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karazax
United States3737 Posts
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sc2holar
Sweden1637 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
It doesn’t feel that long ago that HBO first took us into the magical land of Westeros. But sometime during Game of Thrones‘ upcoming fourth season we’re going to hit the halfway point of the entire series. According to showrunners David Benioff and David Weiss, the current plan is to wrap up the show after “seven or eight” seasons. The pair also revealed they already know how things will end for all of the characters, even if George R.R. Martin hasn’t revealed their fates to the world at large. Hit the jump to read their comments, and to check out Vanity Fair‘s gorgeous Game of Thrones cover. Vanity Fair got the scoop on the Game of Thrones ending for its April issue. Although Martin told the magazine he’s “hopeful that [he] can not let [the show] catch up,” Benioff reveals that they already talked through the ending with Martin just in case. Source | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
There is no way for GRRM to finish his 2 last books in the following 3 or 4 years. The 6th won't be released before 2015 and that guy can't write the final book in 2 or 3 years. I wonder if the show will just deviate from the books by then, maybe reaching the same ending but with different paths. Would be a first, a TV series based on a book over before the book huh. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8271 Posts
I know this is completely and absolutely off topic, but what exactly does the [] brackets do/stand for? I used to think it was the journalist putting in extra words for the sentence to make sense out of context. But more and more I'm seeing that this can't be the case. | ||
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SKC
Brazil18828 Posts
On March 12 2014 05:19 Excludos wrote: I know this is completely and absolutely off topic, but what exactly does the [] brackets do/stand for? I used to think it was the journalist putting in extra words for the sentence to make sense out of context. But more and more I'm seeing that this can't be the case. They are still changes/aditions made so the quote makes more sense, or are gramatically correct, in that context. They don't have to be exclusively extra words. This is the original quote: “I can give them the broad strokes of what I intend to write, but the details aren’t there yet. I’m hopeful that I can not let them catch up with me.” | ||
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CatfooD
United States203 Posts
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killa_robot
Canada1884 Posts
On March 12 2014 05:16 rezoacken wrote: I wonder how will that goes. There is no way for GRRM to finish his 2 last books in the following 3 or 4 years. The 6th won't be released before 2015 and that guy can't write the final book in 2 or 3 years. I wonder if the show will just deviate from the books by then, maybe reaching the same ending but with different paths. Would be a first, a TV series based on a book over before the book huh. Given how much the author is involved in production, it's plausible that the TV show would simply overtake the books, and he'd just explain what he intends to write later. | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On March 17 2014 14:55 killa_robot wrote: Given how much the author is involved in production, it's plausible that the TV show would simply overtake the books, and he'd just explain what he intends to write later. There's actually been an article lately which said the producers met with the author to discuss the ending of the show/books in great detail, so they'll know exactly what to do regardless of whether the books finish in time or not. | ||
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karazax
United States3737 Posts
George RR Martin said The season that’s about to debut covers the second half of the third book. The third book [A Storm of Swords] was so long that it had to be split into two. But there are two more books beyond that, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. A Dance with Dragons is itself a book that’s as big as A Storm of Swords. So there’s potentially three more seasons there, between Feast and Dance, if they split into two the way they did [with Storms]. Now, Feast and Dance take place simultaneously. So you can’t do Feast and then Dance the way I did. You can combine them and do it chronologically. And it’s my hope that they’ll do it that way and then, long before they catch up with me, I’ll have published The Winds of Winter, which’ll give me another couple years. It might be tight on the last book, A Dream of Spring, as they juggernaut forward. Not only that, but Martin is up for a Breaking Bad or Mad Men-style hiatus inserted in the middle of the final season, or even a prequel season. That said, “I don’t want to sound too glib about this. This is a serious concern.” He continues, “We’re going forward, and the kids are getting older. Maisie was the same age as Arya when it started, but now Maisie is a young woman and Arya is still 11. Time is passing very slowly in the books and very fast in real life.” The full interview is posted in the link above. | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
Very interesting. So far I thought they would make Feast and Dance (book 4 and 5) into a single season. Because at an earlier point the producers had hinted at that. And now Martin said they might do 3 seasons not 1 out of book 4 and 5. While that is up to the producers and not Martin, I think it is very likely now that it will be at least 2 seasons for Feast and Dance. | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On March 18 2014 01:04 karazax wrote: Here is George's plan to keep the show from catching up with him: http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/george-r-r-martin-interview Not only that, but Martin is up for a Breaking Bad or Mad Men-style hiatus inserted in the middle of the final season, or even a prequel season. That said, “I don’t want to sound too glib about this. This is a serious concern.” He continues, “We’re going forward, and the kids are getting older. Maisie was the same age as Arya when it started, but now Maisie is a young woman and Arya is still 11. Time is passing very slowly in the books and very fast in real life.” The full interview is posted in the link above. Yup, the kids are getting older so the producers can't afford to take a break in the shooting. | ||
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CatfooD
United States203 Posts
How did Harry Potter deal with the aging of the kids throughout the 7 movies? I remember watching them years ago, but wasn't the situation the same as it is with GoT now and it worked out just fine? Honestly though, Robb and Jon are supposed to be 14 for instance, but if they were actually 14 in the show would we enjoy it as much? I am not saying that they shouldn't try to keep it as accurate as possible, but because their actual ages aren't playing a significant role, other than being relative to others' ages around them (child, young adult, adult, elder, etc.), it shouldn't affect the upcoming seasons very much in my opinion. | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On March 18 2014 03:07 CatfooD wrote: How did Harry Potter deal with the aging of the kids throughout the 7 movies? Each Harry Potter book covers one year (more or less), and they shot about one Harry Potter film per year, so that actually worked out perfectly for them. The actors aged with the characters. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5713 Posts
On March 18 2014 03:07 CatfooD wrote: It is great that David and Dan know the ending to GRRM's series in case of a tragedy and so they can properly plan their seasons , but I am more concerned with the show spoiling the last book, not simply if it will be written "in time." If A Dream of Spring is not written and published by the time HBO airs that season, I will probably opt to wait for the book so as not to taint my experience of his full series by first watching the HBO rendition of the last season. How did Harry Potter deal with the aging of the kids throughout the 7 movies? I remember watching them years ago, but wasn't the situation the same as it is with GoT now and it worked out just fine? Honestly though, Robb and Jon are supposed to be 14 for instance, but if they were actually 14 in the show would we enjoy it as much? I am not saying that they shouldn't try to keep it as accurate as possible, but because their actual ages aren't playing a significant role, other than being relative to others' ages around them (child, young adult, adult, elder, etc.), it shouldn't affect the upcoming seasons very much in my opinion. Jon and Robb were supposed to be 14? Yeah fucking right lol. Glad they never actually said that in the show because I wouldn't have believed that for a second. Thinking like 18-24 for their ages haha. 14yr olds don't have full beards. | ||
KwarK
United States44203 Posts
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scudst0rm
Canada1149 Posts
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Micro_Jackson
Germany2002 Posts
For example Audrey Hepburn was 32 when she shot Breakfast at Tiffany’s with a character that was supposed to be 18. And that was before CGI and blue screen stuff. A lot of actors in this 90s High School series were in their early 30 and no one really noticed due to light and good camera work. | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On March 18 2014 03:07 CatfooD wrote: but I am more concerned with the show spoiling the last book Well at least that would allow us to give the guys in the other thread some well deserved spoiler payback  | ||
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