A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Spoiler-Filled Discussion

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Out Of My Vulcan Mind, Apr 21, 2011.

  1. Kosh Naranek

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    Thanks!

    I am not sure if I will be purchasing or not. I may wait until other fans have copies in hand and see what they say.

    The maps on my Kindle version of Dance were very faint and frustrating.
     
  2. Brendan Moody

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    Two more sets of map snippets, from io9 and Tor.com; the io9 ones include the first hint of Asshai's specific location. I really like the tiny castle drawings on the Westeros map; I may want to buy this set sooner rather than later.

    Westeros.org discussion of their third snippet has suggested that the "Kingdoms of the Ifeqevron" may translate from Dothraki as the land of "those who walk" (like White Walkers?) or "the others" (Others?).
     
  3. Kosh Naranek

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    New Teaser Poster is out.

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    more at winteriscoming.net
     
  4. superdeluxe

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    GQ Names Blackwater best episode on TV for the year 2011-2012:

    http://www.gq.com/entertainment/mov...nes-blackwater-season-two-finale-oral-history

    Really good interview.

    A couple of highlights:


     
  5. Ayelbourne

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    So, wildlings at the wall at the end of season four.
     
  6. Captaindemotion

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  7. Icemizer

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    March is so far away.......
     
  8. backstept

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    at the end it looked like Brienne and Jamie fighting on a bridge!
     
  9. Kosh Naranek

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    I did not recognize the banner being flown by the group on horses near the end. It looked kind of like a red stump on a yellow field. Guesses?
     
  10. PsychoPere

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    I think it's the flayed man of House Bolton.
     
  11. Venardhi

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    Yeah, looks like they lost the pink. Looks more like a flaming man though with the red and beige/yellow.
     
  12. JD

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    There is a new 2012 "Yearender" video from HBO which includes a couple of brief bits of new footage for GoT.
     
  13. Captaindemotion

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    ^that was also in the link I posted to.
     
  14. Kosh Naranek

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    Thanks for the input! I did not think of House Bolton. I guess the pink is so ingrained in my mind that it did not even occur to me.

    I hear there is a new ASOIAF App for iPhones that has some interesting bio bits. Has anyone checked that out?
     
  15. 137th Gebirg

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    Yeah they've really toned back the Bolton pink in the show for some reason. You can actually see a faint embossing of the "flayed man" on Bolton's leather jerkin in some scenes in previous seasons, which IIIRC should have also been in the bright pink with the blood droplets.
     
  16. PsychoPere

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    You can see a good image of the show's version of the House Bolton sigil here.
     
  17. JD

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    Oh, sorry I didn't notice below the other video.
     
  18. Kosh Naranek

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    Thanks for the image!


    I noticed that they have Gendry sporting the beginnings of a beard. I wonder if that is to show that he is getting older; Arya and company have had it rough; or they are trying to make him look like Robert 2.0?
     
  19. Captaindemotion

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  20. 137th Gebirg

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    That is good news. Glad to see they're giving ASoS the respect it deserves. :techman: