Game of Thrones - Book Readers' Thread - Part 18

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[Victarion]

Done.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

New thready goodness

 

[Marvolo]

Carrying this over:

This is more how I imagined it. The show was a little too subdued for my tastes. Sometimes I wish the show had a bit more color and panache. Gah, can yall imagine if Del Toro had filmed and designed the scene!

 

[Reek]

Bloodraven shoulda looked better. same with Leaf.

 

[Hush]

Well I'll be ****ed, we got the forum.

 

[The Apocalypse]

So, I'm about in the middle of ADWD and

Spoiler

I thought it was pretty funny when the prince of Dorne arrived in Meereen and Dany pretty much denied him

As for Bran's story...

Spoiler

I hear he only has three chapters in the book. I've read two already. I have no clue where his story really is going but I think he's going to become the silent savior of the whole realm. Also, I think the last chapter of the entire story will be his. It started with him, I think it'll end with him.

 

[craigdbfan]

Carrying this over:

This is more how I imagined it. The show was a little too subdued for my tastes. Sometimes I wish the show had a bit more color and panache. Gah, can yall imagine if Del Toro had filmed and designed the scene!

I think they were trying to make it clear that he is a [BLACKOUT]Targaryen [/BLACKOUT]but I mostly agree with you. They still could have conveyed that with something more akin to that illustration that I personally love.

 

[Perfect Cell]

For the love of God, someone please delete my extraneous Stannis thread. I see it every time, and it mocks me.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Carrying this over:

This is more how I imagined it. The show was a little too subdued for my tastes. Sometimes I wish the show had a bit more color and panache. Gah, can yall imagine if Del Toro had filmed and designed the scene!

Here's the big thing, he said "I've been watching you all your lives with a Thousand Eyes and One." which is a clear reference to his past reputation as Lord Bloodraven, Hand of the King and Master of Whispers.....yet he had both eyes, and, I believe he didn't have a the wine-stain birthmark on his cheek. They really stripped him of his distinguishing features and kinda made him a generic wizard type. Really disappointing.

 

[Matt_D]

Bloodraven shoulda looked better. same with Leaf.

For me, Leaf looks nothing like I pictured her. I pictured the COTF as they are in most of the fan art.

I think that they just need to make Bloodraven look more as if he is integrated into the tree.

 

[Hyde]

We have a forum!

 

[Vartha]

Well I'll be ****ed, we got the forum.

Don't abuse it

 

[mocomic]

Had a horrible thought that gives me chills .
Is the special needs shall we say cousin that Tyrion and Jamie talke about before the trial in the books????

Could it be fore shadowing that GOT is in his mind. That Westeros and all is in his mind.
All to be squashed like bugs

Would D & D get death threats.
Gave me an anxiety attack




Thank you for the forum

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Hyde]

Well, he does enjoy the company of both

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I was away the last 12 days, fortunately my hotels had HBO.

Watchers on the Wall was incredible. My first viewing, I was really pissed off with how it ended, I expected Stannis and his army to show up at morning. Then I remembered the book was different, he attacked when Jon was in Mance's camp. I watched it again and was able to appreciate it. Grenn's death was sad but heroic. Pyp's was tragic. Jon was awesome and I loved that they let Alisser Thorne shine. He's a dick but he's still a man of the Night's Watch.

The Children was good, there were a good amount of deviations but I didn't mind them. The biggest was Jaime not telling Tyrion about Tysha. I understand why they didn't do it since viewers wouldn't remember the story from season 1 and it's much more effective of hearing the story through Tyrion's thoughts than a character telling it. I never liked the way Tyrion and Jaime departed. I understood it in the book but it makes less sense in the show since Tyrion already admitted he would never kill Jaime's son.

Seeing Stannis arrive North was awesome. I'm really looking forward to season 5 and having scenes with Stannis, Mance, Jon, Davos, Mel, and even Sam. They have a good chance of world-building more with Stannis talking about Sam's father, Randyll (who I hope gets introduced as the new Tywin-esque character).

The Brienne and Hound fight was great. It makes his wounds more debilitating (I still think he lives). I liked that Brienne's story wasn't her making a pointless roundtrip and getting half her face chewed off.

With Lady Stoneheart, I was surprised she didn't show up. There was just so much to cover, they couldn't give it justice. They usually have an early season shocking moment and I think that will be it now. They can mention the BWB again and how Freys are being killed. Then end episode 2/3/4 with the Brotherhood catching Merrett and revealing Cat is alive.

 

[Victarion]

Next season they could give the Brotherhood a bit of a bigger role in the South's plot. Maybe have them painted as radical insurgents by Randyll Tarly or whomever is assisting Cersei in King's Landing. The BWB could be a major source of unrest, calling for justice for the Red Wedding.

 

[BatmanBeyond]

So I take it that Varamyr Sixskins appearing next season means we'll finally get to see Jon Snow's warg abilities explored. Randyll Tarly would be interesting to see as well and I'm thinking the Manderlys will make their appearance next season too. Not to mention Dorne. Plenty of things to look forward to.

 

[Hush]

I really hope they keep Dorne the way I see it in my head and how it's described in the books. To me it was a tropical Tatooine.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I don't think it's going to look like that. They were scouting locations in Spain, specifically southern Spain I believe. They'll probably use Alhambra for Sunspear and the Tabernas Desert for the deserts which isn't a desert like the Sahara.

 

[Iceman]

Glad to see a GoT section.

 

[Matt]

Told you guys I was fighting for you. t:

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I see no GoT section!