but yeah i see yr point
― g++ (gbx), Thursday, 4 August 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that I'm 700 pages into the 3rd book I kinda wish they'd compressed the 2nd book into a chapter of the 3rd and skipped it. 3rd book is indeed crazy.
― Bryan, Thursday, 4 August 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
dude that's still pretty spoilery?― g++ (gbx), Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:11 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkPpl die in this series. Spoiler. But srsly if u have no idea who I care about how can that possibly be a spoiler?― Mordy, Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:21 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― g++ (gbx), Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:11 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Ppl die in this series. Spoiler. But srsly if u have no idea who I care about how can that possibly be a spoiler?
― Mordy, Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:21 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Thanks, now I'm on the lookout for many many deaths in the middle of book 3.
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah don't be hinting at spoilers, its almost as bad as the spoilers themselves to anyone who's smart enough to actually ~make inferences~
― ciderpress, Friday, 5 August 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't wanna start a big tumult about this, but i didn't spoil anything and if you think any of these books don't contain numerous deaths you totally haven't gotten this series (and you probably didn't watch the first season of the show yet)
― Mordy, Friday, 5 August 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
nods, winks, etc to specific deaths should be avoided. it would also be preferable for people reading the books to not know when or whenabouts in a book there is a HUGE SHOCK because then they'll be looking for it and expecting something etc.
Still, saying that people fucking die at some point in these books is not a spoiler at all.
― Gukbe, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
GREAT THX FOR THE SPOILERS ILX H8 U
― ice cr?m, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
ice cr?m dies at the end of book three
― g++ (gbx), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
its sad he was delicious
#rip
― ice cr?m, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
making cutesy hints about characters dying is obnoxious and you shouldnt do it
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thefriendsociety.com/forum/images/smilies/armscrossed.gif
― g++ (gbx), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
unbookmarking this thread, I just can't take the chance.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 5 August 2011 05:19 (thirteen years ago) link
this is cute
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6579356/game-of-thrones-rpg
― latebloomer, Friday, 5 August 2011 06:51 (thirteen years ago) link
It's sad he was Sean Bean. Don't think anyone has been particularly spoilery so far TBH, I've heard the later books are dramatic and I expect that to involve people dying.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Friday, 5 August 2011 06:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Knowing GRRM's rep for killing characters is one thing, but when you start indicating whereabouts these deaths happen, that's the beginning of some poor form. I definitely land on the paranoid end of spoilers (if that wasn't immensely clear already), because in the case of ASOIAF, I wanted those deaths to be as sudden and horrifying as Ned's was, but if at certain points in a book I'm starting to wonder if it's this character or that character, I'm not sure the actual death's going to have that effect on me.
That's why I'd hope that people err on the side of caution, because once the cat's out of the bag, that horse has left the barn.
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Saturday, 6 August 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, it's definitely an asymmetrical dynamic and a possible burden for fans who aren't Spoiler Nazis Socialists, but getting specific again, this thread is for the TV show, *not* what's happened in Storm of Swords (or at least till/if the show catches up with SOS).
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Saturday, 6 August 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
is the cat riding the horse? or did it scare it or?
― max, Saturday, 6 August 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
the cat beat the horse at dice but then the horse took off across the river to catch a ship before it left
― g++ (gbx), Saturday, 6 August 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Just finished zooming through bks 1-4, but have no appetite for 5 after the ball-ache of 4. That's some sub-Silmarillion world-building-not-story-telling tedium, right there.
― stet, Sunday, 7 August 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
keep reading; book 5 basically provides the asparagus tips to the plotlines of #4.
― ☆, Sunday, 7 August 2011 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Roy Dotrice (who apparently does the audio versions) has been cast as Pryomancer Hallyne, while Hannah Murray will play Gilly.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/blogs/files/2009/12/gilly.jpg
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― schwantz, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Roy Dotrice (who apparently does the audio versions)
Dotrice's readings of these books are str8 fire, btw.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LRdjQ.jpg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
str8 fire
Does this mean good?
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
y
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
He's not for all tastes, of course-- he totally goes for it theatrically with different voices for different characters. I love it. You haven't lived till you've heard the grizzled Dotrice act out Jon Snow's SPOILER REMOVED with the SPOILER REMOVED girl
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^Now that's a fuckin spoiler.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
in every sense of the word
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, i knew that wasn't going to go down well
― Number None, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Unless you're talking about channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
So long, thread!
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh god I'm so sorry.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
What was I thinking. Humor overtook common sense.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
*bans self from thread*
Tywin Lannister = Vlad PutinCat Stark = Sarah Palin as she imagines herselfNed Stark + head = Jimmy CarterLittlefinger = Rahm Emmanuel
(Now I leave the thread for good.)
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Michael McElhatton cast as Roose Bolton. Perfect imohttp://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk2MTIzMTcyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjc3NjQ5NA@@._V1._SY314_CR183,0,214,314_.jpg
― Number None, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Robert Baratheon = Silvio BerlusconiLysa Arryn = Michele BachmannJon Snow = Levi JohnstonTyrion Lannister = Bam </Morbius>
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
that Roose casting is p spot on
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
He's a p great actor too. Lotta Irish TV, primarily comedy oddly enough but he's got the dramatic chops as well.
― Number None, Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://io9.com/5829720/new-study-shows-that-knowing-spoilers-doesnt-ruin-a-story
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
The people in that study are weirdos
― Number None, Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
im sry its science fact, spoil away all ye
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ohboy this morning i just bought the 4-book kindle package (to read on computer/iphone because i do not have an actual kindle (yet?))so far today i have gotten no work done
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm inclined to say just read the first three and stop, then wait for the last 4 to be finished to read together.
― a long time ago i used to be snush (remy bean), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqajzwUQuc1qbypg1o1_250.jpg
― c("c) (Leee), Monday, 22 August 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
ohboy this morning i just bought the 4-book kindle package
We bought the books, but then my (visually handicapped) husband realized he wasn't able to read the small letters. So I urged him to buy the Kindle package (for the ipad). He's so happy. :-)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 22 August 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi, I'm Syrio, and thees is my-a brother, Luigi!
― mick signals, Monday, 22 August 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link