I think finishing the 5th book just in time is a problem that the show is not going to have since it should have been out like yesterday!
And getting to the point of a sixth season is a problem HBO would love to have with this show.
Let's be honest it is not likely that this show is getting more than 2 seasons if it is not a real game changer.
http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/03/...ut-fairley-in/
Catelyn Stark has been recast.
Yup this just spoiled me an awesome cliffhanger...normally I would have thought that Cat cuts Jaime's beautifull head of but now it was obvious that he lost his hand...Originally Posted by Dasquian Belargic
BTW I loved that scene in the book. "There are no men like me. There is just me!"
"I normally don't throw children out of the window in order to increase their health."
About Jamie - yes, a real spoiler - Catelyn doesn't cut anything off of him.
Arya horseface practicing with needle.
http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/04/...ms-practising/
Hell this show needs a third season...I just read this scene in "A storm of swords"...in which Robb dies. This is so heartbreaking and I didn't see this treachery coming after Edmure's future wife(now widow I guess) was not one of Walder's ugly daughters. This was certainly a highlight in the books so far...I guess Arya has a lot more names to add to her prayer now. This is so heartbreaking.
BTW thanks for this thread people since without it I would have missed a lot of fun. I guess it is time to order the 4th book soon...
A Storm of Swords is the best book of the series.
^^I totaly agree with you Lil. A storm of swords was the best book in the series so far. Once I am done with a feast for crows I would love to share some theories here where I think the story is heading. I have got my own theory right now who Jon's mother is.
...but I guess I will share this with you once I am done with the 4th book.
oh and btw my brother's wedding is this weekend...
...so according to Martin I should be very carefull: Surviving a battle seems to be a lot more easy than a wedding. I caught myself feeling pitty for poor little Joffrey. Assholes like him should die by the sword and not by poison.
Last edited by Crusader; May 5th, 2010 at 11:11:59 AM.
Joffrey deserves no pity. I frickin hate that kid. It was intensely satisfying that he died. Even though it was an awful way to go.
Feast is a good book, but nothing can really compare to Storm of Swords.
edit: As far as theories as to who Jon's mom is, I have my own as well. But I didn't really come up with myself, I read other people's theories on it. It seems sound though! And Jon isn't really in Feast at all.
Another casting change - Emilia Clarke will now be playing Daenerys Targaryen.
http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/...e-is-daenerys/
Personally, I'm glad. The previous actress is sooo annoying as Katherine Howard in The Tudors. I'm not sure whether this is just because that character is writing to be as obnoxious as possible, but either way I am glad she has been replaced.
Hehe I think I now understand what you mean because it won't be possibel to tell the story like he did in a Feast for Crows. If they want to do it right they have to split a Storm of Swords into 2 seasons because a lot of shit is going down in this book and it really deserves to be not rushed in any way. Then they will need to merge A dance with dragons and a feast for crows into 2 simultanious running seasons otherwise they would have to send 50% of the cast on vacation for a year.I hope the writers for the show are ready to improvise the 5th season.
So the production plan would look a little bit lik this:
A Game of Thrones 2011
A Clash of Kings 2012
A Storm of Swords (Part one) 2013
A Storm of Swords (Part two) 2014
A Feast for Crows (Part one) and A Dance with Dragons (Part one) 2015
A Feast for Crows (Part two) and A Dance with Dragons (Part two) 2016
(so George R.R. Martin has got 5 years from now to finish a Dance with Dragons and the Wind of Winter)
The Winds of Winters 2017
(If he tries to merge the story lines again this might be just as big as A Storm of Swords)
A Dream of Spring 2018 or 2019
(OK if Martin does not know how his Song of Ice and Fire ends until 2017 or 2018 HBO will be screwed or happy that they have cancelled this show years ago)
I hope we do get more than a couple of seasons out of this. There is so much potential, and the cast seems to be largely people who don't have any other big commitments on the horizon, people who generally have been playing smaller roles so should hopefully relish the chance to be centre stage - which the exception of Sean Bean, but for obvious reasons he has a limited time with the show so that shouldn't be a problem.
WINTER IS COMING
Winter Is Coming
They have got a new sub-site on HBO featuring an image of Sean Bean as Ned Stark.
http://www.hbo.com/#/game-of-thrones
And here is a HD version of the trailer in QT
http://hbo.vo.llnwd.net/o32/av/progr...29901-1-hi.mov
Last edited by Crusader; Jun 14th, 2010 at 08:55:41 AM.
YESYESYESYES
Saw it yesterday in front of True Blood - can't wait!
But I will. And if you're a true aSoIaF fan you're used to waiting....
http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/...promises-more/
Loras has been casted and he looks like a real knight of flowers...
I actually took until my second read through to realize that Loras and Renly were gay.
for real?
Yeah that's the great thing about GRRM: he hints more than he actually writes...but seriously Holly, Jaime himself says that it was a good choice by the Tyrells to give him the white coat since it is hard to find a match for a man with his preferences.
There is one scene in A Game of Thrones where Arya overhears a conversation in the catacombs of the Red Keep. This conversation of conspirators is never ever mentioned in the books again although the identity of the people talking to each others is never revealed it is obvious that we must know at least one of them and that they are part of a bigger plan. A Feast for Crows Spoiler My theory is that one of these characters must be either Varys, Pycelle or Little Finger.
A Feast for Crows is not as awesome as A Storm of Swords (BTW Jenny finish reading this book it is great!) but one scene with Little Finger and Sansa made me rethink and evaluate who is really a player and who is pawn in this Game of Thrones. This is what makes this book so enjoyable in the end: So many conspiracys are hinted that it is hard to track them all.
Cersei is obviously a pawn... and so is Stannis but I never saw it coming that the prince of Dorne is a player although there are some hints in Danys storyline as well at least I try to read this into the story. I still haven't figured out if Little Finger is a player or a pawn that wants to become a queen. He obviously has a plan of his own.
Last edited by Crusader; Jun 22nd, 2010 at 06:47:31 PM.
I've probably said this before but Littlefinger MUST be James Callis..
And the Red Keep conspirators one of them must be Varys, because we know he knew about the secret passages in the Red Keep.
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