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« Reply #1295 on: August 05, 2013, 12:50:40 AM »
I thought they only came back because of the long summer. They were buried under many layers of ice and because of the long summer all those layers have gone and they've defrosted.

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« Reply #1296 on: August 05, 2013, 04:08:05 PM »
Im pretty sure the seasons in Westeros have nothing to do with the way our (real) seasons work in terms of astrology. 

They don't, GRRM has said they have a supernatural basis.
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« Reply #1298 on: August 08, 2013, 04:16:14 PM »
I once came up with an alternative interpretation of the seasons (minor spoilers for the fluff, the plot isn't touched):

It is strongly implied that Valyria was destroyed in a huge volcanic eruption. Looking at the map, we can get a vague grasp of the size of the whole area. But then in DoD it is mentioned that Valyria used to be a peninsula.

We know that volcanic eruptions can cause years with no summer in the real world. Now imagine an event that is able to take down an area the size of the valyrian peninsula. It should certainly have caused a winter that lasted several years.

We don't know how big the whole planet of the aSoIaF-universe is. What if there are places where eruptions the size of the Doom of Valyria happen on a more regular basis? What if all the winters are actually the result of volcanism?

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« Reply #1299 on: August 08, 2013, 06:08:44 PM »
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« Reply #1300 on: August 08, 2013, 06:10:36 PM »
it wouldn't be of a fucking TV show (or book, or any other fleeting entertainment that will be gone in a decades time).

You're going to be gone in decades time as well, so what's the problem?
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« Reply #1301 on: August 08, 2013, 06:21:20 PM »
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« Reply #1302 on: August 08, 2013, 09:36:55 PM »
Oh yeah, basically all of those tattoos were fucking atrocious.
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« Reply #1303 on: August 08, 2013, 09:50:59 PM »
The one with the Hand pin and the lion, stag and wolf was the best one, IMO.
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« Reply #1304 on: September 07, 2013, 05:27:22 PM »
My sister gave me the first five books today and I've gotten about 200 pages into A Game of Thrones. So far I am surprised and impressed by how closly the first season of the series has followed the book.

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« Reply #1305 on: September 07, 2013, 06:06:02 PM »
I already miss this show!  :'(
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« Reply #1306 on: September 07, 2013, 06:20:39 PM »
My sister gave me the first five books today and I've gotten about 200 pages into A Game of Thrones. So far I am surprised and impressed by how closly the first season of the series has followed the book.
And that's the only book the show closely follows.
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« Reply #1307 on: September 08, 2013, 12:25:49 AM »
One of the most annoying things about the current state of pop culture is the insistence that all adaptations adhere directly to their source material.  I think on the whole Game of Thrones has done a good job of managing the plot, although the thematic stuff I think is lacking.
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« Reply #1308 on: September 08, 2013, 03:17:11 AM »
Which is why I won't read past the series. I'll read A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings and maybe a few chapters into A Storm of Swords but no I won't finish it until the entire 4th season has aired.

It often seems like the people who have read the books before the movie or series always has some gripes about changes or whatever. I have found that people who read the source material after watching the adaption often apprieciate them both almost equally. I know that the Game of Thrones series is pretty much loved by the readers to, but I won't risk loving future seasons of the show because I know that things are portrayed differently in the books.

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« Reply #1309 on: September 08, 2013, 04:58:21 AM »
One of the most annoying things about the current state of pop culture is the insistence that all adaptations adhere directly to their source material.  I think on the whole Game of Thrones has done a good job of managing the plot, although the thematic stuff I think is lacking.
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« Reply #1310 on: September 08, 2013, 05:52:12 AM »
To expand on the thought, I find it especially weird that when it comes to this measuring stick of adaptations, people demand adherence to plot much more than adherence to themes.  People will bitch and moan about missing minor character x or plot development y, but I think that the biggest failure of the TV series has been the lack of the revisionist bent that made the novels so fresh and different.  Not that that necessarily has to be there (Starship Troopers is a great example of an adaptation that went deliberately opposite its sources themes), but the show in general lacks of thematic cohesiveness scene-to-scene and episode-to-episode.
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« Reply #1311 on: September 08, 2013, 06:05:39 AM »
I first saw the TV show earlier this year, started the books after watching the show and finished the 5th one a little while ago, and I have to say that while there are obviously some advantages for the book (the depth of world and history that the show can't realistically provide), I think the show does many things better, including (and in fact especially) when it makes changes / additions. One of the main things I'm looking forward to is seeing the TV show do the storyline for books 4 and 5 as I expect there will be quite a lot of changes and storylines condensed, and I think the story will be better for it.

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« Reply #1312 on: September 08, 2013, 08:49:14 AM »
To clarify, I didn't mean that as a slight to the show, just stating a fact.
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« Reply #1313 on: September 08, 2013, 10:40:55 AM »
Yeah, I should've specified the rant wasn't targeted at you.

I think season 1 is the best season though, largely because it does feel a lot more cohesive than the other two.
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« Reply #1314 on: September 10, 2013, 09:23:01 AM »
Sigur Ros will record a song for season 4. My money's on "The Dornishman's Wife"
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« Reply #1315 on: September 10, 2013, 09:32:22 AM »
Sigur Ros will record a song for season 4. My money's on "The Dornishman's Wife"

Whoa neat. 

Man I can't wait for the Martells and the rest of Dorne!  One of my favorite houses.

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« Reply #1316 on: September 26, 2013, 03:42:49 PM »
When the books are all out and the final season of the show is airing, I really hope they decide to do something special with the last episode. Like instead of just having a series finale they should make a full length theatrical movie out of it like Firefly did with Serenity, but 20 times more awesome.

Many years down the road I know, but still fun to dream. Anyone else hoping for a theatrical final episode?

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« Reply #1317 on: September 26, 2013, 07:02:50 PM »
Due to the fickle nature of television programming, I'm not thinking that far ahead. :)

Would be a neat idea though.

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« Reply #1318 on: September 30, 2013, 03:22:28 PM »
I am verging on obsessed with the White Walkers or the Others. If the turn out to be not as important as I have built them up to be I will be really disappointed.

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« Reply #1319 on: September 30, 2013, 03:31:22 PM »
And you'd have no one to blame for that but yourself! :lol
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« Reply #1320 on: September 30, 2013, 03:35:05 PM »
I suspect a few characters will have some rather sublime endings at the end of the series. Getting people to suspect disaster allows a massive payoff on 'happy' endings.
Maybe... on the other hand, it can backfire, as I've sort of stopped caring about any of the characters now. A lot of them aren't very likeable, and those that are will probably be killed, so I'm now just assuming they're going to die and don't really care.

I know this is an old post I'm responding to, but I just got caught up on the end of season 3. It's an enjoyable show but pretty frustrating at times, and like I said, I've lost interest in most of the (living) characters now.

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« Reply #1321 on: September 30, 2013, 03:38:33 PM »
And you'd have no one to blame for that but yourself! :lol

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« Reply #1322 on: September 30, 2013, 03:58:39 PM »
In the TV show, they leave a lot to be desired about the White Walkers, but I definitely think they're doing that on purpose. Having not read the books, I have started to believe the White Walkers will be a bit more important in the upcoming story then they have been. Their side-story has been essentially filler (for lack of a better word) in between the fighting for the Westeros crown.
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« Reply #1323 on: September 30, 2013, 04:12:05 PM »
In the show, yep, it's been pretty filler but in the books they are this background menace that has kept growing and growing with each book.
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« Reply #1324 on: September 30, 2013, 04:30:44 PM »
In the show, yep, it's been pretty filler but in the books they are this background menace that has kept growing and growing with each book.
That's a great way to describe how they've shown the White Walkers in the first three seasons. They've revealed/shown more bits and pieces as the episodes are aired.
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« Reply #1325 on: September 30, 2013, 04:36:49 PM »
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« Reply #1326 on: September 30, 2013, 07:28:53 PM »
The Walkers represent Ice, the Dragons represent Fire. The entire plotline will come down to the war between the two. That's my take on things anyway. I've not started Book 4 yet.

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« Reply #1327 on: October 01, 2013, 01:16:11 AM »
The Walkers represent Ice, the Dragons represent Fire. The entire plotline will come down to the war between the two. That's my take on things anyway. I've not started Book 4 yet.

The fight for the Throne is futile in comparison.

This is pretty much exactly what me and my father are thinking as well.

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« Reply #1328 on: October 06, 2013, 07:18:19 AM »
Yup, gotta think the end game has the dragons burning the walkers.

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« Reply #1329 on: October 06, 2013, 10:05:29 AM »
I really, really hope it doesn't end up being that straightforward.