Game of Thrones - Season 3 Pre-order

[Rincewind78]

Originally Posted by NoFro

Looks like we'll be getting the standard March release then. What a wait!

I know! gutted by that.
They must have thrown the pre-orders up as the excitment is still around after the showing on the tele I guess.
Dying to see it

[insomniac013]

That Dragon artwork is an insult to Season 3. Whoever made that cheap mockup needs to be fired. (Especially now since it'll be the official Blu Ray coverart!!)

[thewerepuppygrr]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of how that artwork looks right now, but maybe it'll have some kind of cool effect or embossing or breath fire or something. Well, maybe not that last one, but who knows?

[LesPaul]

It does that apparently.

[waaimasjien.]

Since I hate that dragon shadow, that is ****ing amazing. Although the swords are still rather basic compared to the quite good S1 and S2 posters.

[insomniac013]

Ah, that doesn't look HALF bad. What is the meaning of the swords though? I dont remember anything like that in the show.

[waaimasjien.]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Ah, that doesn't look HALF bad. What is the meaning of the swords though? I dont remember anything like that in the show.

It's three swords, since, you know, it's the third season, but other than that, it's a reference to the title of the novel; a Storm of Swords.

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

It looks like Season 4 will have the rest of 3 (we're about two-thirds into it I believe? Or just over halfway?) and parts of 4 (and maybe 5) with Season 5 combining 4 and 5 with the narratives sticking to the timeline rather than separating the stories. I would assuming that adding 4 and 5 together would mean it would also need to split into season 6 as well (as Surfdude says, 5 is a massive book even before you add in the events of book 4) leaving seasons 7 and 8 for the final two books.

The first part of the fourth book actually takes place during the last part of the third book. I expect season 4 to have the rest of book 3 and some of both 4 and 5. Then season 5 will include book 4, 5 and the first 200 pages of book 6 (we know something important happens there that was moved out of book 5, but that the tv series might want to include). Then season 6 and 7 will have the remainder of the books.
Yes, book 5 is enormous, but can easily be condensed since the important plotlines aren't that complicated. The showrunners will probably be smart enough to move some of 4 and 5 to an earlier and a later season, but they would do well to not spread it out to two seasons. Seven seasons is a luxury most series don't even get, so counting on eight might be a bit too optimistic. And they will need those last two to finish the story. Who knows how big the last book is going to be.