That after book 3 the series just wasn't all that good.
They were really good and 4 wasn't so bad really either but it introduces the storylines that started to drag the series down I think which is why it left a bad taste. If they did a Dunk and Egg spin off TV series I wouldn't mind at all but it looks like it'll be 'Arya travels the Seven Seas' after whatever the current one they are filming is.
They were really good and 4 wasn't so bad really either but it introduces the storylines that started to drag the series down I think which is why it left a bad taste. If they did a Dunk and Egg spin off TV series I wouldn't mind at all but it looks like it'll be 'Arya travels the Seven Seas' after whatever the current one they are filming is.
what storylines didn't you like? the only bit i can think of off the top of my head is dorne but i love dorne in the books.
i was hoping so much for a dunk and egg series but for some reason they went for that original long night storyline which i expect not to make it past its pilot. i struggle to picture how the bronze age could manage to keep up with the expectations of the game of thrones audience. is an arya one in the works? hadn't heard that and can't imagine it'd work well. the whole last scene with arya i kept think the same thing. who the fuck is insane enough to be sailing her boat west? they couldn't add an arya-iron born storyline to make that work?
what storylines didn't you like? the only bit i can think of off the top of my head is dorne but i love dorne in the books.
i was hoping so much for a dunk and egg series but for some reason they went for that original long night storyline which i expect not to make it past its pilot. i struggle to picture how the bronze age could manage to keep up with the expectations of the game of thrones audience. is an arya one in the works? hadn't heard that and can't imagine it'd work well. the whole last scene with arya i kept think the same thing. who the fuck is insane enough to be sailing her boat west? they couldn't add an arya-iron born storyline to make that work?
I didn't like where the whole Dorne storyline went and the Littlefinger/Sansa story, Stoneheart, then the elevation of Cersei to the main villain role. Itw as the beginning of the padded filler storylines for me. Maybe I will be proven wrong and he will tie up all these ends neatly along with the messes he introduces in the later books but I'm not so sure his passion is in it after book 3. It's not to say I hate the books either, it's just very hard to sustain a great book series past a few books.
Arya storyline is just what I see HBO doing because of how they ended the last TV episode. Arya is a fan favourite and they can play off the 'girl with many faces' thing with a clean slate plot/mapwise with no heavy expectations.
I didn't like where the whole Dorne storyline went and the Littlefinger/Sansa story, Stoneheart, then the elevation of Cersei to the main villain role. Itw as the beginning of the padded filler storylines for me. Maybe I will be proven wrong and he will tie up all these ends neatly along with the messes he introduces in the later books but I'm not so sure his passion is in it after book 3. It's not to say I hate the books either, it's just very hard to sustain a great book series past a few books.
Arya storyline is just what I see HBO doing because of how they ended the last TV episode. Arya is a fan favourite and they can play off the 'girl with many faces' thing with a clean slate plot/mapwise with no heavy expectations.
im rather curious what your going to think of this next one.
the dunk and egg novellas are the best part of the asoiaf media empire.