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I watched it last night.<br />
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Was good but my concern is how they will manage to cram all the happenings in book 3 into 10 episodes and doing it justice. <br />
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[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1364937468' post='356559']<br />
No one on here yet salivating about GoT3?<br />
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Thought tht was what my post directly above yours was all about.....<br />
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[quote name='JK' timestamp='1364968845' post='356611']<br />
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Thought tht was what my post directly above yours was all about.....<br />
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Was a good episode. Sure keeps ya wanting more.[/quote]<br />
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[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1364937693' post='356560']<br />
I watched it last night.<br />
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Was good but my concern is how they will manage to cram all the happenings in book 3 into 10 episodes and doing it justice.<br />
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If they can pull this off Mr Martin best pull finger for book 6!<br />
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I thought I had read somewhere that the 2 books that comprise book 3 will be done over 2 seasons.<br />
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Yeah that 6th book is overdue already and I think there is talk of a 7th but at this rate the tv show will easily catch up. -
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[b]I thought I had read somewhere that the 2 books that comprise book 3 will be done over 2 seasons.[/b]<br />
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Yeah that 6th book is overdue already and I think there is talk of a 7th but at this rate the tv show will easily catch up.<br />
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I hope so, given how much is in book 3...<br />
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I do wonder if they will follow books 4 & 5 though, or if they run the 2 books together over 2 series, would make for better viewing IMO. -
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Not much of a reader myself [/quote]<br />
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Westlake education wasn't it? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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They are many layered but that's what makes them so riviting. Plus Martin's world isn't that far removed from our own - makes it all much more credible than eg Middle earth -
What's good about it is the quality of the writing and the calibre of the actors delivering it. It's just nice to have a scene that takes its time to develop dialogue without needing to rush off to the next character as soon as possible. Tyrion's confrontation with his father being a case in point.<br />
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But yes, if you think of how many characters are being introduced into the storyline you have to wonder how they are going to communicate it all.<br />
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[quote name='mooshld' timestamp='1365002494' post='356664']<br />
They are quite gripping to read, but I agree at one stage I think around book 4 or 5 they introduce a boat load of new characters. It proved to be testing and required a few flip backs to see who was who again!<br />
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Watched the finale of Walking Dead last night, and having really enjoyed this series, was a wee bit disappointed with the ending TBH.<br />
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As to GOT - I think they need to follow through with all the new characters, as they are part of the overall story, will be interesting to see how they do it, especially with books 4 & 5 running concurrently, which is where IMO it would be best if they merged the 2 books into 2 series rather than following Book 4 = S4, otherwise there will be alot of confusion for people to follow S4.<br />
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[spoiler]There was even a FB post that Peter Dinklage (aka Tyrian) would not be in S4, which is true, as he isnt in book 4, but they then played it as an April 1st joke.<br />
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[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1365023073' post='356704']<br />
Having not read the books, is it possible to just continue following the threads they are already highlighlighting without diverging into the wider story too much? Or are the current stories too dependant on these new lines?<br />
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That will be difficult since everything is intertwined and we don't yet know how it all works since the final books have yet to be written. More importantly, HBO has set the bar so high by being faithful to GRR Martin's vision that to dilute it down would run the risk of a full-on nerd-war. And being attacked by White Walkers would be preferable to that.<br />
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Start reading the books, Crucial.[/quote]<br />
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I have an aversion to being seen reading those big nerdy fantasy books. It makes me feel like I should have a ponytail. <br />
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I did most via Audio Books, and I can tell you Roy Dotrice is bloody great!<br />
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You could tell which character was which (of the main ones) from the voice he used for the >500 characters (although book 4 was by another guy and in book 5 Dotrice was back and I swear he changed the voices of some characters!) He also had a small role in the series<br />
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Could arrange to get the audio to you if you wanted Crucial -
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I have an aversion to being seen reading those big nerdy fantasy books. It makes me feel like I should have a ponytail.<br />
I suppose I could do it secretly on my phone.<br />
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Yes, I too had a solid aversion to any book with a map in the front of it. But reading them off the phone is the way to go. -
Agree with the others I think the other characters are needed, I can think of a few that show up just to die but won't mention them here as I don't want to spoil anything. Also as someone else said maybe them dying is important in the later books who knows. There is a teaser chapter for book 6 on the authors website now, its annoying really as it just leaves you wanting more. I suspect when he releases that book it will be straight to the top of Amazons best seller list.
