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The TV Thread (GoT spoilers)

Gazza M

think i'll check out daredevil now that i have netflix. it's getting some good buzz

Qwiss

Klaus wrote:
The problem is that the story can't really kick on, because Martin hasn't kicked on in the books. Take Dany for example. You almost get the feeling that she came into the story too soon and now it's just one long wait until he can unleash her on Westeros. I love the character; her crazy rants about dragons and fire and blood are ravenously entertaining, but her POVs are insanely dull in the books for the most part. And they're not much better on the show. The occasional epic moment aside (such as burning cities to the ground or crucifying a population of slavers) they waste so much time on pure nonsense.

Well its time now for Benioff and Weiss to just take the story on on their own. Everyone knew it was a possibility and it seems all the extra fame has done nothing for Martins work ethic/writers block so just get on with it.

Burnwinter

Martin's just released a Winds of Winter excerpt, I'd say it'll be done in time.

They'll probably set it up so that the final season of the show coincides with the publication of the last book then have a cross-promotional orgy.

QuincyAbeyie

Don't think he will never manage to publish the last book before the TV series is over.

Rex

Hasn't Martin also hinted that the story in the books may be different from the tv show?

Irishgunner

Burnwinter™ wrote:
Martin's just released a Winds of Winter excerpt, I'd say it'll be done in time.

They'll probably set it up so that the final season of the show coincides with the publication of the last book then have a cross-promotional orgy.

I'm more worried about him finishing before dying, than finishing before the series tbh.

Irishgunner

Rex wrote:
Hasn't Martin also hinted that the story in the books may be different from the tv show?

Yeah, the producers have the general story arcs and the final ending, but Martin has said that how the characters progress and reach the ending may change slightly over time in his mind. Which means that the books would be slightly different.

QuincyAbeyie

Nina Dobrev has announced that she is leaving The Vampire Diaries after season six. The show has put great focus on the relationships between her and the Salvatores (rightly or not), and I must say that I'm more worried than intrigued about how they're going forward without her.

Klaus

The show will fall to pieces without her. She's the main character out of the three leads. You don't renew a show without the character who the entire story belongs to. It never works. It'll end up like Scrubs, where most fans just pretend that the last season never happened.

QuincyAbeyie

That's what I'm thinking. If what's she's saying is true (that she was always going to leave after six seasons), it's unforgivable by the creators not to give the show a proper ending by then.

Klaus

Dobrev is a clear cut above anyone else on that show too in terms of acting talent. How do you replace her with a bunch of actors who are lucky to still have a regular job in television?

TVD has been my guilty pleasure for years now. It's probably the show I look forward to the most every week. There's no way I'm going to keep watching without Elena though. I've seen way too many trainwrecks already.

QuincyAbeyie

It'll probably be a chore to watch, but I'm probably not going to stop watching immediately. I like Ian Somerhalder too, but I can't imagine any interesting places they can take him without Dobrev.

Qwiss

I really like Ian Somerhalders performance in TVD. In the first season he was the only one I found interesting. The show will go to shit without Dobrev though, seems ridiculous to keep it going. We're going to end up with an "Erics in Africa" 70s Show style mess.

They should just spin something off it instead again. Move the Salvatores to LA or something crazy like that. Get a new cast of hot birds around the.

This reminds me I'm about a season and a half behind on TVD and The Originals.

QuincyAbeyie

Just watched all the Justified episodes that has come out. Just the series finale again, I think it'll be great. So much left that can happen, and I have no idea how it will end.

Gazza M

the first 2 episodes of daredevil are promising. the action is very unsanitised, unlike all the other comic book shows on tv. more in line with banshee on the action front.

Burnwinter

Friends are raving about it.

Qwiss

I watched 3 last night, really enjoyed it.

His side kick though, he has a midgets head.

Jens

The only thing I've watched of this wave of superhero/comicbook shows is the first episode of Arrow, which I found quite terrible to be honest. Way to many outrageous storylines and coincidences for me to accept, all crammed into the very first episode. And yes, I know it's a comic book show and maybe it's unfair to judge it that way but that's just the way I feel.The writing was all over the place at times, and the way his best friend and girlfriend reacted to someone they thought had died in a shipwreck for years was just impossible to buy into. Felt like very lazy show writing. Then again these shows get a lot of good feedback on here so maybe I need to stick with it. I don't know.

QuincyAbeyie

It's not unfair. What is, however, is judging it after one episode. Though only one of the three seasons is worth watching imo, so maybe you shouldn't continue.

Watched three episodes of Daredevil myself, I too enjoyed it.

Klaus

Arrow is absolute horseshit. What's so puzzling about it is that the second season was incredibly good, but it's awful again now. They must have briefly hired some talented writer or producer and then fired him again.

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