I said before the next book is released and not before the book series is over.
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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT2| Season 7 - [Read the OP]
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I said before the next book is released and not before the book series is over.
I mean yeah. Its kind of the bedrock of suspense and "look forward to the next season"
Though all cliff hangers arent equal, for sure.
We shouldn't be too hard on D&D.
They signed on to the show on the assumption they'd be adapting books. They ran out of published material and are now relying on GRRM's cliffnotes for the end of the series.
It's been a fascinating scenario to witness, I suppose its bound to happen more and more with how books are getting snatched up to be made into movies and tv. But for this to take off SO hugely.
And the books to be twiddling their thumbs.
His series will never regain his own steam back in popular culture and he will be powerless to control his own story. Even more so than most adaptations.
SurrenderDorothy
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Season 8, lol
The same happened with Harry Potter, only four books were released when the first movie came out.
But Rowling was incredibly forthcoming with her time and notes, and was diligent in maintaining her writing pace.
I'm looking forward to the years after the show where I imagine there'll be lot of deconstructions of the whole 'waiting on the books' dilemma.
I mean, I've been seeing book readers calling D&D the worst show runners ever since season 1. I don't fuck with all that D&D hate.
theignoramus
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The season 2 finale with Dany's "visions" in the House of the Undying is exquisitely well shot.
Why has Dany not drawn a mental connection between her vision of the burnt out, snow covered throne room in S2 and the threat of the Walkers beyond the wall?
Why has Dany not drawn a mental connection between her vision of the burnt out, snow covered throne room in S2 and the threat of the Walkers beyond the wall?
Yes, as it's done all season.
Same on NowTV (also Sky).
Ssssh, forget the Qarth filler.
2 am, can't wait.
BossDarkseid
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What would people's best and worse case final scenes be, assuming it'll be 2019 before the final season?
Crossing Eden
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Fucking hell that's gorgeous.
99.9% it's gonna be the wall coming down and the white walkers walking thru.
Best Case: Something happens and we know what happened
Worst Case: Something happens and we don't know what happened
Basically, if they do a Walking Dead the show will have officially jumped the Wall.
SurrenderDorothy
Banned
Edd notices something atop the Wall in first person.
Sees the AOTD, looks up and gets hit by UnViserion, blood starts dripping down the screen.
NK: Woah, takin' it like a champ!
Blurred screen fades to black.
Credits.
Fuck, you've figured it out.
The Night King is going to trampoline his army over the wall.
BlackGhost
Banned
I need them to remedy this Sansa vs Arya shit tonight. Or it won't be a happy offseason for me
LegendofDragoonLives
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Jesus dude, what do you want Darth Sansa to do? Backstab Jon
or have Danny murdered?
I will fight you, don't you dare even make a joke of such travesties :'(
asoi&f are pretty much the cringiest/worst group of book readers ever though, so that's not surprising ¯\_(ツ
_/¯You guys mentioning that WD finale are killing me. That scene was literally the moment I tapped out and stopped watching the show. I think I may have said "fuck this bullshit" when it happened lol
Not sure if serious.
lastplayed
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Why doesn't the Knight King just keep throwing spears over the wall. He'll hit everyone eventually.
Seductivpancakes
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So goals tonight:
- Dany x Jon comes into fruition
- Arya and Sansa reveal to LF they've figured out his punk ass game and shank his ass
SurrenderDorothy
Banned
I'm gonna bloody yell out Ghost like Marlon Brando if the credits appear and he's not in.
Night
Nameless
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But he has armor on...
Is this that new YA novel film adaptation?
I think a neat way to handle it would have been, once they all realized, the books coming out before or along with the show ending wasn't going to happen, would be GRRM to take a step back and be like, look folks, I aint gonna pull it off. So the show and books are gonna be two different things. And then help make some awesome shit for the show.
Or hell, just pause the books, write the shit out of the show, and then get back to the books. He clearly still loves TV so why not?
I dunno how I would handle it if I was a creator and an author, but I imagine I'd want what is now the main part of my work to really shine and make it that way.
But I guess whats clear is that GRRM really didn't have it all nailed down, so perhaps he really did give them as much as he had to work with.
lastplayed
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Nite's
SurrenderDorothy
Banned
Oh dear. If it does end up happening the media that'll come out of this will be terrible.
Goddamnit, don't bang please.
Nameless
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Why is Frieza there?
SurrenderDorothy
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BlackGhost
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Lmao, stop
I have the game, but I've only really played Europa Universalis IV. If it's like that game, I don't think I can handle being left with a 4 year old heir, and not being able to do what I want to do
lastplayed
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Can't wait till Dany finds out her legitimacy has been usurped.
SurrenderDorothy
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Her legitimacy is fine, she comes before Jon.
Since King Aerys named Viserys his heir after Rhaegar died. King Aerys lived a little after Rhaegar was killed.
Rhaegar died a prince.
ComputerBlue
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His hands, hardened through years of battle ran through her silvery hair as a chilling breeze ran down Dany's spine. Fear not my Queen, said Jon. I'll brave the winter for the both of us. Slowly removing his layers of wolfs pelt, he place them on her back, the moon light behind her created a shadow over this scarred chest, riddled with wounds from fallen enemies. Placing her hand on his heart, you did give you life for them said Dany. Would, would you give you life for me? she asked.
Okay thats enough.
You know, I thought for sure this season would be impossible to go unspoiled since the whole plot leaked earlier in the year. It seems like a lot of people didn't look at that since they also watched the show since the only actual spoilery times were when episode 4 and 6 leaked early, otherwise, it has been easy to dodge spoilers.
Filming doesn't start till October, so we're looking at either late 2018 or early 2019.
Probably a couple minutes before the live showing.