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re: GofT show will officially overtake (become a spoiler for) the novels
Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:20 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:20 pm to Fun Bunch
I'm bitter and I haven't been around remotely close to that long.
I don't have a problem with the show finishing things at this juncture. They've deviated from the books enough that it's likely going to be two separate stories to get to some inevitable endings. They can't realistically wait on GRRM when you consider casting, production, etc.
I don't have a problem with the show finishing things at this juncture. They've deviated from the books enough that it's likely going to be two separate stories to get to some inevitable endings. They can't realistically wait on GRRM when you consider casting, production, etc.
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Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:28 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Has there ever been such a huge book series that didn't have an ending. Lots of people are invested in this. Going to be some frustration if it never ends.
Wheel of Time was much more popular than ASOIAF for a long time and Robert Jordan croaked 11 books in. They got really lucky getting Brandon Sanderson, an ascending author, to finish off that series (and he did a much better job than Jordan, who had become a lazy writer with bloated books going no where and no sense of direction).
Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:40 pm to BluegrassBelle
Honestly this is good news. I am so tired of waiting on his fat arse to return from a convention to "write".
Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:57 pm to Bham4Tide
by not finishing the books before the show, Martin is losing a lot of money
who wants to read a book when they already saw the show? I suppose he'll then change things up, and everyone will hate him more.
I'm just being honest when I say he comes across as a lazy fricker. I don't care either way, but I'm just saying how I feel about these books. Like some aspects became obvious and now he doesn't know how to change it up and/or he's too lazy to give a shite.
who wants to read a book when they already saw the show? I suppose he'll then change things up, and everyone will hate him more.
I'm just being honest when I say he comes across as a lazy fricker. I don't care either way, but I'm just saying how I feel about these books. Like some aspects became obvious and now he doesn't know how to change it up and/or he's too lazy to give a shite.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:01 pm to Fun Bunch
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He does not have cancer. He's just old and morbidly obese, and he travels A LOT, so people just assume he will drop dead.
Now that you say that, I do remember reading something about that. I had always heard he had cancer or something like that, and that his health was horrible, but then I saw something where he was like "I'm not sick...I just don't live a healthy lifestyle at all."
So it's more of a lazy thing. There are a LOT of people super attached to this series, so if he manages to not finish it that will assuredly piss massive amounts of people off. That being said, though, I can't hate on the dude for living it up now that he finally got his piece of fame.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:07 pm to Ace Midnight
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there is no middle ground (pun intended)
Words fall from your mouth like shite from arse.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:14 pm to CocomoLSU
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:22 pm to PsychTiger
This is great news if for no other reason the spoiler police will STFU. No one will know what's going to happen, so no one can go into a fit over someone even mentioning the books.
The books and show are different enough now that this won't impact my reading habits or TV viewing in any way.
The books and show are different enough now that this won't impact my reading habits or TV viewing in any way.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:52 pm to Baloo
E3 of the game comes out tomorrow. 
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:54 pm to Korin
No shite?
ERMAHGHERD
ERMAHGHERD
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:55 pm to Bham4Tide
Maybe I'm in the minority of book readers, but I'm absolutely okay with this.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:56 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:58 pm to Bham4Tide
If this happens, I honestly hope George changes the end game for the books and says "This is how the story really ends". Otherwise, what's the point of reading the books?
Posted on 3/23/15 at 5:01 pm to SwaggerCopter
Dune series of books.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 5:04 pm to Baloo
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This is great news if for no other reason the spoiler police will STFU. No one will know what's going to happen, so no one can go into a fit over someone even mentioning the books.
Not so fast my friend!
To quote cocomo from earlier in this thread:
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but even still, it will be different levels of discussion IMO
There will always be a need for a Middle Ground thread.
**********Some Nonreaders may not want to proceed any further in this thread. Some people have mentioned book info beyond this point.************
This post was edited on 3/23/15 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:23 pm to PsychTiger
Edit: Oops, I forgot this wasn't spoiler friendly
This post was edited on 3/23/15 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:45 pm to Puck82
quote:I agree. The only time I glossed over the book was when he started into entire paragraphs about house this and that with blah blah blah banners. Who gives a frick?
Really? He gave us some awesome with a lot of nothing in between. I don't need to know the details down to the crumbs on the plate for every meal.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:52 pm to Bham4Tide
So, now I'm wondering . . . how many more years does the HBO series go? 2-3 years?
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:53 pm to Bham4Tide
I love all the detail about other houses.
And I believe the plan is still 7 seasons.
And I believe the plan is still 7 seasons.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:55 pm to Bham4Tide
I think that's a good thing. Not sure I can handle going through more of his subpar writing. I'm sorry, but Feast and Dance were both awful.
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