Man. To hell with all of you. I'll come out right now and say it:
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE IS BETTER THAN ANY OF THE TEDIOUS CRAP TOLKIEN EVER WROTE.
There we go.
Winter Is Coming... to HBO
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At last it can be told.
The news has finally been made public, so I'm finally free to whoop and holler and share the great news -- the HBO pilot of A GAME OF THRONES will start filming in October, in Northern Ireland. The announcement was made in Belfast. Here you go:
http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-ofmdfm/news-ofmdfm-210409-hbo-to-film.htm
Yes, I'm thrilled. Ireland should be a great place to film. And the facility we'll be using, the Paint Hall, is amazing as well:
http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/page.asp?id=211
Before it was a film studio, the Paint Hall was part of Belfast's famous Harland & Wolff Shipyards, where the TITANIC and many other ships were constructed. The facility is pretty titanic as well. Of course, all of us connected with A GAME OF THRONES are hoping we'll fare somewhat better on our own maiden voyage.
Yes, Parris and I will be going over to Ireland this fall to see at least part of the filming. Not for the whole shoot, alas, I don't have time for that... but we have to be there for at least part of it. Maybe we'll see some of you in a Belfast pub.
There's lots of other exciting news on the pilot as well, but nothing I can share. Sorry, lips are sealed. You'll have to wait for Mr. Benioff and Mr. Weiss... and HBO.
Which puts that series at about 5 books too many.
Which puts that series at about 13 books too many.
Which puts that series at about 13 books too many.
FYP
spent most of the last two days in bed, coughing and sleeping
And now it appears I've passed on this cold/ flu / whatever to my assistant Ty, who has passed it on to his wife. A plague sweeping through New Mexico.
I hate feeling sick.
SWINE FLUUUUUU!
I still maintain that that fat fuck needs to eat less pizza and watch less football so he doesn't fucking die before he's finished with soif.
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I'm slightly annoyed that they didn't dye Daenarys or Viserys's eyebrows.
I'm slightly annoyed that they didn't dye Daenarys or Viserys's eyebrows.
Gahh, now it's one of those things that I never noticed and now that I have it's gonna mega bother me.
You will also probably end up endorsing at least one of the noble Houses' and hating the rest/at least one other.
(in related news, House Targaryen for life, all hail the Stormborn)
You will also probably end up endorsing at least one of the noble Houses' and hating the rest/at least one other.
(in related news, House Targaryen for life, all hail the Stormborn)
You will also probably end up endorsing at least one of the noble Houses' and hating the rest/at least one other.. . . when you're reading a chapter from someone's perspective, I almost always want that person to succeed.
(in related news, House Targaryen for life, all hail the Stormborn)
You will also probably end up endorsing at least one of the noble Houses' and hating the rest/at least one other.
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I've actually very much found this not to be the case. One of the things I think he does really well is that, when you're reading a chapter from someone's perspective, I almost always want that person to succeed.
You will also probably end up endorsing at least one of the noble Houses' and hating the rest/at least one other.
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NO way. The Lannister characters are by far the most interesting.
Haha, hilariously, the friend that introduced me to the books also loves the Lannisters. We get along well. It's the Stark types I tend to butt heads with, and the Baratheons, well fuck those guys.
Haha, hilariously, the friend that introduced me to the books also loves the Lannisters. We get along well. It's the Stark types I tend to butt heads with, and the Baratheons, well fuck those guys.
Screw you, man. The Starks and Baratheons will have their revenge on all who opposed them. Winter is Coming after all. :mrgreen:
Finally got around to starting this extremely good series a couple of weeks ago and am nealy through Game of Thrones - yes this is a definitely compelling read with well developed characters, and even the tertiary characters aren't cut outs. Good to see that Mr. Bean is playing Eddard - he is one of the few actors I could see pulling this off. I haven't checked IMDB for the cast list, but I kept seeing Brian Blessed as Robert - anyone else think that would be a decent casting?
hopeful that Dany will end relations with her spiteful shit of a brother.
Just reached the halfway mark. My conclusions and predictions stand as follows:
- Dany is almost as annoying as her brother now. She will be insufferable once those eggs hatch.
- Ned Stark is not long for this world.
- Arya is destined to be a Faceless One or whatever those 'spensive assassins are called.
- Jamie has fathered all Cersei's children. As such, Jofferey's claim to the throne is illegitimate.
- Sansa is going to get seriously fucked over now that Lady is dead.
Obviously I'm fuzzy on the details, but your response tells me I've thought too far ahead for my own good.
The production values for costuming and set design look good, and the author approves (look at the HBO Canada site and they podcasts indicate that Mr. Martin knows abotu it, was at the set and approves) - so I have hopes.
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Eh, I'll never think of Eddard as stupid. More like Kant with a bitchin' sword.
Eh, I'll never think of Eddard as stupid. More like Kant with a bitchin' sword.
He had integrity, such a trait would have continued to make him even a greater danger/threat to Lancaster machinations.
Dangit I do not have time to read all these bloody books but these characters sound so freakin interesting.
Essentially Robb is made a king because Cersei got his father killed, I don't know how that's not manipulating the situation in self-defence.
He had integrity, such a trait would have continued to make him even a greater danger/threat to Lancaster machinations.
That only lasts a few chapters though.
This series keeps getting better. All the invented stuff this week was fantastic except for the Theon one which, even with wang was totally forgettable. Oh and the Aerie was absolutely stunning.Can we get that bearded dude on the right in on some of that face-multiplying meme action?
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Gregor Clegane is a real bad dude.
Is anyone else severely disappointed that Loras is played by a dude that who looks like he can't even lift a broadsword? I mean, whatever, they wanted to amp up the gay, but dang it at least get an actor that looks like a freaking knight and not someone who looks like one good hit would break him in half.
Also that definitely wasn't in the first book. Did not see that coming at all.
Neither are POV characters, so there weren't any actual scenes, yet their gayness was implied in the book : http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/mlarchives/faq/lorasrenly.html Spoilers in the Link
Yea, Loras does look quite a bit weak to be a knight.
I never found anything to do with Renly interesting enough to start reading carefully. That, and two men spending all their time together means approximately nothing to me, I guess.
Wow, this forum has really been preparing for GoT! I feel like quite the Johnny-come-lately. :psyduck: I'm absolutely loving it, and will read the books when it ends.
Guys, guys, The Rainbow Guard.
He'd read the buzz on the Internet, he knew it was going to happen. *maybe spoiler* Man, I was sitting on the edge of my seat being all "maybe he'll get out of it" even though I knew he wasn't.
Oh well! It's one of maybe two scenes so far in the series which I've found less than spectacular, so can't really complain!
Emmy worthy.
Wow, this forum has really been preparing for GoT! I feel like quite the Johnny-come-lately. :psyduck: I'm absolutely loving it, and will read the books when it ends.
Watching the series, I imagine that it would be quite confusing for those who haven't read the books.
Do you find that to be the case?
So did anyone see the shit go down that hadn't yet read the books?
Danny's hair survived the fire.
When the fire died at last and the ground became cool enough to walk upon, Ser Jorah Mormont found her amidst the ashes, surrounded by blackened logs and bits of glowing ember and the burnt bones of man and woman and stallion. She was naked, covered with soot, her clothes turned to ash, her beautiful hair all crisped away . . . yet she was unhurt.
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I read the series before I saw the show.
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Call me a jerk, but I think it's going to be hilarious.
No crannogmen either.
No crannogmen either.
Yeah! Where the fuck are Meera and Jojen? I love those little fuckers.
Tangentially, I don't remember Brienne kicking Jaime's ass that hard in the books.
Out of curiosity, at what point in the story are they now?
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I've always assumed a direct translation is simply "all men serve" and "all men die", with the "must" being implied. Or perhaps "valar" simply means "all humans".
You can still hiss "shut up" at the jackass gabbing in the back of class. Which is about all we can do. Remember you're not moving without permission in boot camp.
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Bron is my favorite character from the TV adaptation, closely followed By BreanI'm guessing that 'Bron' is Bronn, Tyrion's mercenary buddy, and 'Brean' is Brienne, the lady-knight with a crush on Renly. Right?
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Linds, the fourth one isn't awful, although it is the weakest of the series and it follows the best. The Cersei chapters are pretty bad, though. The books only color the show for me in the sense that I know more than the show reveals, and I know what's going to happen (although not always, and it rarely happens when I think it will).
The preview shows him running with a babyI know trailers always spoiler but DAMN.
I appreciate that this series isn't going for grand gestures and quick fixes. I expected Goffrey or whoever the fuck you spell it to last until the last episode of the last season and then get skewered by a Stark, but given that the Starks now basically don't exist...well...
Question: Was that Joffrey singing the rains of castamere in the end credits?
Damn it, HBO Go, hurry up.
damn it jamie, they worked so hard making you sympathetic, and now what'd you have to go and do...
There was a really good article about that on AV club... and it's more than a little creepy once you track on the implications.The article's here (http://www.avclub.com/article/rape-thrones-203499), if anyone's interested.
You see with Jaime I was hoping to see him change, showing him as total shit bag but he slowly starts changing (with the absence of his evil sister and being around noble Brienne). Even with the episode where he realizes there isnt much in the king's guard history about him, and Brienne trying to make him more honorable... But then he does this...
The article's here (http://www.avclub.com/article/rape-thrones-203499), if anyone's interested.
You're missing the point. Changing this scene to a rape makes even less narrative sense than changing Dany's relationship with Drogo.
Cept everyone's been saying Drogo's change didn't make sense either...
Having someone fall in love with their rapist is bad enough on its own.Yeah :-\
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Have you planted any Easter eggs in the show?
David Peterson: One of the biggest is from Episode 3 this season. There’s a scene where the Meereenese rider is challenging Daenerys’ champion. He’s shouting and Nathalie Emmanuel [Missandei] is translating – but she’s not translating what he’s saying. He’s actually saying a Low Valyrian translation of the French guy’s insults in ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail.’ That was [series creator] Dan Weiss’s idea and it was so hilarious that I had to do it.
Have fans caught on?
David Peterson: They know that something’s going on. Right after that episode aired, I was getting tweets like, “Is he saying a ‘your momma’ joke?” Close… But no, he’s actually starting out with, “Your mother is a hamster.” (x) (http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2014/5/8/interview-with-linguist-david-peterson)
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"Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name. Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Queen of Meereen, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons."
I wonder why they're taking Memorial Eve off.HBO likes to debut their big event movies on that night. That's also two weeks for the internet hype machine to build up the next episode.
My biggest complaint with this episode was the Moon Door effect. It was terrible-looking and definitely less than what I've come to expect from this show.
In fact, go back and watch Tyrion's trial in the Vale from Season ONE. When Bronn made Vardis fly it looked a LOT better than it did in last night's episode.
It's generally not a big deal when they change little things from the book, but I hated the replacement of "Only Cat" with "your sister". I mean...come on, he was talking about he only ever loved one person.
It's generally not a big deal when they change little things from the book, but I hated the replacement of "Only Cat" with "your sister". I mean...come on, he was talking about he only ever loved one person.
Apparently I'm the only book-reader who doesn't think that the "Only Cat" line is the BEST EVER and doesn't mind the change.
Wow, and I felt stupid when I didn't realize that Michelle Fairley was Hermione's mother.
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Also learned that Orell was the pirate with a glass eye from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Wow, and I felt stupid when I didn't realize that Michelle Fairley was Hermione's mother.
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Also learned that Orell was the pirate with a glass eye from Pirates of the Caribbean.
You mean Tonks?
That's not Michelle Fairley pictured (Michelle Fairley is Catelyn Stark). And yeah, I guess that is Tonks, I'm not sure.
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I'm more looking forward to fun on the crapper, if you catch my drift. Goddamn, I want to see that scene already.Same, it'd complete the trifecta of things I've been looking forward to all seasons, after the Purple Wedding and Gregor v. Oberyn. Btw, I was so worried that Gregor would fuck up his murderous monologue and he didn't. So happy.
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Oberyn: what a cunt.
Gareth's viewing experience of the fight:
Okay dude twirly spear shit doesn't win battles.
No one gives a fuck about what happened to your sister, you're, you know, fighting to save someone else's life.
STOP MONOLOGUING AND KILL THE MOTHERFUCKER.
Oh, look, I didn't see that coming. You stupid, stupid fuck.
If they actually kill Tyrien - and I really doubt they will - I would probably stop watching. I really don't root for anyone else.
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Edit: You know nothing, Jon Snow :'(
I need to stop internetting, just figured out who Arya and the Hound were talking to in the preview of the next episode. :x
The latest Mountain is only 25 years old. HE IS YOUNGER THAN I AM!!
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So did Varys get on the boat? I'm being told that didn't happen in the books but seems to be the case in the show.
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Slightly fuming because someone on another forum I go on's argument is basically 'oh well Cersei and Jamie had consensual sex in the last episode so the other episode clearly wasn't rape.'
THAT'S NOT HOW RAPE WORKS YOU FUCKING JACKASS
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(although that seems like a really unnecessary addition)What Gareth said, they didn't seem to realize they added that.
I don't get it :psyduck:Emperor's new groove joke.
Also, I read an article the other day that said the show isn't doing Lady Stoneheart...ever. :(Nah she'll be in it. Just maybe not as soon as fans would expect. Unless its officially from HBO then I wouldn't trust the article.
Also, I read an article the other day that said the show isn't doing Lady Stoneheart...ever. :(
Why would HBO spoil their own show?Also, I read an article the other day that said the show isn't doing Lady Stoneheart...ever. :(Nah she'll be in it. Just maybe not as soon as fans would expect. Unless its officially from HBO then I wouldn't trust the article.
Why would HBO spoil their own show?Also, I read an article the other day that said the show isn't doing Lady Stoneheart...ever. :(Nah she'll be in it. Just maybe not as soon as fans would expect. Unless its officially from HBO then I wouldn't trust the article.
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Has anyone read the Tales of Dunk and Egg? I've only read the Marvel comics version, the Hedge Knight and the Sworn Sword, but I really like how different things are compared to the Westeros in A Song of Fire and Ice.
Is it that hard to dye eyebrows?
Is it that hard to dye eyebrows?
Is it that hard to dye eyebrows?
Probably not, although they might be pricier than more "standard" colors.Is it that hard to dye eyebrows?
I want to know if it's that hard to get purple contacts.
Always going on about climate changeEasily my favorite line.
Dr. Bashir as the Prince of Dorne! And more! Also, I know they're aging the character but I'm so used to Myrcella being nine (although since Tommen's older now and Myrcella's older than Tommen, I guess they had to).YESSSS! Bashir was one of my favourite Characters in DS9, I love seeing him again.
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Ahhh, I thought you were saying that's why he didn't show up in the show, because they decided that happened off screen. (And using book stuff to make your point)So... precisely the opposite of what I was actually doing, using his lack of show appearance as possible speculation fodder for what may happen in the next book.
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Honestly, I think we are rapidly approaching the point where this becomes a completely different story than the books.I'd say episode 4 is when we irrevocably crossed that point but it's been heading there all season.
I dunno. It seems he doesn't have a lot of creative control over changes they make for the TV show. I'd probably get sick of people talking about a show I have no control over on my writing blog too...
Man, fuck GRRM for not wanting people to talk about the show on his site.Yeah, heaven forbid that someone might feel that they should have some control over the web-site they own and pay for, or that an author might want to use if for discussion of his work, rather than someone else's. I mean, how entitled can you get! :roll:
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Out of curiosity, how many important people died this season?
I can't think of any, this is not the GoT I know.
Out of curiosity, how many important people died this season?Mance Rayder and Barristan Selmy seem to be men of no importance to you. Even though one was King Beyond the Wall, and the other was Kingsguard to 4 (?) kings and one queen
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Out of curiosity, how many important people died this season?
I can't think of any, this is not the GoT I know.
God damn it, Stannis.
Anyone hoping Davos and Brienne team up?
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But right now I'm hoping that HBO will put out a statement saying that the series is on hiatus for a year or that GRRM anounces that he's gone off the books now and is going to write a book of poetry about his favourite zoo animals.You're a bad person.
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It refers to all his bastards, really.
I'm missing something.
I'm a-Freyd that slipped my mind somehow.
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Ok, so I may be remembering her wrong (and I'll look the actresses tomorrow, really tired now), but is there a chance that Melisandre was the witch that Cersei went to as a kid and got her prophecy?Btw, I was way off, I looked up that scene and that witch was a young woman.
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Just finished the new episode and I came pretty close to crying
Quainthe is in Qarth, one of the slaveholding cities in Slavers' Bay. (it is, right?)
I think this will be a plotline in the second half of this season.
but I think they could have easily had a solid ten full seasons.
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How great was that scene with Dany/Asha*? First time I've been outright glad they brought the Greyjoys back.
*I won't call her Yara. Fuck that noise.
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So that dude who weirdly resembled Ed Sheeran was just Ed Sheeran.
Apparently it was done by the directors as a surprise for Maise. The scene was important but really you could have had anyone do it. It did break my immersion. My question was, who is the guy that wants his baby to be a girl? He looks very familiar but I just cannot place him from where.
So that dude who weirdly resembled Ed Sheeran was just Ed Sheeran.
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Weirdly out of character behavior from Sam interrupts one of the biggest reveals the show’s done.
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From what I have heard, the last season is going to air late 2018 or early 2019.Yeeaaahhh I'd heard that rumour, and my initial thought was.. "NO FECKING WAY!!"
So they'll be milking the series that bit longer.
"The series will begin with the 1996 first book, "A Game of Thrones," and the intention is for each novel ... to fuel a season's worth of episodes. Martin has nearly finished the fifth installment, but won't complete the seven-book cycle until 2011."I still haven't started reading the series yet, but it's my understanding that the final volume is still unreleased because Martin has been writing prequels and side stories instead. Isn't that how Jordan died with the Wheel of Time left unfinished?
I've heard rumors, as yet unsubstantiated, that he might actually be planning on leaving it unfinished.Ah. Well fuck him then. If he doesn't care enough to finish the story, why should I bother to read it?
Well, there's no definite source I can give or find for it - as I said, is a rumour. It says that the idea of an unfinished magnum opus rather appeals to him. Besides, the publisher is not exactly pleased by his stated plan to have the two final books be 1500 pages each. Any other author, that kind of manuscript would be flatly refused, or simply published piecemeal. Personally, I'm not impressed by that either. Sure, it's a large effort, but it also hints at a lack of focus.Perhaps the story will kind of disappointingly fizzle out in the final volumes, like King's Dark Tower epic.
Sure, it's a large effort, but it also hints at a lack of focus.
Has this ever happened before?The Walking Dead is an ongoing comic book series with no end planned as yet, and the show was never a straight adaptation of the books.
A TV series being concluded by going beyond where the actual book series has gotten to?
I know The Walking Dead have veered from the comics at times, but the basuic narrative is the same isn;t it?
"The series will begin with the 1996 first book, "A Game of Thrones," and the intention is for each novel ... to fuel a season's worth of episodes. Martin has nearly finished the fifth installment, but won't complete the seven-book cycle until 2011."Wouldn't that have been nice? Hell, the fifth book itself that we was "nearly finished" with in 2007 came out in 2011.
He's gonna die without finishing the story, just like Robert Jordan."The series will begin with the 1996 first book, "A Game of Thrones," and the intention is for each novel ... to fuel a season's worth of episodes. Martin has nearly finished the fifth installment, but won't complete the seven-book cycle until 2011."Wouldn't that have been nice? Hell, the fifth book itself that we was "nearly finished" with in 2007 came out in 2011.
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Wow...there is a lot of hate on the web for this episode. There are many who don't hate it but the hate is quite palpable and louder than the praise. I personally liked the episode. For a story about competing for the throne of westeros It needs to end and we're nearly there.
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Okay, I didn't see the episode by I've read a few post-game recaps so here's my thoughts:(click to show/hide)
Okay, I didn't see the episode by I've read a few post-game recaps so here's my thoughts:(click to show/hide)
My opinion? After seeing the mixed response to seasons 7 and 8, G R R Martin may abandon writing the last books altogether. I understand that his fandom makes him more than a little uncomfortable and he may not be willing to invite this level of invective into his life any further.
Personally, I doubt the books will end like the series.
(Or, may end similarly to the series... but with a far more satisfying qualified resolution)