HBO - Game of Thrones

[shmokes]

Yeah, watched the 3rd episode last night.  It was by far better than either of the first two.

[menace]

NECRO-THREAD REVIVAL WARNING!!!

Anyone looking forward to the next season?  It actually looks more exciting than the book was. 

It was funny to re-read this thread and see how people were so mad that the books just stopped.  Fast forward to today where boxed sets went out a christmas--has anyone continued to read? I personally am ok with the "half the characters, 100% of the time" versus "all the characters, 50% of the time" tact.  I can seeing being pissed though to wait several years for that other book to come...

[Cakemeister]

I'm looking forward to pirating watching GoT season 4, starting in early April.

Fortunately I didn't start reading the books until six months before book 5 came out.

I think the producers of the show will take stuff from both books 4 and 5 to create season 5. I think they have greenlighted two more seasons.

[Samstag]

I just started reading the books (about halfway through the first one) and I'm actually kind of disappointed so far.  They did such a great job of cramming detail into the show that what I've read almost feels like a screenplay.  I was hoping to get a lot more detail and background.  There's some in there, but a lot less than I expected and for the most part inconsequential.

The screen adaptation isn't supposed to ruin the reading experience but this is one of those rare* cases where you might as well watch the story rather than read it.

* The only other I can think of is Catch Me If You Can, where they left out a lot of the best parts from the true story possibly because they were too "unbelievable" to put in a movie.

[ark_ader]

Ding dong the brat is dead! 

[kahlid74]

George RR Martin has stated many times he loathes actually writing.  So yeah, that's why it takes forever for books to come out.

[Howard_Casto]

Way to respond to a month old post kahlid74. 

ark.  I know man, it was the first thing worth mentioning since the show began a few years ago.  This and those slaps a few seasons back.  I guess the question is who's going to be the villain now?  I mean there are some asses on the show, but he was clearly king ass. 

[emphatic]

I guess the question is who's going to be the villain now?  I mean there are some asses on the show, but he was clearly king ass.

This show is called Game Of Thrones, not King Ass.

[Howard_Casto]

I guess the question is who's going to be the villain now?  I mean there are some asses on the show, but he was clearly king ass.

This show is called Game Of Thrones, not King Ass.

Umm yes.  Maybe you don't have a mastery of the English language or something,  but an "ass" is a term used for a horrible person.  My question was how are they going to find a better villain than Joffrey.  Sorry I'll speak slower and use smaller words next time. 

[BAMBOO]

I guess the question is who's going to be the villain now?  I mean there are some asses on the show, but he was clearly king ass.

This show is called Game Of Thrones, not King Ass.

 

[rpgposer]

I thought it's name was "Splurt of Blood"?  Every time I catch a glimpse of the show, someone gets hurt, badly.  Last week, during a road trip, I saw a new episode? where some dude got stabbed in the wrist... SPLURT!