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Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of Dragons. They're all just out of frame, flying around.
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honestly if they went full on camp 80s style with it i’d be 100% on board
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Oct 30, 2019 23:47
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Just spend the money upfront and build three life sized practical effect dragons and you can reuse them for all the follow up series as well! And then when Disney buys HBO they can use them as decorations for their Bobby B's Wacky Flagon FlumeTM ride.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:50
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Paterson Joseph as Aegon II, Regina King as Rhaenyra Targaryen, Kevin Hart as Mushroom
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Oct 31, 2019 00:08
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TK-42-1 posted:honestly if they went full on camp 80s style with it i’d be 100% on board Get Don Coscarelli to do the show.
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Oct 31, 2019 00:46
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This show won't make it past the first season.
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Oct 31, 2019 01:31
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TommyGun85 posted:This show won't make it past the first season. It's BSG/Caprica all over again. The mothership show poo poo the bed coming in for a landing and destroyed all interest and good will for any follow up projects so the spin off prequel was dead in its crib and quickly forgotten about.
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Oct 31, 2019 01:36
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Cannot wait to see what this show does with more dragons and less money for them. The dragons will all be muppets. The role of Aegon I will be played by Kermit. Rhaenys and Visenya will be played by Miss Piggy and Gonzo.
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Oct 31, 2019 02:36
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Fhate posted:The dragons will all be muppets. The role of Aegon I will be played by Kermit. Rhaenys and Visenya will be played by Miss Piggy and Gonzo. Dark Crystal s2 needs some muppet dragons.
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Oct 31, 2019 02:47
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Even if interest in a prequel was high and there was a halfway decent premise why the gently caress would HBO ever want to pay some fat lazy gently caress who left them high and dry and couldn't even come up with a decent ending in 8+ years and essentially vouched for 2 morons who let the guy who gets their coffee pen scripts. He's clearly never going to write again so just use a generic fantasyesque setting and hire real writers who know how to complete a story and never worry about paying that 7 ton fat bitch slob another royalty check ever again. edit: you could even hire Dave Hill to wash the toilets and use "From the writer of the hit show Game of Thrones" to draw in the soccer moms and nfl bros. banned from Starbucks fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Oct 31, 2019 |
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Oct 31, 2019 03:46
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I'd like to think the shitshow ending of GoT also resulted in this: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/kingkiller-chronicle-series-showtime-lionsgate-1203337166/ There aren't enough monkey's paws to make a Kingkiller TV series good because holy hell is the source material terrible.
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Oct 31, 2019 04:18
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No one on Earth can sit through a "I'm the greatest at everything and so perfect all the time" escapist fantasy because those (especially Kingkiller and Ender's Game) are specifically made for weirdo shut-in sociopaths with delusions of grandeur. It works as self-insert literature but never translates to screen.
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Oct 31, 2019 04:23
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Evil Fluffy posted:I'd like to think the shitshow ending of GoT also resulted in this: Funny, you'd have thought Routhfuss going "The three 800+ page books I've taken nearly fifteen years to write are merely the prologue to the story I really want to tell some day" in an interview a year or so ago would been a big enough torpedo to sink the project then and there. RIP to that perma'd guy who stalked this thread occasionally and had a weird bug up his rear end about Rothfuss. Wherever he is right now I hope he's attempting to feel an emotion that vaguely resembles mild satisfaction.
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Oct 31, 2019 05:47
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A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:No one on Earth can sit through a "I'm the greatest at everything and so perfect all the time" escapist fantasy because those (especially Kingkiller and Ender's Game) are specifically made for weirdo shut-in sociopaths with delusions of grandeur. This describes almost every Steven Seagal movie in the 80s and 90s.
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Oct 31, 2019 15:10
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chaosapiant posted:This describes almost every Steven Seagal movie in the 80s and 90s. Vanity projects are different. Those can sometimes be fun. See: mission impossible 3-6, Fast/Furious 4-8, Commando, etc
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Oct 31, 2019 15:38
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A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:No one on Earth can sit through a "I'm the greatest at everything and so perfect all the time" escapist fantasy because those (especially Kingkiller and Ender's Game) are specifically made for weirdo shut-in sociopaths with delusions of grandeur. I still don't understand how people can read Ender's Game and think that the stuff that happens is presented as a good thing. Given Orson Scott Card's politics though I think he was serious.
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Oct 31, 2019 16:26
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nine-gear crow posted:RIP to that perma'd guy who stalked this thread occasionally and had a weird bug up his rear end about Rothfuss. Wherever he is right now I hope he's attempting to feel an emotion that vaguely resembles mild satisfaction. BotL was the worst.
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Oct 31, 2019 17:44
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hobbesmaster posted:I still don't understand how people can read Ender's Game and think that the stuff that happens is presented as a good thing. Probably because most people reading Enders game are 12 year old nerds who heavily ID with Ender?
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Oct 31, 2019 17:45
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latinotwink1997 posted:BotL was the worst. His 20000 word take down of the first book was pretty fun though. And it got me to read Baudolino, which was good.
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Oct 31, 2019 20:02
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banned from Starbucks posted:This year Dave Hill has been given a new star wars trilogy. i would feel vindicated if dave hill ended up having a successful career benioff/weiss holding him back all along etc etc
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Oct 31, 2019 20:02
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he's writing for the Wheel of Time show apologies to Wheel of Time fans
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Oct 31, 2019 20:26
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Solice Kirsk posted:His 20000 word take down of the first book was pretty fun though. And it got me to read Baudolino, which was good. So he wrote roughly about as many words as the book contained. Considering how lovely that book was, this is kinda obsessive.
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Oct 31, 2019 20:33
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I don't understand why HBO wouldn't be pushing for a Dunk and Egg series. It seems perfect to have those two wandering around the pre-GOT world to show big historical moments AND you're not tied to a particular region. Each season a nice self-contained story along with a lot of freedom to go wherever they want. Or hell, if they dont want to be bound by existing characters, just do a Hedge knight series of basically the same thing, just not Dunk and Egg.
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Oct 31, 2019 21:02
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Single and LOVING IT posted:I don't understand why HBO wouldn't be pushing for a Dunk and Egg series. It seems perfect to have those two wandering around the pre-GOT world to show big historical moments AND you're not tied to a particular region. GRRM said in his blog about this Targ show that the guy running it initially wanted to do Dunk and Egg, but that he doesn't want that being adapted until he's written more stories about them. So there will never be a Dunk and Egg series.
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Oct 31, 2019 21:11
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Box of Bunnies posted:GRRM said in his blog about this Targ show that the guy running it initially wanted to do Dunk and Egg, but that he doesn't want that being adapted until he's written more stories about them. So there will never be a Dunk and Egg series. 
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Oct 31, 2019 21:16
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Box of Bunnies posted:GRRM said in his blog about this Targ show that the guy running it initially wanted to do Dunk and Egg, but that he doesn't want that being adapted until he's written more stories about them. So there will never be a Dunk and Egg series. What an absolute fucker.
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Oct 31, 2019 21:31
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Single and LOVING IT posted:What an absolute fucker. As sure as the sunrise,absolute fuckery
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A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:No one on Earth can sit through a "I'm the greatest at everything and so perfect all the time" escapist fantasy because those (especially Kingkiller and Ender's Game) are specifically made for weirdo shut-in sociopaths with delusions of grandeur. That describes a not-insignificant portion of Donald Trump's supporters and Kingkiller diehards. Cardiac posted:So he wrote roughly about as many words as the book contained. Considering how lovely that book was, this is kinda obsessive. Obsessive is accurate.
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TommyGun85 posted:This show won't make it past the first season. as much as i liked fire and blood(i am a sucker for in universe historical texts and plus i like the half a chapter devoted about arguing about primary source veracity. i feel mixed on how this would be a pulled off as a show. i assume they are starting with aegon 1 and ending with aegon the 3rd. but while alot of it is a interesting read. i feel like it would be hard to turn into a show. i mean i wish them luck to do it. Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Nov 2, 2019 |
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Nov 2, 2019 17:37
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Dapper_Swindler posted:as much as i liked fire and blood(i am a sucker for in universe historical texts and plus i like the half a chapter devoted about arguing about primary source veracity. i feel mixed on how this would be a pulled off as a show. i assume they are starting with aegon 1 and ending with aegon the 3rd. but while alot of it is a interesting read. i feel like it would be hard to turn into a show. i mean i wish them luck to do it. It's easier than a Silmarillion show.
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Nov 2, 2019 17:56
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Dapper_Swindler posted:as much as i liked fire and blood(i am a sucker for in universe historical texts and plus i like the half a chapter devoted about arguing about primary source veracity. i feel mixed on how this would be a pulled off as a show. i assume they are starting with aegon 1 and ending with aegon the 3rd. but while alot of it is a interesting read. i feel like it would be hard to turn into a show. i mean i wish them luck to do it. I thought they were doing the dance of dragons? That seems like a solid enough concept for a tv series.
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MrFlibble posted:I thought they were doing the dance of dragons? That seems like a solid enough concept for a tv series. thats what it seems like. but it sounds like they might be doing the whole book or at least more than just the dance of dragons. i mean i am fine with whatever. i like the dance of dragons because it kinda captures alot of what i like about thrones in general. people getting broken by the wheel of history and feudalism and and it all ends in tears. like the winner is a broken kid who sees his mom get eaten alive and end up being mentally unwell and suffering from super ptsd for the rest of his days and the guy that technically won the war is a broken wreck of man whose entire family is mostly dead and he becomes a miserable monster who gets quietly killed by his own men. all the people involved in the war, even the various good people, lose something or everything and the dynasty's days are numbered because they couldnt work poo poo out.
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Nov 3, 2019 04:09
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A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:No one on Earth can sit through a "I'm the greatest at everything and so perfect all the time" escapist fantasy because those (especially Kingkiller and Ender's Game) are specifically made for weirdo shut-in sociopaths with delusions of grandeur. Pretty harsh assessment of Ender's Game. I loved reading it when I was younger - was one of my favorite books, and one that could be recommended to someone that wasn't necessarily into sci-fi. It's a bit dated and cringey these days for sure. But "specifically made for weirdo shut in sociopaths"? cmon. really? I'd also disagree that no one can sit through that type of movie . "I'm the greatest at everything and so perfect all the time" escapist fantasy is alive and well in John Wick, Mission Impossible, James Bond, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, Marvel/DC, and pretty much everything else that sells tickets in Hollywood. Ender's Game was just a poo poo movie is all. Card's anti-gay position was one of the many nails in the coffin of that movie's success. But the bottom line was it was a poorly made movie that was treated like an action movie, when it should have been more along the lines of a psychological thriller.
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Nov 6, 2019 07:14
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The idea that a work of fiction is harmed by the protagonist being cool or awesome is weird, although they definitely need dramatic flaws and such. Of course the real solution, as GRRM has learned, is not to write.
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Nov 6, 2019 07:26
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Dapper_Swindler posted:thats what it seems like. but it sounds like they might be doing the whole book or at least more than just the dance of dragons. i mean i am fine with whatever. i like the dance of dragons because it kinda captures alot of what i like about thrones in general. people getting broken by the wheel of history and feudalism and and it all ends in tears. like the winner is a broken kid who sees his mom get eaten alive and end up being mentally unwell and suffering from super ptsd for the rest of his days and the guy that technically won the war is a broken wreck of man whose entire family is mostly dead and he becomes a miserable monster who gets quietly killed by his own men. all the people involved in the war, even the various good people, lose something or everything and the dynasty's days are numbered because they couldnt work poo poo out. edit: although isn't one of the other survivor a targ girl(or a boy can't remember) who was taken hostage alongside her bother/sister by two criminals then spared after the criminal asked her/his mother who she wanted to keep alive and they obviously lied to the poor mother and killed the one she wanted to stay alive? or is it the same prince? What an happy family! Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 10:52 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 10:47
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Toplowtech posted:There are a few cool dragon fights in the middle of that war too except of course everyone dies, what a totally unpredictable GOT spoiler! The other Targ son was ripped apart by a mob and the Targ daughter plunged to her death from the Red Keep after the war in a suspicious manner.
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Nov 6, 2019 11:09
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Why are people using spoilers in this of all threads
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Nov 6, 2019 17:26
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Spoiler tags should be a banable offense in here.
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Nov 6, 2019 17:33
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Toplowtech posted:There are a few cool dragon fights in the middle of that war too except of course everyone dies, what a totally unpredictable GOT spoiler! The other surviving prince survived as an hostage in the Free Cities with everyone believing him dead. He came back with a surprise Lysene wife and her family. There was the cool moment on the bridge were the young King defies his Kingsguard to save his brother's wife.
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Toplowtech posted:There are a few cool dragon fights in the middle of that war too except of course everyone dies, what a totally unpredictable GOT spoiler! You're thinking of the blood and cheese episode, and yeah, it was pretty hosed up.
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