Gbola5:

Was talking of that pic. Even if they cut it into a movie, why dont they follow.the cut part, is what im saying.

gj22:


Strawman's argument.

Telling a good story has nothing to do with what I am saying. A "good story" is subjective (based on opinion).

I am just telling him why the stories cannot remain the same.

Mention one top novel or whatever in which they changed mediums and the story was the same, just mention one. This is how things are done.

That's why they write "based on the novel" in the credits scene.

Gbola5:


You keep saying its how its done, have you seen LoTR have you read the books. Yeah some are hard, but you should try as much as possible not to stray away from the story.

Afterall do you think GrrM would give them the rights too his books if he knew they would deviate so much. Do you think they said so themselves. You might say, but GrrM writes for the show, he's part of the writers, but check out his ssm on that.

If it wasnt telling a good story from the start would you be so hooked ?

You said yourself how some other shows suck on here, now why is that ?

Adapting novels
A novel usually takes place inside the character's head. A play deals with the language of dramatic action. A screenplay deals with externals, with details - the ticking of a clock, a child playing in an empty street, a car turning the corner. Up to 25% of all feature films have been literary adaptations.
After seeing the film version of a well-known novel, most of us have commented that the book was better, or different in some part. Adapting a book into a screenplay means to change one (book) into another (screenplay), not to superimpose one onto the other.
A novel usually deals with the internal life of someone, the character's thoughts, feelings, emotions, and memories occurring within the mindscape of dramatic action. In a novel you can write the same scene in a sentence, a paragraph, a page, or chapter, describing the internal dialogue, the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of the character. A novel usually takes place inside the character's head.

gj22:


It was their choice to stray. Saying they should have tried as much as possible is implying that they had no choice.

sarutobie:
my only grouse with the director(s) is, if you are going to cut a story short atleast tell it is at originally was.The heck with Briene killing stannis? she was never close to the battlefield in the book..and sansa marrying the Bolton spawn? they deviated A LOT in the last season...

adexsimply:
GOT has no protagonists. @bolded, that was the last episode of GOT so you can't say you've stopped watching the show.

muphasar11:



Sorry I can't read this thread from the beginning but do you have the books for this seasonal film. If so how did and how can I Get it

JhyMedex:

https://archive.org/
details/1.AGameOfThrones.
Follow dt link

JhyMedex:

Sup Throner... Mehn!!! Wich is y I like dt series 2 bits
It's so tiring watching some of dis oda series wen u knw notin fit happen 2 d actor come wat may...
I get bored n abandon doz series eventually... Lol

So many hslf-viewef series on Ma system...
Dnt knw wat oda series 2 watch wallai...

Gbola5:


Why did they have to stray. What required them straying. They had a choice, but they decided to stray.



Haha. You really think he had no idea they were gonna tell it differently? Lol. It's a contract, if he didn't want them to tell it differently, he would have told them not to.

He would know that not everything can be adapted. Now he has nothing to do with the show. Ofcourse he'll act professional about the whole thing.



Not sure the point you are trying to make here because I am still hooked

Cause they we're telling a good story. If the story was crap we wouldnt watch it, that's my point, for you said " You do realise that the point of the show is to make money and sell more books right? "



Not sure what this has to do with anything

Its the story, not to make money, that just comes. Might be the point of some shows is to make money.


Am not sure why this is even an argument.

http://www.writingstudio.co.za/page62.html
A quote from the above article..(the article was cited by Wikipedia so don't think it's some jobless blogger that wrote it)

gj22:

http://www.writingstudio.co.za/page62.html
A quote from the above article..(the article was cited by Wikipedia so don't think it's some jobless blogger that wrote it)

Adapting novels
A novel usually takes place inside the character's head. A play deals with the language of dramatic action. A screenplay deals with externals, with details - the ticking of a clock, a child playing in an empty street, a car turning the corner. Up to 25% of all feature films have been literary adaptations.
After seeing the film version of a well-known novel, most of us have commented that the book was better, or different in some part. Adapting a book into a screenplay means to change one (book) into another (screenplay), not to superimpose one onto the other.
A novel usually deals with the internal life of someone, the character's thoughts, feelings, emotions, and memories occurring within the mindscape of dramatic action. In a novel you can write the same scene in a sentence, a paragraph, a page, or chapter, describing the internal dialogue, the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of the character. A novel usually takes place inside the character's head.

Gbola5:

You're missing out if you're looking for shows that are unpredictable like GoT.

Gbola5:
He expected more
from the world and its people than
southerners did. then, when he
"failed" to adapt to the moral abyss
he found at KL, that wasn't
stupidity, that was him trying to
lead them out of the darkness by
example. He ran out of steam is all.
The court of KL were all
degenerates who'd grown eyes on
the back of their heads to watch out
for each other because they were
all backstabbers. Ned hadn't yet
degenerated like that, so he was
more highly evolved than their lower
form of life, but they were more
specialized to succeed in their
chosen environment.
Not stupidity. A victim of bad
circumstances. Yeah. blame the victim, have tea with LF.

gj22:

I couldn't agree more. Top quality shows right now (my opinion)
The brink
The whispers
Zoo (kind of)
Ballers
Murder in the first
Etc

JhyMedex:

N dt was his mistake ryt dere.
D same mistake Lord Jon Snow made dt ultimately cost him his life.
(Seems d saying "a fruit does nt fall far frm it's tree" can b aptly applied in dis scenario)
U DNT COME IN2 A SYSTEM N AGGRESSIVELY (-4 want of a beta word) WANT TO CHANGE DT SYSTEM SUDDENLY....

U were raised a xtian bt nt anymore..
Am nt in dis moment concerned wit d y or hw u arrived at whr u r nw....
Bt I want 2 beliv u Remember Apostle Paul n one of his more popular sayings...

He says sth within dis track : Whenever he finds himself among gentiles, he acts like one, n in d company of Jews he acted like em...

N 2day d Apostle Paul is arguably d most popular n renowned of d apostles.... He wrote more books in d Bible Dan all d oda apostles put 2geda n oda writers in d Bible...

Am nt used 2 typing long tory n epistles like oga Paul..
Bt my stand is pressed down n buitifully conveyed by d 38th LAW OF POWER




Law 38 :
THINK AS YOU LIKE BUT BEHAVE LIKE OTHERS

I f you make a show OF going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you For making them Feel inferior. It is Far safer to blend in and nurture the common TOUCH....

Game of Thrones season six: 12 predictions for the new series


SPOILER WARNING: this article contains plot spoilers for Game of Thrones season five

Game of Thrones fans were left in mourning after
season five came to an end – but the grief has swiftly
turned into excitement over season six. Filming for
the new series is already underway with locations
including Spain and Belfast. The Game of Thrones
panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con remained
tight-lipped about the major plot lines, but rumours
and leaks continue to circulate on the internet.

Here
are twelve predictions for the next series, expected
to be released next April:


1. No more Jon Snow… for now

Have we seen the last of our hero? Despite Jon
Snow's apparent death at the end of season five,
many fans and commentators rushed to the internet
to declare him live and kicking. The actor Kit
Harington, who plays Snow, and the show's
producers have insisted "dead is dead" and that the
character won't be returning in season six. Maisie
Williams, who plays Arya, has also said: "We saw
him get stabbed a lot, I think it's pretty clear he's
dead."


However, Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys,
reckons there is a "50/50 chance" of Snow returning,
and Carice Van Houten, who plays Melisandre, has
been even more positive. "No, he can't be dead. No!" she told The Sun at London Film and Comic Con. A
popular theory is that Melisandre might be able to
bring him back to life, with fans saying that they
would be willing to forgive her for burning Shireen
alive if she brings back Snow. Others have suggested
that Snow's ability to possess animals as a
skinchanger means he could live on inside his direwolf Ghost.

Even Barack Obama is desperate to know about
Snow's fate, reports The Guardian. Director David
Nutter told Comic Con what happened when he
recently met the US President. Describing Obama as
"the number-one Game Of Thrones fan in the
world", Nutter said: "He shook my hand, and he put
his other hand on my shoulder and he said, 'You
didn't kill Jon Snow did you?' and I said, 'Mr
President, Jon Snow is deader than dead'."


2. Bran Stark to return

Jon Snow fans can take comfort from the fact that
characters have been known to take whole seasons
off and still make a return, as Bran Stark is poised to
do in season six. The fledgling warg was not seen for
the whole of season five but, according
to Entertainment Weekly, Stark was busy "receiving
training from the Three-Eyed Raven and the Children
of the Forest off-screen".
British actor Isaac Hempstead Wright has confirmed
that he will return as Bran Stark, telling the Irish
Examiner: "I can't say a lot but I am back this season, and it's going to get particularly interesting with Bran. He has some interesting visions." The 16-
year-old actor admitted that he has yet to actually
watch season five as he has been concentrating on
his school exams. Stark's return has been compared
with Luke Skywalker's reappearance as a Jedi in Star
Wars.


3. New Lost and X-Files directors

According to Time magazine, five directors will be
involved in the new series, each handling two
episodes.

Three of the directors – Jeremy Podeswa,
Mark Mylod and Miguel Sapochnik – are Thrones
veterans, but there are also two newcomers. Daniel
Sackheim, who has previously worked on Miami
Vice, The X-Files and House, will be directing
episodes three and four, while Jack Bender, best
known for directing 38 episodes of Lost, will be at
the helm for Game of Thrones episodes five and six.
The decision to put Sapochnik in charge of the final
two episodes might also suggest "we're in for
another epic battle climax", says Time, as it was
Sapochnik who directed the Hardhome episode in
season five, featuring a long battle sequence with
Jon Snow, the Wildlings and the White Walkers' army
of zombies.


4. Old plots could resurface

The end of season five was terminal in more ways
than one, as the TV series more or less caught up
with the books it is based on. George RR Martin's
most recent book A Dance with Dragons was
released in 2011 and season five incorporated many
of its plot strands.

Martin now appears to be dedicating his time to
writing the next book, The Winds of Winter, but it is
not guaranteed to be finished in time for the new
series. As Martin has been consulting the show's
creators, Dan Weiss and David Benioff, while writing,
Andrew Prokop at Vox worries that the airing of
season six before the release of the book will "spoil
huge chunks of it" for readers. Weiss and Benioff
have also hinted that they might return to characters
and storylines previously ignored in Martin's books.
"Sometimes we're going in a different order or
telling a different story," Benioff told Entertainment
Weekly.


5. There will be blood

Although Snow's story may have come to end, there
are plenty of other characters in the saga for who
the future remains uncertain. Cersei survived her
imprisonment and may have to enlist the help of
Qyburn once more in the battle to ensure the Red
Keep remains under her family's control, while
Qyburn has taken on perhaps the most gruesome
character of all, Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane, as
his own personal warrior. As Jeremy Egner writes in
the New York Times, this means "blood will flow".


6. 'Very spectacular' fight scenes

Casting calls for Game of Thrones have not only
given fans an insight into the new characters they
can expect, but also the new scenes. One casting
document, leaked this summer, called for "the best
swordsman in Europe" to play the role of a
"legendary fighter" in "very spectacular fight
scenes".

Another similar casting call, possibly for the
same role, advertised for someone who "looks
heroic and like a fierce and efficient experienced
fighter" to appear in a "massive and memorable"
fight scene. "The flamboyant aspects of the fighting
will be taken over by a stunt fighter but we need
someone who looks like they can take care of
themselves," it said. Watchers on the Wall suggests
the character could be Ser Arthur Dayne. In Martin's
books, Dayne dies following a fight at the Tower of
Joy, which looks set to feature in the sixth series. In
another hint for scenes to come, Arya Stark actress
Maisie Williams has been seen filming a scene in
which she is neck-high in freezing cold water in a
harbour in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. Stark, who
was rendered blind in the last series, is heard
wailing off into the distance from the water.

7. Pirate among new faces

A casting call for season six has revealed that the
next series could feature a pirate, described as
"cunning, ruthless, with a touch of madness".

Joanna Robinson in Vanity Fair says the pirate is
"definitely everyone's favourite eye-patch-wearing
uncle, Euron Greyjoy, aka Crow's Eye" from the
books. According to Robinson, other near certainties
for new characters include more Dothraki and
members of a theatre troupe that Arya becomes a
part of during her quest as an assassin.
Young British actor Sam Coleman has been given a
role in the upcoming series, according to his
Spotlight CV. The 18-year-old recently filmed his
feature debut in Leatherface, a prequel to The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre, which co-stars Finn Jones, aka
Loras Tyrell in Game of Thrones.

8. 'Worlds are coming together'

Jeremy Podeswa, who directed season five's
controversial Sansa Stark rape scene, is back for
season six and has hinted that it won't be a slow-
burner. Podeswa, who is taking charge of filming for
episodes one and two, told Deadline: "One thing I can say about the first two episodes of the season is
that there's not a lot of laying pipe or laying track.
We just get right into the story and it's very
propulsive narratively – the whole season is – and
it's heading towards a destination that is very
exciting."

Podeswa said that every character has got an
"amazing" storyline this year and indicated that
there would be some exciting plot cross-overs. "I
think the way the characters converge is something
that started last season, where characters who have
never met before were suddenly meeting, and the
worlds are coming together, and the world is getting
a little smaller in a way," he said. "That happens
more and more this season. That becomes very
exciting."

9. Bigger dragons

One thing is for certain: there will be dragons in
season six and big ones at that. Daenerys' babies,
gifted at her wedding, were seen briefly in season
five, but the man behind the visual effects for Game
of Thrones, Joe Bauer, told Yahoo: "For season six
the dragons will again be double in size, spanning
120ft from wingtip to wingtip."

Cinemablend says there will "definitely be some
challenges in continuing to show bigger and badder
dragons, capable of all different types of mass
destruction". Without any real dragons to base their
models on, the team initially played with a chicken to
feel how the muscles might work and where the
"bones" should go. "When the dragons were small,
we had little foam rubber models of each dragon
and we could carry them on and off of the set and it
was no big deal," says Bauer. "Last year, the best we
could do was a head and this year it's going to be a
finger nail or something, I'm not really sure."

10. Are Tyrion and Jon part Targaryen?

One theory is that Tyrion Lannister may also be a
Targaryen. The Mad King Aerys II Targaryen,
Daenerys's father, was particularly fond of Tyrion's
mother, Joanna Lannister, and in the book, A Dance
with Dragons, Daenerys is told that her father "took
liberties" during the bedding ritual at Joanna's
wedding to Tyrion's father Tywin.
When Tyrion shoots his father at the end of season
four, Tywin utters: "You are no son of mine." Many
fans – and iDigitalTimes – believe this might be more
than a dying retort and that Jon and Tyrion are the
other two dragon riders needed to reclaim the Iron
Throne with Daenerys, according to a vision she had
in season three.

Another theory is that Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's
illegitimate son, but rather the son of Ned's sister
Lyanna and Daenerys's older brother, Rhaegar. On
her deathbed in the Tower of Joy, a single tower
located in the Red Mountains of Dorne, Lyanna asks
Ned to promise her something – fans speculate that
this could be a request to bring up her boy as his
own.

One of the new locations for Game of Thrones
season six is the Castillo de Zafra, a 13th century
fortress located in Guadalajara province, Spain.
Many fans believe this might be used as the Tower
of Joy for a flashback to Snow's childhood. And if the
show is about to retell the origins of Snow, there's
"absolutely no way he's dead", says Geek.com.

Jon and Tyrion's possible Targaryen connections are
consistent with a theory that they are the other two
dragon riders needed to reclaim the Iron Throne
with Daenerys according to a vision she had in
season three. During the vision, Daenerys walks
through three areas: a Dothraki tent (representing
her), the Wall (possibly representing Jon) and the
throne room in King's Landing (possibly referencing
Tyrion's service as Hand to King Joffrey).Another
potential tie that fans point to is the Westerosi
legend that "a dragon must be born of blood".
Daenerys, Jon and Tyrion all killed their mothers in
childbirth.After Daenerys emerged unscathed from
her husband's funeral pyre, some fans hope Jon
might have a chance of resurrection during his own
cremation if he really is a Targaryen with a mystical
connection to fire.


11. Will Arya be permanently blind?

Aside from Jon Snow's demise, one of season five's
most shocking plot lines was the psychotic and
brutal traits Maisie Williams' character Arya showed
in her killing of Meryn Trant. In the season five
finale, Arya's unusual punishment for killing Trant,
rather than Thin Man, was the loss of her sight in a
rather unnerving fashion. In an interview with HBO,
Williams said the chilling effect was achieved by
placing 16mm-wide contact lenses in her eyes. "I
hope that her sight comes back, but if not, I think
she should become a real badass assassin without
sight," she said.

Another cliff-hanger involves Arya's sister Sansa
Stark (played by Sophie Turner), who was leaping off
the high wall of Winterfell with Theon (Alfie Allen) at
the end of season five. HollywoodTake predicts that
the pair will finally bond after their "tense"
relationship during season five. But where will they
go and will Sansa be able to escape from her
abusive husband Ramsay?

12. Young Ned Stark?

Casting calls for two young boys with dark hair and
Northern accents for series six quickly caught the
sharp eyes of hardcore fans. On the fan site
Watchers on the Wall, there was immediate
speculation that the two youngsters will be playing
younger versions of Ned Stark and his brother,
Benjen. English actor Sebastian Croft is set to play
the older boy, who is described as having brown
hair and blue eyes, much like Sean Bean, who played
the adult Ned until being killed off at the end of the
first series.

After a little further investigation, the
site revealed that "reliable sources" had revealed to
them that 13 year-old Croft will indeed be playing a
young Ned Stark, in a scene which will see him and
his brother sparring with wooden swords.

Showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff once
ruled out using flashbacks to flesh out characters'
backstories, but they relaxed their rule last series
with a scene involving a young Cersei. So it's not
unthinkable that they would consider using the
device again.

eniolaamoda:
wen will season 6 come out na

landinfo:

landinfo:

adexsimply:
Orphan Black

UjSizzle:

That's a series?