I was so excited for the Sword of Truth series, especially after I heard Raimi really liked the books but I spent the whole pilot seriously yelling at my TV.
GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Jait
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The Maesters have magic, but with the dragons gone (or whatever) it really didn't work except for a few members and then only minor things. None the less, people like "Clyburn" delved so deeply that now that magic is back they can do some shit. Obviously so can Marwyn. But they're rigid like the Catholic Church so they need to keep it quiet, they're an order within an order. Qyburn, Marwyn, and likely others even refer to the other members of their order as Grey Sheep. The Maesters have a really important purpose for the end of this series, and only a few within know about it.
At least that's my 2cp
At least that's my 2cp
Drinsic
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It's the one I was referring to:
The most obvious interpretation is Jaime and Sandor will both confront Robert Strong somehow. Not really sure what circumstances would bring the two of them together against him.Bran's Dream_sl said:
The Cleganes sound clear, but is that certainly Jaime? Not sure who else it could be, but a pretty guy in golden armor is a bit more vague than "a dark hound".
Shonuff
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The problem is that fantasy has to be done right. No one wants to go see a low budget D&D movie, we all want LOTR. Who wants cheap looking CGI? Up until now, the studios probably saw the initial cash outlay as too high. But GoT is giving Sopranos a run for its money. My 70 year old parents eat up GoT more than most of the people in this thread do. It's kind of freaking me out. They heard me raving about it, they started watching the marathon on On Demand, and they are hooked. The show has made fantasy mainstream.
On another note, I'm still pretty butthurt at Martin over Ned and the Red Wedding.
I think GoT does well due to it being about the characters and politics more than fuck hueg dragons and giant armies. It is far more story driven, like a soap opera, which relies more on writing that special effects. It just needs a better location and costume budget.
Noodleface
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It is a great success because Martin is a brilliant writer that can paint such amazing word pictures with his writing and prose. You care for characters, you love characters, and you really hate characters. Not a lot of stories can do that. I'm just glad this series started on tv now and not 10 years ago, the technology now can really show the story how it really should look.
And he might finish the books before the tv series is over... nah, no he won't.
moonarchia
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http://quartermaester.info/
Probably the best GoT map on the nets. Very detailed, with spoiler control.
Probably the best GoT map on the nets. Very detailed, with spoiler control.
http://quartermaester.info/
Probably the best GoT map available, its interactive, with spoiler control. When you go to the site for the first time, its set at AGOT prologue, so no worries.
Probably the best GoT map available, its interactive, with spoiler control. When you go to the site for the first time, its set at AGOT prologue, so no worries.
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