re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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9 seasons and probably 10

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7, 8 max

I think people are making way too much of the shows pacing.
Season 3 covered the end of clash and ended at less than the halfway point of storm.
Season 4 could very easily be just covering the end of storms with a pinch of feast, which is just to hit on all the major pov's.
They will obviously be taking a boiled leather approach to feast and dance.
I seriously doubt they will exclude the iron islands arc and subsequent kingsmoot. I could very easily see them slow playing the combined feast and dance material into 3 seasons, making it so that any winds material wont ve included until season 8.
Any speculation on how many seasons there will be is just that. As long people are still watching hbo will keep making them.
These books and the show are so well loved that people get very passionate about them, but passionate people are rarely logical about their passions.
I fully believe that AGoT the show will go for 10 seasons, and that the only book in danger of getting passed by the show is ADoS.

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Yeah, when I read ADWD I thought Jon needed a drink and some fun with Val

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Who do you want cast as Val? Personally I vote for Yvonne Strahovski as Val. She can walk that looking like a princess but being a badass line.

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Curious who they'll cast as Doran and Arianne.

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Since I don't think Pinto will be available for the role of arianne, my suggestion is Emmanuelle Chriqui. For Doran, I say Alfred Molina, hands down.

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If I were in charge of this show Dany's arc would only get like 5 episodes/season for seasons 4 & 5. The other storylines are THAT much better.

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Definitely


What do you think of my casting choices?

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for the role of arianne, my suggestion is Emmanuelle Chriqui. For Doran, I say Alfred Molina, hands down.

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Oh please, please, please, let that happen! Both would be outstanding and I miss me some Sloan!

I actually pictured Doran as a bit shorter and heavier than Alfred Molina, but there really isn't an actor that I can think of who looks exactly like the one in my mind's eye. In fact, I like Molina better than the one I imagined, so I think I'll picture Doran that way whether they cast him or not.

Ages don't really cause issue with me. Almost any actor 20-40 can be made to look older/younger with makeup. Emmanuelle might be almost 40, but she certainly doesn't look it. The show hasn't made a big deal out of defining how old the characters are in realtion to each other. Only problems I see them facing are Rickon (Likely just be recast), Bran (stuck with this one), and Arya (same as Bran).

As far as the show passing up the books, I wouldn't watch them. Too much time invested in the books to let the show spoil anything for me. I realize the problem that they are facing with Sir Too Fat To Write, but I'm first and foremost a bookreader.

You just super jelly of Sloan

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Who do you want cast as Val? Personally I vote for Yvonne Strahovski as Val.

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Yes please

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HBO will probably pick relatively unknown actresses for Val and Arianne

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Definitely their MO.

So you do think that Val will be in S6?

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I think Val will be in S5. I don't think they'll cut her character; she's shaping up to be important.

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I'm surprised we haven't heard of any new casting announcements yet. I wonder if they're keeping her under wraps?