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In 2003, Weiss and David Benioff, who had been friends since college,[4] were hired to collaborate on a new script of Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game in consultation with the then-designated director Wolfgang Petersen.[5] It was not used.[6] In 2006, Weiss said he has a second novel finished that "needs a second draft".[7] That same year, Weiss completed a screenplay for a film adaptation of the video game series Halo, based on a script written by Alex Garland.[8][9] However, director Neill Blomkamp declared the project dead in late 2007.[10] Weiss also worked on a script for a prequel to I Am Legend.[11] However, in May 2011, director Francis Lawrence stated that he did not think the prequel was ever going to happen.[12] Writing career[edit] While working as a high school English teacher, he wrote the book The 25th Hour, and later adapted it into a screenplay, which was filmed starring Edward Norton and directed by Spike Lee.[1] He then wrote a collection of short stories titled When the Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories) in 2004. Benioff drafted a screenplay of the mythological epic Troy (2004) for which Warner Bros pictures paid him $2.5 million.[5] He also wrote the script for the psychological thriller Stay (2005), which was directed by Marc Forster and starred Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. His screenplay for The Kite Runner (2007), adapted from the novel of the same name, marked his second collaboration with director Marc Forster. He was hired in 2004 to write the screenplay for the X-Men spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and worked on the script for three years. In 2008, his second novel, City of Thieves was published. He has been[when?] working on an adapted screenplay of the Charles R. Cross biography of Kurt Cobain but as of 2010 the screenplay has not been used.[6] He is also working with D.B. Weiss as executive producer, showrunner and writer on Game of Thrones, HBO's adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series by George R.R. Martin. On April 10, 2014, Benioff announced he and D.B. Weiss had taken on their first feature film project to write, produce and direct Dirty White Boys, a novel by Pulitzer prize-winning[7] author Stephen Hunter.[8] I don't know, they seem to have pretty solid backgrounds.
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05-22-2016, 10:42 PM | #2492 | |
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Sorter - Benioff is the stronger writer of the pair. Have you read City of Thieves? It's a legitimately fantastic work. |
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05-22-2016, 10:48 PM | #2493 | |
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Weiss just seems like a friend who got lucky and is getting to enjoy the ride.
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05-22-2016, 10:59 PM | #2494 | |
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I think they wanted to use Dorne solely as a conduit to highlight Myrcella's death. But this could have been accomplished if Cersei/Jaime just brought Trystane/Myrcella up to KL at the beginning of Season 5 and had her killed off at the end of the season. This would have consolidated the storylines and given them more time to do Stannis' story justice. The thing that's stood out to me about this season is the interconnectedness of the storylines. The universe feels consolidated and united. Compared to last year, where everything felt scattered, disconnected and slightly without stakes (a result of losing Tywin - a problem that haunted the books as well imo). |
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So wow. They're moving shit right on down the road.
The Hodor thing may be dumb but that was well shot, quite moving television. Sophie Turner breaking out the acting chops. That was an intense nuanced performance that she hadn't given as of yet. And she done grew up and got hot. I'm interested to know just WTF the new red priestess was talking about when they cut Verys' dong off and chucked it in the fire. Moreover, HTF she knew. Definite WTF. I hope Jon and Sansa don't die. They're very much following the Ned and Catelyn arcs. **** that. |
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Talking to Branden Stark - Neds brother To go to Riverrun to marry Catelyn Tully - Neds wife who he takes after Aerys Targaryian kills Branden and Rickon. |
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If his only attempt was to convey that things are getting interesting coming up and leaving it to our imagination, he didn't do anything wrong. I just see this as a preemptive strike to prevent potential issues from arising. It's not hard to wrap things in a spoiler tag, but he hasn't leaked anything worthy of a spoiler tag at the moment.
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I hope they provide more details in the future. I read someone's theory about "Hold the door" = "Hodor" it just wasn't in this manner. I was pretty impressed
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You really seem to be hating the direction of the story, huh?
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Yes, how did this woman know that. Hence the flabbergasted look on his face. He only told the imp (in TV GOT anyway) The hodor story was another brilliant but sad story line hook. I liked it, sorta. Because it was powerful. I agree, too many direwolves are dying too easily, but I also felt that way when drogo saved Dani last season. Yeah he roasted a couple dozen people, but he was so wounded he couldn't take her back to Mareen. Rob's wolf (was) and ghost have been pretty badass so far. And I hope nameria comes back into the story. But hate (if) shaggy dog died already and how tonight's episode took summer. |
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I think she is being portrayed better this season. That scene actually felt more natural and less cringe-worthy than scenes in the past between the two of them.
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This episode was a lot like Lost, and it was directed by Lost's most prolific director as well.
Lost spoilers here if you care, but this seems exactly the same way Time Travel works in Game of Thrones. http://youtu.be/S_dH4xOFp9w |
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