Game of Thrones

Eagles_Legendz · April 07, 2014, 04:35:29 PM

Show had a pretty massive viewership jump from 5.5 million last season finale to 6.6 last night. Last season opened with 4.4.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/07/game-of-thrones-premiere-ratings-4/

smeags · April 07, 2014, 09:47:59 PM

Just got done watching the premier. Excellent set.up for the upcoming season.

Spoiler alert.

People will die

Eagles_Legendz · April 08, 2014, 02:10:05 AM

these guys are non-book readers and awesome if you have the interest & time to kill. no spoilers for those of you who haven't read the books other than the fact that they speculate about what is seen in trailers (but I'm pretty sure most everyone watches the trailers and it's only speculation).

the videos are long but good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGENknBibZI

smeags · April 08, 2014, 09:52:01 AM

i read part of the summaries of the 3rd & 4th books so i have an idea of whats coming this season. even with that my reaction will be shock to actually see it on tv.

SunMo · April 08, 2014, 09:57:40 AM

i feel like i read book 4 but i honestly can't remember. i know i started one and became burned out after reading the first 3 or 4 in blazing fashion. maybe book 4 is the one i started and never finished. where did you find the summaries?

smeags · April 08, 2014, 10:25:57 AM

a song of fire and ice wiki.

so its probably all wrong.

TexasEagle · April 08, 2014, 11:11:08 AM

Quote from: SunMo on April 08, 2014, 09:57:40 AM
i feel like i read book 4 but i honestly can't remember. i know i started one and became burned out after reading the first 3 or 4 in blazing fashion. maybe book 4 is the one i started and never finished. where did you find the summaries?

That's what I was saying before. Book 4 (Feast for Crows) is a CHORE to read. So farging boring. I don't know how it'll translate to TV, even as an adaption. (minor spoiler I guess:) [spoiler]shtein, most of the main characters (that haven't been killed yet) are barely in the book.[/spoiler]

smeags · April 08, 2014, 11:27:07 AM

from what i read books 4 & 5 happen simultaneously but at different locations.

TexasEagle · April 08, 2014, 11:30:45 AM

Yeah, they just stuck most of the minor/less popular/less interesting characters in book 4 then book 5 took another 3 years to come out after that. It was the most farging retarded way to do it. They released a filler book that most people didn't like and followed it up with another filler book that was almost as unpopular. Who knows when book 6 will ever be released. He must type a word a day.

Munson · April 08, 2014, 03:08:06 PM

A slight alteration to last page's gif...

Eagles_Legendz · April 08, 2014, 03:16:23 PM

renewed today for seasons 5 & seasons 6

SunMo · April 08, 2014, 03:17:40 PM

Quote from: smeags on April 08, 2014, 10:25:57 AM
a song of fire and ice wiki.

so its probably all wrong.

i read the 4th book recap on there.... even the recap was boring.

Eagles_Legendz · April 08, 2014, 03:28:14 PM

they're obviously going to combine the 4th & 5th book since they run concurrently (that's not a spoiler). The problem is there's maybe one season worth of material there in 3000 pages. The biggest problem with them is GRRM got out of control with world building -- too many inconsequential characters with inconsequential chapters.

Basically, the creators are going to need to take a cleaver to those books and make some creative decisions to spice the material up. The rest of this season should be awesome, and there a lot of interesting things in play by the end of ADWD, but season 5 of the show is going to be what really tests the talent of Benioff & Weiss because they're going to need to make difficult choices and go off the path a little to keep the quality of the show at the level it's reached (and I think, is likely to exceed this season). We'll see how they do.

smeags · April 08, 2014, 03:43:32 PM

Quote from: SunMo on April 08, 2014, 03:17:40 PM
Quote from: smeags on April 08, 2014, 10:25:57 AM
a song of fire and ice wiki.

so its probably all wrong.

i read the 4th book recap on there.... even the recap was boring.

most of the good stuff is in book 3 no doubt.

i havent read a lot of how the series is going to play out. are they putting a five year cap on this thing ?

Munson · April 08, 2014, 03:45:51 PM

Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on April 08, 2014, 03:28:14 PM
they're obviously going to combine the 4th & 5th book since they run concurrently (that's not a spoiler). The problem is there's maybe one season worth of material there in 3000 pages. The biggest problem with them is GRRM got out of control with world building -- too many inconsequential characters with inconsequential chapters.

Basically, the creators are going to need to take a cleaver to those books and make some creative decisions to spice the material up. The rest of this season should be awesome, and there a lot of interesting things in play by the end of ADWD, but season 5 of the show is going to be what really tests the talent of Benioff & Weiss because they're going to need to make difficult choices and go off the path a little to keep the quality of the show at the level it's reached (and I think, is likely to exceed this season). We'll see how they do.

My thinking is that book 4/5 will bleed into the end of this season, and then next season is going to be the rest of books 4 and 5 combined.

Season 6 will, IMO, be the first half of book 6 if it's out....Season 7 will be the last half of book 6/first half of book 7...and the 8th and final season will finish out book 7.

That's how it should go down, but GRRM isn't going to have the 7th book out by the time we get to season 7.

I'd pay a great deal of my zesty low income to see them do one season on either 1. Robert's Rebellion or 2. 10 episodes based on various histories and lores of Westeros, ie one episode about the Kingswood Brotherhood, one about the circumstances surrounding the Knight of the Laughing Tree, etc.