THE GAME OF THRONES/ASOIAF SPOILER THREAD (WARNING: SPOILERS)

it's never mentioned who coldhands is in the books right? are we supposed to believe that he's benjo or whatver the stark's ranger uncle's name is?

benjy is the prime suspect

this season was so much better than the corresponding book. arya's story was WAY improved in pretty much every way.

agreed.

so they're gonna start off season 3 with the red wedding? that should get everyone all riled up!

They're STARTING with that? Holy shit.

no way that's true

source?

just pure conjecture, but we've got the background all set up, and it would be a hell of a kickoff. get em yammering at the watercoolers and whatnot.

nah they'll stretch it out, red wedding will be episode 8 or 9 of season 3. They're introducing all the tullys from the casting stuff upthread so that'll all have to go down for a few episodes. They'll give us more of the Boltons, etc.

yeah we haven't even met the tullys yet so there's that whole bit at riverrun to get through first

they also have to set up Beric Dondarrion's death defying abilities

And the Martells, maybe?

Martells don't figure much into RW, though?

Riiight. So, if they split Book 3 into two seasons, it stands to reason that Red Wedding happens at the end of Season 3, and "RIP Lysa, Tywin, Shae" happens at the end of Season 4

If that's the case, I wonder what else would happen in Season 4, seeing as Theon, Hound, Cat and Robb would be gone/out of the picture. They'd surely have to introduce some of the new characters? I guess we'll be seeing a lot of the Boltons...

presumably a lot of the earlier stuff in AFFC would be happening in season 4. A lot of the iron islands stuff happens chronologically not long after Balon kicks it, which is around the same time as the RW.

Joffrey's wedding happens after the RW, as would Tyrion's trial, which will mean Oberyn (at least).

they'll also need to do the whole storyline with the Eyrie.

yeah I'm guessing joffreys wedding/death spectacular around midway season 4 with the aftermath (particularly tyrion's trial lasting longer/being a bigger deal in the show) taking up the rest of that season.

god i can't wait to see that little fuck choke to death. the hbo nation will cheer!

I don't think I've ever looked forward to a scene in anything so much.

What if they change it so he doesn't die and he stays around forever it's possible

eternal sadface

that would be amazing

And what if the show gradually comes around to his POV

what if they kill Tommen instead

Ser Pounce's head on a pike ;_;

definitely give Cersei more to do in Season 5 besides sit around getting wasted

Tommen should instead waste away of ennui

http://takalak.narod.ru/gorey/img/NisforNeville.gif

Mark my prediction:

First scene of season 3, Jon Snow administering 'the Lord's Kiss'

http://winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/russell.jpg

WE CAN HAZ BLACKFISH.

Oo, nice.

Flawless, better than your faves, etc.

Mackenzie Crook has been seen round Belfast with the cast. As has this guy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1528121/ Nooooo idea who either of them might be.

perhaps edmure tully for the latter?

or either of them i guess

mackenzie crook is creepy enough to be a ramsay, if he can also be sinister

mace tyrell is in kings landing by the start of book 3 right? someone will have to be him.

does ramsay actually get important screen time before book 5? i can't remember

mackenzie crook is creepy enough to be a ramsay, if he can also be sinister

He doesn't seem menacing enough to me. I always pictured Ramsay as looking like Glenn Danzig.

He's far too old to be Ramsay I think. He was ruled out for Vargo Hoat earlier. One of the Brotherhood?

does ramsay actually get important screen time before book 5?

he should've been prominent in the winterfell scenes this past season but they kept him outside the gates. it's confirmed that they are casting him for s3 tho, so they are obv going to establish him with theon somehow.

Mackenzie Crook as Ramsay Snow Bolton could actually be genius.

Theon isn't in book 3, but the producers are going to include him next year, so I assume we'll get Ramsay too.

More casting: http://winteriscoming.net/2012/07/season-three-casting-announced/

Looks like they recast Beric after all, though he's supposed to be all chewed up and unrecognizable in his reappearance in the books.

Surprised that they went with a well-known actress for Queen of Thorns who wasn't Maggie Smith or Judi Dench. I'd expected a no-name stage actress.

And this from the other thread:

also *sigh*...so many new bloody characters. A bunch need to die quickly.

had me lolling.

same

apparently Mance Rayder's not cast yet

Also - Tobias Menzies (Brutus from Rome) is Edmure!

From a few days ago:

Filming starts Friday night in Northern Ireland on the most famous scene of “Games of Thrones” — the Red Wedding.

And, according to a casting notice, the show is looking for amputees to act as extras in the bloody episode.

“Seeking LEG ONLY, MALE AMPUTEES,” reads the notice posted on an Irish casting Web site.

Interested actors are required to send “a clear description regarding where your limb is missing eg. at knee, at ankle, etc.”

Bring on the bodies.

I saw that. It's going to be the penultimate episode of the season. GRRM is doing one script, but not for that episode.

The Red Wedding takes pace about 2/3rds of the way through the book, no?

Well, the stuff in Slaver's Bay is probably going to be all over the place and the sheer amount of shit that follows the Red Wedding plus the need to set up stuff for AFFC/ADWD (Dorne's not even going to be in s3) and the need to flesh out more of the series mythos/~mysteries should make it work out I think.

Not looking forward to the Robb/Grey Wind Frankensteining. :\

Maybe for all the Dorne stuff, they can do like a spinoff, so we can get all the Swarthy Sexiness while we wait for the main stories to resume.