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redreader posted:I watched the south park with my wife and I knew they'd say 'and then joffrey gets poisoned' which sort of sucked, but she loved the wieners song. Goddammit now it's stuck in my head again  And yeah my girlfriend actually said something along the lines of "most of this seems pretty made-up, but the part about Joffrey getting poisoned is really plausible" and I just had to shrug non-committally.
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loquacius posted:Goddammit now it's stuck in my head again To be fair 'someone's gonna murder that piece of poo poo' IS a pretty fair guess.
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bathroom sounds posted:Are the books and/or show popular in non-English speaking countries? They've been translated into 20 different languages, mostly European ones but also stuff like Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hebrew. I don't know about the series, but I found a site in Chinese which had reviews for the first season and there's ~83,000 reviews, so I guess it is fairly popular. Also the best comment from that site: quote:Martin, quickly write, okay?
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bathroom sounds posted:Are the books and/or show popular in non-English speaking countries? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQrlanFyyjg
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redreader posted:I watched the south park with my wife and I knew they'd say 'and then joffrey gets poisoned' which sort of sucked, but she loved the wieners song.  SPOILERS
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bathroom sounds posted:Are the books and/or show popular in non-English speaking countries?
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bathroom sounds posted:Are the books and/or show popular in non-English speaking countries? The books are pretty big in my country (Peru), but that's mostly thanks to the show.
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rypakal posted:Why do you assume all the preview chapters are from Dance, or that he has even released all the chapters from Dance? I don't assume it. I looked it up. Those are the 5 known chapters he cut from Dance/Feast.
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To those bemoaning the jokes about the Mountain that Doesn't Write: rest assured, they are not jokes.
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I can't wait until the show gets to Cersei's downfall because the thread is going to be nonstop misogyny debate 101.
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fleshweasel posted:To those bemoaning the jokes about the Mountain that Doesn't Write: rest assured, they are not jokes. No, they're just not funny.
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Midnight City posted:I can't wait until the show gets to Cersei's downfall because the thread is going to be nonstop misogyny debate 101. What's best is that she's actually on a trajectory to win out (at least temporarily) because Varys wants her in charge.
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Alchenar posted:What's best is that she's actually on a trajectory to win out (at least temporarily) because Varys wants her in charge.
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Friendly Factory posted:Maybe the words "can't" and "wait" have different connotations in your dialect Unsullied thread has been pretty good so far about it, but when they reach what can only be described as GRRM purposely trolling us with a misogynist honeypot it's going to explode. A scheming bitch using sex to get power who makes rash, emotional decisions while having body issues culminating in her being stripped naked and doing a shame walk?  There's no way a mod isn't going to have to step in. Alchenar posted:What's best is that she's actually on a trajectory to win out (at least temporarily) because Varys wants her in charge. True.
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Midnight City posted:Unsullied thread has been pretty good so far about it, but when they reach what can only be described as GRRM purposely trolling us with a misogynist honeypot it's going to explode. Yeah, and considering Hymengate pits Cersei against Margaery, it forces people to choose sides (hint: everybody's on Margaery's side).
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Not sure if it will play out the same in the show, the books have been considerably more subtle with Marge's character, the show went full littlefinger with her. People hate Cersei surely enough but her paranoia will appear a lot more justified in the context of the show.
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I liked book Margaery better; so sweet and "innocent" whenever we see her, with her manipulations either being referenced second-hand or else masked behind her assumed good and caring nature. That is until she loses her composure with Cersai.
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Its kinda easier to paint Margaery as good, innocent and caring when she's 16 instead of 32. I doubt anyone would buy an oblivious Natalie Dormer. Irish Joe fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jan 18, 2014 |
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So the show went and took a theory that was heavily implied in the book but never actually shown or confirmed (Theon's castration) and ran with it and put the entire thing right on the show. I'm wondering if maybe they will do the same with Oberon poisoning Tywin. If not, I'm sure they will do it with the Hound and the Monastery.
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CapnAndy posted:The freakout over that was so stupid. They say that in the middle of Martin babbling about a bunch of ridiculous poo poo that doesn't happen and would be taking place long after Joffrey actually gets poisoned, implying he's still alive at that point. It is obviously nonense and would have passed over unremarked except that everyone immediately went Yeah I didn't say anything and neither did she. I hope she didn't notice.
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:So the show went and took a theory that was heavily implied in the book but never actually shown or confirmed (Theon's castration) and ran with it and put the entire thing right on the show. I'm wondering if maybe they will do the same with Oberon poisoning Tywin. I doubt they will, it's a pretty subtle thing and they avoid them largely (sending regards, etc) because apparently the viewers need everything spoonfed to them. Castrating Theon is just a matter of doing it, to do the Oberyn poison thing they'd have to set up what the poison is, opportunity, etc. Plus it ultimately doesn't even matter. I just don't see them taking the time for it.
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I was actually wondering to myself today that they might make these subtle theory things explicit when they overtake the books and spoil us on something we could have figured out when reading and speculating. Like if Theon's castration was on screen before it was in a book.
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Toplowtech posted:Just imagine all the incredible stupid new plans she is going to try against the Tyrells. I eagerly wait for her brilliant revenge plan of 'I'll just set my own loving head on fire, THAT'LL TEACH THEM' because I think even Cerci can't get any worse at planning revenge.
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:So the show went and took a theory that was heavily implied in the book but never actually shown or confirmed (Theon's castration) and ran with it and put the entire thing right on the show. I'm wondering if maybe they will do the same with Oberon poisoning Tywin. Theon the dickless wonder was an "unconfirmed" book theory about as much as Renly being gay was.
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rypakal posted:Theon the dickless wonder was an "unconfirmed" book theory about as much as Renly being gay was. True. But it is possible to read the books and not know Renly was gay or Theon was dickless until someone tells you and then everything clicks and it all makes sense. A lot of people were like that. It is 100% impossible to watch the show and not know Theon is dickless and Renly has 1 dick too many.
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Renly had the exact correct amount of dicks.
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jsoh posted:Renly had the exact correct amount of dicks. Imagine if the Iron Throne was made of dicks 
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:Imagine if the Iron Throne was made of dicks Did that porn parody come out? I remember that they had exactly that as a prop.
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:Imagine if the Iron Throne was made of dicks Someone needs to read Orc Stain.
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:If not, I'm sure they will do it with the Hound and the Monastery. What's this theory is about?
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Brienne and Pod visit a monastery and the head monk dude is like "Yea, Hound is dead, buried him myself" but then there's this mute new guy that gets along well with dogs or sth. e: Here we go: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Gravedigger/Theories DeepQantas fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Jan 18, 2014 |
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DeepQantas posted:Brienne and Pod visit a monastery and the head monk dude is like "Yea, Hound is dead, buried him myself" but then there's this mute new guy that gets along well with dogs or sth. I feel kind stupid that I never made this connection myself. Makes perfect sense.
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Looking forward to season 4, but after I'm done with this series. Really hated the direction George took after the 3rd book, and frankly not looking forward to Dumbass!Dany, Slutty!Cersei and Dipshit!Jon.
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AStrangeDuelist posted:Looking forward to season 4, but after I'm done with this series. Really hated the direction George took after the 3rd book, and frankly not looking forward to Dumbass!Dany, Slutty!Cersei and Dipshit!Jon. 2/3 of those have already been covered, and it sounds like you need to reread (either the series or the last two books).
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computer parts posted:2/3 of those have already been covered, and it sounds like you need to reread (either the series or the last two books). Which two? Professor Shark posted:I have faith in the writers and believe that they can take the arguably weaker books, trim the fat, and translate it into good TV. I don't. The problems that the later books have are intrinsic to their structure; a structure which the tv show is clinging to closely for the most part.
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AStrangeDuelist posted:Looking forward to season 4, but after I'm done with this series.
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