Just read the books, probably easier than waiting for a new episode every week.
They've become very different beasts, to the point where George R R Martin has said there's a fair chance the endings to the two will be entirely different.
Just read the books, probably easier than waiting for a new episode every week.
Rate of production of GOT episodes means they may overtake the books. 20 years to between the first and the fifth novel, nothing since 2011. This series will broadly take story up to end of book 3.
Assume George manages to keep the current pace and publishes number 6 in 2015. That 4 and 5 are 1 season each as it's a bit of a stretch to make them 2, and the series producers are apparently thinking 9 seasons in total from 7 books. So 2 seasons for book 3, 1 for all the others and 2 for the final book.
That means 2017 will see book 6 concluded in series 7, meaning if George continues his average output time there will be a 2 year break! And that's optimistic as George has slowed down: A Game of Thrones (1996), A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords (2000), A Feast for Crows (2005), A Dance with Dragons (2011)
What an episode! Well played to the director for some really amazing scenes.
If you haven't watched it yet, you are in for a treat.
What an episode! Well played to the director for some really amazing scenes.
If you haven't watched it yet, you are in for a treat.
Supposed to have cost $8M for that single episode
Supposed to have cost $8M for that single episode
Was this the first time we found out Maester Eamon was a Targarian?
I agree, but a lot of people love these high budget "spectacle" episodes. I'm like you, I prefer the ones with great drama & twists.
Have never watched this, the amount of people talking about it I feel I may have to give in soon
Only supposed to be 100 Night's Watch but convinced if you counted how many died there'd be at least 3 times that number who snuffed it.
Thought it was fairly good, however the main issue for me (as with Blackwater) was winning the battle/driving the enemy back seemed very sudden and far, far too easy. It was looking so certain that all the Night's Watch were going to be wiped out, then suddenly "Ah, we're alright actually."