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I thought it was because ASOS
Jon already showed some latent Warg abilites by now, so he's going to show Jon how to do it.
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I thought it was because ASOS
Steelyuhas
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Not according to a couple of sites I just looked at.
That's a shame, guess we'll have to wait til next year for them to flesh him out more.
Kadayi
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What so we're not getting those Deadwood movies HBO promised after all?
(Yeah... I'm still bitter)
Indeed. Any kind of break ultimately means people are going to move on. Albeit I suspect the main cast are all on reasonably decent appearance contracts , with a minimum number of appearances per season (giving them a fixed income in effect) we're not talking friends money here. The bulk of the shows budget probably goes on everything else.
Forsaken82
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I can sort of understand Littlefinger being upplayed based on some upcoming moments (series)
by the end of ASOS/Season 4. Consider for a moment, Littlefinger is 100% responsible for the chain of events that has occurred following Jon Arryn's death since Lysa poisoned Jon on the wish of Littlefinger. I mean, do I really need to go into the chain of events that occurred following jon's death... Thats a novel in itself. He is clearly a master manipulater and it would be shocking if GRRM didn't have him in mind as quite possibly the big arch nemesis of this series (the big villian that outlasts the guys like Joffrey, Ramsey Bolton, the White Walkers, ect). I suspect we will see him become a POV character in WoW and as such after come Season 5, he will likely be even more front and center as the audience now knows essentially where he truly stands.
Nah. They invented a time machine in Deadwood that also transported them to Kentucky
Justified
He doesn't. [ASOS]
Via AWOIAF: Though Petyr leaves King's Landing, he does not go immediately to the Vale, and instead remains near the city until after the wedding between Joffrey and Margaery, in which Joffrey is killed. In the ensuing chaos, Sansa is spirited out of the city by Dontos and taken to a ship where Petyr awaits her.
ASOS
It's going to be sloppy if they have to leave for the Eyrie, then come back, then have to leave for the Eyrie again post-Joff. And you can't bring Sansa there AS Sansa. She has to be there as Alayne and in hiding mode. If she's there earlier as Sansa herself, then returns later as Alayne when fleeing, well that would be really silly. Can't buy that no one would recognize her there.
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Unless they throw out the idea entirely that she needs to be in hiding and doesn't play a part in how Joff dies.
I think it was mentioned during the chat panel that was streamed that D&D know the ending , I suspect the recent news about GRRM being hired by HBO is him writing script layouts for the last 2 books and the end.
I was pretty sure that he doesn't do this. He's said as much. The news about HBO hiring him was for future series ideas or adaptations of other works, or something... wasn't it?
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Yeah, it was for new undisclosed projects. He mentioned that Dunk and Egg was a possibility.
cubicle47b
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"@goldengirl_1975: Is this archers name Tony Romo?"
The Lamonster
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@BigDamnHerosSir: Go back to Rome, Brutus. Youre fuckin up Westeros
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
In fairness, I think that was something that Robert Kirkman himself wanted to change. We can only speculate as to whether that's due to the fact that another highly popular show with a ton of overlap in demographics was going to be running an extremely similar premise.
blainethemono
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I think The Wire had a couple of 2-year breaks in between seasons 3-4 and 4-5. That show had a ridiculously massive cast as well. But then they didn't have to deal with all these elaborate sets and locations around the globe and shit. But still, it seems like they could probably manage it with the cast at least.
Jibbajabbawockky
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Jaime's hand chopping [really light ASoS spoilers]
actually has some impact on his character development in some pretty significant ways, unlike TWD. in TWD its basically a minor inconvenience but never really affects that character's development in any major ways.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They could just delay Seasons 5 and 6 to some degree to pad it out.
Emerson
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At its time the vast majority of The Wire's cast were unknowns and some people with no acting training at all. The only reason it worked for them was that the actors had nowhere else to run off to in the meantime. And in fact, it didn't work out perfectly, as Dominic West had another job (300) and so was barely in Season 4. It's really not a good comparison to Game of Thrones as they would almost certainly lose a lot of their main cast if they took any kind of extended break.
blainethemono
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All good points. But at the same time haven't some of the main members of the cast already been able to go off and do movies and appearances in other shows and stuff? Kit Harington and Lena Headey were both able to go do movies, Emilia Clarke is in a broadway play right now, etc.
It just seems to me like they'd be able to make it work. The harder part would be making sure they can hold onto all the sets and locations while on hiatus
smokeandmirrors
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A literal "game of thrones", if you will.
Yep. What struck me in episode 3 is that, of the 3 or 4 great scenes in the episode, 2 were never in the book: Tywin's council and Pod's reward/return. I know the Pod scene gets some hate because there's only so much time you can devote to each character per episode, but that scene and the council scene bring some much-needed humor to the show. I'm sure some would like it if the show was nothing but traitors being tortured and raped (oh hai Theon), but I for one welcome those additions.
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@Emerson: how did the people who had no training as actors get hired for the Wire in the first place? I'm curious.
Forsaken82
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I thought
The Tywin council scene was in the books, only in the books Cersei is the only one who moves her chair?
Could be, can't remember. All I know is that I have no memory of it being in the book whatsoever, which speaks volume. If it was, then it's been tampered with to great effect in the show.
smokeandmirrors
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[ASOS]
Kind of sets up the overarching theme of power and power grabs that is consistent with the books. IE Tryion upset that he lost the hand of the king powers and Littlefinger's scheming to get what he wants.
Yep, I love the council characters antics and little plots so I had a blast. They all nailed it. One of my favorites scenes in the show so far too.
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I'll miss Littlefinger's interactions with Tyrion and Varys. Morbidly curious to see how Aidan Gillen will portray Petyr's all out Sansa creeper side though.
Emerson
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It's one thing to do a Broadway run during the offseason or a movie or guest arc on a show, but as soon as a cast member takes a main cast role on another show it quickly becomes very difficult to make work. That's why you very rarely see an actor in a main role on two shows simultaneously.
And the actors would do it if they had an offer during a hiatus. Unlike the fans, the majority of the cast has no real attachment to this series, certainly not enough to sacrifice a year's salary to stick it out.
Won't happen but I would want it to happen. Spartacus proves that it can be done and can be done well.
Emerson
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I don't know a ton about Spartacus but I'm going to venture that its cast is also not flush with big names (and glancing at IMDB seems to confirm this). Again it's not a great comparison.
At the very minimum Peter Dinklage would be quite difficult to keep through a hiatus, and losing him would be a catastrophe.
Alot of the cast was in Gods of the Arena, and they had to replace actors. Dont see how its comparable
Ape Gone Insane
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That the story of TWD most things have very little to do with character development just for shocks.
At least Jaime changes him all we ever heard about was how his sword skills where him so losing his hand changed it. Also changed his view on life which is cool going be interesting to see how they handle Feast OF Crows parts later
smokeandmirrors
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AFFC/ADWD
I don't think it necessarily changed his whole world view. You did get to see his regret that he can't explain his actual reasoning for killing Aerys II, and how he's stuck with the title of "Kingslayer" for the rest of his life. Remember, after all, he is/was a knight and he did have honor. It's just that for the first 2.5 books we don't see anything from his perspective. We only saw what was fed to use through people who didn't like him
Trojita
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I finally watched the episode.
Yeah I even knew about the ending song and didn't expect it to be that bad, but yeah it was. It was on par with True Blood.
lol at the Pod scenes.
I watched Rome for the first time a couple of months ago. Man did Brutus age.
Show Stannis is a pretender. Book Stannis is the one true King.
lol at the show watchers in the other thread. Those guys won't see anything coming.
Yeah I even knew about the ending song and didn't expect it to be that bad, but yeah it was. It was on par with True Blood.
lol at the Pod scenes.
I watched Rome for the first time a couple of months ago. Man did Brutus age.
Show Stannis is a pretender. Book Stannis is the one true King.
lol at the show watchers in the other thread. Those guys won't see anything coming.
If you do Robert's Rebellion then you could pretty much have everyone already. The kids are the ones that wouldn't be there but everyone else was around then.
PhoenixDark
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Give me Gannicus as Young Robert Baratheon
Spartacus is nowhere close to being the ratings/media/merch machine that GOT is.
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