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Glimpses of Thoros, the Reeds, Olenna Tyrell, Edmer Tully, Brynden the Blackfish Tully? Lord Beric Dondarian? Legions of Unsullied. And... Mance Rayder!!!
Only 67 more days to go!
Things I'm looking forward to this season;
- 4 weddings and plenty of funerals!
- Jeoffry being, well, Jeoffry!
- More epic-burny dragon action. (check out Ser Jorah's kick@$$ new suit of armour!)
Spoiler:
He only wades through waist deep p & crap in a sewer, captures a city, then gets banished by an angry dragon-queen after professing his love for her... Poor guy!
- We find out what Mance Rayder is really up to! (well, hopefully they get that far with Jon's story...)
- Tyrion!!!
Missing in action though this season, it looks like we definately won't get introduced to Arstan Whitebeard & Strong Belwas and Prince Obryn...
But then, this season is only supposed to cover roughly half of 'A Storm of Swords', so if they don't get those characters into play this season, then I fully expect to see them appear in season 4...
Spoiler:
which will also be the season when we get to see if Tywin Lannister really does gak gold!
I like how they've done Tyrion's make up instead absolutely completely messing up his face And I'm surprised that the actor for Robb Stark is Scottish, not a northerner
Can't wait till March for the next season, at least there's walking dead until then
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Currently debating whether to study for my exams or paint some Deathwing
Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote: I like how they've done Tyrion's make up instead absolutely completely messing up his face
And I'm surprised that the actor for Robb Stark is Scottish, not a northerner
Can't wait till March for the next season, at least there's walking dead until then
I'm thinking the tonning down of Tyrion's disfigurement is simply due to;
a) Money.
Prosthetics are costly and the show's budget is apparently on the small'ish side for the scale of production they've done. (I mean, they're now upto 4 different shooting locations this season! Ireland, Dubrovnik, Iceland & Malta!)
By all acounts it's David Benioff being a fiscal genius that let's them do as much as they do!
b) Peter Dinkledge probably would not be overly thrilled by a heavy prosthetic that would likely take hours to apply, followed by pain-filled hours to remove, just so they can be 99.9% true to the book version of the character!
(As Ian Glen can attest to, heavy prosthetics suck the motherload! )
Do want! I'm reading book two at the moment and I've been very excited about season three for a long time now.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
-Loki- wrote: I'm a bit miffed that it seems they might not have Jaime and Brienne end up with the bloody mummers. Though it also feels like they won't have him
Spoiler:
lose his hand.
Though I don't think that'll be too drastic a story change. The eventual result wasn't all that big
Spoiler:
His father and sister were a bit pissed, but they got over it, and he spent a whole book learning to fight left handed.
It's a detail just not needed for the series.
They could replace the Bloody Mummers with just some faceless random dudes of Clegane's who've gone rouge and do the deed, then Gregor guts them afterwards?
Spoiler:
Mind, they could as you say leave out the missing hand bit and instead have his right hand simply be badly maimed and it would end with the same result - Jaimie having to learn to fight left-handed
Myself, I'm wondering just how much of Dany's story we'll be getting this season?
Faking a severed hand is easy enough by adjusting the sleeve and enlarging the stump.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
DaNewBoy wrote: I have been pretty disappointed in the directions the books have taken. I wonder if the t.v. series will explore alternatives to the story.
So far, while the TV series has made some changes due to either budget reasons, time reasons, or just generally making the story translate a bit better to the television format, there haven't really been any massive departures that would change the overall storyline. I doubt they'll head in that direction, and I hope they don't, really. So far they've done a pretty good job of balancing remaining true to the story and making the necessary changes for a TV show, so hopefully they'll keep up the good work.
Just curious, but what don't you like about the direction the books have taken?
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DaNewBoy wrote: I have been pretty disappointed in the directions the books have taken. I wonder if the t.v. series will explore alternatives to the story.
So far, while the TV series has made some changes due to either budget reasons, time reasons, or just generally making the story translate a bit better to the television format, there haven't really been any massive departures that would change the overall storyline. I doubt they'll head in that direction, and I hope they don't, really. So far they've done a pretty good job of balancing remaining true to the story and making the necessary changes for a TV show, so hopefully they'll keep up the good work.
Just curious, but what don't you like about the direction the books have taken?
I think one of the biggest changes they've made is that D.B looks for any opportunity to expand on Jorah's role when writing the scripts as he's one of his favourite characters.
Which is a fine change in my book!
The end result of losing his hand isn't "he learns to fight with his other hand" (he tries, but doesn't even approach anything resembling his former ability), it's a fundamental shift in his character's behavior caused by no longer being all but invincible in melee combat.
The books bog down a bit after Storm of Swords, but that's more because the overall story relies upon the dragons being grown, while too many important things logically have to happen in westeros in the meantime to just jump ahead (which was the author's previous intent, before realizing it wouldn't work). There's also a number of storylines that go rather differently than one might expect, so it's easy enough to see why someone might not like where the books end up going.
I have a suspision that the next book, The Winds of Winter will turn out to be something like a 1200-1500+ page tome in order to get everything set-up and ready for the final instalment.
Martin has confirmed though that Dany will NOT! make it to Westeros in book 6...
The end result of losing his hand isn't "he learns to fight with his other hand" (he tries, but doesn't even approach anything resembling his former ability), it's a fundamental shift in his character's behavior caused by no longer being all but invincible in melee combat.
The books bog down a bit after Storm of Swords, but that's more because the overall story relies upon the dragons being grown, while too many important things logically have to happen in westeros in the meantime to just jump ahead (which was the author's previous intent, before realizing it wouldn't work). There's also a number of storylines that go rather differently than one might expect, so it's easy enough to see why someone might not like where the books end up going.
Yeah:
Spoiler:
Despite any of my expectations, I have to say that Jaime Lannister is becoming a much more sympathetic character who is working on redeeming himself. His sister though...
The end result of losing his hand isn't "he learns to fight with his other hand" (he tries, but doesn't even approach anything resembling his former ability), it's a fundamental shift in his character's behavior caused by no longer being all but invincible in melee combat.
The books bog down a bit after Storm of Swords, but that's more because the overall story relies upon the dragons being grown, while too many important things logically have to happen in westeros in the meantime to just jump ahead (which was the author's previous intent, before realizing it wouldn't work). There's also a number of storylines that go rather differently than one might expect, so it's easy enough to see why someone might not like where the books end up going.
Yeah:
Spoiler:
Despite any of my expectations, I have to say that Jaime Lannister is becoming a much more sympathetic character who is working on redeeming himself. His sister though...
While true:
Spoiler:
I think Jamie's true 'redemption' will be through his eventual death, which I can forsee being an act of self sacrifice to save Tyrion from Cersi.
Redemption seems rather at odds with the general themes/tone of the story, which tend more towards the necessity of brutality in a brutal world than more normal western idealism. Jaime's story seems to be heading more towards killing Cersei, since we know she'll be killed by her younger brother (the maegi's prophecy), and we also know thatJaime is, by several minutes, her younger brother.
Jaime was also never so much villainous as he was a hotheaded imbecile used as a weapon by his more malevolent family members. His imprisonment and maiming lead pretty soundly to disillusionment with his family's goals, and to a reliance on cunning and restraint he never needed when he was an invincible swordsman.
Since we're speculating about things: Jon Snow
Spoiler:
Who are his parents?
My money's on Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targeryan. We know that she ran off with him willingly, that he left three quarters of his bodyguard to protect her when he rode north again, and that she died some months later, of something caused by Rhaegar, involving a great deal of blood, during the process of which she demands Eddard promise her something. This revelation is immediately followed by Eddard regretting lying to Robert (this could have referred to not telling him about Cersei's deception, but that was more an omission than an outright lie).
& crap in a sewer, captures a city, then gets banished by an angry dragon-queen after professing his love for her... Poor guy!
(well, hopefully they get that far with Jon's story...)
