ASOIAF / Game of Thrones (SPOILERS INSIDE) - Page 153

Patriam1066 · #1 02-04-2015, 12:16 AM

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trailer was interesting. Jaime in Dorne almost assures there will be no stone heart either. they could give her revenge plots to sansa maybe? who knows.

as far as Aegon, also had him pegged as a blackfyre or straight up fake, so not a big shocker there. just sucks cause now i know that any chapters with aegon are a waste of time.

the thing that pisses me off the most is the apparent cutting of Victarion and Euron. even moreso than Arianne Martell being cut, an i believe replaced with Oberyns whore from last season.

also saw Kevan and Lancel Lannister on the cast sheets, which means more changes, or they need to put Varys back in KL at some point

I can't believe Victarion and Euron aren't going to be in it. I hope this means that the show is just going in a completely different direction from the books. If they play no part in the books I'll be very disappointed. I was looking forward to the battle at Meereen but figured Victarion would play a greater role than that. Who knows

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I'm really starting to dislike GRRM for selling the rights to HBO at this point. Having a show finish your main plot for you when you've been writing since 1997 is honestly a bit sad and a disservice to your fans.

Yeah. Couldn't agree more. At this point, I'm debating whether I even finish the show before the books are completed, because if they spoil the ending, that would almost ruin the books. I don't think they will, but it's bad when you're having to hope that they bastardize the source material because the author of it is such a dick.

Patriam1066 · #2 02-04-2015, 12:23 AM

Lol I just watched the trailer. No worries, they're completely going away from the books. I'm happy about that. Now if we could just get the Winds of Winter I'd be ecstatic.

Sirken · #3 02-04-2015, 12:37 AM

we can hope i suppose

beyondinfin · #4 02-04-2015, 08:29 PM

No Kingsmoot or Stoneheart on this show is so bloody depressing...as is the fact that the show is beginning to emphasize certain characters vs others. I find it infuriating because it starts to bring on the questions of how important are certain characters to the books plot, and that really stinks. Im on my second read of the books and they blow the show out of the water (and the second read through is better than the first).

Im praying that GRRM gave D&D some kind of false/half ending, or D&D will craft their own story going forward...or maybe after the show ends GRRM can just say fuck it and throw us all for a loop in some badass epic ending, but either way the show is starting to ruin it (especially with that trailer), and that's just shitty.

PS If Jamie goes to Dorne then I predict him and Bronn go. I think Bronn will then take over Oakhearts part, since him and Jaime got all chummy in season 4.

Mandalore93 · #5 02-05-2015, 06:38 PM

Martin was 41 when he began writing GOT. That's the height of most people's productivity/earning. He finished the first trilogy (all published) by 2000 then took another 11 years to write two more books. I think he just didn't realize how big an undertaking it would be at the outset. But by the point he sold the rights in 2007 I think he should have known then that his writing pace would probably be eclipsed by a show.

Pint · #6 02-05-2015, 06:59 PM

Was so disappointed when a friend told me the she would overtake the books. I don't have the will power to not watch the show first knowing that martin is going to pull a Jordan and keel over before finishing.

Aenor · #7 02-05-2015, 10:14 PM

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But by the point he sold the rights in 2007 I think he should have known then that his writing pace would probably be eclipsed by a show.

Couldn't have known. Most of us go through life with the best of intentions. You can read through the history of this thread and it took some time for it to set in that the show was going to overrun the books. If Winds of Winter was coming out this spring, the show wouldn't be overrunning the books.

And yeah, he bit off more than he could chew, just like Robert Jordan. My pal that I played EQ live with back in the day gave me the first 6-7 books of Wheel of Time. I tore through them and realized he was only halfway done with the series at best. I told my pal Ratch right then that Jordan would never live to finish the series. I'll be amazed if Martin lives to finish his either. I think he's having trouble finishing it because his mind's already going.

katrik · #8 02-06-2015, 04:00 PM

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HOLY SHIT! Episode 1 got leaked on youtube!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqgdyn6wg7E

bahahaha!

Patriam1066 · #9 02-06-2015, 09:02 PM

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HOLY SHIT! Episode 1 got leaked on youtube!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqgdyn6wg7E

LOL he turned his head and coughed. Also the dinklage part hahahaha

Sirken · #10 02-07-2015, 03:54 PM

im gonna be really angry if they try to put a pretty lil bow on this story and give everyone happy endings. if Jon is gonna hookup with his aunt and rule the land together with her, im going to throw up and burn my books. not just the grrm books either. ill just be done with reading all together.