T Rex Autopsy

[laker67]

Most commercials these days are as ignorant as the tv shows. Gunsmoke, death valley days, and wyatt earp, now there is some shows worth watching.

[Ham]

C'mon Scott, you're not the only one on OA that has read the books. I have not read the companion books (yet). I just want GRRM to finish the books. I'm starting to think he likes the TV gig too much to take the time to finish the series.

Yes, they have compressed the stories, but they have also added some detail.

It will be interesting to see IF he ever finishes the books if the books stay true to the story lines established before the TV stuff.

Sure did seem like the unsullied were a little over-rated. They were taking it on the chin from the Sons of the Harpy who looked like overweight buffers to me.

[Feathers and Fins]

Ham, the Unsullied were never trained for close-quarters combat like this. They are trained to fight large armies in open areas much like Spartans. If they can lock shields stand side by side they are almost unbeatable. Basically designed to fight wars against other armies not fight terrorist in small confined areas in small groups.

Yes Martin likes the spotlight no doubt about it. But if you look at his writing speed for the series he is on par with the other books. Plus he has others who are helping him write because he created a world with history and cannon so when he writes one he has other people reviewing it to be sure he sticks to history and cannon. To me im appreciative of that as it creates something most Authors don't do and that pay attention to detail.

I suspect though knowing Martin he will let the series finish and then write the final book with a completely different ending. I wouldn't be surprised one bit at all to see him pull off the ultimate in screw-you he is famous for being unpredictable and keeping secrets in fact the title of his last book was changed ( was it a misleading clue or a real clue )

Compressing the stories is ok so long as they don't over compress, HBO has left out some VERY important things or barely touched on them. My personal thought is this was done to try and keep the story unpredictable but sadly because of compressing storylines and character roles they have made predictable. After next weeks episode I will post My theory ive been keeping notes and working on for a long time. Like I said love a mystery and playing detective from the first book has been great fun.