A Game of Thrones - Page 12

Clodfobble · 11-01-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Unfortunately, both phases are a bit slow, and not very polished. And the Westeros-history bookends around the missions can make it seem futile. You win a decisive victory, and then a blurb pops up saying that despite that victory your rebellion was quickly quashed.

It's just the modern-day equivalent of, "I'm sorry, but the princess is in another castle!"

DanaC · 11-01-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It's just the modern-day equivalent of, "I'm sorry, but the princess is in another castle!"

*chokes on coffee*

God's teeth, that takes me back.

SirFatty · 11-01-2011, 02:45 PM

I read up to Dances with Dragons (2-3 years ago). Got burned out with the story line, how everyone gets killed and the story just creeps forward. I've walked away and not too sure I will go back.

He'll probably pull a Robert Jordan anyway.

DanaC · 11-01-2011, 02:49 PM

I never made it through to the end of Jordan's stuff. I lost the will to live quite early on.

This though, I dunno. I had the audiobooks and couldn't gel with them. I think I'd probably have liked the reader more had I not seen the tv series first.

I intend to get them in paperback. The high death count doesn't really put me off. I made it through the first two chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. I have stamina :p

SirFatty · 11-01-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

The high death count doesn't really put me off. I made it through the first two chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. I have stamina :p

The death count isn't an issue other than all the main characters are being axed. Quite the opposite, the higher the better (Joe Abercrombie). I have not thought about Thomas Covenant in a very long time... I read only the first book, back in the mid 1980s.

DanaC · 11-01-2011, 04:33 PM

Love Abercrombie. The First Law Trilogy was one hell of a debut.

wolf · 11-01-2011, 05:03 PM

I have struggled my way to 39% of ADWD. It's rough going, nothing happens. I mean stuff happens, but its happened already, I'm just getting filler. I hear that at some point I'm going to exceed the timeline of the last book.

Happy Monkey · 11-01-2011, 05:42 PM

Yeah.

kerosene · 11-03-2011, 05:53 PM

Yeah, it was pretty slow for a while. I got bored with the Sunspear prince story line and found myself skipping a page here and there..."get on with it, already."

classicman · 01-31-2012, 08:42 AM

T- 2 months... I'm knee deep in rewatching season 1 reruns.

Clodfobble · 01-31-2012, 02:25 PM

Dammit, when will Season 1 be released on DVD and thus be available on Netflix?? I mean I've read the books, I know what happens, but I want to see it. [/whine]

classicman · 01-31-2012, 03:45 PM

The Game Of Thrones Begins On DVD March 6th

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Finally, HBO has announced a release date and full specs for the set. Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season is set to arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on March 6th from HBO Home Video.

As is typical with HBO releases, Game of Thrones is a bit pricey. The Blu-ray will list at $79.98, with the DVD version coming in at $59.99. On the up side, both the Blu-ray and DVD sets will be packing a nice array of bonus features. They're including features that will let fans explore not just the making of the show, but the history of the rich universe George R.R. Martin has created in his Song of Ice and Fire books. While the price point might still seem high for 13 episodes, I think the bonus content tips the scales in favor of a must-buy. And with it hitting a month before the show returns to HBO, you should have just enough time to get through the first-season set before returning to Westeros.

Here's the rundown: Link

Clodfobble · 01-31-2012, 04:39 PM

Thanks, classic!

wolf · 01-31-2012, 06:22 PM

I am going to either need to come over to someone's house every week, or, if someone with HBO is willing to trust me with their passwords to HBOgo, I'll watch online.

classicman · 01-31-2012, 10:49 PM

Hiya wolf - remember me?

11-01-2011, 05:03 PM	#172
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have struggled my way to 39% of ADWD. It's rough going, nothing happens. I mean stuff happens, but its happened already, I'm just getting filler. I hear that at some point I'm going to exceed the timeline of the last book. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-01-2011, 05:42 PM	#173
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-31-2012, 08:42 AM	#175
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	T- 2 months... I'm knee deep in rewatching season 1 reruns. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-31-2012, 02:25 PM	#176
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Dammit, when will Season 1 be released on DVD and thus be available on Netflix?? I mean I've read the books, I know what happens, but I want to see it. [/whine] __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-31-2012, 04:39 PM	#178
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11-01-2011, 02:45 PM	#168
SirFatty Jotter of Notes Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northwest burbs of Chicago Posts: 11	I read up to Dances with Dragons (2-3 years ago). Got burned out with the story line, how everyone gets killed and the story just creeps forward. I've walked away and not too sure I will go back. He'll probably pull a Robert Jordan anyway.

11-03-2011, 05:53 PM	#174
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Yeah, it was pretty slow for a while. I got bored with the Sunspear prince story line and found myself skipping a page here and there..."get on with it, already."

01-31-2012, 06:22 PM	#179
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am going to either need to come over to someone's house every week, or, if someone with HBO is willing to trust me with their passwords to HBOgo, I'll watch online. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-31-2012, 10:49 PM	#180
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Hiya wolf - remember me? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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