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So, 4/6/14 is the premiere date. I cannot wait for this season. What's so awesome is I've read these books and I still love this show even knowing everything that will happen this year. This is one of HBO's strongest series since the Sopranos.

Season 4 will be based on the second half of A storm of swords. A storm of swords is considered the best book in the series so far. Season 1 was book 1, Season 2 was book 2, and Season 3 was the first half of SOS so now we'll continue on with finishing book 3 this season. I'm excited to see how they tell the story but also I'm excited for those that haven't read the books and what they'll see this year. Also seeing Emilia Clarke nude again doesn't hurt either (I like my women a little curvy) Can't wait for this to start and also for the sake of those who haven't read the books let's keep the spoilers to a minimum please. :)


If you're interested in reading the books and don't have time I'd recommend the audiobooks (amazon or iTunes) Roy Dotrice does the best work i've ever heard and are flat out the best audiobooks on the market. Just put them in your CD player in your car and enjoy them on the way to and from work. I've found self on more than one occasion getting home from work and staying in the car an additional 30 minutes because I was too gripped by the story. This happened especially with the red wedding :)

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I'm just hoping that Martin gets the next two books written soon or HBO will have a problem!

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Can't wait for the new season

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I'm midway through the second book while waiting for Season 3 to come out on DVD so I can catch up with the show.

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Nope, there's so much in books 4/5 that they can easily get another 4 seasons out of them. But I can see your point with the time it takes Martin to get the next book out.

I'm rereading the books. Catching a lot of stuff I missed on the first go around.

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The next book is due out this year (yeah i know last year we were supposed to have it) but the writers have already been told how Martin plans to end the series as a just in case scenario that Martin dies before finishing them. The writers have also said the series shouldn't go past 8 seasons but there have been rumblings that a movie may end the entire series after the TV part of the series is finished. Either way I can't wait! Peter Dinklage is the man! :)

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Also I'm more concerned with Roy Dotrice passing more than I am Martin. His Character work in the audiobooks is legendary and I can't imagine anyone else bringing those characters to life than him.

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I watched the first two seasons and then started the books. I'm almost through book 3 so i think I'm just a little bit past what's been shown on hbo. This book has been so intense! It's a great series.

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Book 3 (a storm of swords) is by far my favorite. Especially after the red wedding things go full speed. Book 4 & 5 take a slower "story building" pace. Book 5 picks up towards the end so I'm hoping that follows into book 6 which we've been promised more battles and more on life in the north which makes me VERY happy. :)

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Couldn't agree more.

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Dont want to let out any spoilers, but one of the events in book 3 shortly after the red wedding was one of the saddest things I've ever read in a story. Usually that stuff doesnt get to me, but that sequence did for sure.

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I know how you feel. During the red wedding I was driving home after work listening to it on audiobook and I was actually yelling and beating my steering wheel. It probably looked pretty funny to anybody watching me. Book 3 inspired a lot of passion in me. You get so close to certain characters and Martin has a knack for killing off your favorites. Not to get to far into spoilers (stop reading!) but after book 5 I'm just hoping and praying for Jon Snow. I won't say any more than that. I got WAY to close to Robb as he was so much like Eddard. Also Martin also has a way of redeeming characters you once hated so he really balances things out too. I hated Jamie at one point to name one.

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I just got to that part in the book about 1/2 hour ago. Holy CRAP! "Shocked" does not even come close to describing my reaction. And I'll leave it at that so as not to give out any spoilers.

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Just wait til you're introduced to lady Stoneheart :D

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Just saw this -- makes me even more excited for the upcoming season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iS3tULXMQ#t=850

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That's funny I was just watching that before I even saw this link. Great little video. It also gave me the idea to ask:


What moment in the series or in the books made you realize that you were hooked to it? It doesn't always have to be a good moment either. For me it was in season 1 and I hadn't read the books yet when they killed off Sean Beans character Eddard "Ned" Stark. I didn't know about George R.R. Martin's love of killing off your favorite characters yet so it shocked me. He was the reason I was watching the show at that time but it seems to be Sean Bean's curse that he always plays great characters that eventually get killed off too soon. Anyways, what about you? What solidified your love and addiction to this show or the books or both?






As a side note I loved the April fools joke that the creators and Martin played on the world. People got violently angry when they read this http://hbowatch.com/peter-dinklage-april-season-four/

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I really enjoyed last nights episode........the final scene was awesome!!

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That was it for me too. I was like WTF how does one of the main characters just get killed off like that. At the time the wifey wasn't wtching the show with me. She eventually started watching it and pretty much caught all up just before it started and was more excited to start watching this season then I was.

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Great episode. I just finished the audio books a few weeks ago and cant wait for the next two. I also hope Roy Dotrice does the next two audio books. He did a great job.

After being accused by my wife of watching the show for all the nude women she just finished binge watching the first 3 seasons to get caught up. Now she's hooked on the story too! :D

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I caught the season premeire again last night. Sets up a lot of interesting plot lines. Interesting to see how they've diverged from the books. Can already see the transformation that is becoming of Arya.

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The nude women is a bonus........nice opening boobies for sure :tu

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Ok, it's been a week and not a single comment about last week's episode?
I was shocked to see something like that happen so early in the season.
That was season finale material, and they used it up in episode 2.
Makes me wonder, just how crazy $hit is going to get from here?

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Oh, the spoilers I could post... :D

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The ending of that episode made me very happy:)

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It's gonna be a good season.

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I guess it's good having developed CRS. I've read all 5 books, yet I"m watching the show last night not having a clue what's going to happen. I like the scene at the end with Dany, where they heaved the barrels over the walls of Meereen. The looks on both the slaves/masters faces. And hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Is Ygritte pissed or what?

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Best line last night:

"gold buys silence for a while, but a bolt in the heart buys it forever..."

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The Sansa character frustrates me. When will she ever get it thru her thick skull, the world isn't all lemon cakes and fairy tales?

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Good season so far. Read all the books so I know where it is headed but still interested in how they put it on screen. Wonder if it will be 7 years before the next book?

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She's so pathetic and whiny. Little sister will just stick a sword through your throat. Those Starkes are just so sad with their sense of entitlement.

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:banger

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I read they are actually a little concerned about the film production coming to a stop due to Martin's writing speed (or lack of). Book 5 is already published, so they're good for next year. And he's been working on book 6 for years now, and speculation is that it should be released in the foreseeable future. I think it's safe to say they'll have material for season 6 in two more years. But I don't see any chance at all of the final(?) book 7 being completed and published the year after that.

They may have to stretch things out and try to get a couple seasons of filming out of one book starting next year.

I've had book 5 sitting on my book shelf for a year now, and still haven't read it. I decided I might as well reread the entire series before starting it. By the time I'm done, book 6 may be out. If I don't read too fast. :lr

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Bill, season 4 of the TV show is actually the 2nd half of book 3, after the Red Wedding. So that leaves all of books 4/5 for more fodder for the TV show. As much info that's in those, they could easily get a good 3-4 seasons. And since Martin has told the producers where he plans to take the next book, I wouldn't be surprised if they do leap frog him at some point. That might piss the purists off, but I'm sure they'd still read the books to see how he has the story line go.

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I didn't know that Bob. I haven't seen anything from season 4 (still finishing up the end of season 3 on DVD). I imagine the show producers have contingency plans and then some. Somehow I'd be surprised though if they get ahead of the books. Could happen, but I'd be surprised all the same.

I just hope Mr. Martin is in good health and doesn't pull the Jordan trick. :D

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Great season so far. Khallisi needs to get naked again. Whats with all the "ooo...im a bad ass, I dont show my boobies anymore" Boo. lose the top sister...bathe your dragons in the nude or something!!!

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I like the way you think Brandon

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She was naked towards the end of season 3 when Daario Naharis brought her the heads of the Second Sons captains.
After watching the wholesome act of, Jamie, raping his sister, next to the dead body of their illegitimate, inbreed son, I'm good with the next episode being a little more edgy. :rolleyes:

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:tu :tu

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I agree with that sentiment. Its a pattern you see repeated over and over...I drop the top to get the job, once I prove to be
the most popular lady on the show, I have no more need of nudity. And as divergent as the show has gotten from the books,
there are people who may drop it over something like this. Personally I don't care, I endured Lost to the end, and it scarred
me forever with these multi-season cliff-hanging sucker fests. But when they killed off Joffrey, I came fully back on board.
AS I like to say to my friends that I have discussed it with, "He had me at geh-argh-gurgle".

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Good episode. Liked seeing a little more about the white walkers. After listening to the books it will be nice to see what cliff hanger this season ends on.

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Yea, that was interesting as the books never go into what happened to Craster's sons. Wasn't a hard stretch to imagine, but neat to see if visually.

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Yea, that was interesting as the books never go into what happened to Craster's sons. Wasn't a hard stretch to imagine, but neat to see it visually.

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That was metal as f......:banger

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i am going to watch the past two eps tonight, then get back to my two week waiting cycle.

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I am enjoying the series on HBO but have not read the books. For the folks that have read the books... Are they diverging from the main story line of the books or are they changing more of the in-between stuff? I hope they stick with the "big picture" plot line of the books. Things are always better when done that way.

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So far they have stuck to the books well. Last weeks episode is the first one in my opinion that has really strayed from the books. Hbo said its a good possibility that the show may pass the current books content before GRR Martin finishes the last 2 books.

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Is there a more entertaining, devastating, interesting combination of people that Arya Stark and The Mountain?

No.
No there isn't.
I wish they'd get married.

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I think you mean his brother- The Hound?

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Sorry...The Hound.

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haha. You may have something there.

Arya is still my favorite character, I think.