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re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

Posted on 1/3/16 at 10:46 am to
Posted by volnavy
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 10:46 am to
It makes me worry that a lot of people are going to put off watching the show in anticipation of the book coming out before 2017. Thus leading to declining viewers and HBO doing the Deadwood costs cancelation.

Then the story is never finished in either medium.
Posted by ohiovol
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 10:55 am to
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It makes me worry that a lot of people are going to put off watching the show in anticipation of the book coming out before 2017. Thus leading to declining viewers and HBO doing the Deadwood costs cancelation.

Then the story is never finished in either medium.




I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the fans aren't book readers. Game of Thrones will maintain high viewership until the story is completed.
Posted by Warfarer
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 10:59 am to
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It makes me worry that a lot of people are going to put off watching the show in anticipation of the book coming out before 2017. Thus leading to declining viewers and HBO doing the Deadwood costs cancelation.

Then the story is never finished in either medium.



IF, this happens it is HBO's fault. While the fat man is dragging his arse to finish the line, HBO was fully aware that he was and decided to actually skip shite and go into full sprint to catch up with the books. They could have easily extended the show another season before "for the watch..." and chose to push as hard as they could.
Posted by Murray
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 11:22 am to
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It makes me worry that a lot of people are going to put off watching the show in anticipation of the book coming out before 2017. Thus leading to declining viewers and HBO doing the Deadwood costs cancelation.


It takes a special kind of fan to really believe what you posted.

Pretty much all the big dogs have some. I remember when the Star Wars expanded universe freaks swore up-and-down that the movie would fail when Disney said EU wouldn't be canon.

Keep on keepin on
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 11:26 am to
Meh. I don't see how you blame HBO in this when they have to remain confined to a budget (see how that didn't work out for Rome or Deadwood), actors aging out of roles/taking other conflicting jobs, etc. And given that there were non-book people who bitched about it dragging at times, they have two totally different watchers to appease.

GRRM has had 5 seasons plus any time before the first season was rolled out to catch up.
Posted by volnavy
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 11:44 am to
It's not hard to believe when it comes to HBO. If a show is not bringing in more viewers every year with a balooning budget. HBO will end it, like Deadwood, it won't let it drag on for a few years like big bang theory etc.
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 11:59 am to
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It's not hard to believe when it comes to HBO. If a show is not bringing in more viewers every year with a balooning budget. HBO will end it, like Deadwood, it won't let it drag on for a few years like big bang theory etc.



I can pretty much guarantee that the show will have a large enough audience that HBO won't consider canceling it before it's over.
Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 3:52 pm to
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Pretty much all the big dogs have some. I remember when the Star Wars expanded universe freaks swore up-and-down that the movie would fail when Disney said EU wouldn't be canon.
Fail? No. Suck? Yes.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 3:57 pm to
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Fail? No. Suck? Yes.


Your shite has gotten old.
Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 4:09 pm to
likewise
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 4:11 pm to
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likewise


That I like it? Haven't been in the thread in quite a few days. I just enjoyed it and it was everything I was hoping it would be. Doubt I'll see it again before in comes to Bluray. You just seem to want to shite on everyone's enthusiasm and ruin the vibe on any thread you enter. At least this thread is pessimistic.
This post was edited on 1/3/16 at 4:12 pm
Posted by ladytiger118
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 4:25 pm to
I don't think he'll finish the series either.

He has zero motivation and just doesn't give a shite anymore. I wish he'd let another author take the reins, but George seems too selfish for that to happen. I doubt he'd be like Robert Jordan and leave notes behind for another author to expand upon.
Posted by NIH
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 4:29 pm to
I think the universe he created is simply too large to tie up in two books, and he knows it. Probably realizes there's no point in writing himself to exhaustion for years to try either.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56317 posts
Posted on 1/3/16 at 4:59 pm to
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That I like it? Haven't been in the thread in quite a few days. I just enjoyed it and it was everything I was hoping it would be. Doubt I'll see it again before in comes to Bluray. You just seem to want to shite on everyone's enthusiasm and ruin the vibe on any thread you enter. At least this thread is pessimistic.
Your knighting for the movie is incredible. As I said before, I seriously think you might be on retainer from Disney.

Why do you get to write post after post arguing against every critic but the people who didn't like it should not be allowed to?
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 5:37 pm to
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I think the universe he created is simply too large to tie up in two books, and he knows it. Probably realizes there's no point in writing himself to exhaustion for years to try either.


He needs to rapidly murder characters. In my opinion, these should be the only POV surviving characters by ADOS:

Tyrion
Jaime
Sansa
Arya
Bran
Dany
Jon
Davos
Arianne
Samwell

Make it simple again. Just have it focused on these characters, and maybe Cersei if she's somehow still alive.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 5:50 pm to
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I can pretty much guarantee that the show will have a large enough audience that HBO won't consider canceling it before it's over.


They might not pull the Deadwood treatment again, but if it got too big for it's britches HBO hasn't been afraid to force an early, rushed exit.

Boardwalk Empire is a good example of that.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 5:52 pm to
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blueboy


Do us a favor and take the Disney/Star Wars argument elsewhere. I'd hate to see this dragged out in here where we don't have to wade through that bullshite.
Posted by Rhames
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 6:00 pm to
Boardwalk empire nor did deadwood have even remotely close to the following thrones has. HBO is trying to milk it for all they can
Posted by ladytiger118
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 1/3/16 at 6:03 pm to
You seriously need to STFU about TFA and GoT sucking.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56317 posts
Posted on 1/3/16 at 6:09 pm to
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GoT sucking.
I love GoT and have never said it sucks. It's one of the greatest shows of all time.
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