Or not.Fucking rumours.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/18/ga...ones-season-5/
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Or not.Fucking rumours.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/18/ga...ones-season-5/
How does the show compare to the books?
Books fit on a moderate shelf betterQuote:
Originally Posted by Zangaknight
Colors are more present on show
Show has voices and special effects
More actors in the show
Electronic shows (unless captured) tend to be gone when no longer broadcast
Shows require cable/High-Speed Internet and electricity
Books require visible lighting
Books require imagination; shows require tolerance of HBO scripting changes
Tits. You get more tits with the show.
Because of budgetary constraints limiting the FX,on the TV show Dany is now referred to as "The mother of cats" and instead of people being burned alive they drown in hairballs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zangaknight
Also HBO didn't think that the audience would warm to a dwarf as one of the pivotal characters so on the series Tyrion is played by David Hasselhoff.
Thank you for the above posts on GoT! :)
(I have all the audio books of GoT.... if I listened to the first one would I be safe to assume it would not ruin the HBO series so fat?) :alien:
(Btw,, "Mr Mercedes" by SK is very good too.) :alien:
The ones read by Roy Dotrice? They're great. You can get away with reading all of ASoS, if you skip the epilogue.
A lot of the storyline in books 4 & 5 happen simultaneously so I'm currently listening to him read the two in this hybrid order (mild spoilers further down the page).
I feel like that "Whoever said history was boring" quote is pretty misleading and a poor comparison. Yes, there are parallels to major figures in history but unlike in Game of Thrones they weren't all occurring at the same time, they weren't in the same small piece of the world, and they weren't intricately intertwined with eachother like they are in the books. The books are clearly a dramatization of the events they (could've been) inspired from, and while it isn't to say that history is painfully boring, it isn't exactly that Game of Thrones has revealed "history" for the hip, awesome, cool grandmother that no one ever knew about or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by megabyteme
On another note...
Spoiler: ShowLSH confirmed axed from the show. :(
The only thing I'm clinging on to now is the hope that it was just a play on words... alluding to the fact that Catelyn is, well, dead. In more ways than one.
It seems like the show is deviating from the books more and more these days...
The takeaway I had from that, as someone who only watches the show, was GRRM had not entirely created this world of characters and events himself. I found it interesting from the perspective of someone who is currently a little better than half-way through a Master's degree in English (how did I ever get here?) how a writer could draw from a historical base without creating a history book.
Similarly, the show writers/producers are working from the books without creating an exact copy. Keeps it interesting to watch, doesn't it?
Readers of the book know of main events and characters in much the same way history buffs may know of events/bloodlines/battles without knowing what lies fully ahead. There's also the perspective of the actors who choose to not know their character's fate, as well as those of us either too illiterate/lazy/willing to wait for the shows to air to learn what direction the show will take the story.
The books allow for a more in-depth description of people and events. However I believe the show is doing the book justice.
A friend who read the books said Game of thrones (novels) is not completed yet. In fact, GOT season 4 has caught up with the books. Going forward, the series producers going to have to make up their own materials.
Pretty decent article about Dinklage from a couple years back.
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movi...f_thrones.html
Not quite true... there is much more to cover although admittedly the screenwriters have omitted many threads... I believe they have enough material for one more season*.Quote:
Originally Posted by G0OS3
A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2005)
*A Dance with Dragons (2011)*
Quote:
Originally Posted by piercerseth
YES! Okay, I have your hybrid order bookmarked. I will start in a day or two after I finish DK's "Strangers" (No SK, very mild, but a good read.)
Thank you too Vesti! :) I'm looking forward to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by VestibuleNot quite true... there is much more to cover although admittedly the screenwriters have omitted many threads... I believe they have enough material for one more season*.Quote:
Originally Posted by G0OS3
A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2005)
*A Dance with Dragons (2011)*
(For those of you watching "Under The Dome", finish the series and do yourself a favor and read the book. New experiences await in your imagination.) ;)
They need dragon battle scenes in the next season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2ri8RhSnw
And notably absent is Arianne Martell with filming apparently already starting... :(
waiting till its finished then ill get the box set and watch the lot :D
Cant wait for the new season to start!
Tell me about it. Can't even see a teaser or interview without getting wet.Quote:
Originally Posted by nopt
Season 5 trailer looks great, can't wait to see more of the house of Dorne
Ahhh i cant wait!!
I heard this season is going to be a gap filler until the next book reallly gets exciting
Just watched first 4 seasons at once. I'm hooked. Can't wait for the 5th season.
Maybe only one the shows that I have been able to watch season by season.
So when does this start up again? The last season was quite good and ended very well. I wasn't a fan to start, but soon became hooked.
"A Day in The Life" ...is available from HBO, but the documentary may be a bit of a spoiler for we purists who still want to believe in magic and of course...
DRAGONS! :w00t:
epguides.com has it start up on 2015-04-12: http://epguides.com/GameofThrones/
Looking forward to season 5 too, in particular the sand snakes. I'm hoping they'll add extra scenes that aren't in the books (yet) like some of the white walker scenes in s4.
One of the producers just gave an interview with "R + L ..." embroidered on his shirt...spoiler alert
Great series looking forward to the new season....
Season 5 new images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJB_p921sE
New trailer came out today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6a3HfOxlsI
Biggest thing I took from it was the preview of Stannis' storyline for this season. Hopefully they'll turn the character around as book Stannis is far more interesting than TV Stannis at the moment.
I watched the show, its good but I just don't understand why its the best show on TV according to some people.
To each their own brother. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by samirakhan
(BTW... are you any relation to Dion?) :alien:
can't wait for the series to kick off again........
Tomorrow we get our fix.
I watched the first 4 seasons this winter and don't know how I'll take to waiting for a new episode every week.
Be careful, there was a fake HD version of S05E01 that got picked up by my automation (Sickbeard) earlier this week.
Got everyone covered ;)