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I'm thinking each episode needs to be 2hrs :)

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Yeah I figured as much. I still really enjoy the show and wait patiently for it every Sunday. The thing is at the pace they go, it's going to have to go at least 10 seasons to start to come together isn't it?

S1 = Book 1

S2 = Book 2

S3&S4 = Book 3

Books 4&5 take place concurrently ... so I'd imagine 3 seasons to cover them. Then 6&7 (and possibly more, depending on how much GRRM writes) are still being written, so who knows how they will be split. But thats 7 seasons just to get to what exists now.

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S1 = Book 1

S2 = Book 2

S3&S4 = Book 3

Books 4&5 take place concurrently ... so I'd imagine 3 seasons to cover them. Then 6&7 (and possibly more, depending on how much GRRM writes) are still being written, so who knows how they will be split. But thats 7 seasons just to get to what exists now.

No way that's happening, and we should all be glad because that would be the death of the show if they did it that way.

Imagine seeing Daenerys f*cking about in Meeren for three years, after the buildup she gets this season? They'd get canceled before you can say it.

The way I see it, AFFC and ADWD combined will offer two seasons max, and I'd go as far as saying they should try and be done with all existing material by the end of season 5.

Season 4: Remainder of Book 3, at least one plotline lifted from AFFC:

Kingsmoot, which takes place parallel to ASOS anyway

, possibly even more, as some characters will be running out of ASOS storylines as soon as this season's end

(Bran comes to mind).

Season 5: Compress most of the remaining AFFC/ADWD material.

Season 6: Whatever's left of AFFC/ADWD, start with TWOW material.

Show runners have already mentioned they're aiming for 8 seasons max, and I think that would be amazing. As the story picks up faster and faster each season, it would be smart not to drag it out and use the momentum it builds up. No matter how good a show is, after a while it risks an audience decline, especially with complex material like this, and some obvious flaws in later books (introducing major characters in book 5? WTF?), and right now they're in the once in a life time position to tell a perfect story (assuming TWOW and ADOS get back to the quality set by first three books) and actually improve in one huge area where the last two books suffered: pace. Btw, they've mentioned in a recent interview they're going with the story regardless if GRRM finishes the books or not, as they're familiar with major storylines.

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Show runners have already mentioned they're aiming for 8 seasons max, and I think that would be amazing. As the story picks up faster and faster each season, it would be smart not to drag it out and use the momentum it builds up. No matter how good a show is, after a while it risks an audience decline, especially with complex material like this, and some obvious flaws in later books (introducing major characters in book 5? WTF?), and right now they're in the once in a life time position to tell a perfect story (assuming TWOW and ADOS get back to the quality set by first three books) and actually improve in one huge area where the last two books suffered: pace. Btw, they've mentioned in a recent interview they're going with the story regardless if GRRM finishes the books or not, as they're familiar with major storylines.

Agree, i hate it when Shows are supposed to End after Season X and later on they decide to extend it because it is a huge Success.

Hope the will do the same with True Blood; every good Story Needs a good End :)

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Muhammad Farrukh

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''Choas isn't a pit, chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, never get to try it again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, they refuse, they cling to the realm, or the gods, or love... illusions. Only the ladder is real, the climb is all there is''

Freakin amazing.

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Syanide

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I wouldn't go that far, but it has been probably the weakest episode of the season. No need for set-ups this far off in the show. Besides the bear-pit scene and Dany's scene (which was the highlight), not much was crucial to the plot and could've easily been left out or moved to the next episode.

I guess it's one of the problems of the adaptation, you either leave out too much, or you have to draw it out (depending if you go the entire book vs half the book adaptation route).

I think the episode will work much better on repeated viewings or as part of the entire season, though. Waiting a week and knowing you have to wait another week is what kills it.

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Game of Thrones producer Frank Vogler has revealed that he expects the show to span seven seasons.

George RR Martin has penned five novels in his Song of Ice and Fire series - which serve as the basis for the HBO drama - with two more planned.

"[The total number of seasons] is being discussed as we speak," Vogler explained at the BAFTA Television Awards (May 12).

"The third season was the first half of book three, season four will be the second part of book three. George RR Martin has written books four and five; six and seven are pending.

"I would hope that, if we all survive, and if the audience stays with us we'll probably get through to seven seasons."

Game of Thrones won the BAFTA Audience Award at Sunday night's ceremony, with Vogler claiming that defining the show's appeal is "impossible".

"I think the quality of the writing is superb, I think the character drama is first-rate and I think the mix of reality with the fantasy elements is pretty intoxicating," he suggested.

The third season of Game of Thrones is currently airing on HBO in the US and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, with a fourth run already confirmed.

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Syanide

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Great episode, especially compared to the last one.

What I absolutely hated is how the show basically ruined Sansa. It's like half her brain is suddenly gone. Season 2 did a great job establishing she's starting to cope with the reality of things and growing as a character (getting educated by the Hound, even taking jabs at Joffrey and Tyrion in the Blackwater episode). I honestly can't believe they changed the scene when Tyrion cloaks her. She refuses to kneel down in the books, and it's the only bit of defiance she can afford in a situation where everything she does is dictated by others. It was a great character moment. In this episode, she was basically willing to undress for him. It's like season 2 never happened. I also don't understand the need for whitewashing Tyrion so much, I mean, he's basically flawless right now. Wasn't he likeable enough as it is?

Everything else was pretty great, though. The Hound and Arya are the new roadtrip buddy comedy duo, Davos reading was adorable, they nailed it with the choice of actor for Daario, and the last scene was amazing.

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Muhammad Farrukh

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Excellent episode. A definite improvement over the last one. Tyrion rocks (Y)

She refuses to kneel down in the books, and it's the only bit of defiance she can afford in a situation where everything she does is dictated by others. It was a great character moment. In this episode, she was basically willing to undress for him. It's like season 2 never happened.

Maybe she's accepted the fact that she will never get out of King' Landing, and might as well play along. That can be associated with the fact that she didn't go with Littlefinger earlier.

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Syanide

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^She refused to go with Littlefinger while she still believed she was to marry Loras. As if that wasn't naive enough. But I can't believe they made her go from being rightfully devastated that she was about to marry Tyrion, to pretty whatever about it, after one conversation with Marg. That's season 1 stupidity right there. She's been ruined by writing choices this season.

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