Game of Thrones

[krenshaw]

how do we not have a thread dedicated to the best show on TV right now (an IMHO one of the best book series in quite a while)..

who all is watching and if you aren't, why the heck not?!

 

[ffaoe]

Because it's a big cock fest, and the dragons never come.

 

[krenshaw]

Because it's a big cock fest, and the dragons never come.

you must not have watched past season 1 then.. though don't know where you get "cock fest" from

 

[ColoHox]

I would say it's a **** fest if anything. But, there are a few threads about GoT already.

Agreed, the books are fantastic. I've read them a few times waiting for him to finish the series. Don't become attached to any characters.

 

[Quadrupled]

I agree books and show are great.

Started in 2011: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/game-thrones-237376/

Season 3 thread started in 2013: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/game-thrones-season-three-406616/

 

[hunter_le five]

you must not have watched past season 1 then.. though don't know where you get "cock fest" from

C'mon, it's a little bit accurate. But there are far more ****s than wieners in the show, so it's okay.

I actually really enjoy the television series, and the books are even better.
I'm normally disappointed by book-to-movie or book-to-television conversions, but GoT is really well done and I'm rarely disappointed by any aspect of it.

 

[Quadrupled]

Because it's a big cock fest, and the dragons never come.

I don't agree with that at all. A friend at work's kids call the show "******* and dragons".

 

[krenshaw]

Season 3 thread started in 2013: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/game-thrones-season-three-406616/

thanks.. looks like this is the current one.. i think i'l have to star one about the books though..

 

[ColoHox]

Yes, a book thread would be cool. Because so much death:

 

[krenshaw]

I'm just about done the fifth.. I'm taking each of those markings are where a main character dies

 

[theCP015]

While I own three seasons on blu-ray (only because I got them at 75% off 1 & 2, 50% off 3), I've not watched any of it. I wanted to finish reading first. A friend tells me at least get to book three before watching season one.

 

[adamelb]

Don't watch the show unless my sister is splitting one of the Ommegang bombers with me. Can't comment on the show but the beer has been good.

 

[krenshaw]

While I own three seasons on blu-ray (only because I got them at 75% off 1 & 2, 50% off 3), I've not watched any of it. I wanted to finish reading first. A friend tells me at least get to book three before watching season one.

i watched the first season and then read 3 books before the next season.. i kinda liked it that way so while i'm reading i already know what the characters "look" like.. makes it a bit easier to follow for she sheer magnitude of the books.. i've read in a couples places that there are over 1000 named characters in the series, and i can certainly believe it..

once you pick them up though it will be quite hard to put down

 

[Homercidal]

Possibly one of, if not the, best book adaptation to tv show ever made.

The books are REALLY good, if you enjoy reading. Not always exactly like the show, but very close. Can't wait until ______comes back from ____ ______ and _____ with ____. People be like, oh no! ______ couldn't have _____ ______!!!!!! And that one scene where little ______ _____'s ______ and you're all like, "______me!"

SPOILER ALERT!!

|A main character dies this season...|

 

[solbes]

Man oh man do I enjoy the heck out of both the books and the TV series. About 100 pages in on book 5. And we've watched season 1. Waiting to start season 2 until the wife gets started on book 3. I have a VERY hard time not ruining it for my wife, as you get to a point in a book and can't believe he killed off another main character.

There does seem to be some overlap between books and TV. And definitely some differences between the two, which actually makes the TV series more enjoyable to watch as you know they won't be exactly the same.

This guy writes the biggest story imaginable. There is no way you could have more characters and still be semi-coherent. Its also not a book you want to read if you're tired.

My paperback collection only goes to book 5. I assume he has written 6 by now. Is it a 7 book series, and when will that be coming?

 

[solbes]

Ranking of the books?

I'd say:

1) Storm of Swords
2) Clash of Kings
3) Game of Thrones
4) Feast for Crows

Not far enough into Dance with Dragons to comment yet. I thought Storm of Swords was awesome from beginning to end. And never got that into Feast for Crows, weird.

 

[krenshaw]

I have a VERY hard time not ruining it for my wife, as you get to a point in a book and can't believe he killed off another main character.

i'm in the same boat.. i got my wife addicted though i have just as much enjoyment watching reactions since she doesn't know what is coming.

My paperback collection only goes to book 5. I assume he has written 6 by now. Is it a 7 book series, and when will that be coming?

he is currently working on 6 of the 7 planned books.. i heard that HBO doesn't want to go past 7 seasons and that anything after that they may conclude with a movie (though i have no idea how a movie could encompass something like that final book when 10 hours of tv would really only do)

 

[solbes]

I may need some sensitivity training for this, but he better get those last 2 books finished up. He's not exactly a young lookin' dude.

As I was searching for his pics, saw this and thought it pretty funny.

 

[NivekD]

Can't wait til April 6...got the horn mug ready.

 

[Darwin18]

I'm a huge fan of the series. I've been reading and re-reading over the last few years, and it's one of my personal favorite book series. The show is okay. It's enjoyable for me and approachable for people who will never touch the books, such as my wife. The show doesn't have a fraction of the back story, history, or depth that the books do, and that's okay with me. Lately, I've become more concerned that the HBO series will finish before the last books are published. It would be very disappointing to see how the show ends ASOIAF while missing all the depth and connected plot lines that the books cover. The show also has deviated from the plot lines recently, so there is that. I'm not sure how anyone who exclusively watches the show will pickup on the R + L = J, the Blackfyre pretenders, etc. that are likely to be critical plot components in the next two books.

 

[Punity]

SPOILER ALERT!!

|A main character dies this season...|

Is this supposed to be shocking haha

 

[krenshaw]

at least he adds new main characters in throughout the books so.. there haven't been many people added in the TV show, but there will be a bunch more in the next couple seasons that's for sure!

 

[BPal75]

I started this series in 2000, shortly after A Clash of Kings came out. I loved this series and loved the characters Martin created. I thought the TV show has been very well adapted thus far. All that said, the 5th book really disappointed for me. I found myself skimming large parts of it. It just didn't have much happening. I also wasn't crazy about how the timeline of the 4th and 5th books overlap. I found it slowed the pacing of the story even more.

Maybe it would have been better if I could have read all 5 books back to back. But after book 2, I had to wait years between the next 3 and that may have contributed to my disappointment. I worry that Martin is falling into the same trap Jordan did, IMO, in the later books of the Wheel of Time series. Too many sub plots and too many characters which made it hard for him to pace the later books and wrap things up. I'm really hoping book 6 gets things back in track for me.


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[BigPicture]

I think the TV series is even BETTER than the books.

There are some EPIC scenes in the books though. The end of book 4 is incredible. You can't help but love the Imp!

I tried to read book 5, but it was so slow I had to put it down. I'll pick it up again after this season on TV.

When is book 6 due out?

 

[krenshaw]

i don't know if there is a date for 6 yet.. i agree that 5 is slow in places.. especially when they are focusing on newer character development and i just want to know how other certain storylines pan out a bit more.. i am looking forward to a couple stories that seem to have been hanging around for a bit, i hope that he goes back to them in six

 

[krenshaw]

anybody catch the premier? love the way the hound is being protrayed

 

[Darwin18]

Premier was solid and enjoyable. Seeing Arya win back Needle and help take out the Tickler and Polliver was both enjoyable and disturbing. An 8-year old girl killing people will do that though.

 

[northernltz]

I thought that the character of Arya is being brought along very well. She has always had that killer instinct or at least of a fighter. Even way back when she used to show up Bran in the Winterfell yard. I think that the relationship between her and the hound is entertaining as well. I was less impressed with how Sansa is being shown as more of a bitch this season. I guess they want her to show that loss of innosense, (not in a sexual way, but in a loosing her family and being treated as property way). I still love the tv show though. I also liked how the dragons are coming into their own as well. Will the mother of dragons loose her control of them?

 

[Homercidal]

There are still plenty of people on Arya's list. The Hound is one of them...

 

[Darwin18]

I thought that the character of Arya is being brought along very well. She has always had that killer instinct or at least of a fighter. Even way back when she used to show up Bran in the Winterfell yard. I think that the relationship between her and the hound is entertaining as well. I was less impressed with how Sansa is being shown as more of a bitch this season. I guess they want her to show that loss of innosense, (not in a sexual way, but in a loosing her family and being treated as property way). I still love the tv show though. I also liked how the dragons are coming into their own as well. Will the mother of dragons loose her control of them?

I'm not a Sansa fan. I know a lot of other readers are, but I can't personally stand her. Will Dany lose her dragons? Depends on Victarion, I suppose.