Game of Thrones [The TV Show Only; Please No Spoilers Based Upon the Books]

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Re-watching Seasons 1-3 while waiting for S4.

PH

I'm doing the same. Watched seasons 1 and 2 last week. Just finished the 4th episode of season 3 a few minutes ago. I love this series so much. Without a doubt my favorite part of the entire series was the last 10 minutes of S3E4. Pure badassery and the last shot was so awesome.

My buddy, who has read all the books claims there are numerous parts of season 4 that are even cooler than the scene I just mentioned. I can't wait.

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Originally posted by Whoopdido:

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Re-watching Seasons 1-3 while waiting for S4.

PH

I'm doing the same. Watched seasons 1 and 2 last week. Just finished the 4th episode of season 3 a few minutes ago. I love this series so much. Without a doubt my favorite part of the entire series was the last 10 minutes of S3E4. Pure badassery and the last shot was so awesome.

My buddy, who has read all the books claims there are numerous parts of season 4 that should be even cooler than the scene I just mentioned. I can't wait.

I'm just about finished reading A Dance With Dragons - can't wait to see how several storylines are depicted by HBO.

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Originally posted by gigabit:
I'm just about finished reading A Dance With Dragons - can't wait to see how several storylines are depicted by HBO.

I think it's pretty clear book four and five will have to be woven together. I would assume over two seasons.

I read somewhere they were looking at between 7-10 seasons, perhaps even a movie to really show off the dragons.

Im conflicted about this series. I love it but I am tempering how into I get because I have no faith it will be finished by the original author.

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Originally posted by jburman82:
I read somewhere they were looking at between 7-10 seasons, perhaps even a movie to really show off the dragons.

Im conflicted about this series. I love it but I am tempering how into I get because I have no faith it will be finished by the original author.

The movie idea was floated by Martin. I really think it would be wrong. As for him finishing this series, especially taking into account his morbid obesity and slowing down to a book every five to six years, it's very possible it will not be concluded. However in the case of Robert Jordon's series, another author came in to finish it.

In regard to finishing the TV series Martin has given the producers an overview.

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Originally posted by The Old Man:

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Originally posted by jburman82:
I read somewhere they were looking at between 7-10 seasons, perhaps even a movie to really show off the dragons.

Im conflicted about this series. I love it but I am tempering how into I get because I have no faith it will be finished by the original author.

The movie idea was floated by Martin. I really think it would be wrong. As for him finishing this series, especially taking into account his morbid obesity and slowing down to a book every five to six years, it's very possible it will not be concluded. However in the case of Robert Jordon's series, another author came in to finish it.

In regard to finishing the TV series Martin has given the producers an overview.

I thought the movie idea was more to just kind of wrap up the whole thing. Like once the series pretty much finishes up, they would do a movie to kind of wrap up each storyline in a big way.

I don't know...I heard Martin say something about how the series could just take a year off while he writes. How bout you get your fat ass behind a desk and write the frickin thing? I've been calling this guy Tolkien Jr. for a while and I think I'm right.

Who knows...maybe if he croaks, as long as the show runners know where he's planning on going with it, they can do it justice.

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Originally posted by Whoopdido:

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Originally posted by The Old Man:

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Originally posted by jburman82:
I read somewhere they were looking at between 7-10 seasons, perhaps even a movie to really show off the dragons.

Im conflicted about this series. I love it but I am tempering how into I get because I have no faith it will be finished by the original author.

The movie idea was floated by Martin. I really think it would be wrong. As for him finishing this series, especially taking into account his morbid obesity and slowing down to a book every five to six years, it's very possible it will not be concluded. However in the case of Robert Jordon's series, another author came in to finish it.

In regard to finishing the TV series Martin has given the producers an overview.

I thought the movie idea was more to just kind of wrap up the whole thing. Like once the series pretty much finishes up, they would do a movie to kind of wrap up each storyline in a big way.

How bout you get your fat ass behind a desk and write the frickin thing? I've been calling this guy Tolkien Jr. for a while and I think I'm right.

I thought his problem was that he writes too much. I heard his current manuscript is at like 1,800 pages.

Recent WSJ Article

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Originally posted by gigabit:
Recent WSJ Article

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There’s been recent talk about a “Game of Thrones” movie to finish the series.

GRRM: Yes, I got in trouble for that. [laughs]

This came as no surprise to me.

Just a few hours to go!!

PH

5 hours!!!!

Ultimately, I'll wait for the next damn book. I'll buy the blu-ray when it comes out, but I've never found any movie or AV production that could out-do a well constructed book.

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Originally posted by SD-Wineaux:
Ultimately, I'll wait for the next damn book. I'll buy the blu-ray when it comes out, but I've never found any movie or AV production that could out-do a well constructed book.

Well, you are making an assumption that the next book will be well constructed. The last two were... disappointing... to most people.

Also, for those who say that a movie can never be better than the book, I say: "Shawshank"

Arya and Hound dynamics is going to be fun to watch this season

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Originally posted by Parcival:
Arya and Hound dynamics is going to be fun to watch this season

Arya and the Hound won't (oops, no spoilers).

I had a hard time getting through the book. My plan was to read them all leading up to this season, but the first book was such a grind that I just gave up. I assume it was because the first season pretty much follows the first book practically word for word, but it was just so tedious reading it. I got to like page 500 and essentially nothing had happened. It took 500 pages to say what the first 4 or 5 episodes said.

I'm not a huge reader, so that puts me behind the eight ball so to speak, but I just think that Martin, very much like Tolkien, is simply too wordy. He has so much fluff that it makes it really difficult to trudge through it. Maybe books 2 and 3 are different, but I felt that the tv show was vastly more entertaining than what I read of the first book. It seems like the tv show is able to eliminate Martin's crap and turn a 1,200 page snooze fest into a gripping and extremely entertaining 10 hours of television.

Maybe someday I'll try the books again, but for now, I'll stick to the tv show.

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Originally posted by Rothko:

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Originally posted by SD-Wineaux:
Ultimately, I'll wait for the next damn book. I'll buy the blu-ray when it comes out, but I've never found any movie or AV production that could out-do a well constructed book.

Well, you are making an assumption that the next book will be well constructed. The last two were... disappointing... to most people.

Those people were wrong.

Shocking, but obvious.

HBO might finish series without waiting for the books

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by Parcival:
Arya and Hound dynamics is going to be fun to watch this season

Arya and the Hound won't (oops, no spoilers).

Wha wha what? There must be something in the books (which I haven't read).

That said, books worth reading at this point? Have heard great things but have heard that as HBO gets further into the show it departs more and more from the books