Game of Thrones (HBO) - Time to jump on board

Haha! New hearts being broken every day.

 

LOL, yeah. :-D

 

I have about 2 chapters left in book 5. Book 4 is very different from the first few books, and from book 5. It was somewhat difficult to get through at times earlier on, because there's a disconnect from the first few books, and the style is a little different as well. If your halfway through, it should start picking up soon.

 

Book 4 is the weakest of the 5.

I take that back. It's really not. It just doesn't have the driving force the other 4 have. It's more of a narrative.

When you re-read the books (and you will ), you'll find book 4 is much better when you factor book 5 into it. The first 40% or so of book 5 runs concurrent with the time-line of book 4 and sews the threads together. It no longer feels so disjointed.

A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons were intended to be one book. But they couldn't possibly publish a book 1800 pages long or longer. So they had to break it in half. GRRM made the choice to split it up by characters rather than just ending the book mid-way because some of the characters left out of book 4 weren't done to his liking. He also didn't want to leave fans hanging in a way he didn't intend (cliffhangers are ok if you intend them. Not so much if it just stops).

 

Here's an extended season 3 trailer. It's the same one Ray posted, but has a little more added.

[video=youtube;C1pbtBX9Kok]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C1pbtBX9Kok[/video]

 

The Bear and the Maiden Fair!

(And if I'm not mistaken, I think we saw a glimpse of Ygritte receiving "The Lord's Kiss." Ick to the euphimism, but yay! to the scene.)

 

This was too awesome not to share.

[video=youtube;dXjcJGGmJ9A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXjcJGGmJ9A[/video]

 

I only recognized 3, maybe 4 of those clips. Apparently, he's been in many more films than I was aware of...

 

New trailer. Nothing Earth shattering, but a few extra glimpses of things to come...

[video=youtube;wfSXhMzWoA4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSXhMzWoA4[/video]

 

ROFL! This is brilliant.

[video=youtube;AFOXCfoKO1k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFOXCfoKO1k&feature=player_embedded[/video]

That last line takes on a whole new meaning. :innocent:

 

That was great. :-D

Only two more weeks...

 

And yet another new trailer. This one with new glimpses of quite a few things. Our first look at Daario Nahaeris. Tormund speaks. The direwolves look great. Beric v Hound. Jorah going into badass mode.

Someone getting thumb screws. A longer look at a hooded man chained to a cross from previous trailers?. I wonder who this could be? ...rhymes with weak?

Dany looking extra gorgeous this year. I do believe that last shot is after her next use of the word "Dracarys." (geekgasm)

Not sure who that lovely young thing is having her dress (corset? from the front?) laced up they show briefly. A certain Frey girl? Kyra? (that would be hard to watch) Jeyne Poole?

Anyway, here it is:

[video=youtube;R4XSeW4B5Rg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4XSeW4B5Rg[/video]

 

OK. First, let me get this out of the way....

 

The first trailers I saw, I was foolishly thinking the man with the hood was at Dragonstone, but that wouldn't make sense. I think you must be right that it rhymes with squeak.

I think that could very well be a Frey girl getting disrobed. I saw a brief glimpse of Bran, Hodor, and co. in the castle kitchen, too.

 

We have a House of our own.

 

LOL, that's awesome! Raise the banners...

 

So, what did everyone think?

 

Hard for me to discuss without going into book spoilers. They made quite a few alterations (ALREADY) to the book. Most of them I can live with and understand. 1 or 2 of them really irritate me.

And for Rh'llor's sake! Can they PLEASE explain to the viewing audience for ONCE the difference between a wight and a White Walker? Non-readers are really being left out to dry with this lack of explanation, and they'll only be more confused in the future if this isn't made clear soon.

 

Oh, and this being the internet and all, the obligatory...

 

Has the show ever referred to "The Others" as The Others?

I'm going to shoot you a pm, because I'd like to hear the one or two things that really irritate you. :-D

 

No. They have used the expression "Other's take..." but no explanation of who the "Others" are.

Another lack of explanation there.

I could talk about my beefs here, but I'm refraining for now just in case they use what was missing later.

 

This kind of thing is just getting annoying now.

http://hbowatch.com/peter-dinklage-april-season-four/

 

Totally. However, I did read that it was also announced that Val Kilmer will be taking over the role of Jaime Lannister.