Cora Stark Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 What?i know right! Lmaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cora Stark Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I think 8 seasons would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cora Stark Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Well if True Blood is getting a sixth season, I don't see why GoT won't manage the same! So my guess would be 5-7 seasons.That is so true, if vampires and porn can last for 6 years and still have veiwers than so can g.o.t (i watch both) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrist Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 As long as they get to the point where book 3 ends, I'll be happy. Books 4 and 5 probably won't make for exciting TV anyway. They are so ponderous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon has three heads Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Yes but. Books 3/4/5 run in sync from half wy through SOS until 2/3 of the way through DWD so expect the next 4 seasons diverge from the books in that chronology will become more important than what is in which book. ie iron born from AFFC being moved into season 4, perhaps even season 3. Jon, Danny, tyrion and brans arc will be reigned in a little so they don't get too far ahead so that by the end of Season 6 we're at the end of DWD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow on the Wall Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'm confident that both Season 3 and Season 4 will be successful and maintain, at the very least, a decent audience. However, Season 5 will be the make or break season.AffC and ADwD, as a whole, are pretty uneventful and have little payoff. In the context of the tv show, the fact that they are uneventful is an advantage as it potentially makes cutting out huge amounts of meandering storyline from the books possible. It seems likely, for example, that most of Brienne's story in AffC, aside from the opening and ending chapters, was irrelevant to the overall plot and can be cut. Just how much can be cut does depend on the direction in which Martin plans to take the series but I can imagine it being a large amount.So this leaves us with a possibility that I think is seriously worth considering: make season 5 15 episodes. If the producers are willing to do this it would be a massive bonus as then they could plausibly cover AffC + AdwD in series 5, concluding it with the battle of Winterfell (coming in tWoW). If that sounds like a stretch, I think we need to bear in mind that parts of AffC will likely be included in season 4, such as the Kingsmoot.Ultimately, I think having a whole season with minimal payoff is a bad idea which must be avoided. Since AffC + AdwD have little payoff at all I think it essential that they must be accompanied by the battle of Winterfell (however that ends). Furthermore, significant chunks of the set up must be put in Season 4. I really do hope they consider changing the format of 10 episodes per season for season 5...10 episodes is simply not enough to deal satisfactorily with AffC + AdwD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal-a-bunga Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm confident that both Season 3 and Season 4 will be successful and maintain, at the very least, a decent audience. However, Season 5 will be the make or break season.AffC and ADwD, as a whole, are pretty uneventful and have little payoff. In the context of the tv show, the fact that they are uneventful is an advantage as it potentially makes cutting out huge amounts of meandering storyline from the books possible. It seems likely, for example, that most of Brienne's story in AffC, aside from the opening and ending chapters, was irrelevant to the overall plot and can be cut. Just how much can be cut does depend on the direction in which Martin plans to take the series but I can imagine it being a large amount.So this leaves us with a possibility that I think is seriously worth considering: make season 5 15 episodes. If the producers are willing to do this it would be a massive bonus as then they could plausibly cover AffC + AdwD in series 5, concluding it with the battle of Winterfell (coming in tWoW). If that sounds like a stretch, I think we need to bear in mind that parts of AffC will likely be included in season 4, such as the Kingsmoot.Ultimately, I think having a whole season with minimal payoff is a bad idea which must be avoided. Since AffC + AdwD have little payoff at all I think it essential that they must be accompanied by the battle of Winterfell (however that ends). Furthermore, significant chunks of the set up must be put in Season 4. I really do hope they consider changing the format of 10 episodes per season for season 5...10 episodes is simply not enough to deal satisfactorily with AffC + AdwD.I completely agree that they should make season five an extended season, even though it would mean that there would be a delay between the fourth and fifth seasons (longer than the usual wait, anyway). By the time the show gets to the fifth season, True Blood will have ended and Game of Thrones can fit perfectly into that time slot. It would likely benefit the show, considering it would no longer be contending against any original network programming or basketball (particularly the NBA Finals). Another benefit would be that it would allow for an additional amount of time for The Winds of Winter to be both finished and released. I suspect that TWoW will be more like ASoS than either of the last two novels, so in that scenario, we'd be looking at two seasons worth of material to adapt that book, which may give George the time he needs to finish A Dream of Spring so that there is as minimal a delay as possible between those seasons and the final season/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oprahnoodlemantra Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hopefully TWOW will be released in 2014 when Season 4 is airing. Then GRRM would have plenty of time to finish ADOS while the producers adapt AFFC, ADWD, and TWOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Isle Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Clearly he thinks it is going to take a while to get Dany out of Mereen. This made me LOL. In all seriousness, i think they will consolidate and tighten the Mereenese Knot and roll right through those three cities pretty quickly. And i truly believe that GRRM has the next book close to in the bag. And he'll finish that last book. He knows it's his endgame as well. I don't care what he may say in interviews. HBO is making money on this show. as long as they do, it will keep rolling. And Martin has already said he knows, "in broad strokes" what happens to the main characters. He'll finish it. I pray this to the Old Gods, and the New. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyA Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 He knows it's his endgame as well. I don't care what he may say in interviews. He's always said he knows where it will end up, but just like me as a writer it's the problem with getting there. He knew with the Meereenese knot that these characters had to converge, but the situations were harder to determine than he realized, thus a book of basically filler. That's why most people think that ASoS will be extended and AFFC + ADWD will be compressed with the possible TWoW tailing it for climaxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexenII Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Hopefully TWOW will be released in 2014 when Season 4 is airing. Then GRRM would have plenty of time to finish ADOS while the producers adapt AFFC, ADWD, and TWOW.As long as Writer/Producers keeps style/format as so far, I see a longer life than "Lost", and for me, that would be very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oierem Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Lost was 6 seasons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow on the Wall Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Lost was 6 seasons...Although it did have double the amount of episodes per season. (Albeit only 3/4 the length of GoT episodes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oierem Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 But the thing is, it kept a rather faithful audience for 6 years... You can't ask for much more,considering that it's a continuous story (as is Game of Thrones) and you can't really watch one season without having watched the previous ones.That's why I think it's unrealistic to think that the ratings of GoT will get any higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonsHungry Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I completely agree that they should make season five an extended season, even though it would mean that there would be a delay between the fourth and fifth seasons (longer than the usual wait, anyway).By the time the show gets to the fifth season, True Blood will have ended and Game of Thrones can fit perfectly into that time slot. It would likely benefit the show, considering it would no longer be contending against any original network programming or basketball (particularly the NBA Finals).Another benefit would be that it would allow for an additional amount of time for The Winds of Winter to be both finished and released. I suspect that TWoW will be more like ASoS than either of the last two novels, so in that scenario, we'd be looking at two seasons worth of material to adapt that book, which may give George the time he needs to finish A Dream of Spring so that there is as minimal a delay as possible between those seasons and the final season/s.I think if the book isn't finished and the show is still going they plow right on through likely.I really see a ton of pruning and changes from ADWD and AFFC, there is no way they could exactly adapt those books to TV, you can't have half the cast off a year, and though there is good reading material, its not good TV material. Budgetary reasons too will want them to restrict locations and not have five filming units, so some of the stuff that happens in Dorne might be just readapted to King's Landing, as the viewers are familiar with that location.There is likely enough material in those two books for a season, but they are going to likely change some stuff, the viewers are not going to watch two seasons of long travelogues and plot setup for TWoW, so I can see it really being condensed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esa1996 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Book 1 = Series 1Book 2 = Series 2Book 3 = Series 3, 4Book 4 and 5 = Series 5, 6 and possibly 7Book 6 = Series 7, 8Book 7 = Series 9, 10If books 4 and 5 will include series 7 then the total will be 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal-a-bunga Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 But the thing is, it kept a rather faithful audience for 6 years... You can't ask for much more,considering that it's a continuous story (as is Game of Thrones) and you can't really watch one season without having watched the previous ones.That's why I think it's unrealistic to think that the ratings of GoT will get any higher.It's not unrealistic at all, actually. This, like The Walking Dead, will likely see series high numbers for the third season premiere. Overall viewership for the season will also likely be up. After the Red Wedding occurs in episode nine, the series will again hit series high ratings, which has happened with both season finales we've seen thus far. The Lost comparison isn't really apt, simply because broadcast is a totally different beast than cable, and premium cable is much different than regular cable. The exposure this show has gotten is only getting bigger; there are a lot of people I know who are just now getting into it or plan to do so before the third season. That last bit may simply be anecdotal, but it's hard to deny that GoT is permeating pop culture in a way that a show hasn't done since Lost. Which is where there similarities end, if you ask me.I loved Lost while it was on, but ultimately don't look back on it as a great show. A lot of that has to do with the last two seasons failing to deliver on the promise of the first four. Game of Thrones isn't a mystery show that aired 22 episodes a year. It's acclaim isn't ruled primarily by speculation of what happens next, or what it all means. If someone wanted to catch up for season three they could (and probably would, if they had the time) do it in a weekend. I guess what I'm saying is that beyond the dedicated fan-base, and the fact that they're both genre shows, I don't see how any perceived similarities indicate that the show has reached a ceiling in terms of viewership/ratings. It's already the third highest rated show HBO has ever had (taking into account HBO Go viewers, and those who DVR it or catch it when it is replayed within that first week after the episode airs), and I can definitely see it climbing towards numbers like True Blood receives. That's to say nothing of the DVD/Blu-Ray sales, the international markets it sells to (most successful show internationally for HBO, ever), the merchandise, and the awards recognition. Game of Thrones is HBO's flagship series, and I'd be incredibly surprised if the show didn't make it to at least six seasons (though I suspect HBO has every intention of seeing this thing through). They've learned their lesson, I'd say, from the response they saw to the cancellations of Rome, Deadwood, and Carnivàle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickStormborn Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Book 1 = Series 1Book 2 = Series 2Book 3 = Series 3, 4Book 4 and 5 = Series 5, 6 and possibly 7Book 6 = Series 7, 8Book 7 = Series 9, 10If books 4 and 5 will include series 7 then the total will be 11. I fail to see how AFfC and ADwD could be spread over two seasons - let alone three! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow on the Wall Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I completely agree that they should make season five an extended season, even though it would mean that there would be a delay between the fourth and fifth seasons (longer than the usual wait, anyway).By the time the show gets to the fifth season, True Blood will have ended and Game of Thrones can fit perfectly into that time slot. It would likely benefit the show, considering it would no longer be contending against any original network programming or basketball (particularly the NBA Finals).Another benefit would be that it would allow for an additional amount of time for The Winds of Winter to be both finished and released. I suspect that TWoW will be more like ASoS than either of the last two novels, so in that scenario, we'd be looking at two seasons worth of material to adapt that book, which may give George the time he needs to finish A Dream of Spring so that there is as minimal a delay as possible between those seasons and the final season/s.Sounds perfect then! I'd much rather that than have this great series tainted by a mediocre season where nothing particularly exciting happens. It's a happy medium between that and rushing through the books super fast causing important details to be lost and Martin overtaken.So in summary:Season 1 - Book 1Season 2 - Book 2Season 3 - A bit more than first half of Book 3Season 4 - The rest of Book 3, beginning of Book 4, especially ironbornSeason 5 - Bigger season than usual, around 15 episodes, Books 4 and 5, beginning of Book 6 (tWoW)The rest depends on how the books turn out, but as they're expected to be hefty, my guess is that tWoW and aDoS could take anywhere from 2 - 4 seasons.So if all goes to plan I predict 7 - 9 seasons. If Books 4 and 5 are spread over two seasons that makes 8-10 seasons likely - assuming people don't lose interest.To some degree, I think this does depend on how awesome/not so awesome tWoW will turn out to be. Will it have been worth slogging through (relatively speaking) Books 4 and 5 for the masterpiece ending yet to come? Or is this series spiralling downwards?My guess is that it's somewhere inbetween, but we'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebevan91 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Book 1 = Series 1Book 2 = Series 2Book 3 = Series 3, 4Book 4 and 5 = Series 5, 6 and possibly 7Book 6 = Series 7, 8Book 7 = Series 9, 10If books 4 and 5 will include series 7 then the total will be 11.Nah.Book 1 = season 1Book 2 = season 2Book 3 = seasons 3, 4Books 4, 5 = seasons 4, 5Book 6 = Well we don't really know how long book 6 will be and what events will occur. Possibly a season and a half.Book 7 = Same as book 6, rest of season 7 and then season 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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