Off Topic GOT

I have the feeling it's going to get very dark.

 

Yeah definitely, I instantly liked it as it rings home with recent event's with me... Although nowhere near as bad, on my part!

 

I think I'd like a fart if Shane Meadows made a film about it though tbf.

 

My missus has just started watching it all as her sister bought her the box set for her birthday. Doesn't interest me in the slightest

Apart from the tits out scenes

 

then you must watch spartacus...

 

Spartacus would have been good if Spartacus didn't die.

 

the biggest letdown off the whole series, not that he died, but how he died.

 

I did like Spartacus as it goes, decent show. Nowhere near the level of The Wire but very good.

They teach The Wire at Havard and other top universities for a reason.

 

Not sure if someone has already responded to this but:

The storylines in the books and shows were pretty much exactly the same for the first two seasons (first book was the first season, second book the second season) then they started to diverge a bit as the show cut out some of the major storylines and/or streamlined bits (there was another targarean who goes out to Essos and joins the Golden Company hoping to meet up with Daenarys; the Martell boy who was killed on the ship actually gets out to Mereen and tries to woo the queen but gets killed by the dragons whilst trying to prove something by riding one; etc; etc). One whole book has none of what you'd consider the main characters in it (half of it is entirely about the Iron Islands and the coming of Euron and the other half about Dorne) which was certainly the dullest book but fleshed out a lot the show just skipped.

The storylines at the end of the books aren't exactly analogous to a part in the show. Jon snow has been stabbed to death but hasn't been resurrected yet in the books, though it's more hinted to that he will. Sansa is still with Littlefinger and Ramsey is married to a serving girl who they are pretending is Sansa (so it isn't sansa who is raped, etc) whilst Mance Raider (remember him) isn't actually dead, he's under cover as a bard in Winterfell with the aim of killing Ramsey. The last pages in the last book have Dany having been taking by the Dothraki after flying out of Mereen which leaves Sir Baristan Selmy in charge (he didn't die in the books).

I'd say the books only really cover up until the end of season 5, though there's overlap in some stories until seasons 6. The writing of the show is a much lower standard once the books stopped.

 

Hi Fosse.

 

Thought it was a good death. I think that’s how it pretty much went down in real life too, he broke through and killed a couple of centurions but was ultimately overpowered.

There were rumours about a spin off series as well, focusing on the triumvirate but seems it got scrapped. Shame, that could’ve been interesting.

 

A small crack unit of marines, with the stars n stripes flying from their mast-head, could've landed and saved the day.

 

Ive watched the whole thing twice now, 2nd even better.

Some great characters in it, spartacus, gallagus, crixxus, crasses, ceasar (not the one who became emperor?)

 

yes it is supposed to be the Julius Ceasar, he rose to power with the help of Crassus, they formed 2/3rds of the first triumvirate with Pompey Magnus.

 

Nah that was the Caesar mate. That's why I'd have liked to have seen the spin off, as it would've focused on the triumvirate of him, Crassus and Pompei and then likely saw him become the consul/ dictator/ emperor, whatever it was called.

 

Have you watched HBO's Rome? that's the period from Ceasar at the end of the gaul war to Augustus's ascension to emperor

 

I think I saw one or two episodes but never watched the whole season(s?).

Funnily enough I think it was partly because of Rome that the Spartacus spin off never got the go-ahead.

 

all makes much more sense now, cheers lads.

wondered why they didn't kill him as he was a complete ****.

 

I'm right on this now, i've gotta see it.

 

probably, it was pretty lavish and anything that tried to cover the same period would probably look pale in comparison. Mark Anthony was awesome, one of my favourite TV characters.