
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holy shit :bow
Martin wrote the episode
book 1 spoiler
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Drogo fighting one of his own dudes? I dont remember that from the book. Guess they are changing the story (probs due to budget) so that he gets injured by one of his bloodriders
dude is so handsome.
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not for much longer
question about how these scenes played out in the book, without getting into spoilers after these scenes (as I haven't read them yet)
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are the two battles detailed in the book? or was this a clever way of alluding to battles they didn't have to budget to go to town on?
edit: fistfulofmetal is a mind reader...wow
Ep9:
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Kind of saw that coming, but damn, still depressing.
Good ep
from twitter:
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That was some BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! FUCK HBO, FUCK J.J MARTIN!!! FUCK ALL THESE BITCHES WHO KILLED SHAUN BEAN!!!! ARE THEY ON CRACK OR SOMETHING!!!! I AM DONE WITH THIS SERIES!!!!!
:lol
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THEY KILLED MY nicca NED MAN! FUCK THAT
:lol
do they ever get into the past of the series? because I'm a bit confused about how things went down
like, how did Robert (?) become King when Jamie killed the previous one? sounds like the previous bloodline of white haired people, and the mad king (?) were all butchered. And Robert was a soldier with Ned, and some Starks were killed by the mad King or something?
Ya the mad king killed Neds father and brother. His sister also died, who was Roberts love. Can't remember exactly why the rebellion started but it was because the mad king was mad. Robert became king because his family was the closest in blood to the old rulers.
It started because Ned's sister ran supposedly kidnapped by Rhaegaer (sp?) Targaryen, who was Daenarys' brother, and Ned's brother along with Robert started the war.
Spoilering speculation that's almost considered a given:
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she wasn't kidnapped but ran off with him instead, and Jon Snow is their child, not Ned's bastard
I would welcome this plot twist.
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Could be one of the best finales ever, but I'm worried about something specific
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The dragons...given how average some of the CGI has been thus far, I'm not too enthusiastic right now. Sure the CGI backdrops have been great thus far; the Twins looked excellent last week for instance. But this is going to be a living CGI character (well characters). I really hope they don't do it exactly as in the book, with the dragons breast feeding from Dany. Even the best CGI couldn't make that NOT cheesy imo.
If the dragon looks like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7clv4LaLzU&feature=related
I won't be disappointed. That's from a 10 year old film.
Yoren is perfect.
book 1 and early book 2 spoiler
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interesting that they grabbed stuff from early book 2 into the finale
episode ends with
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war ramping up. past the wall shenanigans. naked chick surviving with baby dragons.
"returns spring 2012"
yeah, I'm not waiting.
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DRAGONS!!!
Finished Clash of Kings, my copy of Storm of Swords should be here on Monday.
Oh boy, this is gonna be fun :)
Clash of Kings discussion below:
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Winterfell is totally burned to the ground! I got a strong Empire Strikes Back feeling at the end when the Stark boys split up...
Gonna start SoS right away, then move on to Feast for Crows so I'm ready for Dance with Dragons on release day.
Holy shit @ the finale. They fucking nailed it. I went in with a host of reservations and fears, some of which I had since the show was in development, but the creative team put them all to rest tonight. Definitely one of the best season finales I've seen.
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I can't help but think back to the day when Catelyn was recast, and how many of us freaked out over her appearance. The actress has been wonderful all season, with tonight being damn impressive and heartbreaking. The mixture of sadness and rage on her face tonight was quite stunning. That emotional tension flowed through the rest of the episode as each actor and actress turned in great performances.
I'm quite impressed with how many of my favorite scenes from the end of the book were portrayed. The King of the North was quite impressive, although I didn't like the change in Catelyn's reaction; it's my favorite moment out of the book series, and overall I thought they did a damn good job. Tywin's scene with Tyrion was great; Dinklage has been amazing all season, and Charles Dance was quite a welcome addition to the second half of the season. Finally, the dragon scene was done perfectly. The dragons looked pretty damn good; I had feared they would look cheesy. Damn Dany was perfectly cast.
holy shit apparently in the credits, they list
spoiler for book 2 and 4, gtfo:
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the actor who played Syrio as being Jaquen in the episode haha. Nice nod to the fans/conspiracy theories. I got nerd chills seeing those three locked up
Book 2 spoilers:
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Tyrion's storyline. The chapter where he sends the Lannister guard to escort Frey back to Robb then he accosts Pycelle about betraying his trust and accusing him of killing Jon Arryn. Man that scene right there the culmination of some good as storytelling. When Tyrion is going on saying how he told Varys one thing, Littlefinger another thing and Pycelle the truth yet Cersei somehow knew of the truth my mind was racing trying to remember the previous chapters. I spent a good amount of time trying to focus my attention and remember things because I knew they're going to be important but man I didn't catch that he was telling them different things. BUT! I Did catch that he saw the Tears of Lys in his collection and I remembered that someone.... (Pycelle himself?) suggested that tears of lys may have been the poison. I called that he was involved right then and there so. The stuff a little earlier about the reveal that Bronn has been looking for a thief, a poisoner, a mummer and a murder was kinda lost on me. I know that Bronn has been recruiting sellswords but that kind of blind reveal went right over my head.
I eagerly await next season. shit's gonna be so cash
mid book 2 spoilers
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FUUU. Stannis using his dark magic to assassinate his brother. G'damn.
More book 2 spoilers
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FUCK THEON
I just thought of a sexy casting decision but its in Storm of Swords...
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Alison Brie as Jeyne Westerling
:heart
She's almost 30, Margery is 16 in the novel. Well this should create one of the more hilarious dynamics on television in a couple years, assuming the show lasts:
book 4 spoiler:
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her marrying a 13 year old boy
Apparently she's a good, respected actress. I'm guessing they'll be expanding her role
115 pages into Storm of Swords....
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Just met Mance Rayder... I like him so far...
I'm about halfway through Storm of Swords:
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Chapters Arya > Catelyn > Arya
fuck. fuck. I'm shocked almost beyond words. I haven't been that gripped with glee, terror, dread and sorrow in a long time. "His axe took her in the back of the head" I hope to god that doesn't mean what I think it means :(
I'm about halfway through Storm of Swords:
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Chapters Arya > Catelyn > Arya
fuck. fuck. I'm shocked almost beyond words. I haven't been that gripped with glee, terror, dread and sorrow in a long time. "His axe took her in the back of the head" I hope to god that doesn't mean what I think it means :(
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I can't think of many books that ripped my heart out like that entire sequence of events. I remember reading that, then the Arya chapter, and just putting the book down. Went to Buffalo Wild Wings to chill off lol
SPOILERS
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I thrusted my fist into the air in joy when I finished the chapter where Jon defended the Wall and became lord commander only to have ARYA at the top of the next page. SO HAPPY
I love the Davos choice
thanks for spoiling that stannis survives until at least book 5 thus negating any tension that he might die asshole
Have you finished ASOS?
yup. i was shocked by the ending
then i was shocked by the ENDING
To be fair (i'll put this in spoilers, but it's not really a spoiler):
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AFFC focuses primarily on the south and east, while ADWD focuses on the north. With that in mind it's not a spoiler to say Stannis is in book 5. The books intersect, with ADWD surpassing it by 400 or so pages.
Feast for Crows, near the end:
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The speed at which Cersei's plan dissolved was amazing. I love how it was foreshadowed earlier when Littlefinger was shocked at she was ruining herself with her decisions and he had to speed up his plan based on what she was doing.
I'm fine with that. He no doubt deserves a break. I just hope the next book doesn't take more than half a decade to write. It actually can't or the HBO show just might catch him.
adwd end spoiler:
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For all his talk of cutting through the "Mereenese Knot," ADWD didn't really resolve it. Most of the characters who set out to meet Dany still haven't reached her, and her situation is probably more complicated now with her back with the Dothraki. Does she kill them all and ride to Mereen, or do they lay down their arms and help her free the city? Either way I expect a lot more "wandering" chapters...
Who do those actresses play?
The first is Natalie Dormer who plays Margery Tyrell (Loras' sister). In the book she's like 16 but they've aged her up significantly for the show
The second is Rose Leslie who plays Ygritte, a wildling
The third is Carice van Houten, who plays Melisandre, a councilor to Stannis Baratheon
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Jeyne Westerling from the novels.
DVD/Blu Ray set is coming out March 6, 2012. Features included, plus a clip of one of the behind-the-scenes videos:
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/30/game-of-thrones-dvd/
big ass dvd art, 56kers be warned:
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http://tinyurl.com/7dzdtr5
By "that scene", you mean (series) spoiler (click to show/hide)
three horn blasts for Others?
Yea, that whole thing.
spoilerz
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Like, I know they reach the Fist this season, and Jon goes off with Halfhand to scout. There's a lot of discussion on whether Jon will get captured in ep9 or ep10; HBO tends to have the penultimate episode be where big shit hits the fan, and the finale sets up the next season.
So I'm thinking Jon kills Halfhand and is captured in ep9, then in ep10 we learn that he's being taken directly to the Wildling camp to meet the king beyond the wall. Perhaps the very final scene of the season could be Sam back at the Fist, dogs going crazy, cold wind, and three horns blasting. That would be badass
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the battle of Blackwater will be 60 minutes long in episode 9
http://winteriscoming.net/2012/02/scifinow-magazine-features-amazing-s2-details/
fffffffuuuuuuuu :bow
That's a bitching song, too. I'm excite.
I wonder if they're going to spoiler (click to show/hide)
disfigure Tyrion in the series like he becomes in the books.
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hhggnnnnggggg
and on that thing BN..
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I hope they don't do too much for the facial deformities. Dinklage is such a great actor, dunno how a bunch of prosthetic on him would play out.
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The Red Wedding is a failure?!? First I've heard about that haha. That event along with Joffrey's death are my favorite moments in the series.
I have always felt that Martin's two greatest artistic failures were (don't read if you haven't read all the books)
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The Red Wedding, and cutting off Tyrion's nose.
#3 is pig-jousting.
what the fuck, seriously? You are the ONLY person I've EVER seen say that about spoiler (click to show/hide)
the Red Wedding.
Are you on something?
That was...pretty much the point though
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ASOS is the end of the series' first act. The following novels (which are essentially one novel) haven't lived up to ASOS in part because the various political factions within the series are still dealing with the fallout from The War Of The Five Kings. consider it by region: the Riverlands are still carrying out a small, dying rebellion in the middle of ADWD. The north remains unconquered, despite the devastation of the Starks. The theater of war is now focused on the south (the Ironborn fighting Highgarden), where there are no POVs unfortunately.
The Red Wedding was like dropping an atom bomb on a country: there's not much else that can top it or advance things. Now the question is how things progress everywhere else.
I'd also argue this wouldn't be nearly as much of a perceived problem if ADWD had come out on time. People waited 5 years for what they thought would be a sequel to ASOS, and it wasn't. Reactions would have been more realistic/calm if the book came out a couple years after AFFC.
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The story struggled to maintain its momentum once the events of Storm were wrapped up. There hasn't really been a major conflict since then. The Others still haven't invaded, the events across the Narrow Sea have stumbled along slowly, and there's no overarcing narrative driving the story forward anymore. I'm still very interested in where it goes, but killing off Robb immediately ended one of the crucial conflicts of the series. It was a masterfully-written scene though.
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No overarching narrative? The Others are coming, disease is spreading, magic is coming into full power again... it's very much a fallout from ASOS but in its wake lies devastation, or perhaps life? It's left the entire world on edge, and for that I think the RW was necessary for the series and why ADWD and AFFC make wonderful catharsis.
this is book related from ADWD:
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Regarding Asha -- she died. It described explicitly that an axe split her skill in two. it described her dying moments.
then she showed up a few chapters later. Should I just shut up?
this is book related from ADWD:
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Regarding Asha -- she died. It described explicitly that an axe split her skill in two. it described her dying moments.
then she showed up a few chapters later. Should I just shut up?
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and the axehead crunched against her temple
with a scream of steel on steel.
She was wearing a helmet.
:o oh shit!!! I hope HBO puts it online tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NApAtmugS1c
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so apparently instead of falling for Jeyne Westerling, Robb falls for Jeyne...the war nurse?
There's a rumor on WiC that
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Jeyne is Lannister; not a direct blond obviously, but related somehow. The argument being that audiences would understand the magnitude of this better if it had a Romeo and Juliet feel. Eh.
Some fans, especially Elio Garcia from Westeros.org, have argued it's a bad thing because it's such a generic television move, whereas in the books a lot of myth and mystery surrounds Robb's exploits.
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Easy for them to say about trying to make a decent hour of television - have people talk about his important exploits while the viewer is off taking a piss because apparently nothing is happening atm, or just showing them...
Said it before the show even started though...it's gonna make the RW that much more :o :o :o