When there is so much time between seasons of Game of Thrones, any video, news, tease, of content makes me happy in my heart. This tease was released on Sunday night (sorry, I missed it yesterday) and while it doesn't have much actual video, it really capitalizes on what we can imagine will be the upcoming themes of the season. The great sorceress Melissandre (I believe) speaks about the war between death and love; fire and ice which likely relates to the fight with the white walkers that is coming soon.
The new season will premiere on March 31st, 2013 and even though that is months away, I'm already feeling tinges of excitement.
Now, here is my big quandary...to read or not to read the books? I have not yet read them and part of me really enjoys having fresh eyes on the television series. However, I wonder if I would appreciate the show in a more in depth way after reading the books? I'm open to any and all advice. I mean, Winter is coming and all.
The second season was terrible compared to the books. Get reading them already, they're a awesome read.
After the end of S2 I was soo soo close to reading Book 3 a couple friends of mine have all the books, and subsequently can't divorce the books storytelling from how a TV show works.
I'm not going to read the books until this show is done. I was able to enjoy the HP series well enough even with reading all the books but it also took some of the thrill out of it.
Sweet! Season 3 premieres on my birthday!
Does calling it GoT make it cooler or something?
@MrMazz said:
Good luck not having it all spoiled to you by the time the show ends (which will be like 5-6 years from now).
@TorMasturba said:
You have a weird idea of what terrible means. By no measure was GoT Season 2 "terrible", even in comparison to the books.
@Microshock: That is, of course, assuming that George RR Martin actually finishes the damn book series before we finish catching up!
do not read the godamned books!!! you'll become a snobby twat like everyone else who's read them before watching the show and cry and cry that the show wasn't as descriptive, in depth, and fulfilling as the book.