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Started re-watching the first couple episodes and there is stuff that I didn't catch or maybe wasn't paying close enough attention to that makes me love the show even more, highly recommend it.
 
AtheistPreacher said:
And we can hope that they'll be able to splice in the Book 5 story with the somewhat-disappointing Book 4 so the whole thing doesn't lose a step. I get the feeling that they could cut out basically all of Dorne and most of the Iron Islands in the Book 4 storyline and not really lose all that much.
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I disagree. Dorne and the Iron Islands will be relevant to the rest of the series. I think Brienne is the one who could do with the most snipping in book four.
 
fallenchicken said:
I disagree. Dorne and the Iron Islands will be relevant to the rest of the series. I think Brienne is the one who could do with the most snipping in book four.
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I agree that the Iron Islands are going to be very relevant to the rest of the series, especially given the cliffhanger at the end. That's why I wouldn't cut them out completely.

But I still think the POVs in Dorne were a mistake. First of all, the # of POVs has kept increasing, going from 8 to 9 to 11 to 12. At some point you're simply spreading the net too wide. In a story of this scale, there are going to be certain events, and often whole series of events and POVs, that happen "off-screen." That's as it is and as it should be. And in the end, though the Dorne chapters weren't bad in themselves and did tell us some new and important things, I don't think there was anything that happened in them that absolutely had to be experienced by the audience first-hand, rather than be explained by another character at a later time. Until book 4, Dorne was an important house whose business took place mostly in the background... and I think that was a good place for it to stay. Besides, keeping them in the background helped give the novels the impression of more depth by the very lack of POVs.

We don't have to agree, but from where I'm sitting Dorne is totally expendable. They're going to have to make cuts somewhere, and that seems like the most logical place to me.
 
AtheistPreacher said:
I agree that the Iron Islands are going to be very relevant to the rest of the series, especially given the cliffhanger at the end. That's why I wouldn't cut them out completely.

But I still think the POVs in Dorne were a mistake. First of all, the # of POVs has kept increasing, going from 8 to 9 to 11 to 12. At some point you're simply spreading the net too wide. In a story of this scale, there are going to be certain events, and often whole series of events and POVs, that happen "off-screen." That's as it is and as it should be. And in the end, though the Dorne chapters weren't bad in themselves and did tell us some new and important things, I don't think there was anything that happened in them that absolutely had to be experienced by the audience first-hand, rather than be explained by another character at a later time. Until book 4, Dorne was an important house whose business took place mostly in the background... and I think that was a good place for it to stay. Besides, keeping them in the background helped give the novels the impression of more depth by the very lack of POVs.

We don't have to agree, but from where I'm sitting Dorne is totally expendable. They're going to have to make cuts somewhere, and that seems like the most logical place to me.
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I agree that things should happen off screen. I don't want them to do multiple seasons per book, as I don't think any series should last more than 8 seasons. Especially a drama with an ongoing plot.
My thing with Dorne is I think it will be very relevant to one of the major characters. I'm not saying they cant snip a lot of it, but I think it will be important to introduce us to the main players there, and what their ambitions are(which were revealed to us in the last Dorne chapter. So maybe they just do some clever rewriting and do one episode with dorne)
Book four is certainly the most cuttable, as the stuff that is important can be done fairly quickly, I think they should spread SOS into 1.5 seasons, and Dance into 1.5 seasons. With 4 being the .5.
 
created this compilation of my favorite character from the show..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FFW0JdgRLo

warning there is some foul language
 
For Season 1, I wasn't sure about it so I DVR'ed the entire season and then watched it in three nights. I would love to be able to do that with Season 2, but there is no ****ing way I will be able to wait until the end. What a great, great show.
 
YB85 said:
For Season 1, I wasn't sure about it so I DVR'ed the entire season and then watched it in three nights. I would love to be able to do that with Season 2, but there is no ****ing way I will be able to wait until the end. What a great, great show.
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This is sort of me as well. I watched the 1st episode with my wife and she hated it. So I recorded the entire series and watched with her later once I convinced her the 1st episode was mostly just setup. No way I will wait to watch season 2. I am currently reading A feast for Crows for the 2nd time then I want to read a dance for dragons.
 
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