aw, what did Kristin Wiig ever do to you
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is not the thread you want to open having noticed only that it has "GAME OF THRONES" in the title
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
So it's been renewed for season three, which means that now the show has to untangle books three and four, which will be a tough gig.
My suspicion is that S2 would end with the Blackwater battle? Can't see it stuck in the middle of season 3. And I can't imagine how they're going to film that for TV, that's LotR scale.
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
they cut his head off and replaced it with his wolfs
― Lamp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yep, S2 finale
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Interesting to see how they're breaking this down
201: The North RemembersWritten by David Benioff & D.B Weiss, directed by Alan TaylorAirdate: 1 April 2012
202: The Night LandsWritten by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by Alan TaylorAirdate: 8 April 2012
203: What is Dead May Never DieWritten by Bryan Cogman, directed by Alik SakharovAirdate: 15 April 2012
204: Garden of BonesWritten by Vanessa Taylor, directed by David PetrarcaAirdate: 22 April 2012
205: The Ghost of HarrenhalWritten by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Petrarca Airdate: 29 April 2012
206: The Old Gods and the NewWritten by Vanessa Taylor, directed by David NutterAirdate: 6 May 2012
207: A Man Without HonorWritten by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter Airdate: 13 May 2012
208: The Prince of WinterfellWritten by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by Alan TaylorAirdate: 20 May 2012
209: BlackwaterWritten by George R.R. Martin, directed by Neil Marshall Airdate: 27 May 2012
210: Valar MorghulisWritten by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by Alan TaylorAirdate: 3 June 2012
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Probably going to be Stannis and Mel re-enacting it on the Dragonstone table with the action figures, post-coitus.
― Où sont le Lord Custos d'antan? (Leee), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 05:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wonder if they're still going to have Tyrion get his nose cut off etc.
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 08:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, Peter Dinklage is already way more handsome than the way Tyrion is described in the books. I have a hard time seeing HBO disfigure their star for years on end.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
They'll probably just give him an interesting scar instead.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
grrm dropped too many hints about jon snow actually being lyanna stark's son to just kill him off without having the Big Reveal about that. he'll surely be back
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
kind of like how ppl had a hard time seeing HBO kill of poster boy Sean Bean?
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
No, not really
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
they already made a concession by not having him be ugly from the start. They might give him a nasty scar but i doubt they'll go all the way with it.
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
did you know peter dinklage was in that one episode of 30 rock? tina fey mistakes him for a child but then starts dating him to cover up for it
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
SHUT IT DOWN.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not sure if Jon is going to be inside the wolf or brought back to life by the red queen. Either would work, though the first would be more interesting.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm betting on inside the wolf first, for a few chapters, then Mels does some red magic, pulling him out of wolf and into his former body. He'll def be in the wolf at least for a while; there was way too much attention paid to that boar thing, as if to get us thinking abt it.
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
how will you guys feel if the show departs radically from the books at some point because i think it should totally do that
I'm totally fine with whatever as long as the Red Wedding still happens
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Cosign but add Boltons pere et fils, I'll feel mega robbed if there are not ample scenes of their creepiness. Also, no Reek no credibility.
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
pretty sure roose bolton is cast for this season
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
He's being played by Michael McElhatton.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
My wife is convinced the Reeds will be left out of the show, with the domesticated wildling chick hitting their notes. Thoughts?
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hope not.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
perhaps, though book-wise, Howland Reed is the only one left alive who knows a bunch of secret stuff that Ned otherwise took to the grave
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think the one big story change they should consider for the show is somehow getting Dany to Westeros earlier. there's no crucial plot reason i can think of for her to chill in the east for 2 more books after she frees Mereen and has an army, other than the dragons growing which can just be sped up
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
ya get rid of that shit
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
like her only real cool scene for a long stretch of the books is the chapter where she 'trades' the dragon for the slave army and then torches the slavemaster guy
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Agreed. In fact, the thing that really perplexes me abt the books is how long he has delayed what one has to assume are the two key 'ice' and 'fire' events (Dany enters Westeros w/dragons, Winter finally comes w/white walkers crossing the wall).
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
he doesn't really know what to do with the dragons, basically
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
If he did not start the fkin series without a p solid idea of where he was ultimately headed with the dragons and the white walkers, I pity him.
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
*with* not without, sorry
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
people seem to think dany, tyrion, and jon are gonna be the 3 dragon riders (this theory also assumes that jon is lyanna stark's son and that she died in childbirth like tyrion and dany's mothers. not sure how this is relevant but people like patterns i guess?)
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
that also requires Tyrion to be a Targaryen. I know there are theories but that would be kind of annoying
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah if tyrion ends up being a targaryen or a dragon rider im giving up
― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought Snow was the son of Ned
― brownie, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh god brownie dont embarrass yourself
― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
what will GRR Martin come up with next i ask you
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
now i hope the show completely abandons the books i want new content and grrm is not providing it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
there's definitely a snow secret, the whole thing is ned brought him back from the wars and refused to talk about it
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe he's the son of an actual snowman
the jon-is-lyanna's-son thing is so tedious, grrm retroactively erasing from the record one of the few times a character had > 1 trait
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
grrm retroactively erasing from the record one of the few times a character had > 1 trait
I think even the first book leaves big hints that Jon is not Ned's son, so I don't think it's retroactive.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i think that's one thing he was sure of all along
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
yr probably right but i much prefer the idea of ned coming back from the war and going "YES this is MY SON that i had via HAVING SEX with SOMEONE ELSE, deal with it", seems much more grim and northern
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
i either missed this or blotted it out of my mind because I can't bear the thought of lovely lysanna having a bastard.
*throws self in front of whitewalker*
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
ban brownie
― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i shall take my leave to Basilisk Point if anyone should enquire about my whereabouts
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's also completely, totally out of character for Ned "I am a blinding idiot when it comes to matters of honor" Stark, particularly when as far as I can remember he pretty much never acts like there's anything shameful or dishonorable about Jon's existence, even when Cat goes off on him in book 1.
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, but the reason he acts that way is that it is a carapace he has developed to cover the shame and guilt he feels over his bastard son
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
at least that is the case in my fanfic, a song of scones and lager
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
they're probably just moving up his appearance to next season
― lego maniac cop (latebloomer), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:46 (1 week ago) Permalink
with stoneheart too it's like a week after she's dead that beric resurrects her. if they do it next year the viewer will see it as having been a lonnnnng time since she died and who's that guy with the eyepatch again? In the books we don't see the resurrection, we come across her long afterwards, but a tv audience won't accept that. ("Wait catelyn came back to life? Or she's a zombie now? i missed that episode!") So for it to work as serialized television it pretty much needs to be in the closing episode of this season, literally a week after the red wedding.
― Clay, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:47 (1 week ago) Permalink
probably still training the elk
― Number None, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:47 (1 week ago) Permalink
rip tyewing
― joe bogus (am0n), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:49 (1 week ago) Permalink
i could believe them dumping the coldhands character wholesale but that would be a shame. tho, assuming coldhands is benjen, that's going to be a great reveal for the tv crowd. "omg, it's benjen! who the fuck is that??"
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:49 (1 week ago) Permalink
I thought Davos was already Stannis' Hand on the show? Sometime last season, right before the Battle of the Blackwater?
I agree that unveiling UnCat this soon is dramatically less potent, but the logistics (keeping Michelle Fairley under wraps being the biggest issue) all seem to point toward her coming in in the next episode.
Coldhands they could do like they did the Reeds by excluding his stuff with Sam and only include him escorting Bran + The Reeds to Third Eye Blind Raven.
― Ou sont les Sonneywolferines d'antan? (Leee), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:51 (1 week ago) Permalink
It's probably not Benjen though! Unless he's decomposed beyond recognition, Bran should've been able to recognize him.
― Ou sont les Sonneywolferines d'antan? (Leee), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
Sam said some stuff in the last episode implying he knew where the door was, making me think they're cutting coldhands. maybe let jojen guide them with his ~powers~ or something, b/c honestly they need to give the reed kids something to do, they've been useless thus far on the show.
― Clay, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
am kinda looking forward to seeing that scene TV-ized, with everything getting scary and dramatic and bran freaking out and then sam's fat face pops out of the well
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:55 (1 week ago) Permalink
not sure if coldhands is happening in the show, since the scene where he showed up in the book already happened and the bran scene in the ep10 synopsis should be the one where he meets sam
― ciderpress, Wednesday, June 5, 2013
I dunno if he's happening either but I'm holding out hope and Team Bran crossing the wall would be the time for it to happen.
― Clay, Wednesday, June 5, 2013
you do realize you're talking about a 6-year cliffhanger right?
given that the actual screen time she'll eat up will amount to a couple of flashbacks i think a pro operation can manage this but hey, that's why they play the games. my money's on this team to hang on to its shock-and-awe opportunities. i'll wager 108 sun salutes.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:01 (1 week ago) Permalink
The six-year cliffhanger was the experience book-readers had when reading the books and in no way reflects how the vast majority of people consuming the television show will be experiencing that material.
― Clay, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:07 (1 week ago) Permalink
they could maybe do the scene where arya wargs into nymeria and drags cat up on the shore w.out actually resurrecting her
― max, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:12 (1 week ago) Permalink
^^ ENDORSE
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:17 (1 week ago) Permalink
i hope nymeria's still under contract
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:19 (1 week ago) Permalink
that have cast a totally different wolf to play her, they barely look alike
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:27 (1 week ago) Permalink