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I'm bored and it is summer so I watched Game of Thrones. I watched it after my friends said he likes GoT more than Star Wars and LotR and he is pretty big fans of both. I like more fantasy and adventure personally so I lean towards Tolkien but it is pretty good and Daenerys and Jon Snow carry the show for me.

I am just dreading that people keep saying that the next two books (I realize the next season is still book 3) are mediocre to some even saying outright dreadful.
 
The Black Swordsman said:
I'm bored and it is summer so I watched Game of Thrones. I watched it after my friends said he likes GoT more than Star Wars and LotR and he is pretty big fans of both. I like more fantasy and adventure personally so I lean towards Tolkien but it is pretty good and Daenerys and Jon Snow carry the show for me.

I am just dreading that people keep saying that the next two books (I realize the next season is still book 3) are mediocre to some even saying outright dreadful.
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EEP! I really hope I didn't spoil anything for you! D:
 
The Black Swordsman said:
I'm bored and it is summer so I watched Game of Thrones. I watched it after my friends said he likes GoT more than Star Wars and LotR and he is pretty big fans of both. I like more fantasy and adventure personally so I lean towards Tolkien but it is pretty good and Daenerys and Jon Snow carry the show for me.

I am just dreading that people keep saying that the next two books (I realize the next season is still book 3) are mediocre to some even saying outright dreadful.
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I wouldn't say they're mediocre or dreadful. There are still quite a few of fantastically high peaks, mixed in with some more dreadfully low valleys. Unfortunately, there are many more miles than should be between them. I would say that Mr Martin believes, at least to a degree, that a book can be judged by how long it is. The story is not better or worse, you just have to go further to get to the point.
 
ElRoach0 said:
I wouldn't say they're mediocre or dreadful. There are still quite a few of fantastically high peaks, mixed in with some more dreadfully low valleys. Unfortunately, there are many more miles than should be between them. I would say that Mr Martin believes, at least to a degree, that a book can be judged by how long it is. The story is not better or worse, you just have to go further to get to the point.
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The next books aren't terrible, they just don't live up to the first three. However, I have some hope that the show will actually improve the later books, relatively speaking, by cutting out some of the fat.

Although I suppose the judgment of the showrunners is somewhat suspect after they gave over all that valuable time to scenes of Theon being tortured...
 
My dad had a week off from work and he was bored. He likes the show Vikings, Merlin, and Spartacus which are currently on or just recently ended. I thought because of this he would probably like Game of Thrones he likes swords and sorcery type of shows. I showed my dad a website where you can watch Game of Thrones. I showed him a little bit how to use it and set up the first episode. He watched it all the way through which I was surprised and then went to bed. The next day I woke up really late (after noon) and he usually wakes up early. I went downstairs to load up the second episode to see if I could convince him to watch it. He was already on episode 7.

He finished the whole series so far (all three seasons) in less than three days.
 
The Black Swordsman said:
My dad had a week off from work and he was bored. He likes the show Vikings, Merlin, and Spartacus which are currently on or just recently ended. I thought because of this he would probably like Game of Thrones he likes swords and sorcery type of shows. I showed my dad a website where you can watch Game of Thrones. I showed him a little bit how to use it and set up the first episode. He watched it all the way through which I was surprised and then went to bed. The next day I woke up really late (after noon) and he usually wakes up early. I went downstairs to load up the second episode to see if I could convince him to watch it. He was already on episode 7.

He finished the whole series so far (all three seasons) in less than three days.
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Good man. Hat's off to him.

Mr Preacher, now that I've read what you said, I'm willing to go back over 4 and 5 to see how it goes. I will say I didn't like the time line shift between books. I thought that was horrible, and I agree with you that the TV series will actually save that section of time from the mediocrity they were written as.
 
Loved the books. Would love to see the TV show. How is the nudity and violence? Lots and graphic? Would you let your teenagers watch this show?

I guess eventually it will come on TV in an edited version.
 
CONAN said:
Loved the books. Would love to see the TV show. How is the nudity and violence? Lots and graphic? Would you let your teenagers watch this show?

I guess eventually it will come on TV in an edited version.
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Maybe the most graphic series on TV. If it was in the book then generally they show it in the show. I would not allow my kids to watch this show until they were at least 17. My wife who has never read the books has been shocked by the ending of several of the episodes. I don't believe she will watch it next season and I'll have to watch it alone.
 
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