Weekend social 17/04/2015

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1. Pasupial 1

   17 April 2015 at 5:53 pm

   I liked the first episode of the new series of Game of Thrones (I’m not going to peek ahead on the torrents, even though review copies of the next three are already online). It did take a bit of catching up to refresh the previous four seasons in my mind (I’ve only read the first book, and that was mainly for the Lyanna S context).

   The; Fine Bros, recap of season 4 is good for those who know the series and just need a refresher (in 8 minutes):

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVcoycOLep0

   For a real catch-up it’s difficult to go past the; History and Lore of Westeros; even if you have watched all episodes, these add a lot of context:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOgA8Ik7rhs&list=PLNWuwdTFjIFpFHkNiJDz8kA1Fs_G8KPT6

   I always thought that the theme tune was complete in itself, but this is a fabulous mashup (though perhaps a little low in the audio – so play it loud!):
   • marty mars 1.1

     17 April 2015 at 6:08 pm

     nice pasupial – I watch the first one tonight – I’ve read the books and for a long time didn’t watch, then caught up in a frenzy of watching – this I recommend although I cannot wait anymore for that indulgence.
     • Bill 1.1.1

       18 April 2015 at 9:14 am

       You think the guy’s ever going to finish writing the series?

       I’m coming to the conclusion that he’s kinda lost in the (unnecessary?) complexity he’s generated…tied in knots and going nowhere. Last I heard he released a single chapter as a teaser. From comments about it, it didn’t say, do or move anything.

       Meanwhile, he’s writing the script for some other TV project.

       Is that an attempt to ‘unjam’ himself? Y’know, do something completely different in the hope that some logjam of the imagination shifts?
       • Pasupial 1.1.1.1

         18 April 2015 at 12:38 pm

         GRRM has written for TV projects since the 80s (eg Twilight Zone & Beauty and the Beast). He’s also screenwritten an episode per season of Game of Thrones. The show runners for GoT have his notes for the rest of SoI&F, and have been making increasingly flexible adaptations of the books since the first two series (which pretty much followed the first two books). It’ll probably end up with the show overtaking the books in the seventh season (unless the sixth still isn’t out by next year, I read in the Guardian a month or so ago that it was nearly done).

         Some people have got frustrated by his writing pace, but I actually admire his attitude:

         Martin had responded to fan criticisms by saying he was unwilling to write only his Ice and Fire series, noting that working on other prose and compiling and editing different book projects has always been part of his working process.

         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin
         • adam 1.1.1.1.1

           18 April 2015 at 3:54 pm

           I remember George R.R. Martin as a kid, when he use to write in Analog magazine. Back in the day, the editors at Analog use to joke they had received something from George – it was years late – but they’d finally received it.

           I think he’s just a slow writer, always has been, always will be. Slow to write the original, slow in the rewrite, and slow to present a final draft.

           Bill, his drafts have never look like the finished work. I never understood why some authors put out work they are going to change.

           On a funny note – I never realised it was the same George Martin who wrote in Analog and wrote A Song of Ice and Fire
2. ropata 2

   17 April 2015 at 10:41 pm

   Shihad has re released Killjoy on vinyl. It’s “record store day” on Saturday. Might have to go visit Real Groovy this weekend.
3. Kevin 3

   18 April 2015 at 9:17 am

   If the rain holds off, will head on up to the top of ‘the staicase’ on Puketitiri Road to cheer on my cubmates at the Cycling Club Nationals here in Hawkes Bay. It’s been a fabulous two days so far.

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