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

[Dream]

sidious618 wrote:

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I'm quite fond of Stannis' casting, too. I thought he worked well in season two but in general the casting has been excellent. The only character that hasn't been working for me is Jon Snow, a character I liked a lot more in the books.

I'm don't like the Jon Snow actor at ALL! He is the only weak actor in the cast for me.

But they cast Tryion, Twyin, Jaime, Ayra, and Ned perfectly. I'm fine with one miscast character.

[Brendan Moody]

At a convention yesterday, Martin read two new Barristan Selmy chapters from The Winds of Winter, the second of which describes the battle for Meereen toward which the previously-read Tyrion and Victarion chapters were leading. Detailed descriptions from someone who as at the reading are here.

[Kosh Naranek]

Thanks for the link. I will have to give it a read.

[Bisz]

Indeed, thanks for the link, I enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to book 6... has there been any estimations of when it will come out or is GRRM sticking to his guns of not estimating the date because he missed it so badly last time?

[Brendan Moody]

All he's said is that it definitely won't be this year, but next year is still a possibility. (I don't think it's a likely one-- mid-2015 is my personal optimistic estimate-- but you never know.) As of July 2012, he had 200 manuscript pages of complete chapters and another 200 of fragments and rough drafts, out of a planned 1500 or so manuscript pages for the full book. Some of those 200 pages were chapters originally written for A Dance with Dragons but left out due to length, so unless things have picked up since July he's still progressing pretty slowly.

On another note, the Blu-ray and DVD of season two of the TV show comes out tomorrow in the US. Amazon.com has the Blu-ray for $30 and the DVD for $25. I think the prices are the same at Target, which also has an exclusive bonus disc with a 20-minute George R. R. Martin interview.

[Captaindemotion]

I have now re-read the entire series (I virtually never read books twice). It's going to be a long wait for The Winds of Winter.

[SalvorHardin]

At the rate GRRM is going lets hope he stays alive long enough to finish this thing.

[superdeluxe]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/21/ga...-kimmels-show/

HBO is partnering with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live to debut its eagerly anticipated Game of Thrones trailer.
The first full third season trailer will make its debut on the talk show Friday night. “I am so excited about this trailer, even I might watch my show,” Kimmel said in a statement.
The trailer will then be posted on the Game of Thrones YouTube channel (and, of course, here on EW too). The Thrones trailer that’s running on Kimmel’s show will be 60 seconds. Thrones returns to HBO on March 31.

YES

[JD]

The full trailer is online now.

[sidious618]

The dragon flying next to the ship was beautiful and just screamed "A Song of Ice and Fire."

[Ruaidhri]

Agreed!

Season starts the day after my birthday, so it's a nice present for me from HBO.

[Bisz]

Brendan Moody wrote:

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All he's said is that it definitely won't be this year, but next year is still a possibility. (I don't think it's a likely one-- mid-2015 is my personal optimistic estimate-- but you never know.) As of July 2012, he had 200 manuscript pages of complete chapters and another 200 of fragments and rough drafts, out of a planned 1500 or so manuscript pages for the full book. Some of those 200 pages were chapters originally written for A Dance with Dragons but left out due to length, so unless things have picked up since July he's still progressing pretty slowly.

Thanks, figured as much.

I certainly hope we can avoid both of the two tragic endings I can foresee for this saga.

1) GRRM dies before he finishes writing it.
2) HBO cancels the show before the adaptation is finished.

[Venardhi]

George is in perfectly decent health for his age and a heck of a nice guy, the fact that his death comes up every other post around here and all around the internet as if everyone expects it any day now is pretty goddamn douchetastic.

[sidious618]

Venardhi wrote:

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George is in perfectly decent health for his age and a heck of a nice guy, the fact that his death comes up every other post around here and all around the internet as if everyone expects it any day now is pretty goddamn douchetastic.

I agree. I've never worried about him dying or something. That's absurd. I also don't like the assumption that if he died the worst part about it would be the fact that the series won't be finished as opposed to how sad it would be that a person, y'know, died.

[JD]

And if he did die how do know he wouldn't pick someone else to finish the series. Just look at Wheel of Time, Brandon Sanderson took over and his books got better reviews than some of Robert Jordan's. Then we have Terry Pratchett already announcing that his daughter will take over Discworld when he can't write anymore.