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Game of Thrones (HBO)

having read the books, I thought that the surprise elements were handled well.

But they didn't do all of them! At this point, it's obvious that there will be at least one extra season covering both parts of book 3 and 4; and I would imagine at least one more extra season covering books 4 and 5.

So for the five written book so far, I'm guessing seven seasons. Hopefully Martin will have written book six (and even more remote-hope, book seven) by the time the show gets to season eight.
 
OMFG Game of thrones Why!

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Seriously! I just watched the second to the last episode WHY! WTF WHY MUST THEY DO THIS TO ME!

DAMNIT! First Eddard now Rob! WHYYYY!!! John Snow will get revenge!! DEATH TO ALL!!!
 
Anyone recommend a good iphone/ipad companion app that I can use side by side while reading the books and watching the show?
 
rhett7660 said:
Can't wait..... and yup the red wedding was pretty brutal~~! :eek:
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I've not read the particular book yet where this is described, but I'm happy I saw it on the screen and was surprised by it instead of reading the book first. The situation where I had read the book first, made Season 2 not as enjoyable because I kept realizing how much material had been dropped to fit it into 10 episodes. :)
 
Huntn said:
The situation where I had read the book first, made Season 2 not as enjoyable because I kept realizing how much material had been dropped to fit it into 10 episodes. :)
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Having not read the books, the TV show seems like it has enough detailed plots going on. I can't imagine trying to keep track of everything in the books!
 
aristobrat said:
Having not read the books, the TV show seems like it has enough detailed plots going on. I can't imagine trying to keep track of everything in the books!
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There is so much going on in the books that the tv show comes across more as an outline of the story and in some ways feels hollow. The best season was the first one. Personally I'm thinking they should split the books into 2 seasons each.

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albertfallickwa said:
Watched episode 1 of season 1 already and can we just say wow... that was intense.
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This author, George Martin likes to kick the audience in their teeth. No character appears to be sacred. :)
 
Huntn said:
There is so much going on in the books that the tv show comes across more as an outline of the story and in some ways feels hollow. The best season was the first one. Personally I'm thinking they should split the books into 2 seasons each.

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This author, George Martin likes to kick the audience in their teeth. No character appears to be sacred. :)
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The corrupt queen and her brother making whoopee certainly shows that nothing is sacred in the supposedly primitive society that exists back then. And the show doesn't shy away from that type of stuff.

Lord of the Rings, this ain't.
 
Huntn said:
I've not read the particular book yet where this is described, but I'm happy I saw it on the screen and was surprised by it instead of reading the book first. The situation where I had read the book first, made Season 2 not as enjoyable because I kept realizing how much material had been dropped to fit it into 10 episodes. :)
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The good news, or I should say, the rumors I am hearing is the next book, is being broken up over two seasons. I don't know if this is true though. I read via my RSS feed. But it was just a rumor at the time.
 
rhett7660 said:
The good news, or I should say, the rumors I am hearing is the next book, is being broken up over two seasons. I don't know if this is true though. I read via my RSS feed. But it was just a rumor at the time.
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the last 2 books take place at the same time but each one takes place with different characters. book 4 has lots of filler as well as 5 that they can probably do them in 2-3 seasons

from the latest trailer it looks like the next season will have parts of book 4 in it
 
I'm looking forward more to this premiere more than my own birthday. I like all the Starks so I hope they can do more this season.
 
impulse462 said:
I'm looking forward more to this premiere more than my own birthday. I like all the Starks so I hope they can do more this season.
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not going to spoil it, but the bran story line was my least favorite in the books. especially how it ended for him.
 
albertfallickwa said:
The corrupt queen and her brother making whoopee certainly shows that nothing is sacred in the supposedly primitive society that exists back then. And the show doesn't shy away from that type of stuff.

Lord of the Rings, this ain't.
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In this story it is disdained. You might think it's some alien world, and this might be an extreme case, but in the Age of Enlightenment, incest was pretty rampant in European royal families, (as well as around the world). All about keeping the power and money in the family. My impression is that they did not have a good handle on the consequences of incest from a health standard. Morally it was ok as far as I know. :)

rhett7660 said:
The good news, or I should say, the rumors I am hearing is the next book, is being broken up over two seasons. I don't know if this is true though. I read via my RSS feed. But it was just a rumor at the time.
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Great news!

alent1234 said:
the last 2 books take place at the same time but each one takes place with different characters. book 4 has lots of filler as well as 5 that they can probably do them in 2-3 seasons

from the latest trailer it looks like the next season will have parts of book 4 in it
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As a rule I don't care for this approach. The bad news is that I don't think they will do this in the show, which means they have less material to run the story, the good news is that they might combine the stories and take a couple of seasons to tell this part of the story arc.

alent1234 said:
not going to spoil it, but the bran story line was my least favorite in the books. especially how it ended for him.
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You all ready have! :p Don't say another word. I hate it when I have vested myself in characters who have the life snatched out of them or some other terrible fate. ;) It does make for an interesting story though. I assume dragon lady is going to be in the the middle of "the final" conflict whenever that is. Based on how this series goes, good guys who have been held up seem to be subsequently skewered, so now when someone seems to get an advantage, I prepare myself for disappointment.

I predict the dwarf will marry the Dragon Lady and they will live happily ever after with his squeeze on the side. :p;):D
 
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book 5 ended with no final conflict and no winter yet

Winds of Winter is supposed to be coming soon and there might be another one after that. GRRM is worse than Peter jackson

and the bran story line didn't end, i hated the whole thing including what happened to him in the last book
 
I know I shouldn't but the story line of Theon Greyjoy is excruciating to watch at times. Those scenes are some of the more visceral scenes of torture on screen.

Talk about a removing ones masculinity. :eek:
 
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