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Game of Thrones *Spoiler* Thread
There's been some recent confusion with the old spoiler thread, so I'm kicking off a new one for tonight's premiere. This is going to be the one for folks who've read all the books. So anything anybody might want to talk about is in bounds. Suffice to say, if you haven't read the books, you'll probably want to stay out of here until you do...
I'll bump the old spoiler-free thread shortly in case anybody's interested. For future reference the link to that one is here |
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06-17-2014, 10:31 PM | #2356 |
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I believe Lady Stoneheart is wishful thinking at this point. Either of the last two season finales would have made more sense than giving her a throwaway introduction early in season 5. That's the kind of WTF moment you end a year on. Gotta come to grips with the reality that they've most likely written her out.
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But trust me there is plenty to get through one season. If you can get 2+ seasons out of book 3, you can get one season out of books 4 and 5. You're forgetting all that happens in 4 and 5:
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I agree. I thought my point was that I don't think book 4 has enough in it for a whole season. The bar has been raised by the Red wedding episode and then all the fantastic book material to use this season. TV audiences are fickle. But, it is HBO they have not tied their success to Nielson ratings.
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The problem is now they spoil the books if they do something AND if they don't do something. The fact that Coldhands isn't in the show means to me that his character isn't that important coming up. Same with Jojen, they killed him on the show, so I bet he bites it pretty quickly on into book six. Everything they've done different from the book shows you what is coming. If they cut Stoneheart out of the show, it means to me that she doesn't really serve a purpose besides being a mute zombie who kills Freys. Martin's publisher must want to kill him.
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Yeah. But he's kind of dismissive of the whole idea as if the writers weren't fans of the whole Lady StoneheArt plot line.
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She's currently playing the lead bad terrorist in 24.
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