Richard_H
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let the whinging begin.
However, think about it. KOTOR? Made for TV movies. These seem to be different.
However, think about it. KOTOR? Made for TV movies. These seem to be different.
3 more movies announced from GoT Writers
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Just saw this too.
GAME OF THRONES CREATORS DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS TO WRITE AND PRODUCE A NEW SERIES OF STAR WARS FILMS
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away.
It was announced today that Benioff and Weiss, creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series Game of Thrones, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
"David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today," said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. "Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting."
"In the summer of 1977 we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we've been dreaming of it ever since," Benioff and Weiss said in a joint statement. "We are honored by the opportunity, a little terrified by the responsibility, and so excited to get started as soon as the final season of Game of Thrones is complete."
No release dates have been set for the new films, and there have (thankfully) been no sightings of White Walkers around Lucasfilm.
StarWars.com. All Star Wars, all the time.
GAME OF THRONES CREATORS DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS TO WRITE AND PRODUCE A NEW SERIES OF STAR WARS FILMS
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away.
It was announced today that Benioff and Weiss, creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series Game of Thrones, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
"David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today," said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. "Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting."
"In the summer of 1977 we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we've been dreaming of it ever since," Benioff and Weiss said in a joint statement. "We are honored by the opportunity, a little terrified by the responsibility, and so excited to get started as soon as the final season of Game of Thrones is complete."
No release dates have been set for the new films, and there have (thankfully) been no sightings of White Walkers around Lucasfilm.
StarWars.com. All Star Wars, all the time.
Think its 'A Series' of films rather than a trilogy.
This from Bob Iger today:
While Benioff and Weiss would seem to be prime candidates to create a live-action Star Wars TV series given their success in building HBO's Emmy-winning genre hit Game of Thrones, Iger used his time with investors Tuesday to explain why they'd be fronting a new trilogy for Disney's film unit.
"Their interest was in creating a series of films that are Star Wars-based and we've actually been talking to them for a long time," Iger said. "To my knowledge they didn't express interest in creating a series. They have an idea for a number of films and at some later date I'm sure we'll disclose to all of you just what those are. They are focused on a point in time in the Star Wars mythology and taking it from there."
While Benioff and Weiss would seem to be prime candidates to create a live-action Star Wars TV series given their success in building HBO's Emmy-winning genre hit Game of Thrones, Iger used his time with investors Tuesday to explain why they'd be fronting a new trilogy for Disney's film unit.
"Their interest was in creating a series of films that are Star Wars-based and we've actually been talking to them for a long time," Iger said. "To my knowledge they didn't express interest in creating a series. They have an idea for a number of films and at some later date I'm sure we'll disclose to all of you just what those are. They are focused on a point in time in the Star Wars mythology and taking it from there."
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Very exciting news, and as a big Game Of Thrones fan I couldn't be happier with this choice. They seem really well suited to explore 'ancient' times, the Old Republic era perhaps.
It should also be noted that these seeds being sown may not be manifesting as movies for some considerable time, Game Of Thrones doesn't finish till 2019, and there is also a Kenobi movie rumoured to be directed by Stephen Daldry, and so perhaps this new trilogy is a good few years away.
It should also be noted that these seeds being sown may not be manifesting as movies for some considerable time, Game Of Thrones doesn't finish till 2019, and there is also a Kenobi movie rumoured to be directed by Stephen Daldry, and so perhaps this new trilogy is a good few years away.
subzero said:
Your missing out- its incredible.
I started last year and watched 6 seasons in 2 weeks. Best 2 weeks of my life.
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There are people out there who haven't watched GoT?! Kind of shocked by that ...
D+B have done a great job with GoT but their best work was when they were using GRRMs book content, and since the lazy git stopped writing the books the show quality has suffered a fair bit. That doesn't mean they can't write independently of course. I'm pretty hopeful about this, it sounds like they've got some original ideas, rather than more of the same OT/PT related stuff.
D+B have done a great job with GoT but their best work was when they were using GRRMs book content, and since the lazy git stopped writing the books the show quality has suffered a fair bit. That doesn't mean they can't write independently of course. I'm pretty hopeful about this, it sounds like they've got some original ideas, rather than more of the same OT/PT related stuff.
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Before everyone get's too excited, remember that the TV series is based on a book by George RR Martin. The TV series is great, and the GOT writers have done a an excellent adaptation. I'm sure it will work out just fine, but do bear in mind it is not really their own invention.
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GoT is great yeah. But latter seasons suffer in pacing issues and weird character choices, both necessary biproduct from tying a huge number of stories together for closure. geographical distance is no longer a theme in season 5+
If any of you remember the old Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone books and trying to recapture those kind of stories in your own adventure books, you'll know how hard it is to keep so many storylines we'll knit. I had a lot of killings in mine too. Just like GoT
I much prefer the diverging season 1-4 rather than the converging season 5+
But even so. It is a great show.
If any of you remember the old Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone books and trying to recapture those kind of stories in your own adventure books, you'll know how hard it is to keep so many storylines we'll knit. I had a lot of killings in mine too. Just like GoT
I much prefer the diverging season 1-4 rather than the converging season 5+
But even so. It is a great show.
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I'm gonna need a bigger DVD cabinet.
Damn, unfortunately I have watched Game of Thrones so I'm unable to post on Facebook the fact that I'm in the 1% who hasn't seen it to show everyone how cool I am 
They should incorporate some of their stories from GoT into Star Wars. Say like, a great swordsman who loses a hand.
They should incorporate some of their stories from GoT into Star Wars. Say like, a great swordsman who loses a hand.
subzero said:
I watched the first two episodes of the first series. I was bored shitless. It's like a soft core porno with fantastic production values. But if I want porn, there are better places to look (apparently) and the plot was just dull. The missus loved it though. She watched all of the series.
I also gave up on the Walking Dead after 3 or 4 series. I just got bored when the govenor came in. I was sat there waiting for something to happen and yet it was just episode after episode of monotony. Maybe it was all 'character development' but i diubt it. I still have about 80 episodes on sky plus, not sure i'll ever get round to watching them though.
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weasel said:
Now that's made me think twice about watching it, don't think i'll bother then, pornhub vids probably even has better stories too. :lol:
The only two series iv'e ever got into was Smallville which was ******* amazing in the last 2 or 3 series, until the very disappointing last series which was a bit boring and a real letdown but I had to watch it all because I was already invested and had to finish off 10 years of watching the damn thing. And my favourite series of all time is without a doubt Breaking Bad, the only series iv'e ever watched where I loved every episode from beginning to end, and also the only series iv'e seen twice.
subzero said:
Wow... I love how we all have such differing tastes and opinions on things that (as geeks) you may expect us all to like.
I thought Smallville was really poor viewing, actually can't think of a redeeming pert of it at all, I have to admit that comment is based on teh first series, which I forced myself to finish through as it was so painful.
Breaking Bad was decent (but massively overrated) until the final series which to this day I regret watching as a) it made no sense, b) was totally made to exploit the audience and c) was the worst acted of the lot. I have though watched it all twice, once on my own and once with the wife. She (thankfully) was in agreement! :lol:
Now, Game of Thrones on the other hand (for me at least) was utter crap for the first 3-4 episodes (but I was warned to push through), I did exactly that and I'm so glad I did, because then it got good, by series three it gets into my top five TV shows ever and just keeps getting better and better. I will caveat that the last series we have had did have 1.5 very weak episodes, but to drop that, out of what, seven series I think is some achievement in itself. Again I have watched all episodes through twice.
Walking Dead is decent, but not great TV. The last series though I just stopped watching after 2 episodes. I have been advised that I might want to watch the final episode to get back up to speed.. so I might try that.
Best TV ever for me is The West Wing, followed by The Wire. All other TV pails in comparison in my eyes.
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SAVORY100 said:
Yeah haha that's true, non-geeks from the outside would assume all us Star Wars fans would kind of think the same, but it couldn't be further from the truth. Although Smallville was great toward the last handful of series I do actually think there was no need at all for probably more than half of the 10 series, I liked it from the first series but didn't love it, I only watched it when it happened to be on telly and all the stories were just random. But from about series 8 it got my attention and it was full of secrets and mysteries between Clark and Lex which really got me hooked, you really wanted to know what Lex actually knew about Clark and what he was planning and where it was all building up to, series 10 was a pure let down though and didn't give us any kind of grand epic ending accept for watching Clark fly around for 10 seconds which we all knew he would do eventually anyway. :lol:
Yeah with Breaking Bad to be honest I watched the entire 1st series not that impressed, because it seemed a little slow to me and took time for the story and characters to develop, but I still wanted to see where it went to because my bro told me it just keeps getting better, and for me it did and I also loved the last series too, I do admit yes it's not as good as the series before it but it was still good enough for me, my bro also hates the last series and the way it ended. :lol:
I still think GOT is maybe something I might try out in future when i'm all out of things to watch and do, it's a big commitment. :lol:
subzero said:
Spot on... not seen a single Marvel film that I would say is a good film... Spiderman homecoming is the one in that genre I've found least offensive so far actually and I get the feeling most others are not a fan. That said, because I love Star Wars so much, everyone thinks I'm into comics and Marvel and superheroes... well, I don't read comics, don't care for superheroes and wouldn't ever rush out to watch a Marvel film... :lol:
weasel said:
That's like saying you don't like a book from the first 2 pages. The strength of the show is based on multiple stories and character arcs built over seasons. Its not easy getting into it, but the reward is ultimate television.
Richard_H
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I read the series not long after it first came out. Fell in love with it after chapter 3. Had high hopes for the TV show and it hasn't disappointed.
As the TV show has outpaced the books there's little source material to go on so they are effectively creating their own storyline within parameters to meet George's ending.
Although there are moment in GoT then seem prolonged there is often a reason and payoff later.
As the TV show has outpaced the books there's little source material to go on so they are effectively creating their own storyline within parameters to meet George's ending.
Although there are moment in GoT then seem prolonged there is often a reason and payoff later.
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SAVORY100 said:
Weird thing with me is iv'e always been drawn to and liked Marvel and anything superhero since I was a kid, bought a few comics as a kid and loved them but that quickly wore off like a fad when I got a bit older. I do like Marvel films but I wouldn't say i'm actually a fan, but i'm a casual fan of anything Superman and I ******* love anything Batman, and although i'm a fan in a small way only with a select couple of characters i'd still not rush to watch or buy anything, it always happens as an afterthought.
Man we're all so diverse and different, it's kind of like how I have 3 brothers and we all pretty much have the same kind of genetics and the exact same family upbringing and all have the same kind of personality, so one could assume we'd all be the same, but in reality we couldn't be any more different from each other and all have completely different traits and interests. :lol:
Grant_C said:
Possibly. Though I was very bored during the first two episodes and I really don't have time for TV series. I havent watched any other series. Not seen an episode of breaking bad, west wing etc etc. All I watch on tv is sport and the news. After 2 hours of the high production value soft core porn that was the start of Game of Thrones, I gave up. Some times I'll persevere through something if I know it gets better but Game of thrones just pissed me off. Either be a great fantasy series, and cut the gratuitous nudity (especially the male nudity) or be a very good soft core porn series. You can't be both. I got pissed off and gave up.
Can't see me ever watching it again, I just don't have time. Especially not if i have to force myself to watch 2/3/4/5 episodes waiting for it to get good.
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