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Game of Thrones *Tagged Book Spoilers, Please Read OP* |OT| Season 3 - Sundays on HBO
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He's disingenuous, he has posts in the book thread and then he writes stuff like this
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=54012579&highlight=#post54012579
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Report this guy
ASOS:
The Sansa/Vale thing is actually fairly obvious. We see Littlefinger tell Sansa that he can possibly get her out of the city if a mission that will take him far away comes to pass. Then in this episode we learn that Littlefinger will be going to the Vale. So it follows that this is the mission Littlefinger was referring to and he will take her with him.
Can't quite read that. =/
Yeah quote fucks it up. Just copy the image link I guess
Oh it's a maze lol.
PairOfFilthySocks
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Pretty certain I'll have some manner of mental breakdown if the TV show pulls ahead of the books.
Not like this, George. Not like this...
Kadayi
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How are they toying with his life exactly? The success of the TV show has sent his book sales skyrocketing. Far more people are reading then now than ever before. He's also an executive producer on the show so has a vested interest in its success. This isn't a case of Alan Moore and the Watchmen movie, Martins fully behind this venture.
First thing the suits at HBO probably wanted to know when B&W pitched the show (given the book series was ongoing) was whether there was an established ending that the series would work towards because the thing they least want to end up doing is potentially pouring hundreds of millions into the production of a series that has no clear way of being wrapped up. I doubt anyone at HBO wants to pull another Deadwood.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Well the show has to get through the AFFC/ADWD years first. We'll see if it can survive that.
PhoenixDark
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He has a choice. He can either continue saying yes to multiple side projects, editing anthologies, attending cons...or he can settle down and focus on the books. I realize he has contractual obligations with some things, and thus has to attend some cons and edit stuff. But he has also piled new stuff on his place over the last few years that just baffles me.
I honestly believe TWOW will be out either late next year or in 2015, which would be great. If (unlikely) it fell into 2016 than I'd lose hope.
I won't watch the show if it overlaps the books.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I won't like it, but I will watch the show if it catches up with the books. Someone out there somewhere will spoil things for me, and I don't want to take that chance.
Kadayi
Banned
That stuff will get merged and boiled down considerably. AFFC/ADWD
there's way too many characters in there truth, with really not a lot happening a lot of the time. People talk about it taking up 3 seasons, but I figure they'll chop it down to two. I could quite easily see them jettisoning a lot of the Dorne/Iron islander stuff and simply swapping in existing characters to fill key certain roles. Hardcore book fans will be flipping tables, but personally I'm all for it. AFFC/ADWD were needlessly overpopulated, and I can't help but feel GRRM really needed someone to say that to his face (in the same way someone needs to tell Tarantino to tighten up his more recent films).
PhoenixDark
Banned
I'm pretty good at avoiding spoilers, I'll be fine. Folks on another forum tried to send Harry Potter spoilers to my house when Deathly Hallows leaked, and I survived.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Wow, that's insane.
AFFC/ADWD do need to be gutted. I'm most curious to see how they do it and if they can make it work.
CitizenVectron
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I did it in a way that didn't validate his theories (as I also don't want to be a jerk who confirms a spoiler!), just by asking him how he came up with the idea. He got a bit defensive and said it all made sense if you think about it.
However, I didn't see him talk earlier about his theories on where Theon is, who the mystery man helping him is, etc, which apparently he was doing. Being spot on 2 weeks in a row with conclusions that are not easy to reach seems a bit suspicious. But who knows, he could just be clever!
Hmm, I never thought about that, that he could make different endings for both!
EDIT:
Nevermind, I guess he definitely has read the books and is leaking information.
I agree. If the show overlaps Martin, he has only himself to blame.
He's not being clever he's lying, check out my post earlier
Didn't Jojen say the same thing in the book?
DrForester
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I can see it now...
A Dream Of Spring *Tagged Show Spoilers, Please Read OP* |OT|
A Dream Of Spring *NO SHOW SPOILERS* |OT|
What the hell. Why do shit like this?
PhoenixDark
Banned
Show fans will get some much deserved revenge on book readers like Conor 419
I'm not saying you spoiled anything for anyone. But it's undeniable that there's a healthy number of book readers who seem to enjoy spoiling the highlights of the series. The idea of the shoe being on the other foot is...
Assholes, obviously.
So he's not only faking this brilliant insight, but he's dumb for posting in the book reader thread as well.
That's really pathetic. I thought for sure people were being paranoid about this.
PhoenixDark
Banned
I just don't get the point. Obviously an asshole will be an asshole, but there are others who are just dumb and don't pay attention to what they say/post. If you're a true fan you'd want other people to go into the experience fresh, like you did.
My parents are watching S1 right now and I haven't said much of anything to them, outside of clarifying why Jon Snow's name is Jon Snow. After which my mom asked "so if he was born in Detroit his name would be Jon Detroit?" I gave up shortly afterwards.
My parents are watching S1 right now and I haven't said much of anything to them, outside of clarifying why Jon Snow's name is Jon Snow. After which my mom asked "so if he was born in Detroit his name would be Jon Detroit?" I gave up shortly afterwards.
DrForester
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Last Sunday was the first time I even looked at the no book spoilers thread, just to see how Jamie's hand was taken. I probably won't look at it again until...
ASOS
I agree, don't post there. There are people assigned to answer questions, let them handle it. I don't want anyone to be spoiled. I already had a few thing spoiled for me before I read ASOS and already know a few things that are coming in AFFC and ADWD.
ASOS
The Red Wedding. Maybe when Danny gets the Unsullied.
I agree, don't post there. There are people assigned to answer questions, let them handle it. I don't want anyone to be spoiled. I already had a few thing spoiled for me before I read ASOS and already know a few things that are coming in AFFC and ADWD.
I audibly lol'd.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They can spice it up with some boobs.
DrForester
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I saw those links. The guy needs to stop that shit. When I was in the thread the other day, I saw some really good speculation, and some of it was fun to read (especially some people in the thread who are spot on about some things), but don't ruin it for them. Speculation is half the fun. I look forward to going into the main book thread after finishing ADWD and speculation.
What a dick. Keep in mind that calling people like him out in that thread only confirms that he was dropping real plot bits.
SquiddyCracker
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I absolutely adored the podrick/tyrion/bronn scene - definitely the best scene of the episode.
It was really nice to see daddy's boy Jamie finally facing reality.
I'll be dropping smirky one liners and "
"'s all over that thread.
You book readers just wait until you see what happens with Tyrion...
It was really nice to see daddy's boy Jamie finally facing reality.
I'll be dropping smirky one liners and "
"'s all over that thread.You book readers just wait until you see what happens with Tyrion...
SquiddyCracker
Banned
dp
PairOfFilthySocks
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Oh for fuck's sake. I'm pretty certain I've seen Evilore in the Fire amd Ice thread, so he'd probably be the dude to message.
Well, if he was a bastard of Detroit then it'd probably be Jon Shit lolololol.
Jon Motor, probably. Pittsburgh bastards have it good. Jon Steel?! Fuckin' nice.
NathanMcMahon
Banned
Thank god
AngmarsKing701
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Well if each of the four current books takes two seasons to tell, then he's got 8 years before the show catches up to the book he's supposedly working on now.
However, if GRRM bites it then Brandon Sanderson -- who apparently has six clones of himself working on a prodigious amount of words per day -- can finish the series in approximately nine months.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I don't think you can get much more out of AFFC/ADWD than two seasons total, but I think that George is counting on it being 3 seasons so we'll see. I think we'll probably see TWOW before the show catches up, but I don't believe ADOS will beat the show unless something major happens.
AngmarsKing701
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There's an entire
Twilight level of romantic cooing from Dany
There's absolutely no way the show doesn't catch up to the books. The bigger question is if the show will still be around by then. I definitely don't expect D&D to stick around that long, working on this show's schedule must be exhausting as fuck.
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