Posted June 11, 2012
Post edited June 11, 2012 by Licurg
Posted June 11, 2012
and the wolves in season 2 are good
Post edited June 11, 2012 by crazy_dave
Posted June 11, 2012
Posted June 11, 2012
Posted June 11, 2012
I didnt post a spoiler I didnt say what happened to him, stuff happens to everybody in books.
Posted June 11, 2012
eh ... okay - too much for my blood, but everyone's mileage varies with those kinds of implicative posts - but the dude after you totally did :)
Posted June 11, 2012
Posted June 12, 2012
Guess I could wiki it if curiosity became too much, but I should probably just read the books then.
My guess is that GRR Martin tries to extent it on purpose to cash in more. I don't blame him for that, but it hurts the quality of the book. Otherwise I would be happy as well to have this great huge story, with great writing and characters that you feel like they are real people that you can like, love or loath.
The TV series is my absolute favorite show and it manages to hold to a high standard mostly because follows the books closely. Whenever the writers decided to improvise and add new scenes almost always they are weaker than the rest of the story.
It's not necessarily that the material gets worse per say (well ok, maybe it does when they start pulling half-baked ideas out of their sleeve), they just run out of ideas.
I think it's better if they keep short and sweet (a triology at most) or at least take at least 5-6 years between books, but I'm not sure if he can afford it.
He's already 66 (ok, 63 actually), looks very round (coronaries and a host of other possibilities there) and he has what? 3-4 books left to write?
Hate to be a bummer, but odds are not negligible that he might pull a Jordan on us (not that I care in the case of Jordan, I lost interest after the 5th book).
Hope he has a manuscript somewhere outlining where he wants the storyline to go.
Got to give props to Stephen King there... he made sure that he wrapped up his Magnum Opus before he was too old.
Can't help myself. I have an overactive imagination and I don't have an off switch :P.
Post edited June 12, 2012 by Magnitus
Posted June 12, 2012
Personally would much rather Arya to slash him slowly like the little shit did to that boy
Posted June 12, 2012
You know, sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me, since I didn't even challenge in my mind the story as presented.
It seemed to make sense to me that the normally righteous Ned Stark was affected by the war and constant killing and gave in to his feelings, not knowing if he would make it back and all. Didn't even occur to me to start looking for another explanation.
It seemed to make sense to me that the normally righteous Ned Stark was affected by the war and constant killing and gave in to his feelings, not knowing if he would make it back and all. Didn't even occur to me to start looking for another explanation.