HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

The great Horn of Aroo sounded. "Aroooooooooo," went the horn.

Really wondering what it's going to be like on the Lannister's side, they've been in power so long that it's going to be odd seeing them scramble to pick up the pieces and defend themselves from Dorne family. Also seeing Stannis and Littlefinger becoming players and what Varys is going to do when he's not officially serving. Really looking forward to this.

I just discovered there's no Bran in the upcoming season and it's the best news I've had all week.

Hopefully no Sansa, Khaleesi, or Jon Snow either

yeah hopefully none of the characters are in it, just the title sequence for an hour.

13 straight episodes of the hound's corpse decomposing in real time iirc

i am hoping this season has more prominent roles for munch and ice t

I must be one of the very few people who actually likes Daeneyrs' storyline. I don't think Emilia Clarke is very good though.

the dany storyline is good imo, but what's left of it from the books (without being specific) is prob gonna elicit many of the same complaints it did last season, and clarke's acting, while basically decent and occasionally v effective, is not quite up to the task in terms of making the political aspects of it compelling as television

No Sansa? Even with her seemingly becoming Littlefinger's partner in crime? I'm looking forward to that.

I've read there are some radical forthcoming changes from the books because Feast and Dance are so sprawling and fans generally seem to have found them disappointing and overlong.
I read a spoiler last year about the "Stoneheart" stuff and I'm gutted they're not doing it in the tv show because that sounded like one of the most awesome things to ever happen in the story (if you don't know, it's probably best not to look it up because, who knows, they might play that card later). Their reasons for cutting it sounded fair, but still, it seems like they are leaving out one of the major highlights.

The Stoneheart thing is a great reveal but GRRM has done nothing with it for like two books now.

Take it to the spoilers thread gents

Yah sorry, was tryig to be oblique but still a bit out of order I realise.

I'm a bit worried, the showrunners seem to know what they're doing (they're adamant about keeping it down to 7 seasons even though HBO wants 10) and can improve on lots of things but I think it might be a lot weaker if they don't have finished books to adapt.

tbh you could flip it and say the books might turn out better this way

Could go either way; the showrunners are certainly less self-indulgent than George, but they've yet to prove they can come up with the same calibre of concepts and twists.

Game of Thrones show runners confirm new seasons will spoil events in upcoming books

Luckily, we've been talking about this with George for a long time, ever since we saw this could happen, and we know where things are heading. And so we'll eventually, basically, meet up at pretty much the same place where George is going; there might be a few deviations along the route, but we're heading towards the same destination. I kind of wish that there were some things we didn't have to spoil, but we're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. The show must go on ... and that's what we're going to do.

I'm glad. The show is much better than the books. Now Martin can focus on the plot twists and not waste his time embedding them in thousands of pages of purple prose

dragons melt the ice, everyone surfs. the end.

sorry, meant for spoiler thread

But aren't a lot of the best and funniest lines taken from the books? Maybe George Will script more of the show.

Winds Of Winter and A Dream Of Spring reminds me so much of Color Of Spring and Spirit Of Eden that I keep subconsciously anticipating a late Talk Talk flavoured ending.

Maybe George Will script more of the show.

oof, unfortunate capital W there!

Josh in Chicago, can you pull off a George Will game of thrones pastiche?

George Will might have scripted that rape scene with Jaime and Cersei

I have not got a clue about George RR Martin's politics, if any, but flags get waved in his books while he writes about hard times. He is no craven, and the recitation of beheadings and other problems always seems punctuated by a bleak, dire warning: "Winter is coming."

(I think the only George Will I've ever read is his boneheaded Springsteen review.)

GRRM is a lib

That was my almost word for word echo of the George Will Bruce essay. "I have not got a clue about Bruce Springsteen's politics," etc.

Though of course GRRM totally reminds me of John Milius.
http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/john_milius.jpg?itok=pNpaI7ed

oh shit yes!

Hadn't heard of George Will. Don't fancy the sound of him.

he is a piece of shit but less of a lickspittle than David Brooks

gwill brings a fierce east coast posh intellectual wearin a bowtie game

and he also has a sports machine

https://screen.yahoo.com/george-f-wills-sports-machine-000000461.html

i had no idea he had a sports machine!

Don't know David Brooks either but I think I get the idea.

GRRM has done nothing with it for like two books now

Chap, fixed that for your.

Non-spoiler review of the first episode

http://io9.com/wow-game-of-thrones-season-5-is-even-darker-than-we-ex-1693422221

http://i.imgur.com/VmWk962.jpg

They're not kidding. I can't see shit

You have tilt your laptop screen pretty far back to watch GoT season 5

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https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/467393628.jpg?w=650&h=456

ladies... hello

that right there is a fun party

Since DJP isn't going to post it I'm gonna go ahead and post it

http://www.avclub.com/article/sexy-tyrion-lannister-cosplay-sexy-confusing-217504

http://i.imgur.com/NzBFWwp.jpg

ahahaha I was just about to post that here

i hate you both

Get imped.

Death death death

http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/entertainment/game-of-thrones/

first four eps leaked (not HD). why must nerds ruin everything?

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/12/8392559/game-of-thrones-season-5-leaked-episodes