Game of Thrones - Season 4

[SubbaBub]

My guess is a heavy dose of Arya, Cersei, Jon, Sam, Tyrion, and Danerys.

 

[John]

That is a bummer. I have a friend who's 6'6" and we started calling him Hodor and the name stuck. Every time Hodor is onscreen, the texts between us all start flying. "Hoooooooodor!!!!" That's gonna sorely be missed!

is the series now officially departing from the books and they're killing off these characters?

 

[bear]

is the series now officially departing from the books and they're killing off these characters?

Nope, there just isn't much material from the books left for Bran and Hodor's story line. They'll probably save what is left for season 6 and then hopefully we will have the release of book 6 to build season 7 off of.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Nope, there just isn't much material from the books left for Bran and Hodor's story line. They'll probably save what is left for season 6 and then hopefully we will have the release of book 6 to build season 7 off of.

Well they've already apparently had material (white walker morphing that baby mid-season this year) that hasn't come up in the books yet. Even if they have enough material in the next book to make it though the next THREE SEASONS, there's a whole book that is supposed to follow the one that is supposed to be published some time between 2015 and 2017(!!), and you have to imagine Game will go at least the standard 8 seasons. The show is just moving way too fast.

 

[bear]

Well they've already apparently had material (white walker morphing that baby mid-season this year) that hasn't come up in the books yet. Even if they have enough material in the next book to make it though the next THREE SEASONS, there's a whole book that is supposed to follow the one that is supposed to be published some time between 2015 and 2017(!!), and you have to imagine Game will go at least the standard 8 seasons. The show is just moving way too fast.

Not sure if you read the books but I think it's more of Martin taking forever to write the book. You can't move the show much slower if you want to maintain the quality that they've been able to sustain for 4 seasons. Book 1 came out in 1996, 2 in 1998, 3 in 2000 (pretty reasonable spread of time). Book 4 came out five years later in 2005 and is largely considered the worst of the series because it didn't have Daenerys, Jon Snow, or Tyrion (seriously). Book 5 came out SIX years after that in 2011 but was pretty awesome. Book 6 will be out in time for the show but 7 will be a stretch.

He'll have to drastically decrease the time he takes between books for this to be out before the show catches it. The show's producers apparently have details on what Martin's plan is for the ending in case anything happens but most book fans would like the book out before the show.

 

[Rocktheworld]

You can't move the show much slower if you want to maintain the quality that they've been able to sustain for 4 seasons.

Yup, was also thinking this

 

[CTMike]

The Mountain and the Viper absolutely lived up to the books.

I started watching the series about 3 weeks ago. Just saw this scene... DAAAAAAAAYUMMMM!

 

[uconn_jack]

A little fun while we wait for the new season.