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Game of Thrones Seasons 7-8
About to hit the 5000 post mark on the old thread, the first season 7 trailer today seems like the right time to start the final Game of Thones thread.
I'm going back to the original rules pre-2015. I don't think we need supervision or bannings. Just don't be a dick. Post anything you find online that hasn't aired yet inside of spoiler tags. That's pretty much it. I think we can all handle that... For future us, 2015 thread is here: Link Last edited by keg in kc; 06-21-2017 at 10:48 AM.. |
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06-15-2019, 02:45 PM | #5656 |
pie is never free
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Anyone know when they’re releasing to DVD?
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06-15-2019, 02:52 PM | #5657 |
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06-15-2019, 03:21 PM | #5658 |
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06-15-2019, 03:56 PM | #5659 | |
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As I've said before, Dune was great, and is my favorite book of all time. The stuff written by his son and Anderson obviously don't compare to that. But they do compare to the follow-up novels in the original series. |
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06-16-2019, 09:35 PM | #5660 |
oxymoron
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For me it's kind of like Brandon Sanderson trying to finish the Wheel of Time: the voice is so drastically different from the original, that it just becomes something else entirely. To the point that it just doesn't work for me. I can't read it.
And Sanderson is a much, much better writer than Kevin J. Anderson. The only thing 'Dune' about any of those prequel books were the character and planet names. It was basically fan fiction before fan fiction was a thing. Which isn't a surprise since Anderson made his name writing EU Star Wars novels |
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06-17-2019, 07:46 AM | #5661 | |
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This example is why I don't think GRRM will realistically be able to finish ASOIAF in only two more books. I think someone writing at the pace of Brandon Sanderson (and the pace of Storm of Swords) could, but I just don't think Martin is at the place in his own universe anymore. I think realistically (the r/asoiaf subreddit calculated over 200 ongoing subplots still going on at the end of Dance), if the ASOIAF is brought to a finish, GRRM is going to need an eighth book to tie it all together. |
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06-17-2019, 08:38 AM | #5662 | |
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I certainly enjoyed the "House" books the most, primarily because they dealt with familiar characters from the first book. |
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06-17-2019, 08:48 AM | #5663 | |
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06-17-2019, 09:03 AM | #5664 |
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I never read the fifth and sixth books because I so utterly despised the fourth. I'm told they're much better. I don't care.
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06-17-2019, 09:13 AM | #5665 |
Here We Go Again
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I nearly quit after 4 as well. 5 was ok as I recall. Probably some bias towards being better than it was because of how bad 4 was. 6 is pretty outstanding. It's been long enough now since I read them, that I can't remember if you really need to read 5 to get 6.
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06-17-2019, 09:27 AM | #5666 | |
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Download 'ball of beasts' and read them all chronologically and suddenly those books don't suck nearly as badly. |
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10-12-2019, 01:20 PM | #5667 |
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04-14-2021, 08:12 PM | #5668 |
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04-15-2021, 08:05 AM | #5669 |
Ain't no relax!
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Now that would be cool. Redo the whole season....
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04-15-2021, 08:53 AM | #5670 |
In Search of a Life
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Snyder cut showed it can be done. It’s an entirely different movie. Everything from episode 3 on should be redone in 10 episodes so it doesn’t feel like a bunch of boxes being ticked off. Biggest change I would make is having the fight at Winterfell be a diversion and get an epic battle between life and death at Kings Landing.
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