Game of Thrones
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I know some people here will be excited by this, I know I am!
http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-.html
http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-.html
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In spite of my dissapointment with GRRM, im am so stoked for this. Its going to be amazing. I'm going to be getting hbo just for this show because I want to see the entire thing, not just one season. Hopefully it hits big. Please don't just download it if you can afford to support it
But spring 2011 is soooooo far away
I only ever finished the first book (the second book is on my desk waiting to be read.. I've had it for the past year, I just need to start it!), but I really enjoyed it.
Can't freaking wait.
Its shocking, but some people have a different opinion.
I loved the books..although the last one pissed me off..I wanted more of a certain person
I'll take 1 season of this over nothing at all.
But that's what makes it unique instead of most nonstop magical action fantasies. There is more action in the latter books though.
This is probably my most favorite book series. I don't think HBO will screw it up, they've made a lot of great series. Well, at least I really hope they don't.
As for a Dance With Dragons, we just won't talk about that.
You and me both, brother. GRRM's splitting the POVs between Feast and Dance has made for a ridiculous wait on some characters - literally 10 years since we last had a new scene for them. On his blog, it sounds like he's actually making progress, but at this point, it's hard to believe anything. Robert Jordan fucking DIED, and his series will still get wrapped up before Martin's will
i'd rather wait then let someone else finish the series.
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.html
What's your opinion if Martin croaks but leaves notes and unfinished chapters behind? Not interested?
Main thing that worries me with a low budget is having to overly cheat the scale of things. Large armies and sprawling castles etc. The books have an epic sense of scale that I hope they can pull off.
I'll probably still watch the series as that's all the Song of Ice and Fire I'm likely to get for some time. I'll probably even enjoy it as the story behind it is one of the best I've ever read and HBO has a history of making great tv series.
As for books I think it's time to find something new to read rather than wait...
My favorite book series by far, and I just started re-reading the series this past month so great timing.
I guess thats true, thats one reason I like the new Battlestar, it was more about the people than it was about the fantastical.
I wasnt paying attention either, I thought it was going to be a movie so it being a series, now they will be able to pay attention much more to the human element.
what's your opinion if dinosaurs ruled the earth?
i like these books because of Martin's writing and sense of world. If it takes him a bit longer to make a good book, i'm fine with that. giving it to another author who could spit out a book in six months would be fucking stupid, in my opinion, and would destroy the series.
if for some reason he dies but left copious notes, i would only be satisfied if a competent writer could ape his style perfectly. otherwise fuck it. it'd be like watching AVP all over again.
Totally amped.
you know what's going to happen don't you? The last book he wrote too long, so he split it off into another book. Now he's on this one, and he keeps thinking he's almost done, but he writes just a bit more, and a bit more, and a bit more, until we're where we're at now with Dance being at 1200 pages or some shit already, so he's gonna split this book in half, and then the next book will be split in half, and this will continue on until he dies of a heart attack, never finishing.
If dinosaurs ruled the earth, I'd likely curse their sudden but inevitable betrayal.
Anyway, I didn't ask you if you were interested in having another author quickly spit out a book and destroy the series. I assume everyone's answer to that would be 'no.' I was curious as to whether you're okay with just letting it hang unfinished forever rather than get a conclusion. Brandon Sanderson has been successful picking up for Robert Jordan, though (4.5 stars at Amazon) and it took him about two years after Jordan's death to publish, with two more books to go. He hasn't perfectly mimicked Jordan's style, but it's pretty close. For what it's worth, I'd rather get 90% of the 'voice' and read how Jordan (or Martin) intended the series to end than let their stories go untold. Notes and unpublished material would probably make me happy as well.
I believe Martin has said his series dies with him, so if he doesn't finish it, no will. You'll never have to worry about reading a shitty SOIAF novel, unless Martin writes it himself
I read a lot of SF/F forums, and I think the general complaint is that Martin does so much outside finishing Dance. He writes and edits other projects, he travels a lot for conventions and the like, he's been involved with the HBO production, he blogs about pro football, etc. He hasn't spent the last five years grinding away at finishing just the one book, which some people seem to think he should.
I don't begrudge Martin taking his time, though the wait is obviously no fun. If there was any one author I could speed up, it would be Patrick Rothfuss. He's be rewriting and revising the shit out of his series since 2002. If his writing wasn't so goddamn good, I might not mind so much, but fuck - that guy can tell a story!
Season2 is coming next month
ps. this trailer has talk about dragons. so i like it better
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None the less I'm realy exited to see what's happening next in the series, good thing the wait will soon be over!
@ almighty_gir - that's frickin' cool!