Game Of Thrones

[Amin]

Wow... they're not leaving anything out... wall-climbing, dragons on ship...

This is going to be a good season.

[Carey]

It looks bigger than last year. It looks better than last year. Without spoiling anything, I can say that if it doesn't stray too far from the source material, it'll be the best season yet.

[Jamison]

I really didn't think the trailer could get more awesome. Then they release an extended version --

[Jason T. Davis]

Season 3 is going to be brilliant.

[Jamison]

Here's a 14-minute recap of GoT Season 2 March 31 better get here soon.

[Carey]

What...

[Amin]

What did I just watch?

[Jamison]

I stumbled across this on YouTube yesterday. Watched about 10 seconds before I turned it off. Still haven't watched it in full. Probably won't, judging by your comments on it.

[Amin]

I guess it was kind of clever (Stannis and Mel as the school's religious nuts stealing the cake), but still... what?

[Carey]

[Carey]

[Carey]

Are they pumping one of these out every day or something? Not that I'm complaining.

[Carey]

"Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin has signed a deal with HBO to develop and produce a new series for the network, but what will it be? It definitely won't be a comedy, and Martin revealed in a new interview that it might be set in the world of Westeros.

During a chat with IGN, Martin says that the idea has come up to develop his "A Song of Ice and Fire" prequel series -- affectionately known as the "Dunk and Egg" novellas -- as a television show for HBO. Of course, he's also tossing around ideas for making a science fiction show and a couple historical shows set in various periods, so take this news with a grain of salt.

"I have been writing for a number of years a series of novellas set in the same world, the world of Westeros, but a hundred years earlier, about two characters called Dunk and Egg," Martin says. "I published three of those novellas, 'The Hedge Knight,' 'The Sworn Sword' and 'The Mystery Knight,' and I have in mind about nine or 10 more novellas about the adventures of Dunk and Egg."

He continues, "So we have been playing with the idea of doing those as prequels. They would be prequels, in a sense, they're a hundred years earlier but in the same world. They're somewhat lighter in tone than the main series, a little more adventurous. But my fans love them and I love the two characters too, and it all ties into Westeros history. So maybe that will be what we'll do."

When asked definitively by IGN if turning the novellas into a series is something HBO is considering, Martin says yes.

The Dunk and Egg novellas take place several generations before the events of "Game of Thrones," so characters like Sean Bean's Eddard Stark wouldn't be alive to be a part of it. Even the Mad King Aerys, the last Targaryen to rule in Westeros before Robert Baratheon's rebellion, is not alive during the time of Dunk and Egg (in face, Aerys' father Aegon V is a major character in the series).

The connections between the Dunk and Egg stories and the "A Song of Ice and Fire" ones are there but not overt, so it might be a little bit too much of a stretch for audiences to see this potential series as a direct prequel. That being said, the novellas are great stories and the release of another "Game of Thrones" series could be useful if the TV show catches up to Martin's books (he has two left to release)."

blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/03/hbo-considering-game-of-thrones-prequel-series-from-george-rr-martin.html

[Jamison]

I've lost track of how many times I watched this scene...

[Jason T. Davis]

Season three comes to an end tonight. I'll be watching the two hour S3 premiere of "Falling Skies" right after the GoT finale, so if I don't have time to post my thoughts of the overall season tonight, I should be doing that tomorrow.

Been a pretty good season though, I'll tell ya that much.

[Jamison]

I'm literally shaking.

[Brian Melanson]

Jan 12, 2014 20:26:37 GMT -6 Jamison said:

I'm literally shaking.

IM NOT READY FOR THIS! IM SO READY! BRING IT ON!!!!!!

[Jamison]

HBO aired the 15-minute presentation "Game of Thrones Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing" on Sunday evening and you can now watch it online below!

Offering a look back and a look forward to the fourth season of the hit HBO series, the show features clips from upcoming episodes, behind-the-scenes-footage, interviews with talent, and cast members' answers to questions posed by fans.

The fourth season will premiere on Sunday, April 6 at 9 p.m. Based on the popular book series "A Song of Ice and Fire," by George R.R. Martin, the hit Emmy-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom.