Game of Thrones (spoilers)

[killersheep]

SPRING 2012 ?!?

That's way too long. Now what? I'm not a huge True Blood fan and the direction of that show looks super cheesy, the preview I saw looked straight out of a scifi channel made for TV movie.

Maybe I'll get some work done around the house.

Read the books?

Or maybe follow the BBC's new blockbuster apdation of the Arthurian legends, "Camelot"?

That second part is a joke by the way, I've not watched it but as a Brit I can confidently say you will be disappointed. It will likey be Dowton Abbey with knights

My wife just started reading Game of Thrones, I have to read that first so that's out. She should be done with it soon and then I can get going. I still have to finish The Name of the Wind and then pick back up in Ben Franklin's autobiography.

[OumaFan]

Holy fuck, the 5th book is coming out July 12th. For some reason I thought it was farther down the line than that.

I don't think ten episodes a season is going to work for the 2nd or 3rd book. It won't work for the 3rd book, at all, and there has been some talk about two seasons for that one. I mean this was all kind of setting stuff up, like the Fellowship of the Ring, and plus Boromir died both times.

[Kev]

I saw an interview with Sean Bean this week where they asked who Jon Snow's dad is really. Apparantly the view from the fans is that he is probably actually the son of Rhaegar and Ned's sister and that Ned claimed him as his own to protect him.

It defo sounds like a probabiltiy to me, so that could be pretty cool.

[Kev]

Sean neither confirmed or denied by the way, although he didnt seem to challenge the idea that he might be...

[OumaFan]

That is the mega-theory of the whole series. Its very veiled though, at least if you're reading the first time and you don't have any idea about it. I didn't catch it, although I heard about it later and thought it made sense.

I wasn't going to say anything about it. I'm not sure if its a spoiler though since its just a theory.

To be fair though Martin probably hasn't told Bean one way or the other.

[Mark TKO]

having not read the books I felt cheated by the ending

where was by battle ?!? goddamnit


Still don't know anyones name - and who is that old bloke again who was talking to the whore about Kings about ten minutes from the end ??

[OumaFan]

They skimped on the battles big time. They're trying to keep the budget down, that's what got Rome cancelled but they're going to have to show some in the future.

Anyway, the fifth book came out today. Its been fucking ages since the last one.